Our 2016 World Beer Cup Photo Recap Plus Winners
Wow, that was an awesome awards reception. Local breweries Manitou Brewing, Rockyard Brewing and Red Leg Brewing all brought home medals! A Colorado brewpub won best small brewpub (12Degree Brewing), and Colorado swept the Belgian-style Strong Pale Ale category!Here's the award winners in a PDF if you'd like to peruse it for yourself. Our unofficial count put Colorado at 37 medals.It was definitely hard to keep track of photos and posting updates, so we missed a few. Here's our photos in no certain order from the night:[gallery type="slideshow" size="large" link="file" ids="10557,10556,10555,10554,10553,10552,10551,10550,10549,10548,10547,10546,10545,10544,10543,10542,10541,10540,10539,10538,10537,10536,10535,10534,10533,10532,10531,10530,10529,10528,10527,10526,10562,10563,10564"]Here's the Colorado winners!
American-Style Wheat Beer
Silver: Whacked Out Wheat, Telluride Brewing Co., Telluride, CO
Fruit Beer
Silver: Razz Against the Machine, Little Machine Beer, Denver, CO
Fruit Wheat Beer
Gold: First Peach Ale, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Golden CO
Belgian-Style Fruit Beer
Silver: Coal Kriek, Gravity Brewing, Louisville, CO
Pumpkin Beer
Gold: Pump Action Imperial Pumpkin Ale, 4 Noses Brewing, Broomfield, CO
Chili Beer
Gold: Yellow Fever, Comrade Brewing Co., Denver, CO
Experimental Beer
Silver: Cerise Mousseux Nouveau, Manitou Brewing Co., Manitou Springs, CO
Fresh or Wet Hop Ale
Silver: High Ground IPA, Manitou Springs, COBronze: Double Conundrum Imperial Red Fresh Hop, Aspen Brewing Co., Aspen, CO
Aged Beer
Bronze: 2012 Dr. Strangelove Barleywine, Strange Craft Beer Co., Denver, CO
Baltic-Style Porter
Bronze: Black Aria Baltic Porter, Mountain Sun Breweries, Denver, CO
German-Style Pilsener
Silver: Pilsner, Dry Dock Brewing Co. – South Dock, Aurora, CO
Vienna-Style Lager
Bronze: Puesta del Sol, WeldWerks Brewing Co., Greeley, CO
German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock
Silver: Warning Sign, Rockyard Brewing Co., Castle Rock, CO
American-Style Amber Lager
Gold: Steam Engine Lager, Steamworks Brewing Co., Durango, CO
American-Style Dark Lager
Bronze: Saint Patrick’s Black, Saint Patrick’s Brewing Co., Littleton, CO
German-Style Altbier
Gold: 90 Shilling, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, COSilver: Little Red Cap, Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, Loveland, CO
French & Belgian-Style Saison
Bronze: Soleil Saison, 12Degree Brewing, Louisville, CO
Belgian-Style Pale Ale or Blonde Ale
Bronze: Golden Ghost, Lost Highway Brewing, Denver, CO
Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale
Gold: Treachery, 12Degree Brewing, Louisville, COSilver: Sanctuary Golden Strong Ale, Gemini Beer Co., Westminster, COBronze: Deceit, Funkwerks, Fort Collins, CO
Other Belgian-Style Ale
Bronze: Sugarfoot Belgian Table Beer, Spangalang Brewery, Denver, CO
English-Style Summer Ale
Bronze: True Blonde Ale, SKA Brewing Co., Durango, CO
Ordinary or Special Bitter
Gold: Amber, Dry Dock Brewing Co. – North Dock, Aurora, COSilver: Sawtooth Ale, Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, CO
English-Style India Pale Ale
Gold: Independence Pass Ale, Aspen Brewing Co., Aspen, COSilver: Punjabi Pale Ale, CooperSmith’s Pub & Brewing, Fort Collins, CO
English-Style Brown Ale
Silver: Sweet George’s Brown, Dillon Dam Brewery, Dillon, CO
Brown Porter
Bronze: Blue Nose Brown, Red Leg Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO
Scotch Ale
Gold: Clan Warrior Scotch Ale, Odyssey Beerwerks, Arvada, CO
Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout
Silver: Irish Stout, Carver Brewing Co., Durango, CO
Export Stout
Gold: Fade to Black, Volume 1, Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, CO
Double Red Ale
Gold: Summit Sunrise, Denver Beer Co., Canworks, Denver, CO
Imperial Red Ale
Bronze: Wreak Havoc, Bootstrap Brewing, Niwot, CO
American-Style Brown Ale
Bronze: Upslope Brown Ale, Upslope Brewing Co., Flatiron Park, Boulder, CO
World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster -Small Brewpub
12Degree BrewingJon Howland & To O’Brien
