2012 Brewery and Brewer of the Year Awards: Small Brewpub and Small Brewpub Brewer of the Year Sponsored by Briess Malt & Ingredients Co. Devils Backbone Brewing Company - Basecamp, Roseland, VA Devils Backbone Brewery Team Large Brewpub and Large Brewpub Brewer of the Year WINNERS LIST Sponsored by Brewers Supply Group The Church Brew Works, Pittsburgh, PA Steve Sloan oct 11-13, 2012 Brewpub Group and Brewpub Group Brewer of the Year Sponsored by Brewers Supply Group Great Dane Pub & Brewing Company, Madison, WI Category: 1 American-Style Wheat Beer, 29 Entries Rob LoBreglio Gold: Wagon Box Wheat, Black Tooth Brewing Co., Sheridan, WY Silver: Shredders Wheat, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR Small Brewing Company and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year Bronze: American Wheat, Gella’s Diner and Lb. Brewing Co., Hays, KS Sponsored by Microstar Keg Management Category: 2 American-Style Wheat Beer with Yeast, 29 Entries Funkwerks, Fort Collins, CO Gold: MBC Wheat Ale, Montana Brewing Co., Billings, MT Funkwerks Brewing Team Silver: Tumblewheat, Altitude Chophouse and Brewery, Laramie, WY Bronze: Wrangler Wheat, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., Buellton, CA Mid-Size Brewing Company and Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewer of the Year Category: 3 Fruit Beer, 58 Entries Sponsored by Brewers Supply Group Gold: Dry Dock Apricot Blonde, Dry Dock Brewing Co., Aurora, CO Troegs Brewing Company, Hershey, PA Silver: ChChChCh-Cherry Bomb, Thai Me Up Brewery, Jackson, WY John Trogner Bronze: Strawberry Blonde Ale, DESTIHL, Normal, IL Large Brewing Company and Large Brewing Company Brewer of the Year Category: 4 Fruit Wheat Beer, 38 Entries Gold: Ruby Raspberry Wheat, Mad Anthony Brewing Co., Fort Wayne, IN Sponsored by Beer Institute Silver: Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI Pabst Brewing Company, Los Angeles, CA Bronze: 5 Lizard Latin-Style Witbier, 5 Rabbit Cerveceria, Bedford Park, IL Gregory Deuhs Category: 5 Field Beer or Pumpkin Beer, 63 Entries Gold: Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale, Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, WI Silver: Anaheim IPA, RAM Restaurant and Brewery - Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN Bronze: Cucumber Saison, Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, FL Category: 6 Herb and Spice Beer, 114 Entries Category: 26 Kellerbier or Zwickelbier, 32 Entries Gold: Sweet Heat, Burnside Brewing Co., Portland, OR Gold: Bottle Rocket, Uncle Billy’s Brew & Que - Lake Travis, Austin, TX Silver: CBC Heather Ale, Cambridge Brewing Co., Cambridge, MA Silver: Redrock Organic Zwickel Bier, Redrock Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT Bronze: Utah Sage Saison, Epic Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT Bronze: Organic Hopworks Kellerbier, Hopworks Urban Brewery, Portland, OR Category: 7 Chocolate Beer, 39 Entries Category: 27 Smoke Beer, 50 Entries Gold: Cocoa for Coconuts, Chicago Brewing Co., Las Vegas, NV Gold: Bambastic, Fort Collins Brewery, Fort Collins, CO Silver: X - 1, DuClaw Brewing Co., Bel Air, MD Silver: Rauchtoberfest, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Lancaster, Lancaster, PA Bronze: Milk Chocolate Cherry Stout, Il Vicino Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM Bronze: Smoke & Dagger, Jack’s Abby Brewing, Framingham, MA Category: 8 Coffee Beer, 63 Entries Category: 28 American-Style or International-Style Pilsener, 26 Entries Gold: Smog City Groundwork Coffee, Tustin Brewing Co., Tustin, CA Gold: Gold Country Pilsner, Auburn Alehouse, Auburn, CA Silver: Hazelnut Coffee Cream Stout, Redwood Brewing Co., Flint, MI Silver: Redhook Pilsner, Redhook Brewery Woodinville, Woodinville, WA Bronze: Big Shot Espresso Stout, Twisted Pine Brewing Co., Boulder, CO Bronze: Gold Leaf Lager, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Outpost, Lexington, VA Category: 9 Specialty Beer, 35 Entries Category: 29 German-Style Pilsener, 52 Entries Gold: Hazelnut Brown Nectar, Rogue Brewery, Newport, OR Gold: Sunshine Pils, Tröegs Brewing Co., Hershey, PA Silver: Alaskan Birch Bock, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK Silver: Hans’ Pils, Real Ale Brewing Co., Blanco, TX Bronze: Exit 8, Flying Fish Brewing Co., Somerdale, NJ Bronze: Paintbrush Pilsner, Snake River Brewing, Jackson, WY Category: 10 Rye Beer, 62 Entries Category: 30 Bohemian-Style Pilsener, 53 Entries Gold: Gramarye, Heretic Brewing Co., Pittsburg, CA Gold: Hometown Blonde, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI Silver: Kyles Baltic Porter, Flat Branch Pub and Brewery, Columbia, MO Silver: Summit Pilsener, Summit Brewing Co., St. Paul, MN Bronze: Roggenbier, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Phoenixville, Phoenixville, PA Bronze: This is the Pilsener, Hoppers Grill & Brewing Co., Midvale, UT Category: 11 Specialty Honey Beer, 33 Entries Category: 31 Munich-Style Helles, 42 Entries Gold: West Bound Braggot, Twisted Pine Brewing Co., Boulder, CO Gold: 6X Helles, CB & Potts Restaurant & Brewery - Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO Silver: George’s Fault, Nodding Head Brewing Co., Philadelphia, PA Silver: Session Premium Lager, Full Sail Brewing Co., Hood River, OR Bronze: Kuhnhenn Braggot, Kuhnhenn Brewing Co., Warren, MI Bronze: Longboard Island Lager, Kona Brewing Co., Kailua-Kona, HI Category: 12 Session Beer, 67 Entries Category: 32 Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest, 23 Entries Gold: Twerp, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA Gold: Move Back, The SandLot, Denver, CO Silver: Dock Street/Thiriez Table Saison, Dock Street Brewery, Philadelphia, PA Silver: Rolling Thunder Dortmunder, Snake River Brewing, Jackson, WY Bronze: Bitter American, 21st Amendment Brewery, San Francisco, CA Bronze: Celestial Gold, The Church Brew Works, Pittsburgh, PA Category: 13 Other Strong Beer, 55 Entries Category: 33 American-Style Lager, Light Lager or Premium Lager, 51 Entries Gold: Reverb Imperial Pilsner, Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO Gold: Pabst Blue Ribbon, Pabst Brewing Co., Los Angeles, CA Silver: Heart of Gold, Perennial Artisan Ales, St. Louis, MO Silver: Miller Lite, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI Bronze: Double White, Marble Brewery, Albuquerque, NM Bronze: Keystone Light, Coors Brewing Co., Golden, CO Category: 14 Experimental Beer, 62 Entries Category: 34 American-Style Specialty Lager or Cream Ale or Lager, 34 Entries Gold: Redrock Paardebloem, Redrock Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT Gold: Henry Weinhard’s Blue Boar Pale Ale, Blitz-Weinhard Brewing, Hood River, OR Silver: Petit Obscura, Telegraph Brewing Co., Santa Barbara, CA Silver: Old Style, Pabst Brewing Co., Los Angeles, CA Bronze: Track #8, The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA Bronze: Mickey’s Malt Liquor, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI Category: 15 Fresh Hop Ale, 34 Entries Category: 35 Vienna-Style Lager, 36 Entries Gold: Estate Homegrown Ale, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA Gold: Vienna Lager, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Outpost, Lexington, VA Silver: HopTime Harvest Ale, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA Silver: Chuckanut Vienna Lager, Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA Bronze: Colorado IPA Nouveau, Tommyknocker Brewery, Idaho Springs, CO Bronze: Danish Red Lager, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., Buellton, CA Category: 16 Indigenous Beer, 27 Entries Category: 36 German-Style Märzen, 69 Entries Gold: Got Beer, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery - Boulder, Boulder, CO Gold: Shiner Oktoberfest, Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX Silver: Signature Gratzer, choc Beer Co., Krebs, OK Silver: Mecktoberfest, The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery, Charlotte, NC Bronze: Hot Rocks Lager, Port Brewing Co., San Marcos, CA Bronze: Dominion Oktoberfest, Old Dominion Brewing Co., Dover, DE Category: 17 Gluten-Free Beer, 20 Entries Category: 37 American-Style Amber Lager, 45 Entries Gold: Nikki’s Gluten Free Honey Pale Ale, Rock Bottom Arlington, Arlington, VA Gold: Point Oktoberfest, Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, WI Silver: Brown, New Planet Beer Co., Boulder, CO Silver: Staghorn Octoberfest, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI Bronze: Pale Ale, Harvester Brewing, Portland, OR Bronze: Uberbrau, Humperdinks Restaurant and Brewery, Dallas, TX Category: 18 American-Belgo-Style Ale, 71 Entries Category: 38 European-Style Dunkel, 20 Entries Gold: Le Freak, Green Flash Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Gold: Knight Ryder Munich Dunkel, Equinox Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO Silver: Chainbreaker WIPA, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR Silver: Pious Monk Dunkel, The Church Brew Works, Pittsburgh, PA Bronze: A Little Crazy, Revolution Brewing, Chicago, IL Bronze: Mother Earth Munich Dunkel, Mother Earth Brewing, Kinston, NC Category: 19 American-Style Sour Ale, 34 Entries Category: 39 American-Style Dark Lager, 12 Entries Gold: Barrel Select - Gold, Captain Lawrence Brewing Co., Elmsford, NY Gold: Shiner Bock, Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX Silver: Red Poppy, The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA Silver: Old Virginia Dark, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Basecamp, Roseland, VA Bronze: Fitger’s Framboise, Fitger’s Brewhouse, Duluth, MN Bronze: Session Black Premium Dark Lager, Full Sail Brewing Co., Hood River, OR Category: 20 American-Style Brett Ale, 29 Entries Category: 40 German-Style Schwarzbier, 32 Entries Gold: Seizoen Bretta, Logsdon Farmhouse Ales, Hood River, OR Gold: Shiner Bohemian Black Lager, Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX Silver: Flemish Kiss, The Commons Brewery, Portland, OR Silver: Baba, Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT Bronze: TPS Report, Trinity Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO Bronze: Black Bear, Morgan Street Brewery, Saint Louis, MO Category: 21 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer, , 51 Entries Category: 41 Bock, 33 Entries Gold: Jerry Maker, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery - Chandler, Chandler, AZ Gold: Butt Head Bock, Tommyknocker Brewery, Idaho Springs, CO Silver: Bourbon Barrel Aged Night Sail, Island Brewing Co., Carpinteria, CA Silver: Elixer Maibock, Mad Fox Brewing Co., Falls Church, VA Bronze: Local Species, Blue Mountain Barrel House, Arrington, VA Bronze: Turbo Cougar, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Outpost, Lexington, VA Category: 22 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer, 103 Entries Category: 42 German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock, 19 Entries Gold: The Manhattan Project, The Beer Co., San Diego, CA Gold: Uber Bock, Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co., Madison, WI Silver: Pappy Van Muckle, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN Silver: Samuel Adams Double Bock, Boston Beer Co. - Samuel Adams, Cincinnati Brewery, Cincinnati, OH Bronze: Golden Delicious, Captain Lawrence Brewing Co., Elmsford, NY Bronze: Resurrection Doppelbock, Red Lodge Ales Brewing Co., Red Lodge, MT Category: 23 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout, 65 Entries Category: 43 Baltic-Style Porter, 31 Entries Gold: Fourteen Fourteen, Central Waters Brewing Co., Amherst, WI Gold: The Hammer, Rock Bottom King of Prussia, King of Prussia, PA Silver: Silva Stout, Green Flash Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Silver: Danzig, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Basecamp, Roseland, VA Bronze: Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout, AC Golden Brewing Co., Golden, CO Bronze: Polska Porter, American Brewing Co., Edmonds, WA Category: 24 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer, 70 Entries Category: 44 Golden or Blonde Ale, 67 Entries Gold: Lady Of The Woods, Cisco Brewers, Nantucket, MA Gold: Steelhead Extra Pale Ale, Mad River Brewing Co., Blue Lake, CA Silver: Sentience, Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, Denver, CO Silver: Firemans #4, Real Ale Brewing Co., Blanco, TX Bronze: George’s Phunk, Nodding Head Brewing Co., Philadelphia, PA Bronze: TAPS Cream Ale, TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea, CA Category: 25 Aged Beer, 24 Entries Category: 45 German-Style Kölsch, 61 Entries Gold: 2010 Old Trainwreck Barleywine, Silver Moon Brewing, Bend, OR Gold: Capital City Kolsch, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant, Topeka, KS Silver: 2004 Triple Exultation, Eel River Brewing Co., Fortuna, CA Silver: Chuckanut Kolsch Style, Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA Bronze: Lovely Cherry Baltic Porter, Bend Brewing Co., Bend, OR Bronze: Sky Blue Golden Ale, Carolina Brewery, Pittsboro, NC GreatAmericanBeerFestival.com Category: 46 English-Style Summer Ale, 38 Entries Category: 66 South German-Style Hefeweizen, 70 Entries Gold: Cross of Gold:, Revolution Brewing, Chicago, IL Gold: DreamWeaver Wheat, Tröegs Brewing Co., Hershey, PA Silver: Sum’r, Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT Silver: Ebel’s Weiss, Two Brothers Brewing Co., Warrenville, IL Bronze: Mother Lode Golden Ale, Laurelwood Brewing Co., Portland, OR Bronze: Yazoo Hefeweizen, Yazoo Brewing Co., Nashville, TN Category: 47 Classic English-Style Pale Ale, 29 Entries Category: 67 German-Style Wheat Ale, 23 Entries Gold: Royal Scandal, Peticolas Brewing Co., Dallas, TX Gold: Wildpitch Hefeweizen, The SandLot, Denver, CO Silver: Gayle Force Pale Ale, Wind River Brewing Co., Pinedale, WY Silver: AlpenGlow, Fat Heads Brewery & Saloon, North Olmsted, OH Bronze: Hurricane Reef Pale Ale, Florida Beer Co., Melbourne, FL Bronze: Weizeneisbock, Gordon Biersch Brewing Co., San Jose, CA Category: 48 English-Style India Pale Ale, 54 Entries Category: 68 Belgian-Style Witbier, 50 Entries Gold: India Pale Ale, Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL Gold: ZON, Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO Silver: Silverspot IPA, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR Silver: White Rascal, Avery Brewing Co., Boulder, CO Bronze: Monumental IPA, Port City Brewing Co., Alexandria, VA Bronze: White Lightning Belgian White, Full Pint Brewing Co., North Versailles, PA Category: 49 International-Style Pale Ale, 29 Entries Category: 69 French- and Belgian-Style Saison, 68 Entries Gold: River Runners Pale Ale, Eddyline Brewing, Buena Vista, CO Gold: Saison, Funkwerks, Fort Collins, CO Silver: Southern Chaos, Hollister Brewing Co., Goleta, CA Silver: Saison, Aspen Brewing Co., Aspen, CO Bronze: Pipe Organ Pale Ale, The Church Brew Works, Pittsburgh, PA Bronze: El Verano, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA Category: 50 American-Style Pale Ale, 109 Entries Category: 70 Belgian- and French-Style Ale, 68 Entries Gold: Brickstone APA, Brickstone Brewery, Bourbonnais, IL Gold: Saint’s Devotion, The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA Silver: The Weight, Piece Brewery, Chicago, IL Silver: Your Favorite Foreign Movie, DC Brau Brewing Co., Washington, DC Bronze: Zombie Dust, Three Floyds Brewing Co., Munster, IN Bronze: Domaine DuPage, Two Brothers Brewing Co., Warrenville, IL Category: 51 American-Style Strong Pale Ale, 111 Entries Category: 71 Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale, 42 Entries Gold: Melvin, Thai Me Up Brewery, Jackson, WY Gold: Sour Reserve, Upland Brewing Co., Bloomington, IN Silver: Lumberyard IPA, Lumberyard Brewing Co., Flagstaff, AZ Silver: Barrel Select - FO/BB, Captain Lawrence Brewing Co., Elmsford, NY Bronze: Laughing Dog IPA, Laughing Dog Brewing, Ponderay, ID Bronze: Sans Pagaie, The Bruery, Anaheim, CA Category: 52 American-Style India Pale Ale, 203 Entries Category: 72 Belgian-Style Abbey Ale, 86 Entries Gold: IPA, Tap It Brewing Co., San Luis Obispo, CA Gold: Green Flash Trippel, Green Flash Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Silver: Pallet Jack IPA, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR Silver: Sanitarium, Bier Brewery, Indianapolis, IN Bronze: Duet, Alpine Beer Co., Alpine, CA Bronze: ABT 12, Dock Street Brewery, Philadelphia, PA Category: 53 Imperial India Pale Ale, 128 Entries Category: 73 Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale, 51 Entries Gold: 2 X 4, Thai Me Up Brewery, Jackson, WY Gold: Deceit, Funkwerks, Fort Collins, CO Silver: Café Racer 15, Bear Republic Brewing Co. - Healdsburg, Healdsburg, CA Silver: Rhinoceros, Telegraph Brewing Co., Santa Barbara, CA Bronze: Double Jack, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA Bronze: AleSmith Grand Cru, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Category: 54 American-Style Amber/Red Ale, 87 Entries Category: 74 Brown Porter, 44 Entries Gold: Hopback Amber Ale, Tröegs Brewing Co., Hershey, PA Gold: Pluff Mud Porter, Holy City Brewing, North Charleston, SC Silver: Fixed Gear American Red Ale, Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee, WI Silver: Exodus, SweetWater Brewing Co., Atlanta, GA Bronze: Winterhook, Redhook Brewery, Woodinville, Woodinville, WA Bronze: Peter Brown Tribute Ale, Bear Republic Brewing Co. Factory Five, Cloverdale, CA Category: 55 Imperial Red Ale, 60 Entries Category: 75 Robust Porter, 62 Entries Gold: Organic Deranger Imperial Red Ale Laurelwood Brewing Co., Portland, OR Silver: Coco Loco, NoDa Brewing Co., Charlotte, NC Silver: Imperial Red, Marble Brewery, Albuquerque, NM Bronze: Black Sand Porter, Kona Brewing Co., Kailua-Kona, HI Bronze: 547 Haight - The Toronado San Francisco’s 20th Anniversary Imperial Red Ale, Category: 76 Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout, 16 Entries Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA Gold: Seaside Stout, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA Category: 56 English-Style Mild Ale, 31 Entries Silver: Oyster Stout, Stewart’s Brewing Co., Bear, DE Gold: Bristlecone, Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT Bronze: Ramsey’s Draft Stout, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Basecamp, Roseland, VA Silver: Breakside Session Brown, Breakside Brewery, Portland, OR Category: 77 Foreign-Style Stout, 25 Entries Bronze: S.S. Minnow Mild Ale, Dry Dock Brewing Co., Aurora, CO Gold: Starry Night Stout, Island Brewing Co., Carpinteria, CA Category: 57 Ordinary or Special Bitter, 37 Entries Silver: Whiteface Black Diamond Stout, Great Adirondack Brewing Co., Lake Placid, NY Gold: DBA, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA Bronze: Ramsey’s Export Stout, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Basecamp, Roseland, VA Silver: Mens Room Original Red Ale, Elysian Brewing Co., Seattle, WA Category: 78 American-Style Stout, 43 Entries Bronze: Sawtooth Ale, Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, CO Gold: Order in the Port, Pizza Port San Clemente, San Clemente, CA Category: 58 Extra Special Bitter, 53 Entries Silver: American Stout, 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Bend, OR Gold: Crystal Bitter Ale, No-Li Brewhouse, Spokane, WA Bronze: Ironman, Free State Brewing Co., Lawrence, KS Silver: The Tower E.S.B., Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO Category: 79 Sweet Stout, 32 Entries Bronze: Extra Special Ale (ESA), Yards Brewing Co., Philadelphia PA Gold: Udder Love, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA Category: 59 Scottish-Style Ale, 29 Entries Silver: Milk Stout, Rock Bottom Westminster, Westminster, CO Gold: Wee Heavy, Maui Brewing Co., Lahaina, HI Bronze: Udder Madness, Bastone Brewery, Royal Oak, MI Silver: Isle of Skye Scottish Ale, Boscos Brewing Co., Memphis, TN Category: 80 Oatmeal Stout, 45 Entries Bronze: MacPelican’s Scottish Style Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR Gold: Oats, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA Category: 60 Irish-Style Red Ale, 48 Entries Silver: Stumbler’s Stout, Columbia River Brewing Co., Portland, OR Gold: Irish Red, Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co., Glenwood Springs, CO Bronze: Stagecoach Stout, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., Buellton, CA Silver: TAPS Irish Red, TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea, CA Category: 81 Imperial Stout, 58 Entries Bronze: Balefire Red, Echo Brewing Co., Frederick, CO Gold: Anastasia Russian Imperial Stout, Weasel Boy Brewing Co., Zanesville, OH Category: 61 English-Style Brown Ale, 46 Entries Silver: Imperial Stout, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA Gold: Sierra Blanca Nut Brown Ale, Sierra Blanca Brewing Co., Moriarty, NM Bronze: Russian Imperial Stout, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Media, Media, PA Silver: Red Hydrant Ale, Big Dog’s Brewing Co., Las Vegas, NV Category: 82 Scotch Ale, 44 Entries Bronze: Molly’s Titanic Brown Ale, Rock Bottom Westminster, Westminster, CO Gold: Way Heavy, Pizza Port San Clemente, San Clemente, CA Category: 62 American-Style Brown Ale, 61 Entries Silver: Iron Thistle, Rahr & Sons Brewing, Fort Worth, TX Gold: Face Down Brown, Telluride Brewing Co., Telluride, CO Bronze: Scotch Ale, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR Silver: Upslope Brown Ale, Upslope Brewing Co., Boulder, CO Category: 83 Old Ale or Strong Ale, 31 Entries Bronze: Redrock Nut Brown Ale, Redrock Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT Gold: Heini’s Hooch, The Church Brew Works, Pittsburgh, PA Category: 63 American-Style Black Ale, 61 Entries Silver: Papier, The Bruery, Anaheim, CA Gold: Wookey Jack, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA Bronze: AleSmith Decadence ‘10 Old Ale, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Silver: Turmoil, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR Category: 84 Barley Wine-Style Ale, 51 Entries Bronze: Black IPA, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Wilmington, Wilmington, DE Gold: Johan the Barleywine, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN Category: 64 German-Style Altbier, 35 Entries Silver: Barley Wine, Charleville Vineyard & Microbrewery, Ste. Genevieve, MO Gold: Balt Altbier, Union Craft Brewing Co., Baltimore, MD Bronze: Dr. StrangeLove, Strange Brewing Co., Denver, CO Silver: Land’s End Amber, Kannah Creek Brewing Co., Grand Junction, CO 2012 Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition Bronze: Little Red Cap, Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, Loveland, CO Gold: More Fun Blonde, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO Category: 65 German-Style Sour Ale, 29 Entries Brewmaster: New Belgium Brewing Company, AHA Member: Jay Shambo Gold: Berliner Metro Weiss, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Basecamp, Roseland, VA Silver: Pointon’s Proper - An English Mild RAM Restaurant and Brewery - Wheeling, Wheeling, IL Silver: German Sparkle Party, 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Bend, OR Brewmaster: Lanny Fetzer, AHA Member: Scott Pointon Bronze: NBB Love Felix, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO Bronze: Classic American Pilsner, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN Brewmaster: Mike Hoops, AHA Member: Kyle Sisco

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