Pelican Brewing Wins Champion Medium @ Australian International Beer Awards

Pelican Brewing Company is proud to announce the award of “Champion Medium International Brewery” at the 2015 Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA) held on May 21st in Melbourne, Australia. This award comes two years after Pelican expanded their brewing capabilities to their new facilities in Tillamook, OR, and only three years removed from when Pelican Pub & Brewery came away with the 2012 Champion Small International Brewery at the same award ceremony.

The Champion Medium International Brewery is awarded based on a total of points scored by the beers submitted. Pelican brews received seven medals in the 2015 competition.

Those awards include:
MacPelican’s Scottish Ale – Gold, British Style Ale (Other)
Stormwatcher’s Winterrfest – Silver, Scotch Ale
Mother of All Stoms – Silver, Wood Aged Ales
Doryman’s Ale – Silver, Brown Ale

Silverspot IPA – Silver, British Style IPA
Imperial Pelican Ale – Bronze, Imperial/Double IPA
Umbrella IPA – Bronze, India Pale Ale (Other)
Tsunami Stout – Silver, Stout (Other)

“This was a really fantastic surprise,” said Darron Welch, Brewmaster at Pelican Brewing Company. “You always hope for the best when you enter competitions like this, but to be recognized by our peers at an international level at the AIBA is really exciting and we couldn’t be more honored.”

The 2015 AIBA, conducted by The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, attracted a record number of entries with more than 1,700 submissions from 344 exhibitors, across 35 countries received. The AIBA is the largest annual competition of its kind in the world judging both draught and packaged beer.