2011 Brewery and Brewer of the Year Awards: Small Brewing Company and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year Sponsored by Microstar Keg Management Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA Will Kemper Mid-Size Brewing Company and Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewer of the Year Sponsored by Brewers Supply Group Firestone Walker Brewing Co, Paso Robles, CA Matthew Brynildson Category: 1 American-Style Wheat Beer - 20 Entries Gold: SchWheat, SweetWater Brewing Co., Atlanta, GA Large Brewing Company and Large Brewing Company Silver: Shredders Wheat, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR Brewer of the Year Bronze: Wagon Box Wheat, Black Tooth Brewing Co., Sheridan, WY Pabst Brewing Company, Woodridge, IL Category: 2 American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast - 38 Entries Bob Newman Gold: Leavenworth Boulder Bend Dunkelweizen, Fish Brewing Co., Olympia, WA Silver: Tumblewheat, Altitude Chophouse and Brewery, Laramie, WY Small Brewpub and Small Brewpub Brewer of the Year Bronze: Leavenworth Whistling Pig Hefeweizen, Fish Brewing Co., Olympia, WA Sponsored by Briess Malt & Ingredients Co. Category: 3 Fruit Beer - 56 Entries Pizza Port Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA Gold: Raspberry Tart, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI Yiga Miyashiro Silver: Brainless on Peaches, Epic Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT Large Brewpub and Large Brewpub Brewer of the Year Bronze: Derailed Black Cherry Ale, Erie Brewing Co., Erie, PA Sponsored by Brewers Supply Group Category: 4 Fruit Wheat Beer - 48 Entries Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA Gold: 5 Lizard, 5 Rabbit Cerveceria, Chicago, IL Silver: Mr. Pineapple Wheat, SanTan Brewing Co., Chandler, AZ Pizza Port Brew Guys Bronze: Vintage Blonde Ale, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Golden, CO Brewpub Group and Brewpub Group Brewer of the Year Category: 5 Field Beer or Pumpkin Beer - 37 Entries Sponsored by Country Malt Group Gold: Upslope Pumpkin Ale, Upslope Brewing Co., Boulder, CO TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea, CA Silver: Pumpkin Ale, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery - Chandler, Chandler, AZ Victor Novak Bronze: Turnip the Beets, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO Category: 6 Herb and Spice Beer - 92 Entries Gold: Mexican Chocolate Stout, Copper Kettle Brewing Co., Denver, CO Silver: LSD, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN Bronze: CBC Heather Ale, Cambridge Brewing Co., Cambridge, MA Category: 21 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer - 118 Entries Category: 7 Chocolate Beer - 30 Entries Gold: Melange a Trois, Nebraska Brewing Co., Papillion, NE Gold: Chocolate Beer, Barley Brothers Brewery and Grill, Lake Havasu City, AZ Silver: BBJ (Bourbon Barrel Johan), Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN Silver: Samuel Adams Chocolate Chili Bock, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA Bronze: Barrel Aged Naked Evil BBW, Hoppin’ Frog Brewing Co., Akron, OH Bronze: Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA Category: 22 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout - 74 Entries Category: 8 Coffee Beer - 60 Entries Gold: Bourbon Murder, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR Gold: Java Mac, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN Silver: 2010 Bourbon Barrel Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout, Foothills Brewing, Silver: Coffee Monster, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA Winston-Salem, NC Bronze: Coffee Milk Stout, Dry Dock Brewing, Aurora, CO Bronze: Grand Inquisitor, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Wilmington, DE Category: 9 Specialty Beer - 24 Entries Category: 23 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer - 75 Entries Gold: Hazelnut Brown Nectar, Rogue Ales, Newport, OR Gold: Friek, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO Silver: Chateau Jiahu, Dogfi sh Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE Silver: The Wanderer, The Bruery, Placentia, CA Bronze: Denver Beer Co. Graham Cracker Porter, Denver Beer Co., Denver, CO Bronze: Le Serpent Cerise, Snake River Brewing, Jackson, WY Category: 10 Rye Beer - 36 Entries Category: 24 Aged Beer - 36 Entries Gold: Three Flowers IPA, Marin Brewing Co., Larkspur, CA Gold: Expedition Stout, Bell’s Brewery, Galesburg, MI Silver: Bock in Bock, Tequesta Brewing Co., Tequesta, FL Silver: Release the Hounds, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO Bronze: Crank Tank, SweetWater Brewing Co., Atlanta, GA Bronze: 2004 Triple Exultation, Eel River Brewing Co., Fortuna, CA Category: 11 Specialty Honey Beer - 32 Entries Category: 25 Kellerbier or Zwickelbier - 48 Entries Gold: Sixteen, Weyerbacher Brewing Co., Easton, PA Gold: Kolsch Kellerbier, Mad Fox Brewing Co., Falls Church, VA Silver: Eye of the Storm, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN Silver: Bottle Rocket Lager, Uncle Billy’s Brew & Que - Lake Travis, Austin, TX Bronze: Midas Touch, Dogfi sh Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE Bronze: B3K Schwarzbier, Wynkoop Brewing Co., Denver, CO Category: 12 Session Beer - 44 Entries Category: 26 Smoke Beer - 43 Entries Gold: Provo Girl Pilsner, Utah Brewers Co-op, Salt Lake City, UT Gold: Smoke Ale, Rogue Ales, Portland, OR Silver: Twerp, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA Silver: Smoke Out, Starr Hill Brewery, Crozet, VA Bronze: Firestone Walker Extra Pale Ale, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA Bronze: Alaskan Smoked Porter 2010, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK Category: 13 Other Strong Beer - 53 Entries Category: 27 American-Style or International-Style Pilsener - 31 Entries Gold: Wheat Wine Ale, Smuttynose Brewing Co., Portsmouth, NH Gold: BEER, La Cumbre Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM Silver: Saison du Summer, Backcountry Brewery, Frisco, CO Silver: Popcorn Pilsner, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN Bronze: Totality Imperial Stout, FiftyFifty Brewing Co., Truckee, CA Bronze: Legacy Lager, Silver Moon Brewing, Bend, OR Category: 14 Experimental Beer - 83 Entries Category: 28 German-Style Pilsener - 42 Entries Gold: Mangalitsa Pig Porter, Right Brain Brewery, Traverse City, MI Gold: Pavlov’s Pils, C.B. & Potts Restaurant & Brewery - Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO Silver: Petit Obscura, Telegraph Brewing Co., Santa Barbara, CA Silver: Sunshine Pils, Tröegs Brewing Co., Harrisburg, PA Bronze: Belgorado, Wynkoop Brewing Co., Denver, CO Bronze: Pilsner, Marble Brewery, Albuquerque, NM Category: 15 Indigenous Beer - 31 Entries Category: 29 Bohemian-Style Pilsener - 42 Entries Gold: Hqt, 21st Amendment Brewery, San Francisco, CA Silver: Mama’s Little Yella Pils, Oskar Blues Brewery, Longmont, CO Silver: Monticello Reserve Ale, Starr Hill Brewery, Crozet, VA Bronze: Pilsner, McCoy’s Public House and Brewkitchen, Kansas City, MO Bronze: Hot Rocks Lager, Port Brewing Co., San Marcos, CA Category: 30 Munich-Style Helles - 38 Entries Category: 16 Gluten-Free Beer - 15 Entries Gold: Chuckanut Helles, Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA Gold: Gluten-Free Lemon Pale, Strange Brewing Co., Denver, CO Silver: Where in the Helles Gunner?, Emmett’s Brewing Co., West Dundee, IL Silver: New Grist, Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee, WI Bronze: Órale, Del Norte Brewing Co., Denver, CO Bronze: Seeley Axe White, Kettlehouse Brewing Co., Missoula, MT Category: 31 Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest - 20 Entries Category: 17 American-Belgo-Style Ale - 43 Entries Gold: Move Back, The SandLot, Denver, CO Gold: Angry Birds, Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Chicago, IL Silver: Tommy Two Fists, Devils Backbone Brewing Co., Roseland, VA Silver: Blue Reserve, Blue Mountain Brewery, Afton, VA Bronze: Dog Days Lager, Two Brothers Brewing Co., Warrenville, IL Bronze: Boulevard Collaboration #2, Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO Category: 32 American-Style Lager, Light Lager or Premium Lager - 55 Entries Category: 18 American-Style Sour Ale - 21 Entries Gold: Old Milwaukee Light, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL Gold: Le Terroir, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO Silver: Busch Light, Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, MO Silver: Framboise de Amorosa, The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA Bronze: Pabst Blue Ribbon Light, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL Bronze: Ching Ching, Bend Brewing Co., Bend, OR Category: 33 American-Style Specialty Lager or Cream Ale or Lager - 31 Entries Category: 19 American-Style Brett Ale - 31 Entries Gold: Red Dog, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI Gold: Confl uence, Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME Silver: Rainier, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL Silver: Super Friends IPA, Ithaca Beer Co., Ithaca, NY Bronze: Old Style, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL Bronze: Grimalkin - Super Kitty Fantastico, Brugge Brasserie, Indianapolis, IN Category: 34 Vienna-Style Lager - 32 Entries Category: 20 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer - 40 Entries Gold: Jomo Lager, Starr Hill Brewery, Crozet, VA Gold: Velvet Merkin, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA Silver: Cityfest, Brewzzi, West Palm Beach, FL Silver: Wee Pogue, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN Bronze: Vienna Red Lager, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Wilmington, DE Bronze: Pinot Jubel, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR www.GreatAmericanBeerFestival.com Category: 35 German-Style Märzen - 58 Entries Category: 61 American-Style Brown Ale - 49 Entries Gold: Stein Knocker, Hoppers Grill & Brewing Co., Midvale, UT Gold: Great American Brown, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA Silver: Munster Fest, Three Floyds Brewing Co., Munster, IN Silver: Redrock Nut Brown Ale, Redrock Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT Bronze: Samuel Adams Octoberfest, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA Bronze: Brave American, American Brewing Co., Edmonds, WA Category: 36 American-Style Amber Lager - 58 Entries Category: 62 American-Style Black Ale - 74 Entries Gold: Uberbrau, Humperdink’s Restaurant and Brewery, Dallas, TX Gold: Blacktop IPA, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI Silver: Colorado Native, AC Golden Brewing Co., Golden, CO Silver: Blackened CDA, Carter’s