Clients in the News: Horse Thief Hollow wins Gold at World Beer Cup

This week Horse Thief Hollow’s Little Wing took home the gold at the World Beer Cup, allowing Chicago's South Side to lay claim to the world’s top pilsener.

The Brewers Association (BA) awarded the Chicago, Beverly-based brewery a gold medal in the International-Style Pilsener category at the World Beer Cup (WBC) awards ceremony, held in Nashville on 10 September.

Little Wing—named after a Jimi Hendrix song—is one of a series of Horse Thief Hollow beers redesigned by Malt in collaboration with talented illustrator Jessica Deahl. A storybook paper-cut style intertwined local Beverly history and the song-inspired beer names to create a series of colorful and magically whimsical beer labels.

The BA—a not for profit trade group dedicated to promoting and protecting America’s small and independent craft brewers—recognized 307 winners during the 2023 WBC competition.

The best beers in 103 beer categories covering 176 different beer styles (including all subcategories) received gold, silver, and bronze awards, setting new standards for craft beer globally. Judging for the World Beer Cup took place over 18 sessions and 9 days. A panel of 272 judges from 26 countries evaluated 10,213 entries from 2,376 breweries representing 51 countries. 

Check out more WBC news, history and statistics here.