Depending upon when you read this, the title might be a bit of a gotchya. If you're reading this before dinnertime on Saturday, Oct. 4, the list may not be complete. (Though, it may also depend upon when you consider dinnertime.)
Nonetheless, as the annual awards are doled out at the prestigious Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Denver today, I will keep as real-time as possible updated list of winners from what my upcoming book (pre-order plug) will cover: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware.
The festival and concurrent judging is bigger than ever. And, with an industry sporting more brewers with more beers than ever, the competition has never been greater. During the three-day festival, the organizers at Brewers Association estimate roughly 49,000 attendees will cross the convention center floor to visit nearly 800 breweries and their 3,500+ beers. 5,507 beers from every state are being judged by around 222 judges who are tasked to award medals in 90 categories. Good luck to all and enjoy the post parties.
Delaware
Silver
Indigenous/Regional Beer — Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats, Choc Lobster, Rehoboth Beach
Pumpkin Beer — Dominion Brewing Company, Spiced Harvest, Dover
Maryland
Gold
Smoke Beer — Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Rauchbier, Annapolis
Silver
American-Belgo-Style Ale — Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Belgian IPA, Rockville
German-style Sour Ale — Union Craft Brewing Company, Old Pro Gose, Baltimore
Bronze
Chocolate Beer — DuClaw Brewing Company, Sweet Baby Jesus!, Rosedale
Golden or Blonde Ale — Heavy Seas Beer, Gold, Halethorpe
New Jersey
Gold
Classic English-Style Pale Ale — Flying Fish Brewing Company, HopFish, Somerdale
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout — Kane Brewing Company, A Night To End All Dawns, Ocean
Silver
Extra Special Bitter — Flying Fish Brewing Company, RedFish, Somerdale
Belgian-style Tripel — Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Bedotter, Maple Shade
Pennsylvania
Gold
Baltic-style Porter — Earth Bread + Brewery, Perkuno's Hammer, Philadelphia
Old Ale or Strong Ale — Fegley's Brew Works, Artic Alchemy, Allentown
Belgian- and French-style Ale — Sly Fox Brewing Company, Grisette, Pottstown
Bock — Tröegs Brewing Company, Troegenator, Hershey
Belgian-style Tripel — Victory Brewing Company, Golden Monkey, Downingtown
Silver
Oatmeal Stout — Four Seasons Brewing Company, Dark Side Of The Pint, Latrobe
Rye Beer — Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Rye Of The Tiger, Media
Bronze
Belgian- and French-style Ale — Barren Hill Tavern & Brewery, Barren Hill Biere de Extra, Lafayette Hill
German-style Sour Ale — Fegley's Brew Works, Berliner Weiss, Allentown
English-Style India Pale Ale — Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Burton IPA, Media
Bock — Triumph Brewing Company, Winterbock, New Hope
Historical Beer — Yards Brewing Company, Poor Richard's Tavern Spruce, Philadelphia
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