The 2006 Brewers Association World Beer Cup competition witnessed 2,221 entries from 540 breweries in 56 countries.  The following South Sound based companies grabbed awards:
Old Ale. Silver: Old Woody, Fish Brewing Co., Olympia.
Brown Porter. Bronze: Total Disorder Porter, Ram/Big Horn Brewing, Seattle location.

Other Pacific Northwest winners

• American Cream Ale or Lager. Bronze: Session Premium Lager, Full Sail Brewing, Hood River, OR.
• American-Style Wheat Beer. Bronze: Pyramid Crystal Weizen, Pyramid Breweries, Inc., Portland, OR.
• American-Style Hefeweizen. Bronze: Pyramid Hefeweizen, Pyramid Breweries, Inc., Portland, OR
• Specialty Beer. Silver: Morimoto Black Obi Soba Ale, Rogue Ales, Newport, OR.
• Other Strong Ale or Lager. Gold: Dragonstooth Stout, Elysian Brewing Co., Seattle, WA.
• Experimental Beer (Lager or Ale). Gold: Blootvoetse Bruin, Walking Man Brewing, Stevenson, WA.
• German-Style Marzen/Oktoberfest. Silver: Vienna, Rock Bottom Brewery, Bellevue.
• Ordinary Bitter. Gold: Blue Heron Pale Ale, BridgePort Brewing Co., Portland, OR.
• Special Bitter or Best Bitter. Silver: E.S.B., Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA.
• Strong Scotch Ale. Silver: Fat Bastard, Silver City Brewing Co., Silverdale, WA
• Strong Ale. Bronze: Cabin Fever, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA.
• Golden or Blonde Ale. Silver: Kiwanda Cream Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR.
• American-Style Strong Pale Ale. Silver: Hop Bomb IPA, Rock Bottom Brewery, Bellevue.
• American-Style India Pale Ale. Silver: India Pelican Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR.
• Imperial or Double Red Ale. Silver: Big Phatty, Water Street Brewing & Ale House, Port Townsend, WA. Bronze: Organic Deranger, Laurelwood Brewing Co., Portland, OR.
• American-Style Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter. Gold: Walking Man IPA, Walking Man Brewing, Stevenson, WA. Bronze: Caldera Dry Hop Red, Caldera Brewing Co., Ashland, OR.
• American-Style Stout. Gold: Shakespeare Stout, Rogue Ales, Newport, OR. Bronze: Sunnyside Stout, Snipes Mountain Brewery, Sunnyside, WA.