Best & Most Creative Beer Names from the U.S. Open Beer Championship (2010–2025)

Every year at the U.S. Open Beer Championship, brewers don’t just bring world-class beers—they unleash some of the most clever, hilarious, and downright inspired beer names in the craft scene. Hand-picked by the event directors for pure creativity and wit, these standouts have become fan favorites that capture the playful spirit of craft beer. From pun-packed masterpieces to cheeky nods and unforgettable wordplay, here are the Top 10 Best & Most Creative Beer Names from each year of the U.S. Open Beer Championship between 2010 and 2025. Cheers to the brewers who make us smile before we even take the first sip!

2025 U.S. Open Beer Championship  
1) Not a Cure for Baldness – Buck Bald Brewing
2) She’s The Brewer West Coast IPA – Stone Brewing – California(Pink Boots Entry)
3) Fight! Flight! Or Pizza! – Moonraker Brewing
4) Thick Thighs and Luscious Eyes Imperial Stout – Hop District Community Brewing
5) Pants Off Pilsner – Dakota Point Brewing
6) That’s What She Saaz – Afterglow Brewing
7) Toxic Positivity – Sugar Monkey Brewing
8) Frankenfish Forschungbier – Muskellunge Brewing Company
9) Nut Crusher Peanut Butter Porter – Wild Ride Brewing
10) Olly Olly Gluten Free – Sibling Revelry Brewing

2024 U.S. Open Beer Championship  
1. Barrel-Aged Macadizzamia Nizzut – Unrefined Brewing – Florida
2. All Cap’n, No Crunch – Tarnished Hallow Brewing Co. – Indiana
3. Just Give Me ALL The Bacon – Akademia Brewing – Georgia
4. Fat Kids Birthday Party – Cherry Street Brewing at Vickery Village – Georgia
5. Not My Gumdrop Buttons – Model A Brewing Company – South Carolina
6. Hot Sauce Committee – Good Line Beer Co. – Texas
7. The Elves Have Gone Too Far – Bickersons Brewhouse – Washington
8. Bones Are Their Money – Site-1 Brewing Co. – Nebraska
9. Spaghetti Policy – South O Brewing – California
10. Hopswitch Engage – Afterglow Brewing – Virginia

2023 U.S. Open Beer Championship 
1. Miniature Giant Space Hamster Hazy Pale Ale – Bullfinch Brewing – New York
2. I Used to be an Athlete Session IPA – Benchtop Brewing – Virginia
3. I’ll Have What the Gentleman on the Floor is Having Barley Wine – McGuire’s Irish Pub – Florida
4. Surfing Hippos IPA – Pocock Brewing – California
5. Not Bad For A Strip Mall Brewery IPA – Lupulin Brewing Company – Minnesota
6. Old Elephant Foot IPA – Tampa Bay Brewing – Florida
7. Damn Near Kilt ‘Em – Cowtown Brewing – Texas
8. Luke I Am Your Lager – Grainworks – Ohio
9. Adios Bitchachos Mexican Pilsner – Bankhead Brewing – Texas
10. Mission Impawsible Double IPA(Proceeds to Dog rescue program) – Service Brewing – Georgia
10. Gandalph the Haze – Iron Pipe Alewerks – Virginia
10. Stud Puffin Hazy Pale Ale – King Canary Brewing – North Carolina

2022 U.S. Open Beer Championship 
1. Still Not as Bitter as Your Ex – N.E.W. Ales Brewing
2. Up Schitt’s Kriek – Lost Province Brewing
3. It Gose in Your Moutha – Spider Bite Beer Co.
4, Kolsch Me if You Can – Pilot Brewing
5. Who’s A Good Beer? – Streetside Brewery
6. I Need More Cowbelgian – The Common Beer Company
7. It’s Pronounced “Phrankensteen” IPA – Listermann Brewing
8. There Gose my Pickle – Cueni Brewing Co.
9. Tastes Like Flannel – Red Bear Brewing
10. Julius Squeezer IPA – Elmhurst Brewing Company

2021 U.S. Open Beer Championship
1. Finely Aged Plummer’s Crack Ale – Bad Dad Brewing Company
2. I Hated Listermann Before It Was Cool Stout – Listermann Brewing
3. We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Pontoon Boat DIPA – Pontoon Brewing
4. Tripel Dollar Bill Y’all – Liability Brewing
5. Never Fight a Man with a Perm Barley Wine – Lynwood Brewing Concern
6. Magic Carpet Rye’d – Model A Brewing
7. Dank Poets Society Imperial IPA – Riip Beer Company
8. The Cashmere Shrinkage Pale Ale – 1840 Brewing
9. That’s Wit she said – Legacy Ale Works
10. Bitchin Kitchin IPA – MPH Brewing

2020 U.S. Open Beer Championship
1. Menace to Sobriety Stout – Hank Hudson Brewing – New York
2. Purple Floors and Dinosaurs IPA – Double Branch Brewing – Florida
3. Breaking Bud IPA – Knee Deep Brewing – California
4. Flavus Maximus Ale – Soul Fire Brewing – Texas
5. Straight Kick to the Scotch Ale – Urban Brew Labs – Illinois
6. Double Rogg Dare You – Gezellig Brewing – Iowa
7. Fog Eat Fog World Hazy DIPA – Slice Beer Company – California
8. I Don’t Give A Schnitzel Oktoberfest – de Bine Brewing Co. – Florida
9. Arrowmatic DIPA – Arrow Lodge Brewing – California
10. Tipsy Goat Bock – Oak Highlands Brewery – Texas
10. You’re Killin’ Me S’mores – Brewfinity Brewing – Wisconsin

2019 U.S. Open Beer Championship  
1. This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things – Great Raft Brewing – Louisiana
2. Hazed & Infused Pale Ale – Boulder Beer Company – Colorado
3. Knot Another Dumb Blond Ale – Redbone Magic Brewing – Texas
4. Mother Fuggleb Imperial Brown Ale – Eudora Brewing – Ohio
5. Weirdo with a Beardo Scotch Ale – Big T Brew Pub – Michigan
6. Driving Miss Hazy Ale – Gilgamesh Brewing – Oregon
7. My Dad Barleywine – Atlanta Brewing – Georgia
8. Pit happens Berliner Weiss – Kros Strain Brewing – Nebraska
9. Light My Friar – American Icon Brewery – Florida
10. SweetWater Brewing Company – Peach Love & Happiness – Georgia
10. Mass Whole Lager – Wormtown Brewery – Massachusetts

2018 U.S. Open Beer Championship
1. Beasts of Bourbon – Liquid Mechanics Brewing
2. We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Cucumber – Columbia Craft Brewing
3. Another One Bites the Must – Peter B’s Brewpub
4. Weapon of Mash Destruction – Main & Six Brewing Company
5. Shipfaced – Silver Harbor Brewing
6. Bring Out Your Dead IPA – Black Plague Brewing
7. Hoppyright Infringement – NOLA Brewing
8. Sac Fly-PA – Knee Deep Brewing
9. Pour Decisions – Upstate Brewing Company
10. He Ain’t Heffe – Straight to Ale

2017 U.S. Open Beer Championship
Best Names – None

2016 U.S. Open Beer Championship 
1. Wit or Wit Out You – Middleton Brewing
2. Tall, Dark and Mandarin – Big Island Brewhaus
3. Shitnit – Port Jeff Brewing Company
4. Big Booty Golden Ale – Wild Ride Brewing
5. Sexapeel – Infamous Brewing Company
6. Bolshevik Bastard – Nickel Brook Brewing
7. You Bretta Run – Perrin Brewing Company
8. Guava the Hutt – Wynwood Brewing Company
9. There Gose My Heart – Hop Dogma Brewing Company
10. Toxic Sludge Black IPA – Blue Point Brewing

2015 U.S. Open Beer Championship  
1. Funkmaster Brett and the Furious Hops – Revelry Brewing
2. The Kimmie, the Yink and the Holy Gose – Anderson Valley Brewing
3. Thai-P-A – Malai Kitchen
4. The Eternal Hoptomist – Living the Dream Brewing
5. Don’t it Make My Brown Eye’s Brew – Wolf Hills Brewing
6. Sit Down or I Will Sit You Down – Peticolas Brewing Company
7. Take Two Pils – Sweetwater Brewing
8. Beard Envy – Red Brick Brewing
9. Pumpkin Stiltskin – Big Top Brewing Company
10. Cherry Busey – Sun King Brewing

2014 U.S. Open Beer Championship
1. Razzberry Princess Yum Yum
2. The Holly Hand Greade Quad
3. The Dogfather
4. Nerd Alert Summer Ale
5. Mr. Winky Brown Ale
6. Vienna Waits for You
7. The Princess Wears Girl Pants IPA
8. the Kimmie, the Yink and the Holy Gose
9. Zed the Zorcerer
10. Kiss My Irish Stout

2013 U.S. Open Beer Championship
1. Long, Dark Voyage to Uranus – Sawdust City
2. Brew Free! Or Die IPA – 21st Amendment
3. Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout – Wynkoop Brewing
4. The Abyss – Deschutes Brewery
5. Bitch’n Camaro – Sun King Brewing
6. Naked Pig Pale Ale – Back Forty Brewing
7. Triple Lindy – Big Bear Brewing
8. Mass Whole Hefe Weizen – Wormtown Brewing
9. Hotter than Helles – Cigar City Brewing
10. Octopus Ink – Pike Brewing

2012 – U.S. Open Beer Championship
1. Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
2. Bolshevik Bastard Imperial Stout
3. Drafty Kilt Scotch Ale
4. When Helles Freezes Over Munchner Helles
5. Nude Beach Summer Wheat
6. Phlux Capacitor Strong Ale
7. Smokey the Bear Rauch
8. Honey, I can explain Ale
9. Hazed & Infused Dry Hopped Ale
10. Rudolph’s Red Nose Barley Wine

2011 U.S. Open Beer Championship – Top 5
1. Bear Ass Brown – Silverton Brewing
2. Indiana Krunkles Wheat IPA – Terrapin Beer Company
3. Mama’s Little Yella Pils – Oskar Blues Brewing
4. Pursuit of Hoppiness – Grand Teton Brewing
5. Satan’s Pony – South Street Brewery

2010 U.S. Open Beer Championship – Top 5
1. Lucifer Angel by Maui Brewing
2. Dragon’s Breath by Bayern Brewing
3. Swamp Ape IPA by Florida Beer Company
4. Buffalo Sweat by Tallgrass Brewing
5. Black Betty Imperial Stout – Nebraska Brewing