09-05-2025
Marlborough brewery wins gold at World Beer Cup. What to know about its winning brew
Marlborough's Lost Shoe Brewing and Roasting Company is a gold medalist in the 'Beer Olympics.'
On May 1, Lost Shoe's Size 6 beer won gold in the Belgian-style Dubbel category at the World Beer Cup in Indianapolis.
'I was watching the ceremony live (online) and when they announced the gold, I screamed,' said Lost Shoe co-founder JP Gallagher.
The World Beer Cup is an annual international beer competition sponsored by the Brewers Association, the United States' trade organization for the craft beer industry. Each year, more than 200 judges sample beers from throughout the world and award medals in several dozen categories. In all, more than 1,750 breweries entered 8,375 beers into the competition.
Gallagher said the competition is 'often referred to as the Olympics of beer competitions' and called it the 'biggest and best' of all such competitions. It was Lost Shoe's first medal at the World Beer Cup.
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Size 6 was one of only two Massachusetts beers to medal at the competition. Boston Beer Company, maker of Sam Adams brews, won a bronze with its Summer Wheat in the 'Fruit Wheat Beer' category.
Gallagher described Size 6 as a traditional Belgian dubbel ale; amber to reddish brown, a strong malt-profile, with notes of caramel and raisin and traditional Belgian yeast notes. A Belgian dubbel beer generally contains from 6.5% to 7% alcohol and is typically dark-amber to brown in color.
Gallagher said the brewery entered four beers into the competition, and that having Size 6 win was special.
'Belgian beer kind of led me toward craft beer,' he said. 'I've always loved Trappist styles and I've always been proud of the Trappist beers I've been making.'
Size 6 is currently on tap and available in cans to go at Lost Shoe. Both versions will be available at Lost Shoe's sixth anniversary party on May 10, Gallagher said.
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This article originally appeared on MetroWest Daily News: Lost Shoe Brewing in Marlborough wins gold medal at World Beer Cup
