Blue North And Transplant Win Silver at the 2025 U.S. Open Beer Championship
Your own Wild Heart Brewing Company was awarded silver medals for Blue North Blueberry Blonde Ale and Transplant IPA in the 2025 U.S. Open Beer Championship!
Wild Heart Brewing entered four beers in this year’s U.S. Open Beer Championship along with over other 8,000 beers submitted from breweries across the nation, from Big Island Brewing in Hawaii to Bissell Brothers Brewing Company in Portland, Maine.
And, guess what? Harstville won two silver medals this year!
Wild Heart Brewing’s Blue North was awarded the silver medal in the American Fruit - Blueberry category. Blue North won Bronze last year, so props to our brewers Zach and Jerry for grinding and getting better every day.
Our pre-Wild Hartsville Beer Festival collaboration, Transplant Hazy IPA, also won Silver in Collaboration Beer: IPAs! This version featured Strata and Strata Hyperboost. We brewed Transplant the night before the festival in April with the homies from Liability Brewing (Greenville), Magnetic South Brewery (Anderson, Greenville), Double Stamp Brewery (Greenville), and Replay Brewing (Fort Mill).
Zach and Jerry continue to push the boundaries of our brewing program to bring you the best beer possible. We are honored to have been considered alongside some of the best breweries in the country in this competition and are proud to represent Hartsville among them.
Huge props go to our homies across the state that medalled in this year’s U.S. Open Beer Championship. Here’s everyone in South Carolina that medalled:
21: Experimental IPA
Silver: EZ Baked – Replay Brewing – South Carolina
23 (A-B): Single Hop IPA
Bronze: Bury Me In Strata – The Southern Growl Beer Company – South Carolina
33 (B-C): Pastry Stout
Silver: Deez Cocoa-Nuts – Savage Craft Ale Works – South Carolina
43: Brown Porter
Silver: Pluff Mud Porter – Holy City Brewing – South Carolina
62 (A-C): Belgian and French Ale
Bronze: Feral Garden Gnome – Liability Brewing Co. – South Carolina
74: Smoothie Sour
Bronze: Beach Vibes – Savage Craft Ale Works – South Carolina
75 (A-B): Light Lager
Silver: Ultra Secret Enigma – Liability Brewing Co. – South Carolina
76 B: American-Style Pilsener
Bronze: Purr Pils – The Southern Growl Beer Company – South Carolina
93: India Pale Lager
Gold: Hoppy Lager – Low Tide Brewing – South Carolina
99 a: American-Style Fruit Beer – Raspberry
Gold: Anniversary Stout – Model A Brewing – South Carolina
99 B: American-Style Fruit Beer – Blueberry
Silver: Blue North – Wild Heart Brewing Co. – South Carolina
100 M: Fruit Wheat Beer – General/Other
Silver: Blueberry Cobbler Payday – Side Hustle Brewing Company – South Carolina
101: Belgian-Style Fruit Beer
Bronze: Painkiller – Holy City Brewing – South Carolina
109: Rye Beer
Silver: Red Your Last Rytes – Liability Brewing Co. – South Carolina
118: Barrel-Aged Breakfast Stout
Bronze: Brunch with Santa – Low Tide Brewing – South Carolina
146: Collaboration Beer: IPAs
Silver: Transplant, Wild Heart Brewing Co. + Liability Brewing, Magnetic South, Double Stamp & Replay Brewing\
147: Root Beer: A – Kids
Gold: Marsh Water – Low Tide Brewing – South Carolina
Thank you to the judges at the U.S. Open and all of our local fans for inspiring us to get better every day. We look forward to next year!
Learn more about the U.S. Open and this year’s other winners at usopenbeer.com.
