2011 Awards for the Great American Beer Festival
Colorado did pretty stinking good at the Great American Beer Festival this year. I'm counting 39 medals - 14 gold, 10 silver, and 15 bronze. I watched the event, and while I haven't actually done the numbers, I'd imagine that our state won more medals than any other state, with the exception of California (and maybe Indiana). Crabtree Brewing won a few awards, and I've never had their beer, but it seems I'm going to need to check them out. Also, big win for Odell in the Wood Aged Sour, New Belgium in the American Style Sour, Upslope's gold pumpkin beer, I think a silver in the American IPA category is a giant win for Oskar Blues, and a big huge award for homebrew Tom Gardner in the homebrew ProAM competition. Funkwerks did well with a silver in the French/Belgian Saison category, although I think there beer is better than Boulevard's gold winning Brett Saison. Truly, any award is a great achievement though. Lastly, I'm a bit surprised that Trinity didn't win, I really was shooting for them in the new American Brett category. Go here for a full list of awards, but below I've posted a full list of the Colorado brewery awards:
Fruit Wheat
Bronze - Vintage Blonde Ale - Blue Moon - Golden
Field/Pumpkin
Bronze - Turnip the Beets - Bull and Bush - Denver
Gold - Upslope Pumpkin Ale - Upslope Brewing - Boulder
Herb/Spice
Gold - Mexican Chocolate Stout - Copper Kettle - Denver
Coffee Beer
Bronze - Coffee Milk Stout - Dry Dock Brewing - Aurora
Specialty
Bronze - Graham Cracker Porter - Denver Beer Co. - Denver
Other Strong Beer
Silver - Saison de Summer - Backcountry Brewery - Frisco
Experimental
Bronze - Belgorado - Wynkoop - Denver
Gluten Free Beer
Gold - Gluten Free Lemon Pale - Strange Brewing - Denver
American Style Sour Ale
Gold - Le Terrior - New Belgium - Ft. Collins
Wood and Barrel Aged Sour
Gold - Friek - Odell Brewing - Ft. Collins
Aged Beer
Silver - Release the Hounds - Bull and Bush - Denver
Kellerbier or Zwickelbier
Bronze - B3K Shwartz Bier - Wynkoop - Denver
German Style Pils
Gold - Pavlov's Pils - C.B. and Potts - Ft. Collins
Bohemian Style Pils
Silver - Momma's Little Yellow Pils - Oskar Blues - Longmont
Munich Style Helles
Bronze - Orale - Del Norte Brewing - Denver
Dortmunder/German Style Oktoberfest
Gold - Move Back - The Sandlot - Denver
American Style Amber Lager
Silver - Colorado Native - AC Golden - Golden
European Style Dunkle
Gold - Dunkle Lager - Glenwood Canyon Brewing - Glenwood Springs
Dark Lager
Bronze - Schwarzbier - AC Golden - Golden
Gold - Durango Dark - Durango Brewing - Durango
Bock
Silver - PrePro Bock - Coors Archive Brewery - Golden
American style Pale Ale
Bronze - Ute Trail Pale Ale - Amicas - Salida
American IPA
Silver - Deviant Dales - Oskar Blues - Longmont
Extra Special Bitter
Silver - Colorado Kind - Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery - Boulder
Irish Red Ale
Bronze - Colorado Boy Irish Ale - Colorado Boy - Ridgeway
Gold - O'Rian Irish Red - Equinox Brewing - Ft. Collins
English Style Brown Ale
Bronze - Molly's Titanic Brown - Rock Bottom Brewery - Westminster
German Style Alt
Gold - Little Red Cap - Grimm brothers - Loveland
German Style Sour
Gold - Berliner Weisse - Crabtree Brewing - Greeley
South German Style Hefeweizen
Silver - Wild Pitch Hefeweizen - The Sandlot - denver
Gold - Hefeweizen - Dry Dock - Aurora
French/Belgian Style Saison
Silver - Funkwerks Saison - Funkwerks - Ft. Collins
Classic Irish Style Dry Stout
Bronze - Shaft House Stout - Dostel Alley Brewpub and Casino - Central City
Sweet Stout
Gold - Steel Toe Stout - Ska Brewing - Durango
Oatmeal Stout
Silver - Oatmeal Stout - Crabtree Brewing - Greeley
Scotch
Bronze - Old Chub Scotch Ale - Oskar Blues - Longmont
Pro AM Competition
Gold: Before Capone, C.B. & Potts Restaurant & Brewery, Westminster, CO
Brewmaster: Dennis O’Harrow, AHA Member: Tom Gardner
Bronze: Kriek, Dry Dock Brewing, Aurora, CO
Brewmaster: Dry Dock Brewers, AHA Member:Ted Manahan
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