2020 Best Of Beer: The Results
Thanks to everyone who took the time to nominate and vote for their favorite local breweries this year. It’s been a difficult past few months for every local business, so hopefully being able to highlight some of the amazing talent we have in our beer community will help you decide on a new spot to try now that we’re at "Level Orange" starting this week!
We tallied the 3k+ votes and the community has spoken. Get out there and support these fine establishments! Congrats to all the winners!
Without further ado, here are the results:
Front of House Staff
Courtesy Nano 108 Brewing Company Facebook
1st: Nano 108 Brewing
2nd (tie): Pikes Peak Brewing & JAKs Brewing
3rd: Red Leg Brewing
Brewer
Courtesy Cerberus Brewing Company Facebook
1st: Josh Adamski - Cerberus
2nd: Zach Weller - Nano 108 Brewing
3rd: Chase Perry - Metric Brewing
Beer for Zoom Meetings
Courtesy Cerberus Brewing Company Facebook
1st: Elysium - Cerberus Brewing
2nd: Incline - Pikes Peak Brewing
3rd: No Pulp - Metric Brewing
IPA
1st: Elysium - Cerberus Brewing
2nd: Hazy IPA - Goat Patch Brewing
3rd: Knucklebones - JAKs Brewing
Session or Light Beer
Courtesy Paradox Beer Company Facebook
1st: La Fiesta - Paradox Beer Company
2nd: Ale of 1812 - Nano 108 Brewing
3rd: Chips and Salsa Cream Ale - Cogstone Brewing
Stout
1st: Summit House Stout - Pikes Peak Brewing
2nd: Double Gumption - Red Leg Brewing
3rd: Stay Here - Trinity Brewing
Dark Beer
1st: Nitro Java Dragon - Storybook Brewing
2nd: Little London - Pikes Peak Brewing
3rd: Tiramisu Porter - Local Relic
Fruit/Vegetable Beer (non-sour)
1st: Chips and Salsa Cream Ale - Cogstone Brewing
2nd: Strawberry Blonde - Storybook Brewing
3rd: Mom Jeans - Metric Brewing
Fruited Sour
1st: MF Gose - Paradox Beer Company
2nd: Cantaloupe Gose - Goat Patch Brewing
3rd: Peach-O Sour - FH Beerworks
Pastry Beer
(non-stout)
1st: Pumpkin Pie Cream Ale - JAKs Brewing
2nd: Pumpkin Milkshake IPA - Local Relic
3rd: Coconut Brown Ale - Cogstone Brewing
Pastry Stout
Courtesy Fossil Craft Beer Facebook
1st: Oreo Stout - Fossil Craft Beer
2nd: Chocolate Peanut Butter Stout - Battle Mountain Brewing
3rd: Chocolate Thunder - Red Leg Brewing
Barrel-Aged Sour
Photo by Averee Davis
1st: Pappy Legba - Goat Patch Brewing
2nd: Peaches in the Wild - Trinity Brewing
3rd: Tempus Peche - Metric Brewing
Barrel-Aged Beer
(non-sour)
1st: Paradise Lost - Cerberus Brewing
2nd: Let’s Get it On - Pikes Peak Brewing
3rd: 291 Whiskey BA Russian Imperial Stout - Battle Mountain Brewing
Gateway Craft Beer
Courtesy Pikes Peak Brewing
1st: Gold - Pikes Peak Brewing
2nd: NBD Kolsch - Cerberus Brewing
3rd: Peach Tea Blonde - Battle Mountain Brewing
Crowler Label Design
Courtesy Metric Brewing Facebook
1st: Metric Brewing
2nd: Fossil Craft Beer
3rd (tie): Cerberus Brewing & Manitou Brewing
Packaging
Label Design
Courtesy Paradox Beer Company Facebook
1st: Paradox Beer Company
2nd: Bristol Brewing
3rd: Red Leg Brewing
Marketing
Courtesy Lost Friend Brewing Facebook
1st: Lost Friend Brewing
2nd: Pikes Peak Brewing
3rd: Cerberus Brewing
Most
Innovative Brewery
Photo by Chris Myers
1st: FH Beerworks
2nd: Local Relic Artisan Ales
3rd: Pikes Peak Brewing Lager House
Brewery Outside Colorado Springs
We’re still waiting for the COS version of Weldwerks, but that hasn’t dampened excitement for the Greeley-based brewery. Courtesy Weldwerks Brewing
