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New Belgium Brewing Co.

  • Asheville, NC
  • Founded 1991
  • Owned by a Large Brewer: Lion Little World Beverages (Kirin)
  • 4 Year Medal Streak

WebsiteOpen in the Breweries Dashboard

Medals in View
6
Gold, Silver, Bronze
First Medal in View
2021
Categories Medaled
6
3 in special categories
Estimated Barrels per Year
2.7K

No production figure is published, so this uses the typical volume for an assumed generic type, because no brewery type was found: 1,500 barrels. Each location after the first adds 600 barrels, and this brewery has 2 more. Estimated total: 2,700 barrels. Inputs: Barrels: 2,700 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Not Found, So an Assumed Generic Type Is Used; Locations: 3; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

Estimate (E)
Estimated ARR
$2.4M

2,700 barrels times $900 per barrel, the benchmark price for an assumed generic type, because no brewery type was found, gives $2,430,000 a year. The range shown is 0.7 to 1.35 times that. Inputs: Barrels: 2,700 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Not Found, So an Assumed Generic Type Is Used; Locations: 3; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

EBITDA $194K at 8% (E)
Medals by YearNew Belgium Brewing Co., 2018 to 2026
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Medals by Year
Name201820192020202120222023202420252026
Gold000101110
Silver000001001
Bronze000000000

Ten Year Trend

Each year says whether the brewery medaled. When it did not, the status says why there is nothing to count, including years before the brewery opened.

Medals and status of New Belgium Brewing Co. in the last ten years.
YearStatusMedalsGold / Silver / Bronze
2026Medaled1
2025Medaled1
2024Medaled1
2023Medaled2
2022No Medal0
2021Medaled1
2020Results Not LoadedNot FoundNot Found
2019Partial Year0
2018Partial Year0
Medals by Style Family
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Medals by Style Family
Style FamilyMedals
Belgian and French2
Fruit, Spice, and Specialty1
Pale Ale1
Pro-Am and Collaboration1
Smoke and Wood1
Medals by Category
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Medals by Category
CategoryMedals
Belgian Abbey Ale1
Belgian Tripel1
Historical Beer1
Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale1
Pro-Am Comp1
Smoke Beer1
Medals by Location CreditedAs Printed in the Winners List
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Medals by Location Credited
Location CreditedMedals
Fort Collins3
Asheville1
Mission Bay1
Rob Hardisty1

Hops in These Medal Beers

Each variety links to its page, with the farms that grow it.

Hops in the medal beers of New Belgium Brewing Co..
Hallertauer Mittelfruh1
Liberty1
Nugget1
Saaz1

Hop Farms Reached Through These Hops

A farm the brewery named is a direct statement in a beer profile. A farm that grows one of these hops is published as growing it, and it does not mean the beer used hops from that farm.

Brewery Named This Farm

No beer profile of this brewery names a farm.

Grown by

No farm is published as growing a hop this brewery uses.

Medal History

Field is the number of entries in the category that year. Entries per medal divides the field by the medals awarded.

Every Great American Beer Festival medal of New Belgium Brewing Co. in view.. Select a column header to sort.
Beer Profile
2026SilverTrippel8.5%43Belgian Tripel3311.0Fort CollinsFull Profile
2025Gold15546%21Historical Beer4013.3Fort CollinsNot Found
2024GoldSmoke and EmbersNot FoundNot FoundSmoke Beer6220.7Fort CollinsNot Found
2023GoldCloudy JooseNot FoundNot FoundJuicy or Hazy Pale Ale11839.3Mission BayNot Found
2023SilverRob's Baltic PorterNot FoundNot FoundPro-Am Comp5016.7Rob HardistyNot Found
2021GoldTrippel8.5%43Belgian Abbey Ale9832.7AshevilleNot Found

2026 Medal Beers

Silver in Belgian Tripel

Trippel

New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Category
Belgian Tripel
Entries
33
ABV
8.5%
IBU
43
Style
Belgian-style ale
Malts
Munich malt, Pale malt, Pilsner malt
Yeast
Trappist ale yeast
Adjuncts
Not Found

Hops

Tasting Notes

This golden beer opens with a bold blast of spicy Noble hops, courtesy of Saaz and Hallertau Mittelfruh, and gives way to fruity aromas from our traditional…

Source: newbelgium.com

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Profile

Type
Not Found
Headquarters
Asheville, NC
Founded
1991
Employees
Not Found
Kitchen
Not Found
Website
www.newbelgium.comSource: website resolved
Links
Not Found
Locations
3 locations in the results. Addresses: Not Found.
Known for
Belgian and French, Pale Ale, Pro-Am and Collaboration

Current Beers

Not Found

Ownership and Investors

Ownership
Owned by a Large Brewer
Parent
Lion Little World Beverages (Kirin) (large brewer)
Stake
100%, 2019
Independent (Brewers Association Definition)
No
Status
active
Source
Sold by its employee owners to Lion in 2019Curated from public announcements; not checked against a primary source.

Distribution

Not Found

Estimated Scale

No brewery type was found, so these estimates use an assumed generic type.

Barrels per Year
2,700

No production figure is published, so this uses the typical volume for an assumed generic type, because no brewery type was found: 1,500 barrels. Each location after the first adds 600 barrels, and this brewery has 2 more. Estimated total: 2,700 barrels. Inputs: Barrels: 2,700 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Not Found, So an Assumed Generic Type Is Used; Locations: 3; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(Estimated from Brewery Type (E), Low Confidence)
Equivalent
83,700 gallons, or 37,200 cases of 24 twelve ounce cans. About 267,840 sixteen ounce cans packaged (assuming 40% packaged) and 401,760 pints on draft.
Revenue (ARR)
$2.4M

2,700 barrels times $900 per barrel, the benchmark price for an assumed generic type, because no brewery type was found, gives $2,430,000 a year. The range shown is 0.7 to 1.35 times that. Inputs: Barrels: 2,700 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Not Found, So an Assumed Generic Type Is Used; Locations: 3; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(range $1.7M to $3.3M, E)
Gross Margin
50%

Annual revenue ($2,430,000) times a 50% gross margin, typical for an assumed generic type, because no brewery type was found, gives $1,215,000 of gross profit. Inputs: Barrels: 2,700 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Not Found, So an Assumed Generic Type Is Used; Locations: 3; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(gross profit $1.2M, E)
EBITDA
$194K at 8%

Annual revenue ($2,430,000) times a 8% EBITDA margin, typical for an assumed generic type, because no brewery type was found, gives $194,400. The range uses 5% to 11%, typical for self distributed breweries. Inputs: Barrels: 2,700 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Not Found, So an Assumed Generic Type Is Used; Locations: 3; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(range 5% to 11%, $122K to $267K, E)
Revenue per Barrel
$900

Annual revenue ($2,430,000) divided by 2,700 barrels. Inputs: Barrels: 2,700 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Not Found, So an Assumed Generic Type Is Used; Locations: 3; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(cost of goods assumed at $500 per barrel, E)
Revenue per Location
$810K

Annual revenue ($2,430,000) divided by the number of locations (3). Inputs: Barrels: 2,700 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Not Found, So an Assumed Generic Type Is Used; Locations: 3; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

across 3 locations, E

How These Estimates Are Made

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