The brewery's ingredient list reads "Water, barley, hops, yeast, blueberry, strawberry." The description ties the beer to Go Brewing's World Beer Cup winning New School Sour series (Go Brewing).
As category context only, the Brewers Association guideline Non-Alcohol Malt Beverage entry caps alcohol below 0.5% ABV (0.4% ABW) and says these beers should not be penalized for lacking alcohol; the guideline page read did not include a separate specialty non-alcohol entry. The published 0.44% sits under that cap.
Awards History
Year
Competition
Category
Medal
2026
Great American Beer Festival
Specialty Non-Alcohol Beer
Bronze
Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.
Identification is probable, not confirmed: the GABF list and the brewery's home page banner ("Bronze for New School") say only "New School," and New School Sour Berry is the only New School product on the brewery's beer listing. All specs above are from that product page.
The 2026 World Beer Cup list shows a beer named "New School" from Go Brewing taking Bronze in Specialty Non-Alcohol Beer (46 entries).
The page gives 0.44% as its ABV; the abv field uses it.
The hop line reads "American Noble Citra"; only Citra is a variety name, so only Citra is recorded.
Researched 2026-10-13.
Field pass 2026-10-13: The matching Sour Berry listing gives N/A IBU. Its 0.4% ABV differs from the existing brewery 0.44%; the existing value is retained. The festival program search result's 45 IBU belongs to Disarm and was excluded.
Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the product page names the current release New School Sour Berry (blueberry and strawberry) with 0.44% ABV, American Noble and Citra hops, and the process; the medal entry is recorded as New School.
Brewery site scrape 2026-10-14: found nothing new; 8 pages tried (robots.txt obeyed, one request every few seconds per host).
Second deep dive pass 2026-10-14 (brewery site; press): found nothing new; 8 pages tried. Product page lists ingredients as water, barley, hops, yeast, blueberry, strawberry with no yeast strain or IBU; BeerMenus shows 0.22% ABV versus the brewery's 0.44%, brewery value stands. The medal beer is still listed only as New School. Second round: retailer listings repeat the American noble hops and barley malt wording and give differing ABV (0.5% at BevMo, 0.22% at BeerMenus) against the brewery's 0.44%; no IBU, yeast strain, gravity or soured-wort detail beyond the brewery page.