Clovis brewery takes gold, silver, and bronze in Hard Seltzer (Flavored Malt Beverage), plus bronze in Coffee-Flavored Beer, for a four-medal showing
CLOVIS, CA — [SEND DATE, e.g., May 5, 2026] — Crow & Wolf Brewing Co., an independent craft brewery in Clovis, California, took home four medals at the 2026 Brewers Cup of California, including a complete sweep of the Hard Seltzer (Flavored Malt Beverage) category. The competition, announced on April 24, was judged blind by a panel of more than 60 industry judges who evaluated 1,323 entries from 203 independent California breweries. The 2026 results mark Crow & Wolf’s second sweep of the Hard Seltzer category in three years; the brewery also took all three medal positions in the same category at the 2024 Brewers Cup of California and has placed in the category every year since 2023.
The brewery’s 2026 medals are:
- Gold — Dark Wolf (Hard Seltzer, FMB) — a boysenberry-and-vanilla seltzer designed to taste like a sorbet
- Silver — Maui Sunset (Hard Seltzer, FMB) — a POG profile of passionfruit, orange, and guava
- Bronze — Hello Sunshine (Hard Seltzer, FMB) — watermelon and lime
- Bronze — Odyssey (Coffee-Flavored Beer) — a coffee stout brewed with vanilla and milk sugar
“Lager and seltzer are both styles that punish shortcuts,” said Don Anderson, President and CEO at Crow & Wolf Brewing Co. “There’s nowhere for a flaw to hide in a clean seltzer or a clean lager — blind judges find them every time. Sweeping a category in front of that kind of panel, twice in three years, is the result we wanted when we built this program. We’re proud of the team.”…