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