On November 18, 2021 Lake Monster Brewing took home 2 awards at the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild’s MN Brewers Cup Competition, the state-wide, blind taste-test competition for Minnesota breweries and brewpubs.
Como Claw Pilsener, our flagship lager, took home a sliver in the Czech Lager category, and our taproom only fruited sour Purple Rain took home sliver as well in the Fruit Beer category.
This year, the Brewers Cup Competition had 450 beers entered from 85 breweries and brewpubs in the state. Beers were submitted to 26 categories based on beer style. The submissions were judged blind by 20 beer judges based on how well each submission represented the standards of its style. The top three in each style category, along with the top three overall, were announced at an industry-only awards ceremony on Thursday night.
We are proud to get recognition from the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild, which continues recognition we have received from national beer competitions such as the Best of Craft Beer Awards and the Brewski Awards.