Each year, RateBeer.com rolls out its annual Best Of lists, crowning everything from Best New Brewer to Best New Releases.
Some categories are broken down by state and subregion. The results are based on RateBeer.com’s reader reviews.
For its 2014 installment, RateBeer features 10 categories with the winners announced from Jan. 21 through Jan. 30.
Here is a breakdown of how Michigan’s winners have fared:
TOP NEW BREWER (released on Jan. 21)
None
TOP BEER/TOP BREWER IN MICHIGAN (released on Jan. 22)
Top Beer: Kentucky Breakfast Stout (Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids)
Top Brewer: Bell’s Brewery Inc. (Comstock)
BEST RETAILERS IN MICHIGAN (released Jan. 23)
HopCat, Grand Rapids (brewpub category)
Slows Bar BQ, Detroit (restaurant category)
Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids (brewer tap room category)
Champane’s Wine Cellar, Warren (bottle shop category)
Siciliano’s Specialty Market, Grand Rapids (grocery category)
Kalamazoo Beer Exchange, Kalamazoo (bar category)
BEST RETAILERS IN THE U.S. (released Jan. 24)
HopCat, Grand Rapids (brewpub category)
Slows Bar BQ, Detroit (restaurant category)
Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids (brewer tap room category)
Siciliano’s Specialty Market, Grand Rapids (grocery category)
TOP BEERS IN THE WORLD (released Jan. 26)
Bell’s Brewery Inc., Comstock (Black Note Stout; Expedition Stout and Hopslam)
Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids (Canadian Breakfast Stout; Kentucky Breakfast Stout; Backwoods Bastard and Founders Breakfast Stout)
Dark Horse Brewing Co., Marshall (Bourbon Barrel Ages Plead the Fifth Imperial Stout)
THE BEST BEER BY CATEGORY, WORLDWIDE (released Jan. 27)
Gold Medals
Founders’ Dissenter Imperial IPL, Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils, gold medal
Founders’ Kentucky Breakfast Stout, stout, gold medal
Founders’ Porter, porter, gold medal
Kuhnhenn’s Raspberry Eisbock, Fruit Beer/Radler, gold medal
Bell’s Hopslam, Imperial/Double IPA, gold medal
Schramm’s The Heart of Darkness, mead, gold medal
Schramm’s Black Agnes, mead, gold medal
Schramm’s The Statement, mead, gold medal
Silver Medals
Bell’s Kalamazoo Stout, stout, silver medal
Bell’s Black Note Stout, stout, silver medal
Virtue Cider, cider, silver medal
Schramm’s The Statement – Reserve, mead, silver medal
B. Nektar’s Cherry Chipotle Mead, mead, silver medal
B. Nektar’s #dragonsarereal, mead, silver medal
Schramm’s Raspberry Mead, mead, silver medal
Bronze Medals
Short’s MMMKay, premium lager, bronze medal
Founders’ Smoked Porter, smoked, bronze medal
Kuhnhenn’s Blueberry Eisbock, Fruit Beer/Radler, bronze medal
Bell’s Two Hearted, IPA, bronze medal
Bell’s Expedition Stout stout, bronze medal
Odd side Ales’ Bourbon Barrel Aged Mayan Mocha Stout, stout, bronze medal
Founders’ Canadian Breakfast Stout, stout, bronze medal
Kuhnhenn’s Bourbon Barrel Aged Barley Wine, barley wine, bronze medal
Schramm’s Apple, mead, bronze medal
B. Nektar’s Apple Pi, mead, bronze medal
WORLD’S TOP NEW BEERS (released Jan. 28)
Founders’ Dissenter Imperial IPL
BEST BEERS, BREWER, NEW BREWERY BY COUNTRY (released Jan. 29)
None
TOP 100 BREWERS (released Jan. 30)
1. Hill Farmstead Brewery Greensboro, Vermont, USA
2. Toppling Goliath Decorah, Iowa USA
3. Mikkeller Copenhagen DENMARK
4. Three Floyds Brewing Company Munster, Indiana USA
5. Dieu du Ciel Montreal, Quebec CANADA
6. Bell’s Brewery Galesburg, Michigan USA
7. Evil Twin Brewing Brooklyn, New York USA
8. AleSmith Brewing Company San Diego, California USA
9. To Øl Copenhagen, DENMARK
10. Russian River Brewing Santa Rosa, California USA
Also named to the list: Founders Brewing Co., B.Nektar Meadery, Schramm’s Mead, Dark Horse Brewing Co., Odd Side Ales.
