2015 All Colorado Beer Fest Recap and Photos
Well, that was a great festival. It was great to see a ton of familiar faces around the Mortgage Solutions Financial event center for this past Saturday's All Colorado Beer Festival. Many people brought out fun and special beers, and some of the newer faces put on a great showing for the judging! We especially enjoyed hanging out with the Beers crew of Whistle Pig and sampling some of Peaks N Pines' brews. Anyways, we know why you're here...for the pretty pictures!
Our only gripe was the lack of communication about when and where the awards were going to be presented. Last year, it all happened in the second session, so we made sure to be there then, but this year they did it during the first without much pomp or circumstance. Our advice: make it a spectacle...people love seeing their local brewers accepting awards.The awards from this year:
Category 1 – English Brown and Porter
Gold – Triple S Brewing – Triple S PorterSilver – Bull & Bush – Big Ben BrownBronze – Shamrock Brewing – Irish Porter
Category 2 – Lagers
Gold – Tivoli Brewing – Tivoli Helles LagerSilver – Yak & Yeti – Nameste PilsnerBronze – Coors Brewing – Coors Banquet
Category 3 – Bock, Scottish & Irish Ales
Gold – Pug Ryans – Hideout HellesSilver – AC Golden – Colorado Native WinterfestBronze – Smiling Toad – Wee Heavy
Category 4 – Hybrid German Wheat & Rye
Gold - Prost Brewing - WeissbierSilver – Bier Werks – Bronco Billies BlondeBronze – Peaks N Pines – Colorado Blonde
Category 5 – American Ales
Gold – Elk Mountain – Ute Bill Pale AleSilver – AC Golden – Colorado Native AmberBronze – Bull & Bush – Allgood Amber
Category 6 – Stout
Gold – Living the Dream – Hellavu CaucasianSilver – Riff Raff Brewing – Oatmeal StoutBronze – Launch Pad Brewery – Soyuz Russian Imperial Stout
Category 7 – IPA English, America & Imperial
Gold – Bull & Bush – Man BeerSilver – Odell Brewing – Odell IPABronze – Iron Bird – Deadstick
Category 8 – Specialty IPAs
Gold – Blue Moon Brewing – Belgian White IPASilver – Ska Brewing – Modus Manderina IPABronze – BJs BrewHouse – Ginger IPA
Category 9 – Belgian & French
Gold – River North – River North WhiteSilver – River North – Hoppenberg Uncertainty PrincipleBronze – Colorado Plus – Sweet Ridge Saison
Category 10 – Strong Ales
Gold – Fossil Brewing – Trilobite Belgian TripelSilver – Manitou Brewing – Belgian Dark StrongBronze – Blue Spruce – Belgian Golden Strong
Category 11 – European Sour Ale/American Wild Ale
Gold – New Belgium – Le TerroirSilver – New Belgium – La FolieBronze – Pikes Peak Brewing – Tava Sour Red IPA
Category 12 – Fruit Beers
Gold – Shamrock – Cherry 2000Silver – Storybook – The Last Strawberry Honey WheatBronze – Kokopelli Beer Co. - Berryana
Category 13 – Smoke & Wood – Aged Beer
Gold – Mu Brewery – Mutation PrincipleSilver – Nano 108 – Carcavalos Barrel Aged Strong AleBronze – Verboten – Mountain Man
Category 14 – Specialty Beers
Gold – Tivoli Brewing – Pass the BuckSilver – Colorado Mountain Brewery – Dead Chef Milk Pumpkin AleBronze – Boulder Beer – Shake Chocolate Porter
Category 15 – Spiced Beer
Gold – Blue Moon – Cinnamon Horchata AleSilver – Ska Brewing – Autumnal Mole StoutBronze – Paradox Beer – Skully Barrel #33 AKA Pepitas Grande
Best of Show
New Belgium – Le TerroirAs you can see, New Belgium cleaned up in the sour categories...maybe its that massive forest of foeders or just Travis Flett's awesome smile! (Thanks Travis for helping catch a misspelling...we just copy-pasted and didn't have time to double check all those medals)We sure are looking forward to next year's 10th anniversary. It'll be awesome.
