{"id":20391,"date":"2018-05-03T19:21:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T02:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=20391"},"modified":"2018-05-03T19:21:17","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T02:21:17","slug":"world-beer-cup-2018-seven-awards-for-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2018\/05\/03\/world-beer-cup-2018-seven-awards-for-san-diego\/","title":{"rendered":"World Beer Cup 2018: Seven Awards for San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Diegan brewers are in Nashville, Tennessee for the Craft Brewers Conference and World Beer Cup (WBC). After earning 14 awards in\u00a02016<\/a> — the Cup is held every two years — locals are bringing home seven this time around.<\/p>\n

In the largest WBC yet, 2,515 breweries spanning 66 countries entered 8,234 beers into 101 style categories. 210 volunteers assisted 295 judges from 33 countries.<\/p>\n

Effective this year, the WBC no longer crowns Champion Breweries and Brewers. The reason: “With the continued growth of the competition, this change allows us to focus all of our judging and staff resources on a flawless execution of the core awards\u2014gold, silver and bronze across 101 different style categories.”<\/p>\n

Here are San Diego’s winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Gold Awards\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n