2010 Brewery and Brewer of the Year Awards: Large Brewing Company and Large Brewing Company Brewer of the Year Blue Moon Brewing Company, Denver, CO Dr. David Ryder Mid-Size Brewing Company and Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewer of the Year Sponsored by Crosby & Baker Ltd. Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT UBC Brewers Small Brewing Company and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year Sponsored by Microstar Keg Management Mad River Brewing Company, Blue Lake, CA Category: 1 American-Style Wheat Beer - 23 Entries Mad River Brewing Company Gold: Sandy Bottom, Blue Mountain Brewery, Afton, VA Brewpub Group and Brewpub Group Brewer of the Year Silver: Shredders Wheat, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR Bronze: County Seat Wheat, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant, Topeka, KS Sponsored by Country Malt Group TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea, CA Category: 2 American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast - 43 Entries Victor Novak Gold: Point Horizon Wheat, Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, WI Silver: American Hefeweizen, Flat Branch Pub and Brewery, Columbia, MO Large Brewpub and Large Brewpub Brewer of the Year Bronze: Hefeweizen, Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., Portland, OR Sponsored by Brewers Supply Group Category: 3 Fruit Beer - 75 Entries Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA Gold: Chardonnay Blonde, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Denver, CO Pizza Port Brew Guys Silver: Apricot Ale, Pyramid Breweries, Seattle, WA Bronze: Raspberry Tart, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI Small Brewpub and Small Brewpub Brewer of the Year Category: 4 Field Beer - 28 Entries Sponsored by Briess Malt & Ingredients Co. Gold: Frog’s Hollow Double Pumpkin Ale, Hoppin’ Frog Brewing Co., Akron, OH Pizza Port San Clemente, San Clemente, CA Silver: Dark o’ the Moon, Elysian Brewing Co., Seattle, WA Noah Regnery Bronze: Imperial Pumpkin Ale, Weyerbacher Brewing Co., Easton, PA Category: 5 Herb and Spice or Chocolate Beer - 91 Entries Category: 19 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout - 34 Entries Gold: Rosemary Swamp Fox, Moon River Brewing Co., Savannah, GA Gold: Bourbon Barrel Aged Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout, Foothills Brewing, Winston-Salem, NC Silver: Stone Smoked Porter with Chipotle, Stone Brewing Co., Escondido, CA Silver: Remy, TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea, CA Bronze: Super Chili Pepper Madness, Mad River Brewing Co., Blue Lake, CA Bronze: Bourbon County Brand Stout, Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL Category: 6 Coffee Flavored Beer - 52 Entries Category: 20 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer - 54 Entries Gold: Baltic Coffee, Devils Backbone Brewing Co., Roseland, VA Gold: Le Serpent Cerise, Snake River Brewing, Jackson, WY Silver: Coffee Monster, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA Silver: Temptation, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA Bronze: Big Shot Espresso Stout, Twisted Pine Brewing Co., Boulder, CO Bronze: The Jaspers, Bullfrog Brewery, Williamsport, PA Category: 7 Specialty Beer - 23 Entries Category: 21 Aged Beer - 30 Entries Gold: Belipago, Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales, Dexter, MI Gold: John Barleycorn Barleywine ‘06, Mad River Brewing Co., Blue Lake, CA Silver: Coconut Porter, Pagosa Brewing Co., Pagosa Springs, CO Silver: Cherry Baltic, Bend Brewing Co., Bend, OR Bronze: Hazelnut Brown Nectar, Rogue Ales, Newport, OR Bronze: Bell’s Expedition Stout, 1995, Bell’s Brewery, Inc., Galesburg, MI Category: 8 Rye Beer - 32 Entries Category: 22 Kellerbier/Zwickelbier - 24 Entries Gold: BMB Rye IPA, Black Market Brewing Co., Temecula, CA Gold: Kolsch, Hale’s Ales, Seattle, WA Silver: Portsmouth Brewery Rye Not, Portsmouth Brewery, Portsmouth, NH Silver: Kellerbier, Triumph Brewing Co. of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Bronze: Roggenbier, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA Bronze: Summer Teeth, Columbus Brewing Co., Columbus, OH Category: 9 Specialty Honey Beer - 24 Entries Category: 23 Smoked Beer - 38 Entries Gold: Blue Moon Summer Honey Wheat Ale, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Denver, CO Gold: Alaskan Smoked Porter 2009, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK Silver: Truck Stop Honey Brown Ale, Back Forty Beer Co., Gadsden, AL Silver: Yazoo SUE, Yazoo Brewing Co., Nashville, TN Bronze: Samuel Adams Honey Porter, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA Bronze: Gordon Biersch Rauchbier, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurants, Chattanooga, TN Category: 10 Session Beer - 30 Entries Category: 24 American-Style or International-Style Pilsener - 27 Entries Gold: Squatters Wit, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT Gold: Gold Leaf Lager, Devils Backbone Brewing Co., Roseland, VA Silver: Endurance IPA Jr., Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI Silver: Random Luck, The Sandlot, Denver, CO Bronze: King’s Peak Porter, Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT Bronze: Gold Country Pilsner, Auburn Alehouse, Auburn, CA Category: 11 Other Strong Beer - 48 Entries Category: 25 German-Style Pilsener - 48 Entries Gold: Sierra 30 Jack and Ken’s Ale, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA Gold: Trumer Pils, Trumer Brauerei Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Silver: Panzer Pilsner, Port Brewing Co., San Marcos, CA Silver: German Pilsner, AC Golden, Golden, CO Bronze: Imperial Oatmeal Stout, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA Bronze: Chuckanut Pilsner, Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA Category: 12 Experimental Beer - 43 Entries Category: 26 Bohemian-Style Pilsener - 42 Entries Gold: Key Lime Pie, Short’s Brewing Co., Bellaire, MI Gold: Boathouse Pilsner, Titletown Brewing Co., Green Bay, WI Silver: Estate Homegrown Ale, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA Silver: Golden Pilsner, Morgan Street Brewery, St. Louis, MO Bronze: Wild Lemon Wheat, Great Basin Brewing Co., Sparks, NV Bronze: Bridge Creek Pilsner, Silver Moon Brewing, Bend, OR Category: 13 Out of Category – Traditionally Brewed Beer - 66 Entries Category: 27 Munich-Style Helles - 42 Entries Gold: Fathom IPL, Ballast Point Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Gold: What in the Helles?, Steamworks Brewing Co, Durango, CO Silver: Mötley Brüe RyePA, Four Peaks Brewing Co., Tempe, AZ Silver: Longboard Island Lager, Kona Brewing Co., Kailua-Kona, HI Bronze: Hot Rocks Lager, Port Brewing Co., San Marcos, CA Bronze: Cowboy Lager, The Covey Restaurant & Brewery, Fort Worth, TX Category: 14 Gluten Free Beer - 13 Entries Category: 28 Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest - 21 Entries Gold: Celia Pale Ale, The Alchemist, Waterbury, VT Gold: Summerbrau, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT Silver: Gluten Free, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR Silver: Noble Stuff Export, Dry Dock Brewing Co., Aurora, CO Bronze: 3R Raspberry Ale, New Planet Beer Co., Boulder, CO Bronze: Rolling Thunder Dortmunder, Snake River Brewing, Jackson, WY Category: 15 American-Belgo-Style Ale - 47 Entries Category: 29 American-Style Lager or Light Lager - 53 Entries Gold: Ryevalry, Bear Republic Factory Five, Cloverdale, CA Gold: Miller Lite, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI Silver: Simcoe Silly, Kuhnhenn Brewing Co., Warren, MI Silver: Old Milwaukee, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL Bronze: Pete’s Support Belgian IPA, FireHouse Grill & Brewery, Sunnyvale, CA Bronze: Miller Genuine Draft, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI Category: 16 American-Style Sour Ale - 39 Entries Category: 30 American-Style Specialty Lager or Cream Ale - 42 Entries Gold: Brute, Ithaca Beer Co., Ithaca, NY Gold: Hamm’s, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI Silver: Eric’s Ale, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO Silver: Rainier, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL Bronze: Red Poppy, The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA Bronze: Old Style, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL Category: 17 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer - 32 Entries Category: 31 Vienna-Style Lager - 35 Entries Gold: Velvet Merkin (100% Barrel Aged), Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA Gold: Chuckanut Vienna Lager, Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA Silver: Humidor India Pale Ale, Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, FL Silver: Clueless Beer Writer, The Sandlot, Denver, CO Bronze: Bluegrass Brown, Thunder Canyon Brewery, Tucson, AZ Bronze: Heavy Seas Marzen, Clipper City Brewing Co., Baltimore, MD Category: 18 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer - 77 Entries Category: 32 German-Style Märzen - 41 Entries Gold: Barrel Aged Big Island, Island Brewing Co., Carpinteria, CA Gold: Flor Hosen, The Sandlot, Denver, CO Silver: HE’BREW RIPA on RYE, Shmaltz Brewing Co., San Francisco, CA Silver: Oh! Fest!, Schooner’s Grille & Brewery, Antioch, CA Bronze: Melange a Trois, Nebraska Brewing Co., Papillion, NE Bronze: Munsterfest, Three Floyds Brewing Co, LLC, Munster, IN www.GreatAmericanBeerFestival.com Category: 33 American-Style Amber Lager - 39 Entries Category: 58 American-Style India Black Ale - 53 Entries Gold: Manana, Del Norte Brewing Co., Denver, CO Gold: Turmoil, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR Silver: Schell’s Oktoberfest, August Schell Brewing Co., New Ulm, MN Silver: Go Figure, Big Rock Chop House & Brewery, Birmingham, MI Bronze: Foothills Oktoberfest, Foothills Brewing, Winston-Salem, NC Bronze: Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale, Stone Brewing Co., Escondido, CA Category: 34 European-Style Dunkel - 19 Entries Category: 59 German-Style Altbier - 37 Entries Gold: Dunkel, AC Golden, Golden, CO Gold: GestAlt, Haverhill Brewery, Haverhill, MA Silver: Dunkel Lager, Triumph Brewing Co. of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Silver: Bismarck Altbier, Dry Dock Brewing Co., Aurora, CO Bronze: Dark Side Lager, C.B. Potts Restaurant & Brewery (Fort Collins), Fort Collins, CO Bronze: Sticke Alt, Rock Bottom Breweries, Louisville, CO Category: 35 American-Style Dark Lager - 20 Entries Category: 60 German-Style Sour Ale - 23 Entries Gold: Michelob AmberBock, Michelob