Brewers Association Presents american SM 2007 Brewery and Brewer of the Year Awards: Large Brewing Company and Large Brewing Company Brewer of the Year GreatBEERfestival Pabst Brewing Company, Woodridge, IL i Bob Newman Mid-Size Brewing Company and Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewer of the Year OCtober 11-13, 2007 / Colorado Convention Center / Denver, CO Sponsored by Crosby & Baker Ltd. i Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles, CA Matthew Brynildson Winners List Small Brewing Company and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year i Sponsored by Microstar Keg Management Port Brewing & The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA Tomme Arthur Category:1 American-Style Cream Ale or Lager - 24 Entries Large Brewpub and Large Brewpub Brewer of the Year Gold: Lone Star, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL Sponsored by Brewers Supply Group Silver: Old Style, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL RedRock Brewing Company, Salt Lake City, UT Bronze: TAPS Cream Ale, TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea, CA Kevin Templin Category: 2 American-Style Wheat Beer - 19 Entries Small Brewpub and Small Brewpub Brewer of the Year Gold: Pyramid Crystal Weizen, Pyramid Breweries, Seattle, OR Sponsored by Briess Malt & Ingredients Co. Silver: Brewmaster Reserve, Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., Portland, OR Montana Brewing Company, Billings, MT Bronze: Honey Weiss, Diamond Bear Brewing Co., Little Rock, AR Travis Zeilstra Category: 3 American-Style Hefeweizen - 46 Entries Gold: Whitetail Wheat, Montana Brewing Co., Billings, MT Silver: Easy Street Wheat, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO Category: 18 Cellar or Unfiltered Beer - 31 Entries Bronze: American Hefeweizen, Gella’s Diner and Liquid Bread Brewing Co., Hays, KS Gold: Organic Zwickelbier, RedRock Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT Category: 4 Fruit Beer or Vegetable Beer - 94 Entries Silver: Cambridge Amber, Cambridge Brewing Co., Cambridge, MA Gold: Leinenkugel’s Berry Weiss, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI Bronze: Hop Angel I.P.A., Chelsea Brewing Co., New York, NY Silver: The Great Pumpkin, Elysian Brewing Co., Seattle, WA Category: 19 Smoke-Flavored Beer - 25 Entries Bronze: Raspberry Tart, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI Gold: Smokey the Beer, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant, Topeka, KS Category: 5 Herb and Spice Beer - 58 Entries Silver: Alaskan Smoked Porter 2006, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK Gold: Summertime 69, Gunnison Brewery, Gunnison, CO Bronze: Smokin Willie Porter, Moose’s Tooth Brewing Co., Anchorage, AK Silver: Sigda’s Green Chili, CooperSmith’s Pub & Brewing Co., Fort Collins,CO Category: 20 International-Style Pilsener - 10 Entries Bronze: Frederick Miller Classic Chocolate Lager, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI Gold: 4K Pils, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR Category: 6 Coffee Flavored Beer - 36 Entries Silver: Southside Pils, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group, Chattanooga, TN Gold: Coffee Bender, Surly Brewing Co., Brooklyn Center, MN Bronze: Pig’s Eye Pilsner Beer, Pig’s Eye Brewing Co., LLC, Woodbury, MN Silver: Java Porter, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant, Topeka, KS Category: 21 German-Style Pilsener - 47 Entries Bronze: Pipeline Porter, Kona Brewing Co., Kailua-Kona, HI Gold: Pikeland Pils, Sly Fox Brewing Co., Royersford, PA Category: 7 Specialty Beer - 17 Entries Silver: Prima Pils, Victory Brewing Co., Downingtown, PA Gold: Judgment Day, Port Brewing & The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA Bronze: Kingfisher Premium Lager Beer, Olde Saratoga Brewing Co., Saratoga Springs, NY Silver: Maui Gold Summer Ale, Maui Brewing Co., Lahaina, HI Category: 22 Bohemian Style Pilsener - 33 Entries Bronze: Doble Diablo, Thunder Canyon Brewery, Tucson, AZ Gold: Gordon Biersch Czech Lager, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group, Chattanooga, TN Category: 8 Rye Beer - 22 Entries Silver: Pallavicini Pilsner, Pug Ryan’s Brewery, Dillon, CO Gold: Crazy Jackass Ale, Great American Restaurants, Centreville, VA Bronze: Detroit Lager, The Beer Co’s - Detroit, Detroit, MI Silver: Rockchuck Rye, Snake River Brewing - Lander, Lander, WY Category: 23 Münchner (Munich) Style Helles - 34 Entries Bronze: 1065 Right On Rye, Rock Bottom Brewery - Bethesda, Bethesda, MD Gold: El Amigo Light, Mission Brewery, San Diego, CA Category: 9 Specialty Honey Lager or Ale - 39 Entries Silver: Gorch Foch, Three Floyds Brewing Co., Munster, IN Gold: Honey Moon Summer Ale, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Golden, CO Bronze: What in the Helles?, Steamworks Brewing Co., Durango/Bayfield, CO Silver: Midas Touch, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE Category: 24 Dortmunder/European Style Export or Bronze: Hawaiian Honey, Chicago Brewing Co., Las Vegas, NV German-Style Oktoberfest/Wiesen (Meadow) - 18 Entries Category: 10 Other Low Strength Ale or Lager - 14 Entries Gold: Move Back, SandLot Brewery at Coors Field, Denver, CO Gold: Half Wit, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery - Reno, NV & Chandler, AZ, Huntington Beach, CA Silver: Green Side Up, SandLot Brewery at Coors Field, Denver, CO Silver: Firestone Extra Pale, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA Bronze: Widmer Export Lager, Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., Portland, OR Bronze: Firestone Lager (Mini-Hell), Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA Category: 25 American Style Light Lager - 27 Entries Category: 11 Experimental Beer (Lager or Ale) - 34 Entries Gold: Old Milwaukee Light, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL Gold: Imperial Chocolate Pumpkin Porter, Midnight Sun Brewing Co., Anchorage, AK Silver: Pabst Blue Ribbon Light, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL Silver: Veritas 002, Port Brewing & The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA Bronze: Coors Light, Coors Brewing Co., Golden, CO Bronze: Victor, Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME Category: 26 American-Style Lager - 33 Entries Category: 12 Gluten Free Beer - 8 Entries Gold: Hamm’s, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI Gold: RedBridge, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St. Louis, MO Silver: Miller Genuine Draft, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI Silver: New Grist, Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee, WI Bronze: McHenry Lager, Clipper City Brewing Co., Baltimore, MA Bronze: Shakparo Ale, Sprecher Brewing Co., Glendale, WI Category: 27 American Style Specialty Lager - 16 Entries Category: 13 American-Style Sour Ale or German-Style - 12 Entries Gold: Icehouse, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI Gold: Cuvee de Castleton, Captain Lawrence Brewing Co., Pleasantville, NY Silver: Mickey’s Ice, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI Silver: Skull & Bones Cuvee, Bristol Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO Bronze: Mickey’s Malt Liquor, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI Bronze: Le Terroir, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO Category: 28 Vienna Style Lager - 37 Entries Category: 14 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer - 26 Entries Gold: Balto Märzhon, Clipper City Brewing Co., Baltimore, MD Gold: Oak Whiskey Red, Twisted Pine Brewing Co., Boulder, CO Silver: Dos Rios, Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co., Glenwood Springs, CO Silver: Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale, Alltech’s Lexington Brewing Co., Lexington, KY Bronze: Stoudts Ofest, Stoudts Brewing Co., Adamstown, PA Bronze: Buffalo Bock, Ram Restaurant & Brewery (Indianapolis), Indianapolis, IN Category: 29 German Style Märzen - 58 Entries Category: 15 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer - 72 Entries Gold: Victory Festbier, Victory Brewing Co., Downingtown, PA Gold: Bourbon Wheatmiser, Goose Island Brewpub, Chicago, IL Silver: Stewart’s Oktoberfest, Stewart’s Brewing Co., Bear, DE Silver: Bourbon Barrel Anniversary Ale, Olde Peninsula Brewpub & Restaurant, Kalamazoo, MI Bronze: Michelob Marzen, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St. Louis, MO Bronze: Relapse, Newport Beach Brewing Co., Newport Beach, CA Category: 30 American Style Amber Lager - 44 Entries Category: 16 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer - 21 Entries Gold: Steam Engine Lager, Steamworks Brewing Co., Durango/Bayfield, CO Gold: Cuvee de Tomme, Port Brewing & The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA Silver: Toasted Lager, Blue Point Brewing Co., Patchogue, NY Silver: Temptation, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA Bronze: Old Scratch Amber Lager, Flying Dog Brewery, Denver, CO Bronze: Barrel-Aged Cherry, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery - Reno, NV & Chandler, AZ, Huntington Category: 31 European Style Dark/Münchner Dunkel - 18 Entries Beach, CA Gold: Dunkelstilsken, CB & Pott’s Restaurant & Brewery (Highlands Ranch), Highlands Ranch, CO Category: 17 Aged Beer (Ale or Lager) - 30 Entries Silver: Capital Munich Dark, Capital Brewery Co., Inc., Middleton, WI Gold: Broad Street Barleywine, Rock Bottom Brewery - King of Prussia, King of Prussia, PA Bronze: Munich Dunkel, RedRock Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT Silver: 2003 Pilgrim’s Dole, New Holland Brewing Co., Holland, MI Category: 32 American-Style Dark Lager - 12 Entries Bronze: Alaskan Smoked Porter 2004, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK Gold: Roadrunner Red Lager, Thunder Canyon Brewery, Tucson, AZ Silver: Henry Weinhard’s Classic Dark, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI Bronze: Elevator Dark Horse, Elevator Brewing Co., Columbus, OH www.GreatAmericanBeerFestival.com Category: 33 German Style Schwarzbier - 23 Entries Category: 56 German-Style Wheat Ale - 35 Entries Gold: Gordon Biersch Schwarzbier, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group, Chattanooga, TN Gold: Boscos Hefeweizen, Boscos Brewing Co., Memphis, TN Silver: RedRock Black Bier, RedRock Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT Silver: Dark ‘n’ Curvy, Piece Brewery, Chicago, IL Category: 34 Bock - 23 Entries Bronze: Gordon Biersch Hefeweizen, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group, Chattanooga, TN Gold: Troegenator, Tröegs Brewing Co., Harrisburg, PA Category: 57 Belgian-Style White (or Wit)/Belgian-