The Southern Oregon Coast boasts a must-stop Top 100 Best “Fan-Favorite” Destination in Oregon for 2024 - Chetco Brewing Company! From humble beginnings (with an 8 gallon pot in the owners garage and a borrowed pop-up at local events and farmers markets) on the Chetco River, Chetco Brewing Company has grown into an award winning brewery in the heart of Brookings, Oregon.
Oregon Business, an award winning magazine founded in 1981, scoured over 80,000 online reviews and tallied the scores to create their 6th Annual 100 Best “Fan-Favorite” Destinations in Oregon list and Chetco Brewing Company made the list for the THIRD TIME in a row! This small town brewery was one of two Oregon breweries to make the list in 2020… then COVID happened and travel was not an option for many for a couple of years. In 2023, Oregon Business brought back their Top 100 Fan Favorites and Chetco was the ONLY brewery on the list! This year, we did it again to bring the Hat Trick (three wins in a row).
Oregon Business determines their Top 100 Destinations list by analyzing online reviews and ranking them based on the number of 4 and 5-star reviews compared to the overall number of Reviews… so those amazing reviews you give us mean A LOT!
Chetco Brewing Company began brewing in Brookings in 2013 in a brewing set up in the owners’ garage on the Chetco River and now operates out of a 10,000 square foot brew space and Tap Room, with at least 20 craft beers on tap, food trucks, live music, free games, an event space, and a variety of special events. Watch for details at here. Chetco Brewing Company - Small Town Brewing, World Class Beer.
Chetco Brewing Company Wins Top Award at 2023 World Beer Cup®
Brookings OR • 05-22-23 Chetco Brewing Company claimed a Gold award in the 2023 World Beer Cup, a global beer competition that evaluates beers from around the world and recognizes the most outstanding brewers and their beers.
Awards were given in 103 beer-style categories during the World Beer Cup award ceremony on May 10, 2023, at the Music City Center in Nashville.
Chetco Brewing Company was awarded a Gold award in the American-Style Imperial Stout beer style category for its Block & Tackle Stout, a rich & robust blend of black, chocolate, and caramel malts. Chetco Brewing Company is a 7 bbl Microbrewery located in Brookings, Oregon that specializes in small town brewing, world class beer.
“We are a tiny but mighty crew and everyone of us is so proud of our Brew Team. For 10 years now, through everything, we have made consistent, honest, delicious fresh beer" said Alex Carr-Frederick CFO and Co-Owner of Chetco Brewing Company (along with husband and Brewmaster Michael Frederick).
World Beer Cup winners were selected by an international panel of 272 beer judges from 26 countries. Widely regarded as the “Olympics of Beer,” the 2023 World Beer Cup featured 10,213 entries from 2,376 breweries in 51 countries.
“The World Beer Cup brings together the finest brewers and beers from around the globe and celebrates creativity, craftsmanship, and passion for great beer," said Chris Williams, World Beer Cup competition director. “Receiving a World Beer Cup award is a testament to quality and innovation, and we commend this year’s winners for setting the bar higher than ever.”
Presented by the Brewers Association, the World Beer Cup is held annually to celebrate the art and science of brewing by recognizing outstanding achievement. For additional information, visit the World Beer Cup website.
We proudly won our 1st WORLD BEER CUP Silver Medal within our 1st year of brewing! How cool is that?!
Here is a little bit about the World Beer Cup® directly from the organization:
Every two years a highly qualified professional panel of beer judges honors the top three beers in 95 beer style categories with gold, silver and bronze awards. The World Beer Cup is often referred to as "the Olympics of Beer Competitions" because it is one of the very few international beer competitions awarding only one gold, silver and bronze in each category. “Brewers all over the world participate in order to win recognition for their creativity and brewing ability,” said Charlie Papazian, President of the Brewers Association, the US-based trade association that has put on the competition every two years since 1996. “For a brewer, a World Beer Cup gold award allows them to say that their winning beer represents the best of that beer style in the world.”