Oct 09, 2017 this past weekend in denver, judges at the great american beer festival awarded gold, silver and bronze medals in 98 beer categories covering 161 different beer styles including all subcategories. View the 2017 winners or download a pdf list of the winners. I continue to travel the country in search of the nations best breweries. Though some were award winners and others were poured on the festival floor, all are hilarious. Great american beer festival 2018 dates announced tenemu.
Ground breaker brewing of portland has one a medal in the gluten free. Sep 28, 2009 on saturday, the winners of the great american beer festival were announced. Another great american beer festival has come and gone, and with it our beloved state of colorado has taken 38 medals including gold medals from 37 breweries total lone tree brewing based out of lone tree, colorado took home both a gold and silver medal. View the 2014 winners or download a pdf list of the winners. Gabf remains the largest commercial beer competition in the world, with 3,523 beers vying for. Denver, co in its 30th year, the 2016 great american beer festival gabf competition awarded 286 medals to some of the best commercial breweries in the united states, plus three gabf proam medals to teams of amateur homebrewers paired with professionals. Washington breweries win big at gabf washington beer blog. You can download a pdf list of 20 winner here, or go to an. With gabf being a blind tasting competition, theres no guarantee that its taste alone would carry it to a medal. From all of us at beer alien congrats to all the winners of the 2015 great american. Oct 14, 20 boulder, co october 12, 20the 20 great american beer festival gabf competition awarded 252 medals to some of the best commercial breweries in the united states, including gabf proam medals.
Displaying all medal winners from all styles from all states represented at the 2019 gabf. Last weekend the 32nd annual great american beer festival was staged by the. The ultimate guide to gabf 2017 the great american beer festival heading to colorado for the greatest beer festival in the history of beer. Winners of the gabf medals will be announced on saturday at the gabf awards ceremony at the colorado convention center. One of my favorite data sets to analyze every year is the gabf medal winners. Local winners at the 20 great american beer festival the. Oct 08, 2016 october 8, 2016 kendall jones comments off on washington breweries win big at gabf facebook twitter reddit congratulations to all the breweries that brought home medals from the great america beer festival this year, but lets face it, the huge news coming out of denver last saturday morning, when the winners were announced, involved the most. Here are this years great american beer festival competition winners. Presented by the brewers association, gabf is the largest commercial beer competition in the world and a symbol of brewing excellence. If youre going to spend a huge chunk of your time looking at 1s and 0s, it really helps when you can remember that those numbers are representative of the best beers in the world. Rods steam bitter, second street brewery, santa fe, nm. Members of the american homebrewers association and the brewers association have access to the gabf member presale via an 11digit offer code. Looking back at the 20 great american beer festival. Theres much to digest, but ive pointed out five of the more interesting takeaways from the 2017 gabf.
Another year, another record number of entries for the great american beer festival. It is the largest brewery in indianapolis and the second largest brewery in the state. Colorado breweries win 38 medals at the great american beer. Boulder, co october, 2012the 2012 great american beer festival gabf competition awarded 254 medals to some of the best commercial breweries in the united states. The ultimate calendar for the great american beer festival rare beer tastings, special taps, beers dinners and more herald gabf week in. In its 30th year, the 2016 great american beer festival gabf competition awarded 286 medals to some of the best commercial breweries in the united states, plus three gabf proam medals to teams of amateur homebrewers paired with professionals. The gabf brings visitors from around the world to sample thousands of different american craft beers. This judge panel award gold, silver, and bronze to the top beers in each category according to a gabf style guidelines. What makes a great american beer festival medalwinning beer. Her elegant, silverhaired companion went over to the bar and ordered champagne, a necessary aperitif for a night that promised new contacts, good music, and a. Briess pilsen malt gets the nod on color, flavor and.
Oct 08, 2016 denver, co in its 30th year, the 2016 great american beer festival gabf competition awarded 286 medals to some of the best commercial breweries in the united states, plus three gabf proam medals to teams of amateur homebrewers paired with professionals. Oct 06, 2014 another year of the prestigious great american beer festival gabf is now in the books and the new school was in denver to witness all twentytwo of the medals won by oregon brewers. Assemble your brew crew for the 39th annual great american beer festival. Old bounder barley wine took home the silver medal at the 20 great american beer festival gabf this past weekend. Oct, 2012 boulder, co october, 2012the 2012 great american beer festival gabf competition awarded 254 medals to some of the best commercial breweries in the united states. Somehow breweries have yet to run out of beer puns for their beer names, so we searched high and low throughout the 2019 gabf to find the wittiest titles or otherwise amazing names. Proam selections more coming soon as the rest of the breweries pick update.
This year, the 2015 gabf proam competition had 92 entries from professoionalamateur collaborations across the country. Brewers association awards wrong brewery a gabf medal. Third, a quick perusal of the past winners shows that the alchemist has entered beers before. The gluten free beer category seems to date back to 2007, so ive compiled a list of all the winners for each year since in a handy gabf winners guide below. Gabf remains the largest commercial beer competition in the world, with 3,523 beers vying for medals compared to 3,308 entries in 2009. In 2011, sun king won eight medals, including four gold medals, total at the great american beer festival.
Most of them dont make styles that are recognized by gabf. The 20 great american beer festival gabf competition awarded 252 medals to some of the best commercial breweries in the united states, including gabf proam medals. To accommodate growth, this years gabf competition saw its biggest panel of judges ever, with 201 beer experts from 11 countries evaluating 4,809 entries, with assistance from more than competition volunteers. Competition information great american beer festival. Another great american beer festival, another 4,000 beers in the books. The largest commercial beer competition in the world, the 20 great american beer festival competition marked its 27th year with recordbreaking participation. The great american beer festival gabf proam competition pairs teams of home and commercial brewers together in a competition that brings homebrew recipes to the masses. List of great american beer festival medalists wikipedia.
Presale gabf tickets disappear, ticketmaster problems reported. The brewers association awarded 306 medals to 280 breweries across the united states at the 2018 great american beer festival competition. Heres our guide to making the most of your tripbreweries, bars, and bottle shops to visit, tips for surviving the crowds, and how to navigate the festival like a pro. Presented by the brewers association, gabf is the largest. Another year of the prestigious great american beer festival gabf is now in the. Washington breweries brought home 10 medals this year. Here is the breakdown of some of the 2014 gabf surprises, highlights and all the winners from oregon. Washington brewers win big at gabf 2017 washington beer blog.
Presented by the brewers association, gabf is the largest commercial beer competition in the world and a symbol. Tickets allotted for this years great american beer festival presale sold out within 90 minutes. Congrats to all medal winners and cheers to the judges. Congratulations to all the brewers who took home some hardware. Oregons 20 gabf winners october, 20 by jon abernathy filed in events i was planning a party yesterday so i didnt get a chance to watch the livestream of the great american beer festival awards live ive done in recent years, but i was still very pleased to see that oregon breweries brought home 25 medals this year. Gabf competition director chris swersey announces medalwinning beers. Great american beer festival gabf 20 winners community.
Create your free account now and join our growing community of beer geeks. Gluten free beer winners 20072019 best gluten free. Oct 14, 20 saturday we live tweeted the 20 great american beer festival awards ceremony where breweries were recognized by the brewers association for their accomplishments by style in this years competition. View the 2011 winners or download a pdf list of the winners. The brewers association is providing all covid19 resources for free so. The 2018 gabf competition winners were selected by an international panel of 293. Gabf competition statistics 32 nd edition of the gabf competition 8,496 entries plus 101 proam and 49 collaboration entries 2,404 breweries in the competition from 49 states plus washington, d. More than 4,300 beers were entered, representing 745 breweries from around the country. Great american beer festival gabf 20 winners page 3. Five takeaways from the 2017 gabf winner list hop culture. This years event included over 800 breweries in the festival hall, more than 3,900 beers served. Earlier today, the winners of the 32nd great american beer festival were announced. Great american beer festival 20 in broad brushstrokes.
On saturday, the winners of the great american beer festival were announced. This years great american beer festival gabf has only been over for two days and we already know when the next one will be happening. Oct 12, 20 view the 20 winners or download a pdf list of the winners. The great american beer festival gabf is an annual 3day festival held in denver, colorado. Beer forums be heard on one of the most active forums dedicated to beer. The 2010 great american beer festival gabf competition drew an impressive field of competitors, with 2010 topping last years entries by nine percent. Colorado breweries win 38 medals at the great american. From october 20 october 2014, i road tripped to every brewery that won a medal at the 20 great american beer festival 183 breweries in 365 days.
Tristan breaks down the gabf winners announced this weekend. Gabf medal winners analyzed, 2015 brewers association. The great american beer festival is presented by the brewers association. Updated great american beer festival medal results. Gabf 2015 homebrew competition key dates 2nd february entries open th february entries close 16th19th february judging takes place 21st feb winners announced at festival approximately 5. The 20 great american beer festival competition winners were selected by. Ticketmaster problems reported but not as bad as 2012. Oct 07, 20 you can see our full list of gabf week events here. San diego is bringing home 18 awards and temecula is bringing home 2. Great american beer festival medals are coveted by breweries across the country. Hundreds of judges from the united states and abroad evaluate beer in the associated competition, ultimately judging several thousand beers entered by hundreds of.
The great american beer festival gabf membersonly ticket presale begins on tuesday, july 28 at 10. The ultimate guide to gabf 2017 the great american beer. They dont enter because most of the beers at gabf are usually made to the exact style guidelines, which doesnt always make a beer that tastes great to the average consumer. Master 20 gabf winners sortable, filterable list click on a cell and scroll to the right to see which beer won. Mistakes you dont want to make while at gabf 303 magazine. Presented by the brewers association ba, gabf is the largest commercial beer competition in the world and the premier symbol of brewing excellence. A record 4,809 beers were judged in 84 categories by 201 judges, of which i was again privileged to be one. The great american beer festival takes place october 35, 2019 in denver, colorado. View the 2018 winners or download a pdf list of the winners. California breweries took home 39 of the 234 awards, or about 17% of the total. Oct 09, 2017 gabf winners include 10 beers from indiana breweries. A total of 234 medals were awarded in 78 categories gold, silver and bronze. Second, theres always a chance that heady doesnt rate well against the specific style guidelines that are used in judging. Oct 09, 2017 another great american beer festival has come and gone, and with it our beloved state of colorado has taken 38 medals including gold medals from 37 breweries total lone tree brewing based out of lone tree, colorado took home both a gold and silver medal.
Nov 30, 2019 every year, gluten free and non gluten free breweries submit beers brewed with alternative grains to the gluten free category in hopes of placing in the top 3. According to a post on gabfs website, the 2018 great american beer festival will be taking place from sept. It was nice to see some new faces up there this time around. At least five different breweries received medals in a state with about 25 breweries.
Great american beer festival great american beer festival. The brewers association is providing all covid19 resources for free so everyone has access to important information to help them weather the pandemic. This is a list of great american beer festival medal winning breweries. October 8, 2016 kendall jones comments off on washington breweries win big at gabf facebook twitter reddit congratulations to all the breweries that brought home medals from the great america beer festival this year, but lets face it, the huge news coming out of denver last saturday morning, when the winners were announced, involved the most. Saturday we live tweeted the 20 great american beer festival awards ceremony where breweries were recognized by the brewers association for their accomplishments by style in this years competition. The great american beer festival gabf is a threeday annual event hosted by the brewers association, held in denver, colorado. Boulder, co september 18, 2010the 2010 great american beer festival gabf competition drew an impressive field of competitors, with 2010 topping last years entries by nine percent. New and established breweries claim great american beer. View the entire list of 2014 winners or download a pdf list of the winners. Winners of the brewing company of the year and brewmaster of the year awards will also be announced at this time. Center for saturday afternoons session of the great american beer festival, representatives from nearly 2,000 breweries waited with. Please click on the pdf icon to download a past great american beer festival winners list. Gabf schedule 2016 firestone walker brewing company. Great american beer festival organizers are in the uncomfortable position of apologizing yet again after a gabf ticket presale open to thousands of members of the american homebrewers association and the brewers association was marred by ticketmaster technical problems for the second consecutive year.
Sun king was the first commercial brewery to open up in approximately 30 years in indianapolis. Assemble your brew crew for the 39th annual great american beer. Sun king brewing is a brewery in the colenoble district of indianapolis, indiana, united states. A total of 201 judges from 11 countries judged 4,809 beers a 12 percent increase from 2012 from 732 breweries in 84 categories. Some more factoids on the results and the festival. Read on to be sure youve got the scoop on how to participate this year. Gabf winners include 10 beers from indiana breweries. Brewers association creating a fair, equitable and relevant beer competition of this scale in an industry as dynamic as american beer is like hitting, at best, an extremely fastmoving target. Fresh beer events, occasional bacon, but always spam free, opt out any time.
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