NAGBW announces 2022 awards in beer journalism

The North American Guild of Beer Writers held its annual awards ceremony Sept. 25. About 250 entries were submitted across 14 categories, with entrants from all over the world. Congratulations to all our winners:

Best Beer Review

1. Adrian Tierney-Jones: The Arrow of Time — How JW Lees’ Harvest Ale Has Defined British Brewing for Decades, Good Beer Hunting

2. Brian Yaeger: Beer Pick of the Week: Crux Fermentation Project’s Full Gold, Sip Magazine

3. Josh Noel: Three Floyds has grown markedly during the last 10 years. Does it still have the magic?, Chicago Tribune

Best Short Form Writing

1. Ashley Joanna: The Sage, Belgian Smaak

2. Jonny Garrett: b-roll no. 610, Good Beer Hunting

3. Jerard Fagerberg: b-roll no. 617, Good Beer Hunting

Best Book

1. Tara Nurin: A Woman’s Place Is in the Brewhouse: A Forgotten History of Alewives, Brewsters, Witches, and CEOs, Chicago Review Press

2 (tie). Emily Sauter: Hooray for Craft Beer!: An Illustrated Guide to Beer, Brewers Publications

2 (tie). Jonny Garrett: A Year in Beer , CAMRA Books

Best Historical Writing

1. Theresa McCulla: Patsy Young — American Brewer, Fugitive from Slavery, Good Beer Hunting

2. Melanie Epp: A Sketchbook of Hops and War — How Poperinge’s Hop Farms Survived The Great War, Belgian Smaak

3. Brian Alberts: Name Your Poison — Americans’ 19th-Century Quest for ‘Pure’ Beer, Good Beer Hunting

Honorable Mention: Jamal Lemon: Tek Cyear uh de Root, Good Beer Hunting

Best Technical Writing

1. Franz D. Hofer: Zoiglbier: Brewing Up a Living Tradition in Bavaria’s Oberpfalz, Zymurgy

2. Jeff Alworth: Lost, Stock & Barrel: The Forgotten Funk of Old Ales, Craft Beer & Brewing

3. Jeff Alworth: What Happens to Beer When the Nights Warm?, Beervana

Honorable Mention: Anthony Gladman: Pillars of Tradition — How a New Generation of Brewers Returned to Decoction Mashing, Good Beer Hunting

Best Travel Writing

1. Lily Waite: Folk Round Here — The Blue Anchor Inn and Spingo Ales in Helston, Cornwall, Pellicle Magazine

2. Sorrel Moseley-Williams: Brewing Change in the Land of Grapes — Chachingo Craft Beer in Mendoza, Argentina, Good Beer Hunting

3. Jemma Beedie: The Connemara: Irish pub culture in wine country, Ferment

Best Beer & Food Writing

1. Jacopo Mazzeo: From Naples With Love — The Story Behind Italy’s Most Famous Food and Beer Pairing, Good Beer Hunting

2. Evan Rail: Homebound Beer Lovers Are Recreating Their Favorite Global Beer Snacks, VinePair

3. Stephanie Grant: Easy Like Sunday Morning — Southern Guinness Pie with Guinness Draught, Good Beer Hunting

Best Business Writing

1. Josh Noel: Goose Island’s Bourbon County beers hit shelves on Black Friday — but some small shops say they’re unfairly denied access to the most-coveted brands, Chicago Tribune

2. Laura Hadland: Pillar of the Community, BEER Magazine

3. Anthony Gladman: Stick or Twist: England’s hop growers on a knife edge, BEER Magazine

Best Commentary

1. Beth Demmon: Craft Beer Faces a Gender and Race Reckoning, Civil Eats

2. David Nilsen, It’s Okay that You’re Not Okay, Porch Drinking

3. Helen Anne Smith: Last Call — The Human Sustainability Crisis at the Heart of the Hospitality Industry, Good Beer Hunting

Honorable Mention: Jim Vorel: If We Look Away, The Beer World’s Sexism Will Always Return to the Status Quo, Paste Magazine

Best Podcast/Broadcast

1. Breandán Kearney: The Belgian Smaak Podcast, Belgian Smaak

2. Kindsey Bernhard: Boys Are From Marzen: A Woman in Beer Podcast, Porch Drinking

3. Host Collective: The Good Beer Hunting Podcast, Good Beer Hunting

Best Blog

1. Beth Demmon: Prohibitchin’

2. Jeff Alworth: Beervana

3. Evan Rail: Retrocausality, Good Beer Hunting

Honorable Mention: Lily Waite: The Pull of Joy, Good Beer Hunting

Best Brewery Profile

1. Philip Runco: Little Fish, Big Tale: How Fast Fashion Caught Its Own Hop, DC Beer

2. Ariana DiValentino: We Deserve Nice Things — Carving Out Space with Dyke Beer, in New York City, Pellicle Magazine

3. Ruth Dsouza Prabhu: Banyan Trees and Belgian Ales — Geist Craft Beer in Bangalore, India, Good Beer Hunting

Honorable Mention: Hollie Stephens: Sierra Nevada: Mills River, Brewer and Distiller International

Best Local Reporting

1. Andi Prewitt: Tipping Point: Business has been tough for the traditional beer bar, which faces stiff competition and lasting effects from the pandemic., Willamette Week

2. Jeff Alworth: ‘Bud Clark is Serious’ – Remembering Portland’s Most Famous Publican, Beervana

3. Josh Noel: Goose Island workers tried to unionize before the COVID-19 pandemic. The company pushed back — and then laid off leaders of the effort., Chicago Tribune

Honorable Mention: Melanie Epp: Up And Running — The Rise Of Independent Beer In Ghent, Belgian Smaak

Best National/International Reporting

1. Atinuke Akintola Diver: ‘A Black Woman Made This Beer’ — How Historically Black Colleges and Universities Shaped a Generation of Black Women Brewers, Good Beer Hunting

2. Courtney Iseman: How Native American Breweries Are Reclaiming Their Identities Through Beer, Thrillist

3. Will Hawkes: Black by Day, Red by Night, Good Beer Hunting

Honorable Mention: John Holl: ‘Great Hops Make Great Beer’: How U.S. Agriculture Grows with Craft Breweries, Wine Enthusiast

We also celebrated Emerging Voices selected by our judges. These are journalists who’ve covered beer less than three years and produced high quality work. Congrats to:

Ashley Joanna