Heresy was entered into the competition by Jörgen Hasselqvist, the manager of Oliver Twist, a Stockholm pub which has been importing American craft beers since 1997 and which currently stocks 50 U.S. beers from 18 breweries.

"We didn't even know they carried Heresy, but Jörgen liked it so much that he entered it in the annual Festival," said Weyerbacher's Dan Weirback, who only found out about the entry as the Festival began. "I guess that explains why I've seen reviews of Heresy from Sweden on the web."

In an email to Weirback informing him of the medal, Hasselqvist said "I will hopefully bring more of your beers over...I have already booked the spot for next year and I'll guess you`d like to participate!"