2001 Great American Beer Festival Winners List Bronze: Pinch Hit Pilsner, Sandlot Brewery - Denver, CO PRESENTED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF BREWERS Category: 16 American-Style Light Lager - 32 Entries Gold: Schaefer Light, Schaefer Brewing Co. - Fogelsville, PA Category: 1 Non-Alcoholic (Beer) Malt Beverages - 5 Entries Silver: Stroh Light, Stroh Brewery Co. - Fogelsville, PA Gold: O'Doul's Amber, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. - St. Louis, MO Bronze: Lone Star Light, Lone Star Brewing Co. - Milwaukee, WI Silver: Kingsbury NA, Rainier Brewing Co. - Tumwater, WA Bronze: Pigs Eye NA, Minnesota Brewing - St. Paul, MN Category: 17 American-Style Lager - 22 Entries Gold: Stag Beer, Pearl Brewing Co. - Fort Worth, TX Category: 2 American-Style Lager / Ale or Cream Ale - 29 Entries Silver: Red Dog, Plank Road Brewery - Milwaukee, WI Gold: Taps Cream Ale, Taps Fish House and Brewery - Brea, CA Bronze: Pearl Lager, Pearl Brewing Co. - Fort Worth, TX Silver: Holy Cow's Cream Ale, Holy Cow! Casino, Café & Brewery - Las Vegas, NV Bronze: Iowa City Light, Fitzpatrick's - Iowa City, IA Category: 18 American-Style Premium Lager - 22 Entries Gold: Empire Lager, P.H. Woods Restaurant & Brewery - Moreno Valley, CA Category: 3 American-Style Wheat Ale or Lager - 53 Entries Silver: Original Coors, Coors Brewing Co. - Golden, CO Gold: Grassfire Wheat, Hook & Ladder Brewing Company - Oakland, CA Bronze: Stroh, Stroh Brewery Co. - Fogelsville, PA Silver: Shiner Winter Ale, The Spoetzl Brewery - San Antonio, TX Bronze: Widmer Hefeweizen, Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. - Portland, OR Category: 19 American-Style Specialty Lager - 24 Entries Gold: New South Lager, New South Brewing - Myrtle Beach, SC Category: 4 Rye Beer - 13 Entries Silver: Old Milwaukee Ice, Stroh Brewery Co. - Fogelsville, PA Gold: Road Rage Rye, Desert Edge Brewery - Salt Lake City, UT Bronze: St. Ides Malt Liquor, St. Ides Brewing Co. - Fogelsville, PA Silver: Chazz Cat Rye, Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery - Boulder, CO Bronze: Catcher in the Rye, Rock Bottom Brewery - South Denver - Englewood, CO Category: 20 Vienna-Style Lager - 29 Entries Gold: Snake River Lager, Snake River Brewing Co. - Jackson, WY Category: 5 Fruit Beer - 40 Entries Silver: Dam Straight Lager, Dillon Dam Brewery - Dillon, CO Gold: Raspberry Tart, New Glarus Brewing Co. - New Glarus, WI Bronze: Sunset Amber, Coast Brewing Company - Biloxi, MS Silver: Belgian Style Red, New Glarus Brewing Co. - New Glarus, WI Bronze: Railway Razz, The Willoughby Brewing Co. - Willoughby, OH Category: 21 American-Style Amber Lager - 30 Entries Gold: Killians Irish Red, Coors Brewing Co. - Golden, CO Category: 6 Chocolate / Cocoa Flavored Beer - 13 Entries Silver: OKT-OBER-FEST, Big Horn Brewing Company - Dallas, TX Gold: Darth Delirium, Moose's Tooth Brewing Co. - Anchorage, AK Bronze: Pete's Wicked Red Rush, Pete's Brewing Company - San Antonio, TX Silver: Chocolate Stout, Rogue Ales - Newport, OR Bronze: Oompa Loompa, Rocky River Brewing Co. - Ohio - Rocky River, OH Category: 22 German-Style Märzen / Oktoberfest - 49 Entries Gold: Uncle Otto's Oktoberfest, Portland Brewing - Portland, OR Category: 7 Herb and Spice Beer - 29 Entries Silver: Mueller Marzen, Springfield Brewing Company - Springfield, MO Gold: Orange Infusion, Elliott Bay Brewing Company - Seattle, WA Bronze: Tabernash Oktoberfest, Tabernash Brewing Co. - Longmont, CO Silver: Holiday Spiced Ale, 21st Amendment Brewery Café - San Francisco, CA Bronze: Cambridge Espresso Stout, John Harvard's Brew House - Braintree, MA Category: 23 European-Style Dark / Münchner Dunkel - 23 Entries Gold: Damsel in Distress Dunkel, Mammoth Brewing Company – Mammoth Lakes, Category: 8 Specialty Beer - 17 Entries CA Gold: Big Bad Bourbon Brown, Big Horn Brewing Company - Dallas, TX Silver: Dunkles, Powerhouse Brewing Co. - Sebastopol, CA Silver: Pullman Brown Ale, Flossmoor Station - Flossmoor, IL Bronze: Pious Monk Dunkel, Church Brew Works - Pittsburgh, PA Bronze: Ginger Shandy, McCoy's Public House and BrewKitchen- Kansas City, MO Category: 24 American-Style Dark Lager - 8 Entries Category: 9 Specialty Honey Beer - 27 Entries Gold: Henry Weinhard's Dark, Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Co. - Tumwater, WA Gold: Countdown Honey Brown, Thunder Canyon Brewery - Tucson, AZ Silver: Freidobrau Oktoberfest, Big Horn Brewing Company - Dallas, TX Silver: Jarre Creek Ranch Brewery Honey Brown Ale, Jarre Creek Ranch Brewery - Bronze: Shiner Bock, The Spoetzl Brewery - San Antonio, TX Castle Rock, CO Bronze: Honey Rye Dopplebock, Flossmoor Station - Flossmoor, IL Category: 25 German-Style Schwarzbier - 22 Entries Gold: Black Forest Schwarzbier, Squatters Pub Brewery - Salt Lake City, UT Category: 10 Experimental Beer - 35 Entries Silver: Springfield Schwarz Beer, John Harvard's Brew House - Wayne, PA Gold: Czar Jack Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery - Bronze: King's Peak, Uinta Brewing Company - Salt Lake City, UT Minneapolis, MN Silver: Cuvee de Tomme, Pizza Port - Solana Beach Brewery - Solana Beach, CA Category: 26 Bock - 34 Entries Bronze: Special Brew Lemon Lime, St. Ides Brewing Co. - Milwaukee, WI Gold: Dunkles Bock, Boundary Bay Brewery - Bellingham, WA Silver: Hell's Bock, Big Horn Brewing Company - Denver, CO Category: 11 Smoke-Flavored Beer - 15 Entries Bronze: Mad Brewer Maibock, Church Brew Works - Pittsburgh, PA Gold: No medal awarded Silver: Smokey the Beer, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant - Topeka, KS Category: 27 German-Style Doppelbock - 20 Entries Bronze: Stewart's Smoked Porter, Stewart's Brewing Co. - Bear, DE Gold: Scapegoat Doppelbock, Mickey Finn's Brewery - Libertyville, IL Silver: Liberator Doppelbock, Angelic Brewing Co. - Madison, WI Category: 12 German-Style Pilsener - 34 Entries Bronze: Bell's Consecrator Dopplebock, Kalamazoo Brewing - Kalamazoo, MI Gold: Tuppers' Hop Pocket Pils, Old Dominion Brewing Company - Ashburn, VA Silver: Hanalei Lager, Honolulu Brewing Company LLC - Honolulu, HI Category: 28 Golden or Blonde Ale - 61 Entries Bronze: Blue Paddle Pilsner, New Belgium Brewing Company - Fort Collins, CO Gold: Golden Wheat Ale, Russian River Brewing Company - Guerneville, CA Silver: Old Faithful Ale, Grand Teton Brewing Co. - Victor, ID Category: 13 Bohemian-Style Pilsener - 36 Entries Bronze: Kiwanda Cream Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery - Pacific City, OR Gold: Cleveland Chophouse Bohemian Pilsner, Cleveland ChopHouse and Brewery - Cleveland, OH Category: 29 German-Style Kölsch / Köln-Style Kölsch - 42 Entries Silver: Pillage Pilsner, Valhalla Microbrewery & Restaurant - Pittsburgh, PA Gold: Pete's Wicked Helles Lager, Pete's Brewing Company - San Antonio, TX Bronze: Czech Mate Pils, Brew Moon Restaurant & Microbrewery - Brookline, MA Silver: Capitol Kolsch, Capitol City Brewing Company - Arlington, VA Bronze: Skinny Atlas Light, Empire Brewing Co. of Rochester - Rochester, NY
Category: 14 Münchner-Style Helles - 21 Entries Category: 30 Classic English-Style Pale Ale - 31 Entries Gold: Penn Gold, Pennsylvania Brewing Co. - Pittsburgh, PA Gold: Custer's Last Ale, Snake River Brewing Co. - Jackson, WY Silver: Lucknow Munich-Style Lager, Castle Springs Brewing Company - Silver: Breckenridge Pale Ale, Breckenridge Brewery - Denver, CO Moultonborough, NH Bronze: Annadel Pale Ale, Third Street Ale Works - Santa Rosa, CA Bronze: Ghost Pony Helles, Trap Rock Restaurant and Brewery – Berkeley Heights, NJ Category: 31 English-Style India Pale Ale - 24 Entries Gold: SLO Progress, SLO Brewing Company - San Luis Obispo - San Luis Obispo, Category: 15 European-Style Pilsener - 14 Entries CA Gold: Michelob, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. - St. Louis, MO Silver: Hoppyhour IPA, The Mash House Restaurant & Brewing Company - Silver: Inport/Export Buis, Brewzzi - Boca Raton, FL Fayetteville, NC Bronze: India Pale Ale, Goose Island Beer Co. - Chicago, IL Category: 47 Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout - 17 Entries Gold: Lord Stanley, Steelhead Brewing Co. - Irvine - Irvine, CA Category: 32 American-Style Pale Ale - 105 Entries Silver: Celtic Stout, Fitzpatrick's - Iowa City, IA Gold: SLO Brewing Co Extra Pale Ale, SLO Brewing - Paso Robles - Paso Robles, Bronze: Dark Starr Stout, Starr Hill - Charlottesville, VA CA Silver: Emmett's Pale Ale, Emmett's Tavern Brewing Co. - West Dundee, IL Category: 48 Foreign-Style Stout - 28 Entries Bronze: Mad Hatter Ale, New Holland Brewing Company - Holland, MI Gold: Sofa King Stout, West Bros Brewery - Eugene, OR Silver: Irish Stout, The Bellows Brew Crew - Watertown, WI Category: 33 American-Style India Pale Ale - 98 Entries Bronze: Space Stout, Laurelwood Public House & Brewery - Portland, OR Gold: Tumbleweed IPA, Sleeping Giant Brewing Company - Billings - Billings, MT Silver: Wipeout IPA, Pizza Port Carlsbad Brewery / Port Brewing Co. - Carlsbad, CA Category: 49 Sweet Stout - 18 Entries Bronze: India Pelican Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery - Pacific City, OR Gold: Sweetness Stout, America's Brewing Company - Aurora, IL Silver: Chocolate Stout, H.C. Berger Brewing - Fort Collins, CO Category: 34 American-Style Amber / Red Ale - 71 Entries Bronze: Chelsea Cream Stout, Chelsea Brewing Company - New York, NY Gold: Calico Copper Ale, Ballast Point Brewing Co. - San Diego, CA Silver: Hoppus Maximus, Thirsty Dog Grille and Brewery - N. Canton, OH Category: 50 Oatmeal Stout - 40 Entries Bronze: Woody's Hophead Red, Elk Grove Brewery Restaurant - Elk Grove, CA Gold: Lasto's Oatmeal Stout, BJ's Grill & Brewery - Portland, OR Silver: Oatmeal Stout, SLO Brewing Company - San Luis Obispo - San Luis Obispo, Category: 35 Bitter - 26 Entries CA Gold: Full Suspension Pale Ale, Utah Brewers Cooperative - Salt Lake City, UT Bronze: No medal awarded Silver: Dostal's Best Bitter, Dostal Alley BrewPub & Casino - Central City, CO Bronze: Cascade Ale, Deschutes Brewery - Bend, OR Category: 51 Imperial Stout - 36 Entries Gold: Raven Maniac Stout, Prescott Brewing Company - Prescott, AZ Category: 36 (Extra Special) Strong Bitter - 34 Entries Silver: High Desert Imperial Stout, Sweetwater Tavern - Centreville, VA Gold: Bachelor ESB, Deschutes Brewery - Bend, OR Bronze: Old Rasputin, North Coast Brewing Co. - Fort Bragg, CA Silver: The Tower ESB, Bull & Bush Pub & Brewery - Denver, CO Bronze: Alaskan ESB, Alaskan Brewing & Bottling Co. - Juneau, AK Category: 52 Old Ale/Strong Ale - 26 Entries Gold: Southampton Old Ale, Southampton Publick House - Southampton, NY Category: 37 Scottish-Style Ale - 27 Entries Silver: Old Stock Ale, North Coast Brewing Co. - Fort Bragg, CA Gold: Caber Tossing Scottish Ale, Fox River Brewing Company - Oshkosh, WI Bronze: Wee Huey's Heavy, Big Horn Brewing Company - Tacoma, WA Silver: Laughing Lab Scottish Ale, Bristol Brewing Company – Colorado Springs, CO Category: 53 Strong Scotch Ale - 25 Entries Bronze: Saint Arnold Oktoberfest, Saint Arnold Brewing - Houston, TX Gold: No medal awarded Silver: Wee Heavy Ale, Capitol City Brewing Company - Arlington, VA Category: 38 Irish-Style Red Ale - 29 Entries Bronze: Wee Heavy, Iron Hill Brewery + Restaurant - Media - Media, PA Gold: 3A - Abigail Adams Amber, Quincy Ships Brewing Company - Quincy, MA Silver: Thoroughbred Red, Aiken Brewing Company - Aiken, SC Category: 54 Other Strong Ale or Lager - 34 Entries Bronze: Starr Hill Amber Ale, Starr Hill - Charlottesville, VA Gold: Hopasaurus Rex Imperial IPA, Steelhead Brewing Co. - Eugene - Eugene, OR Silver: Hearthside Wheatwine, Steelhead Brewing Co. - Eugene - Eugene, OR Category: 39 English-Style Brown Ale - 44 Entries Bronze: Cardiff, Glenwood Canyon Brewing Company – Glenwood Springs, CO Gold: Sweet Georgia Brown, Sweetwater Brewing Co. - Atlanta, GA Silver: Nut Brown Ale, Blackstone Restaurant & Brewery - Nashville, TN Category: 55 Barley Wine-Style Ale - 48 Entries Bronze: Thunderbolt Brown, Pony Express Brewing - Olathe, KS Gold: Lost Coast Barleywine, Lost Coast Brewery - Eureka, CA Silver: Bombshell Barleywine, Pizza Port Carlsbad Brewery / Port Brewing Co. - Category: 40 American-Style Brown Ale - 46 Entries Carlsbad, CA Gold: American Brown, Hub City Brewery - Lubbock, TX Bronze: Barley Wine, Rohrbach Brewing Co. - Rochester, NY Silver: Nut Brown, Red Rock Brewing Co. - Salt Lake City, UT Bronze: Midtown Brown, Boscos Brewing Company - Memphis, TN Small Brewing Company of the Year: Snake River Brewing Co. Small Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year: Chris Erickson Category: 41 German-Style Brown Ale / Düsseldorf-Style Altbier - 36 Entries Gold: Boca Alt, Brewzzi - Boca Raton, FL Mid-Size Brewing Company of the Year: New Belgium Brewing Co. Silver: Otis Alt, Elk Grove Brewery Restaurant - Elk Grove, CA Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year: Jeff Lebesch Bronze: Dusseldorf Altbier, Gilded Otter Brewing Co. - New Paltz, NY Large Brewing Company of the Year: Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Category: 42 German-Style Wheat Ale - 84 Entries Large Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year: George Reisch Gold: Gudenteit Hefe-Weizen, Mickey Finn's Brewery - Libertyville, IL Silver: Glockenspiel Weizenbock, Great Lakes Brewing - Cleveland, OH Small Brewpub of the Year: SLO Brewing Company-San Luis Obispo Bronze: Heidelberg Hefeweizen, Rocky River Brewing Co. - Tennessee - Sevierville, Small Brewpub Brewmaster of the Year: Matthew Brynildson TN Large Brewpub of the Year: Big Horn Brewing Co.-Dallas Category: 43 Belgian-Style Ale - 50 Entries Large Brewpub Brewmaster of the Year: Jarrod Totman Gold: Trippel Belgian Style Ale, New Belgium Brewing Company - Fort Collins, CO Silver: Damnation, Russian River Brewing Company - Guerneville, CA Bronze: Abbey Belgian Style Ale, New Belgium Brewing Company - Fort Collins, www.beertown.org or 1-888-822-6273 CO © 2001, The Association of Brewers
Category: 44 Belgian- & French-Style Specialty Ale - 45 Entries Gold: La Folie, New Belgium Brewing Company - Fort Collins, CO Silver: Liquid Sunshine, Rock Bottom - Westminster - Westminster, CO Bronze: Artisian Saison, Rocky River Brewing Co. - Ohio - Rocky River, OH
Category: 45 Robust Porter - 65 Entries Gold: Robust Porter, Smuttynose Brewing Company - Portsmouth, NH Silver: Total Eclipse Black Ale, Hoppy Brewing Company - Sacramento, CA Bronze: Mocha Porter, Rogue Ales - Newport, OR
Category: 46 Brown Porter - 32 Entries Gold: MacTarnahan's Black Watch Cream Porter, Portland Brewing - Portland, OR Silver: Molly's Titanic Brown Ale, Rock Bottom Brewery - Denver - Denver, CO Bronze: Paradise Lost Porter, Angelic Brewing Co. - Madison, WI