® 2012 Winners List Category 1: American-Style Wheat Beer, 23 Entries Category 29: Baltic-Style Porter, 28 Entries Gold: Wagon Box Wheat, Black Tooth Brewing Co., Sheridan, WY Gold: Baltic Gnome Porter, Rock Bottom Denver, Denver, CO Silver: 1919 choc beer, choc Beer Co., Krebs, OK Silver: Battle Axe Baltic Porter, Fat Heads Brewery, North Olmsted, OH Bronze: DD Blonde, Hop Valley Brewing Co., Springfield, OR Bronze: Dan - My Turn Series, Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee, WI Category 2: American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast, 28 Entries Category 30: European-Style Low-Alcohol Lager/German-Style, 18 Entries Gold: Whitetail Wheat, Montana Brewing Co., Billings, MT Silver: Beck’s Premier Light, Brauerei Beck & Co., Bremen, Germany Silver: Miners Gold, Lewis & Clark Brewing Co., Helena, MT Bronze: Hochdorfer Hopfen-Leicht, Hochdorfer Kronenbrauerei Otto Haizmann, Nagold-Hochdorf, Germany Bronze: Leavenworth Boulder Bend Dunkelweizen, Fish Brewing Co., Olympia, WA Category 31: German-Style Pilsener, 74 Entries Category 3: Fruit Beer, 41 Entries Gold: Brio, Olgerdin Egill Skallagrimsson, Reykjavik, Iceland Gold: Eat A Peach, Rocky Mountain Brewery, Colorado Springs, CO Silver: Schönramer Pils, Private Landbrauerei Schönram, Schönram, Germany Silver: Da Yoopers, Rocky Mountain Brewery, Colorado Springs, CO Bronze: Baumgartner Pils, Brauerei Jos. Baumgartner, Schaerding, Austria Bronze: Blushing Monk, Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI Category 32: Bohemian-Style Pilsener, 62 Entries Category 4: Fruit Wheat Beer, 28 Entries Gold: Starobrno Ležák, Heineken Czech Republic, Krušovice, Czech Republic Gold: Minoh Beer YUZU-WHITE-ALE, A•J•I Beer, Minoh City, Japan Silver: Krušovice Imperial, Heineken, Amsterdam, Netherlands Silver: Blue Moon Vintage Blonde Ale, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Golden, CO Bronze: Gambrinus Premium, Plzeňský Prazdroj, Pilsen, Czech Republic Bronze: Amsterdam Framboise, Amsterdam Brewing Co., Toronto, Canada Category 33: Münchner-Style Helles, 68 Entries Category 5: Field Beer or Pumpkin Beer, 19 Entries Gold: Urtyp Hell, Löwenbrauerei Passau, Passau, Germany Gold: Turnip the Beets, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO Silver: Löwenbräu, Löwenbräu, München, Germany Silver: Saint Arnold Pumpkinator, Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX Bronze: Helles, Kitzmann Bräu, Erlangen, Germany Bronze: The Great Pumpkin, Elysian Brewing Co., Seattle, WA Category 34: Dortmunder/Export or German-Style Oktoberfest, 39 Entries Category 6: Herb and Spice Beer, 80 Entries Gold: Švyturys Ekstra, JSC Švyturys-Utenos Alus, Vilnius, Lithuania Gold: Sgt. Pepper, Cambridge Brewing Co., Cambridge, MA Silver: Tauras Tradicinis, Kalnapilio-Tauro Grupe, Panevezys, Lithuania Silver: Ring Of Fire, Dragonmead Microbrewery, Warren, MI Bronze: Schlappeseppel Export, Brauerei Schlappeseppel, Grossostheim, Germany Bronze: Hardywood Gingerbread Stout, Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Richmond, VA Category 35: Vienna-Style Lager, 41 Entries Category 7: Chocolate Beer, 34 Entries Gold: Vienna Lager, Devils Backbone Brewing Co., Roseland, VA Gold: Házmela Rusa, La Chingonería, Mexico City, Mexico Silver: Heavy Seas Marzen Vienna Lager, Clipper City Brewing Co., Baltimore, MD Silver: X-1 Chocolate Imperial Rye Porter, DuClaw Brewing Co., Bel Air, MD Bronze: Belle Gueule Originale, Brasseurs RJ, Montreal, Canada Bronze: Odin’s Raven, Alpine Beer Co., Alpine, CA Category 36: German-Style Märzen, 39 Entries Category 8: Coffee Beer, 56 Entries Gold: Florhosen, The SandLot, Denver, CO Gold: Bacon and Eggs Breakfast Coffee Imperial Porter, Pizza Port Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA Silver: Rocktoberfest, Rock Bottom Long Beach, Long Beach, CA Silver: Drunken Elf Stout, Columbia River Brewing Co., Portland, OR Bronze: Ur-Saalfelder, Bürgerliches Brauhaus Saalfeld, Saalfeld, Germany Bronze: Coffee Stout, Rock Bottom Arlington, Arlington, VA Category 37: European-Style Dark/Münchner Dunkel, 34 Entries Category 9: Specialty Beer, 38 Entries Gold: Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel, Klosterbrauerei Weltenburg, Kelheim, Germany Gold: Hangar 24 Winter Warmer, Hangar 24 Craft Brewery, Redlands, CA Silver: King Dark Lager, King Brewery, Nobleton, Canada Silver: Maple Tripple, Lawson’s Finest Liquids, Warren, VT Bronze: Riegele Aechtes Dunkel, Brauerei S. Riegele, Augsburg, Germany Bronze: Donner Party Porter, FiftyFifty Brewing Co., Truckee, CA Category 38: German-Style Schwarzbier, 40 Entries Category 10: Rye Beer, 29 Entries Gold: Art of Science Schwarzbier, Dillon DAM Brewery, Dillon, CO Gold: Ruthless Rye IPA, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA Silver: Point 2012 Black Ale, Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, WI Silver: 3 Flowers IPA, Marin Brewing Co., Larkspur, CA Bronze: Cameron’s Dark 266, Cameron’s Brewing Co., Oakville, Canada Bronze: Jopen Jacobus RPA, Jopenkerk Bierbrouwerij, Haarlem, Netherlands Category 39: Traditional German-Style Bock, 30 Entries Category 11: Specialty Honey Beer, 23 Entries Gold: Doppel-Hirsch, Der Hirschbräu, Immenstadt, Germany Gold: Boréale Dorée, Les Brasseurs du Nord, Blainville, Canada Silver: Winter Bock, Silver City Brewery, Bremerton, WA Silver: Ménage a Trois Braggot, Crabtree Brewing Co., Greeley, CO Bronze: Troegenator, Tröegs Brewing Co., Hershey, PA Bronze: Killer Bee, Dragonmead Microbrewery, Warren, MI Category 40: German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock, 38 Entries Category 12: Session Beer, 33 Entries Gold: Maibock, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant, Topeka, KS Gold: Vienna Lager, Squatters Pub Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT Silver: Der Ulmer Maibock, Familienbrauerei Bauhöfer, Renchen, Germany Silver: Kellerweis, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA Bronze: Blonde Doppelbock, Capital Brewery Co., Middleton, WI Bronze: Revelations Stout, The Public House Brewing Co., Rolla, MO Category 41: German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock, 44 Entries Category 13: Other Strong Beer, 35 Entries Gold: Holzfassgelagerter Eisbock, Brauhaus Faust, Miltenberg, Germany Gold: Star Brew, Marin Brewing Co., Larkspur, CA Silver: Hochdorfer Barbara Bock, Hochdorfer Kronenbrauerei Otto Haizmann, Nagold-Hochdorf, Germany Silver: Imperial Cream Ale, Nexus Brewery, Albuquerque, NM Bronze: Dominator Dopplebock, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN Bronze: Double Pilsner, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO Category 42: American-Style Cream Ale or Lager, 23 Entries Category 14: Experimental Beer, 42 Entries Gold: Prestige, Brasserie Nationale d’Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Gold: Petit Obscura, Telegraph Brewing Co., Santa Barbara, CA Silver: Old Style, Pabst Brewing Co., Allentown, PA Silver: Noble Rot, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE Bronze: Milwaukee’s Best, Miller Brewing Co., Golden, CO Bronze: Where There’s Smoke..., Manzanita Brewing Co., Santee, CA Category 43: American-Style Lager or Light Lager, 39 Entries Category 15: Indigenous Beer, 26 Entries Gold: Coors Light, Coors Brewing Co., Golden, CO Gold: Got Beer, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery - Tacoma, Huntington Beach, CA Silver: Michelob Ultra, Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, MO Silver: Hqt, 21st-Amendment Brewery, San Francisco, CA Bronze: Michelob Light, Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, MO Bronze: Oyster Stout, Upright Brewing Co., Portland, OR Category 44: American-Style Premium Lager or Specialty Lager, 37 Entries Category 16: Gluten-Free Beer, 15 Entries Gold: Steel Reserve, Miller Brewing Co., Golden, CO Gold: Glutenberg Rousse, Brasseurs Sans Gluten, Montreal, Canada Silver: Evans Original, Cervecería Mexicana, Corona, CA Silver: Glutenberg Pale Ale, Brasseurs Sans Gluten, Montreal, Canada Bronze: Icehouse, Miller Brewing Co., Golden, CO Bronze: Glutenberg Blonde, Brasseurs Sans Gluten, Montreal, Canada Category 45: American-Style Amber Lager, 40 Entries Category 17: American-Belgo-Style Ale, 48 Entries Gold: Winter Skal, Capital Brewery Co., Middleton, WI Gold: Last Chance, The Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Chicago, IL Silver: Colorado Native, AC Golden Brewing Co., Golden, CO Silver: Blue Reserve, Blue Mountain Brewery, Afton, VA Bronze: Cali Common, Lucky Hand Beer, Novato, CA Bronze: Le Freak, Green Flash Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Category 46: American-Style Dark Lager, 18 Entries Category 18: American-Style Sour Ale, 14 Entries Gold: Leinenkugel’s Creamy Dark, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI Gold: Ching Ching, Bend Brewing Co., Bend, OR Silver: Shiner Bock, The Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX Silver: Mattina Rossa, Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME Bronze: Santo, Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX Bronze: Supplication, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA Category 47: Australasian-Style Pale Ale or International-Style Pale Ale, 22 Entries Category 19: American-Style Brett Ale, 28 Entries Gold: 805 IPA, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA Gold: Peche ‘n Brett, Logsdon Farmhouse Ales, Hood River, OR Silver: Endeavour True Vintage 2011 Reserve Pale Ale, Endeavour True Vintage Beer, Silver: Peche, AC Golden Brewing Co., Golden, CO Macquarie Centre, Australia Bronze: Wild Wild Brett Rouge, Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, Fort Collins, CO Bronze: Benny’s Pale Ale, Shoreline Brewery, Michigan City, IN Category 20: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer, 34 Entries Category 48: German-Style Kölsch/Köln-Style Kölsch, 46 Entries Gold: Sarah’s Two Headed Buffalo, Rock Bottom Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH Gold: Sunbru, Four Peaks Brewing Co., Tempe, AZ Silver: Brandy Barrel Abbey Normal, Fox River Brewing Co., Oshkosh, WI Silver: Chuckanut Kolsch, Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA Bronze: Central City Oaked Porter, Central City Brewing Co., Surrey, Canada Bronze: Point Three Kings, Stevens Point Brewery,