Great American Beer Festival – Medal Winners
The Great American Beer Festival took place this year at the Colorado Convention Center with over 600 American Breweries in attendance and over 2,600 different beers to sample. Both a public sampling event and a private competition, The Great American Beer Festival hosts the largest number of breweries and boosts the widest variety of brews in the craft beer industry. A little bummed you missed out? Don’t worry. We’ve put together a great list of featured beers, also GABF medal winners. If you’re feeling like a road trip next year, you can attend the festival by pre-purchasing your tickets here.
Category – American Style Wheat Beer
Silver – Widmer Brothers, Hefeweizen
Our naturally cloudy flagship brew starts with the highest quality wheat. It’s bold, clean flavor and pronounced citrus and floral aromas are what define American-Style Hefeweizen. So pour yourself a cool, cloudy glass, finish with a lemon and enjoy the original. – Widmer Brothers Brewing Co.
Category – Chocolate Beer
Silver – Oskar Blues, Death By Coconut
Irish porter collaboration with Shamrock Brewing Co. Aged on dessicated coconut and dark chocolate. – Oskar Blues Brewery
Category – American Belgo Style Ale
Gold – Badger Hill, White IPA
Wanderlust: A strong impulse or desire to wander, travel and explore. For us, Wanderlust is a perfect name for our limited beer series featuring special seasonal and one-off releases from the Badger Hill team. This is our opportunity to wander the beer landscape, trying new styles in small batches. We hope you dig them as much as we do! Our first release in the series is a white IPA. Unfiltered, this beer pours pale white, with a solid head. Citrus notes abound with a clean bitterness and a citrus, slightly tart finish. – Badger Hill Brewing Co.
Category – Smoke Beer
Bronze – Alaskan, Smoked Porter
Smoked Beer. Known as “rauchbier” in Germany, smoke-flavored beers were virtually unknown in the U.S. until Alaskan Smoked Porter was developed in 1988.The dark, robust body and pronounced smoky flavor of this limited edition beer make it an adventuresome taste experience. Alaskan Smoked Porter is produced in limited “vintages” each year on November 1and unlike most beers, may be aged in the bottle much like fine wine. – Alaskan Brewing Co.
Category – German Style Marzen
Bronze – Abita, Octoberfest
Abita Octoberfest (September – November) is a German style lager. This full bodied malty lager has a copper color and is hopped and dry hopped with German Hallertau hops giving it a pleasant, spicy hop aroma that’s just right for the season. – Abita Brewing Co.
Category – Classic English Pale Ale
Bronze – Summit, Extra Pale Ale
A pioneer in craft beer (hey, that rhymes), Summit EPA has been gracing the pint glasses of serious brew lovers since 1986. Bronze color. Gold medal-winning flavor. With caramel, biscuity malts superbly balanced with an earthy hop bite and juicy citrus. Now available in 12oz cans! – Summit Brewing Co.
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