Haas Innovations Brewery Wins Bronze at the Washington Beer Awards

We’re proud to share that the Haas Innovations Team earned a Bronze Medal in the American Lager category at this year’s Washington Beer Awards for B-Rice Lager!

Our winning lager was made to celebrate Brice Hiatt, our outgoing Director of Pellet Operations. After an illustrious 45-year career, Brice retired earlier this year and leaves Haas with a legacy of true excellence. Many brewers and industry friends have remarked that Brice has forgotten more about pellets than the rest of us should ever hope to learn, and after an estimated 659 million pounds of hops processed during his tenure, we tend to agree.

“Just like Brice this lager is a classic. True to its American roots, this recipe highlights Loral and HBC 1134 hops and uses rice for a clean, crisp finish.”
Virgil McDonald, Haas Innovations Brewmaster

The Washington Beer Awards are designed specifically to support Washington’s professional brewers and highlight the best of the state’s craft brewing community. Each year, this competition brings together hundreds of entries from breweries of all sizes from across the state. Each beer is judged blind by trained industry professionals for aroma, flavor, mouthfeel, and technical merit. We’re over the moon to have a beer that stood out among such fierce competition.

Get a taste of B-Rice Lager, an easy-drinking beer with a pleasant floral aroma. This beer was featured in our latest recipe book, Brewing for the Future: Harvest 2025—click here to download the full recipe book.

B-Rice Lager

Grains

Weyermann Pilsner malt 61.0%
Great Western 2 row 26.83%
Flaked torrefied rice 10.98%
Acidulated malt 1.22%
Rice hulls (as needed)

Hops

First wort
HBC 1134 c.v. T90 9 IBU

15 minute addition
HBC 1134 c.v. T90 4 IBU
Loral^® HBC 291 c.v. T90 4 IBU

Whirlpool
HBC 1134 c.v. T90 4 IBU
Loral^® HBC 291 c.v. T90 4 IBU

Yeast

Imperial L13 Global lager yeast or similar