The Dayton Beer Co

U.S. Open Beer Championship Award Four Dayton Breweries Medals!

September 7, 2021 By Dayton937

Breweries from Antioquia, Columbia to Columbia, South Carolina sent more than 8000 beers representing over 140 different styles to the 2021 U.S. Open Beer Championship. The main U.S. judging was held at the new U.S. Open Event Center in Oxford, Ohio. Yesterday, the U.S. Open Beer Championship announces the medal winners and Grand National Champion. Judging in the U.S. Open Beer Championships is blind; judges know only the categories, not the names or locations of beers being judged.

32 Ohio craft breweries that earned a total of 60 awards at the U.s. Open Beer Championship this year! Cincinnati’s Fretboard Brewing paced the Ohio delegation with three gold medals (Crazy Train Belgian pale ale, Bootsy brut IPA and Vlad international-style pilsner). Here are the Dayton area breweries that brought home medals:

Oatmeal Stout
Silver – Thunderball – Eudora Brewing – Ohio

American Imperial Stout
Gold – Black Solstice – FigLeaf Brewing – Ohio

American Amber
Gold – Sugar Shack – The Dayton Beer Company – Ohio

Vegetable beer
Silver – Beet Of My Heart Ale – Carillon Brewing – Ohio

Herb and Spice Beer
Gold – Ginger Pale Ale – Carillon Brewing – Ohio

See the full list of winners: http://usopenbeer.com/2021_us_open-medal-winners/

3 Dayton Breweries Medal at U.S. Open Beer Championships

July 9, 2018 By Lisa Grigsby

Breweries from South Carolina to South Korea sent in more than 6,300 beers representing more than 110 different styles for the 2018 U.S. Open Beer Championship. The competition is the only one to include beers from professional breweries and award-winning home-brewers, with judges from England, Canada and the United States.

Judging in the U.S. Open Beer Championships is blind; the judges know only the categories(117 categories were judged at this year’s U.S. Open), but they do not know what beers they are tasting. The final round of judging was held at the Quarter Barrel Brewery & Pub in Oxford, Ohio.

“This competition is significant because it accepts entries from breweries around the world and allows national winning homebrews to compete,” said Dow Scoggins, director of the U.S. Open Beer Championships. “Also, two college breweries took home medals at the U.S. Open. Niagara College won 2 golds and American Harvest Brewpub at Schoolcraft College brought home a gold and silver medal.”

Congratulations to our Dayton Winners:

Hairless Hair Brewery

Honey Beer
Gold – Honey Kickback Kolsch

Wood/Barrel-Aged Scotch Ale
Bronze – Kings Reserve

The Dayton Beer Co

American Style Fruit Beer
Bronze – Hidden Paradise

Wood / Barrel Aged Pale Beer
Silver – Ein Fass 1850

Fifth Street Brewpub

Herb and Spice Beer
Bronze – Mint Cookie Stout

Wood / Barrel Aged Strong Beer
Bronze – BA Schmidion Damme

Check out the entire list of winners here.

Dayton Beer Company Opens Downtown!

April 23, 2015 By Dayton Most Metro

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Pete Hilgeman and Assistant Brewer Dustin Stanley

The Dayton Beer Company will open its Downtown Dayton Production Facility and Beer Hall today, April 23rd at 2pm . This will be the second location for the company, whose Kettering, OH tap room opened in 2012. “We couldn’t be happier that we are finally opening in the heart of downtown,” said Peter Hilgeman, Operating Manager and Brewmaster, a 2005 Alter High School graduate who holds a marketing and international business degree from the University of Cincinnati.. “It’s been a long process and we are excited to get open and share our new space with everyone!”

Opening weekend highlights will include live entertainment, multiple food trucks, giveaways and several other surprises to be revealed as the weekend unfolds. The Beer Hall will feature a heavy rotation of food trucks in their parking lot.
Hours & Foodtrucks for the opening weekend are:

Thurs 2 -10pm    Harvest Mobile Cuisine and Empanadas Aqui
Fri 2pm – 12am PA’s Pork and McNasty’s
Sat 12pm – 12am   Smokin BeeBeeQ, LaPampa Grill, and Wicked Wich
Sun 12pm – 8pm   Ramen Rickshaw

The new facility will allow the brewery to increase production capacity, warranted by the demand for its beer in Dayton as well as to expand distribution throughout Mid and Southwest Ohio. The 8,000 sq. foot space, located in the former Weiler Welding building at 41 Madison Street, features state-of-the-art equipment including a canning line and a 15 barrel steam brew house, which together offer an initial brewing capacity of 3,000 bbls annually, with opportunity to scale up to 6,500 bbls. Hilgeman says,“Not only are we able to increase our capacity but soon we will also be able to offer bottles and cans. These are projects that we have wanted to do, but just didn’t have the room in our original space.” In addition, the new brewery features 5,000 sq. feet of space for patrons, including areas available for private events. The 36 taps will feature Ohio craft beers.

Founded in 2010, the award- winning Dayton Beer Company believes in continuing the city’s rich history as a place where innovation is born with its unique but accessible brews. Small
batch, handcrafted beer embodies its vision of how beer should taste. The Dayton Beer Company will continue to operate its Kettering Tap Room at 912 E. Dorothy Lane 45419 (though it will be closed this week- as all hands are on deck to get the new place open). And Hildeman says they will keep their tradition of $10 growler and $5 howler fills on Wed nights.

Awards Dayton Beer Co has won:

Best of Craft Beer Awards 2015 Gold Medalist:The Java Man Cometh

Best of Craft Beer Awards 2014 Gold Medalist: Mad River Milk Stout.

Alltech Commonwealth Cup 2014 Silver Medal Winners: Batch #100, Batch #300, Riverside Rye IPA, Wandering Second Black IPA, Savannah Sour, Bretta Recognize.

Alltech Commonwealth Cup 2014 Bronze Medal Winners: Patterson Pale Ale, Merseyside Barleywine.

2014 US Open Beer Championships Silver Medal Winner: Batch #300 in the Out of Bounds IPA Category.

For more information on the Dayton Beer Company, please visit www.thedaytonbeerco.com