LEAVENWORTH — Icicle Brewing Company received Large Brewery of the Year at the 2023 Washington Beer Awards out of 175 breweries competing in Washington state.
Four Western North Carolina breweries have good reason to be hoppy: their craft beers won top awards and bragging rights after judges at the 2023 World Beer Cup tapped them as being among the best in a field comprising 10,213 entries from 2,376 breweries representing fifty-one countries. Nashville hosted the Brewer’s Association-sponsored WBC ceremonies, with the best beers in