Kraft of the Year 2021 - a record-breaking edition!
KPR 2021, after a forced pause in 2020, returned to the beer calendar of Poland in excellent form. The 2021 edition broke previous records. The International Jury, chaired by Tomek Kopyra, evaluated 652 beers submitted by 116 breweries. The best beers from each of the 55 categories competed in the Finals for the prestigious title of Craft Beer of the Year 2021.
The Final and Announcement of Results of the KPR 2021 took place on Saturday, December 11, 2021. Due to the restrictions in place, the ceremony hosted by Tomek Kopyra was attended primarily by representatives of the breweries that entered the Competition. Broadcast of the announcement of the results online:
Craft Beer of the Year 2021 - results
Results of the Craft Beer of the Year 2021 Craft Beer Competition Out of the 652 beers judged in the 2021 Craft Beer Competition, the Jury recognized:
CRAFT OF THE YEAR 2021:
"9th. Anniversary Barrel Aged," brewed by Wojciech Frączyk at Widawa Brewery
1.British Ale
Place I: Trzech Kumpli - Lotny Brewery / Rusty / Kuba Rosiek, Piotr Sosin
Place II: Jedlinka Brewery / Citrus Count / Jakub Kochmanski, Krzysztof Nerlo
Place III: Mining and Smelting Brewery / Red Ale / Jonas Trummer
Strong Ale
Place I: Browar Zamkowy Cieszyn / Rye Wine / Dominik Szczodry, Mariusz Bystryk
Place II: Browar Zamkowy Cieszyn / Wheat Wine / Dominik Szczodry, Adam Necel
Place III: not awarded
Barley Wine
Place I: Fortuna Brewery / Komes Barley Wine / Krzysztof Panek
Place II: Browar Zamkowy Cieszyn / Angielski Lord / Dominik Szczodry, Łukasz Gustkiewicz
Place III: Brokreacja / Potion #15 / Mateusz Górski, Tomasz Syguła
Stout
Place I: not awarded
Place II: BROFAKTURA / Black Jack / Bartłomiej Imieliński, Cezary Ławecki
Place III: Trzech Kumpli - Lotny Brewery / Oaty / Kuba Rosiek, Piotr Sosin
Milk Stout
Place I: Browar Za Miastem / CICHA NOC / Piotr Stachecki
Place II: Breakthrough / Night in the clearing with Guatemala coffee / Piotr Czarny
Place III: Brovarnia Gdańsk / Świąteczne / Bartosz Nowak, Emil Bugała
Stout/Porter with Special Ingredients
Place I: Nepomucen Brewery / Jean-Michel #1 / Mateusz Kupracz
Place II: Nepomucen Brewery / Jean-Michel #2 / Mateusz Kupracz
Place III: Piwojad / Suska / Paweł Teodorczyk, Paweł Świdniewicz
Strong Stout/Porter (15-20ºPlato)
Place I: not awarded
Place II: not awarded
Place III: BROFAKTURA / Foreign Extra Stout / Bartłomiej Imielinski, Cezary Ławecki
Imperial Stout/Porter (> 20ºPlato)
Place I: NOOK Brewery / Tajemniczy Ogród / Jacek Błędowski
Place II: Podklasztorze Brewery / Baltic Porter / Krzysztof Juszczak
Place III: not awarded
Specialty Imperial Stout/Porter (> 20ºPlato)
Place I: not awarded
Place II: Rockmill Brewery / Friend or Foe? / Pavel Nemt, Yevgeny Bilichenko
Place III: not awarded
Pastry Stout
Place I: Brokreacja / Candy Crone / Tomasz Syguła
Place II: not awarded
Place III: Nepomucen Brewery / Wassily / Mateusz Kupracz
Wood & Barrel Aged Imperial Stout/Porter (> 20ºPlato)
Place I: PINTA Brewery / Risfactor Rioja BA / Paweł Masłowski & Bartek Ociesa
Place II: Rockmill Brewery / 4th Anniversary / Bartosz Nowak
Place III: Brokreacja / Imperial Nafciarz 28 Plato Rum BA / Mateusz Górski, Tomasz Syguła
Baltic Porter (18-22ºPlato)
Place I: BROFAKTURA / Baltic Porter / Bartłomiej Imieliński, Cezary Ławecki
Place II: Miner-Hut Brewery / Imperial Baltic Porter / Jonas Trummer
Place III: not awarded
Specialty Baltic Porter (>18ºPlato)
Place I: Widawa Brewery / 9th Anniversary / Wojtek Frączyk
Place II: Brokreacja / Potion #18 / Mateusz Górski, Tomasz Syguła
Place III: Jan Olbracht Rzemieślniczy / Leszy / Krzysztof Juszczak
Wood & Barrel Aged Baltic Porter (>18ºPlato).
Place I: Widawa Brewery / 9th. Anniversary Barrel Aged / Wojtek Frączyk
Place II: Mining & Smelting Brewery / Imperial Baltic Porter Barrel Aged / Jonas Trummer
Place III: PINTA Barrel Brewing / WISDOM / Bartek Ociesa, Seweryn Pająk, Paweł Masłowski
American Pale Ale (10-14ºPlato)
Place I: Browar Warszawski / American Pale Ale / Dawid Bąk, Piotr Pszczółkowski
Place II: Trzech Kumpli - Lotny Brewery / American Beauty / Andrzej Miler, Piotr Sosin
Place III: not awarded
Hazy Pale Ale (10-14ºPlato)
Place I: not awarded
Place II: AleBrowar sp. z o.o. / World of IPA - Hazy West Coast IPA / Filip Lis, Jakub Ciura
Place III: Nepomucen Brewery / Pijże / Mateusz Kupracz
Other American Ale (10-20ºPlato)
Place I: not awarded
Place II: not awarded
Place III: Mazurski Browar / Mazurskie Ale Czerwony / Igor Omelianenko and Taras Hupalo
Session IPA (<14ºPlato)
Place I: Brand Brewery / Bialowieza Summer / Marek Dziubonos
Place II: Such a Beer / Such a Albert / Łukasz Chrząszcz "Vettis"
Place III: Trzech Kumpli - Lotny Brewery / Pia / Piotr Sosin
West Coast IPA (14-18ºPlato)
Place I: Kazimierz Brewery / Ile To Ma Ibu? / Mateusz Jachimczak, Przemek Pietrzak
Place II: Trzech Kumpli - Lotny Brewery / Califia / Piotr Sosin
Place III: Nepomucen Brewery / Naked Foot Beer Brewery / Mateusz Kupracz
East Coast IPA (14-18ºPlato)
Place I: not awarded
Place II: Trzech Kumpli - Lotny Brewery / Native American / Piotr Sosin
Place III: Brand Brewery / Wolf Trail / Marek Dziubonos
Hazy IPA (14-18ºPlato)
Place I: Nepomucen Brewery / Szosa / Mateusz Kupracz
Place II: AleBrowar sp. z o.o. / World of IPA - Hazy West Coast Pacific IPA / Filip Lis, Jakub Ciura
Place III: Kingpin Brewery / Amulet / Marek Kamiński
Black IPA (10-22ºPlato)
Place I: Incognito Craft Brewery / Back to Black / Michał Zieliński
Place II: not awarded
Place III: Piwnica Rajców Brewery / Black Ipa Rajców / Łukasz Mila
Imperial IPA (>18ºPlato)
Place I: not awarded
Place II: not awarded
Place III: PINTA Brewery / Hoppy Crew How Far is it? / Paweł Masłowski, Bartek Ociesa, Jakub Głuch
Hazy Imperial IPA (>18ºPlato)
Place I: Maryensztadt Brewery / Nevermind vol.15 DDH IMPERIAL IPA / Jakub Piesio
Place II: Lubrow / Hop Feast.EIGHT / Dominik Lubocki
Place III: Nepomucen Brewery / Idaho 7 / Mateusz Kupracz
Other IPA (14-22ºPlato)
Place I: not awarded
Place II: AleBrowar sp. z o.o. / World of IPA - Brut IPA / Filip Lis, Jakub Ciura
Place III: not awarded
Polish Ale (10-22ºPlato)
Place I: not awarded
Place II: not awarded
Place III: Nepomucen Brewery / Eagle Owl / Mateusz Kupracz
Grodziskie
Place I: Grodzisk Brewery / Beer from Grodzisk / Magda Hutniczak
Place II: not awarded
Place III: not awarded
Hefeweizen (10-15ºPlato)
Place I: not awarded
Place II: not awarded
Place III: Pod Zamkiem Brewery / Słoneczne / Jarosław Jurga
Place I: not awarded
Place II: not awarded
Place III: Browar Za Miastem / CICHY WIECZÓR / Piotr Stachecki, Tomasz Brycki
Witbier
Place I: not awarded
Place II: Browar Warszawski / Witbier / Dawid Bąk / Piotr Pszczółkowski
Place III: Mariental Brewery / Szrenickie / Michał Stępień
Belgian Ale (10-18ºPlato)
Place I: not awarded
Place II: Fortuna Brewery / Miłosław Blonde Ale / Krzysztof Panek
Place III: PINTA Brewery / Winning Belgian Saison / Paweł Masłowski
Belgian Strong Ale (16-24ºPlato)
Place I: Fortuna Brewery / Komes Potrójny Złoty / Krzysztof Panek
Place II: UŁAN BROWAR / KAPELAN / Tobiasz Jagiełło
Place III: Łąkomin / Belgian Bull / Adam Śmiglak
Bohemian Lager (9-14ºPlato)
Place I: Mariental Brewery / Orle / Michal Stępień
Place II: Trzech Kumpli - Lotny Brewery / Pils Trzech Kumpli / Piotr Sosin
Place III: BROFAKTURA / Kupieckie / Bartłomiej Imieliński, Cezary Ławecki
German Lager (10-14ºPlato)
Place I: Mazurski Browar / Mazurski Pils/ Akwen / Igor Omelianenko, Taras Hupalo
Place II: Wielka Sowa Brewery / PILS / Maciej Smolicki
Place III: BROWAR KOCIEWSKI / Kociewski Pils / Artur Wasielewski
Polish Lager (10-18ºPlato)
Place I: not awarded
Place II: Brovarnia Gdańsk / Brovarnia Gold / Bartosz Nowak, Emil Bugała
Place III: not awarded
Other Lager (10-22ºPlato)
Place I: not awarded
Place II: Browar Sady / Under the Cloud / Maciej Wentowski
Place III: not awarded
Amber Lager (10-16ºPlato)
Place I: Mining and Smelting Brewery / Marcowe / Jonas Trummer
Place II: BROFAKTURA / Northern German Altbier / Bartłomiej Imielinski, Cezary Ławecki
Place III: not awarded
Dark Lager (10-15ºPlato)
Place I: Browar Zamkowy Cieszyn / Ciemna Strona Cieszyna / Dominik Szczodry
Place II: Browar Wielka Sowa / CIEMNE / Maciej Smolicki, Łukasz Grodzki
Place III: Widawa Brewery / Czarny Kur / Wojtek Frączyk
Bock (>16ºPlato)
Place I: not awarded
Place II: BROWAR KOCIEWSKI / Bok Kociewski / Artur Wasielewski
Place III: Browar Zamkowy Cieszyn / Koźlak Dubeltowy reedition / Dominik Szczodry, Jan Krysiak
Sour Ale
Place I: not awarded
Place II: AleBrowar sp. z o.o. / Herr Axolotl Mackinac / Michal Saks, Arkadiusz Wenta, Alexander Himburg
Place III: Trzech Kumpli - Lotny Brewery / Gose Sauté / Kuba Rosiek, Piotr Sosin
Belgian Sour Ale
Place I: Fortuna Brewery / Fortunatus III: Flanders Red Ale / Marcin Ostajewski, Krzysztof Panek
Place II: Przystanek Tleń Brewery / Flanders / Michał Semrau, Roman Pękała
Place III: Acid Joe / Microdots 1 / Krzysztof Juszczak
Fruit Sour Ale
Place I: not awarded
Place II: Sady Brewery / Tey! Imperial Griczi / Maciej Wentowski
Place III: Wild East Brewery / Crazy Horse / Jarek Ośka
Pastry Sour
Place I: not awarded
Place II: Craft Beer Brewery / Runaway / Marcel Browarny
Place III: not awarded
Place I: Trzech Kumpli - Browar Lotny / Łańcut / Rauchdoppelbock / Piotr Sosin, Jacek Michna
Place II: Moczybroda Brewery / New Wave #08: Smoked Stout / Mateusz Czarnecki, Tobiasz Jagiełło, Filip Gabryel
Place III: Probus Brewery / Ognisty Kogut / Jacek Przywara
Fruit Beer
Place I: Orchard Brewery / Tey! Tamagrono / Jakub Nożewnik, Maciej Wentowski
Place II: Nepomucen Brewery / Heat / Mateusz Kupracz
Place III: Milicz Brewery / In Bloom / Jacek Domagalski
Honey Beer
Place I: not awarded
Place II: Kingpin Brewery / Marquis / Michal Kopik, Jonas Miežys
Place III: Jan Olbracht Rzemieślniczy / Gingerbread Foch Gingerbread Bright, Mirosław Gałka
Field Beer
Place I: PINTA Brewery / Dyniamit / Ziemowit Fałat
Place II: Brovaria / Brovaria Dyniowe / Maciej Paszkowski
Place III: Stary Browar Rzeszowski / Dyniowe / Marcin Jędrzejewski, Aleksander Helman
Beer with Special Ingredients
Place I: Jan Olbracht Rzemieślniczy / Gingerbread Foch Wheat Beer / Mirosław Gałka
Place II: Brokreacja / The Best Homebrewer Tea IPA / Waldemar Mudryk, Tomasz Syguła
Place III: Jan Olbracht Rzemieślniczy / Gingerbread Foch / Mirosław Gałka, Krzysztof Juszczak
Wood & Barrel Aged Beer
Place I: Harpagan Brewery / Surdut Splendor Laphroaig BA / Krzysztof Juszczak
Place II: Jan Olbracht Craft Brewery / Kord Rum BA / Krzysztof Juszczak
Place III: PINTA Barrel Brewing / INSIGHTS / Bartek Ociesa, Seweryn Pająk, Paweł Masłowski
Wood & Barrel Aged Wild Beer
Place I: Kingpin Brewery / Mascarada / Marek Kamiński
Place II: Przystanek Tleń Brewery / Brett Barley Wine BA / Roman Pękała, Michał Peryt, Janusz Švach
Place III: Tumski Brewery / Expedition to Belgium / Łukasz Szynkiewicz, Piotr Gwiazda
Historical Beer
Place I: Świdnica Brewery / Jopejskie / Rafał Harchala
Place II: not awarded
Place III: BROWAR SZRENIAWA / BIÈRE DE GARDE / Roman Ratajczak
Ice Beer
Place I: Browar Fortuna / Komes Defrosted Russian Imperial Stout Bourbon BA / Marcin Ostajewski, Krzysztof Panek
Place II: BROWAR SPÓŁDZIELCZY / KRASNOLÓD / AGNIESZKA DEJNA, JANUSZ GOLISOWICZ
Place III: Black Sheep / Hybrid Spirit / Łukasz Kortas
Non-Alcohol Beer
Place I: Kazimierz Brewery / Zerro / Mateusz Jachimczak
Place II: Tenczynek Brewery / Doctor Brew American Freedom / Sebastian Jabłoński
Place III: PINTA Brewery / Mini Maxi IPA / Paweł Masłowski, Jakub Głuch
Low Alcohol Beer
Place I: not awarded
Place II: not awarded
Place III: Markowy Brewery / Echo of the Forest / Marek Dziubonos
Specialty Beer
Place I: Lubrow / Praustbande / Dominik Lubocki
Place II: BROWAR SPÓŁDZIELCZY / YETI / AGNIESZKA DEJNA, JANUSZ GOLISOWICZ
Place III: AleBrowar sp. z o.o. / Oar Tree / Filip Lis, Jakub Ciura
The KPR has been organized since 2007 to promote craft brewing.
The best beer of the Competition is awarded the title of Craft of the Year.
Organizer: Browamator
Cooperation: Symposium of Professional Brewers
Patronage: Polish Craft Brewers Association