For the third year in a row, the Bruges beer ‘Brugse Zot‘ won a medal at the ‘World Beer Cup‘. This year it’s a silver one, in the category ‘Belgian-Style Blond Ale’. The most prestigious beer competition awards were presented Saturday, April 10th at the closing of the annual Craft Brewers Conference in Chicago.

Bruges brewery ‘De halve maan’ (The half moon) won another 3 medals for their beers. At the European Beer Star awards in Berlin, ‘De halve maan’ won a gold medal for ‘Straffe Hendrik‘ in the category ‘Belgian Style Tripel’, another gold medal for ‘Brugse Zot double brown‘ in the category ‘Belgian Style Dubbel’ and a bronze medal for ‘Brugse Zot Blond‘ in the category ‘Belgian Style Ale’.

There participated 836 beers from 36 countries in 41 categorie.