GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL: 30 Colorado breweries claim 32 medals in competition
Denver Beer Co. won two gold medals in the Great American Beer Festival awards handed out Saturday morning at the annual festival at the Colorado Convention Center.
The 7yearold brewery won for its flagship beer, “Graham Cracker Porter,” and a barrelaged beer called “Barrelage Ja pance Off.” It is the third year in a row for a gold medal for Denver Beer Co. The brewery won a bronze medal in 2011 for “Graham Cracker Porter.”
“It’s fantastic,” said head brewer Jason Buehler. “It goes to show that if you work hard, it pays off. This says a lot for our whole team.”
Thirty Colorado breweries took home a total of 32 gold, silver or bronze medals at the festival, which ended its threeday run Saturday. In all, 306 medals were handed out in 102 categories covering 167 different beer styles to a total of 280 breweries.
In addition to the named categories, New Belgium Brewing Co. in Fort Collins won a gold medal for its collaboration with Oud Beersel from Beersel, Belgium, on Transatlantic Kriek. And Cheluna Brewing Co. in Aurora won a bronze in the Proam category for a brew that was made in collaboration with homebrewer Chris Cardillo.
Here are the Colorado breweries in
alphabetic order and their awards:
• 105 Brewing Co. (Castle Rock), gold for “Apricot Saison,” Specialty Saison.
• Banded Oak (Denver), gold for “Drunkard’s Cloak,” in Old Ale or Strong Ale.
• BJ’S Restaurant (Boulder), gold for “BJ’S Quad,” Belgianstyle Dubbel or Quadrupel.
• Bootstrap Brewing (Niwot), silver for “1956 Golden Ale,” Golden or Blonde Ale.
• Butcherknife Brewing Co. (Steamboat Springs), gold for “Sunshine Express,” Australianstyle India Pale Ale.
• Canonball Creek Brewing Co. (Golden), gold for “Netflix and Pils,” Germanstyle Pilsener.
• Cheluna Brewing Co. (Aurora), bronze for ProAm Collaboration.
• Cogstone Brewing (Colorado Springs), bronze for “Chips and Salsa Cream Ale,” Experimental Beer.
• Comrade Brewing Co. (Denver), bronze for “Defcon Red,” Irishstyle Red Ale.
• Crow Hop Brewing Co. (Loveland), bronze for “Kneeknocker Porter,” Brown Porter.
• Denver Beer Co. (Denver), gold for “Barrelaged Japance Off” Barrelaged beer.
• Denver Beer Co., gold for “Graham Cracker Porter,” Specialty Beer.
• Fiction Beer Co. (Denver), bronze for “Madame Psychosis,” Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale.
• Front Range Brewing Co. (Lafayette), bronze for “St. Nigel’s Dopplebock” Germanstyle Doppelbock.
• Gilded Goat Brewing Co. (Fort Collins), gold for “Guten Bock,” Bock.
• Goat Patch Brewing Co. (Colorado Springs), bronze for “It Takes a Tribe Red Ale,” Scottishstyle Ale.
• Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co. (Glenwood Springs), gold for “Shoshone Stout,” Oatmeal Stout.
• Golden City Brewery (Golden), gold for “Legendary Red,” Germanstyle Alt Bier.
• Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant (Broomfield), gold for “Bohemian Pilsner,” Bohemianstyle Pilsener.
• Grimm Brothers Brewhouse (Loveland), silver for “Little Red Cap,” Germanstyle Alt Bier.
• High Hops Brewery (Windsor), gold for “Puckerberry,” Glutenfree Beer.
• Lefthand Brewing Co. (Longmont), gold for “Sawtooth Ale,” Ordinary or Specialty Bitter.
• New Belgium Brewing Co. (Fort Collins), bronze for “Dayblazer Easygoing Ale,” for Americanstyle Cream Ale.
• New Belgium Brewing Co., gold for “Transatlantic Kriek,” collaboration with Oud Beersel, Beersel, Belgium.
• Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery (Denver), silver for “Honeycomb Cream Ale,” Honey Beer.
• Ska Brewing (Durango), gold for “Oktoberfest,” Viennastyle Lager.
• Smuggler’s Brewpub (Telluride), bronze for “Blonde Betty,” Belgian Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale.
• Steamworks Brewing Co. (Durango), gold for “Colorado Kolsh,” Kolsh Beer.
• The Post Brewing Co. (Lafayette), bronze for “Howdy Beer,” Americanstyle Pilsener.
• Thirsty Monk Pub & Brewery (Denver), bronze for “Abby Blonde,” Belgian • and Frenchstyle Ale.
• Wiley Roots Brewing (Greeley), silver for “Citra Dry Hopped Funk Yo Couch,” Mixed Culture Brett Beer.
• Wit’s End Brewing (Denver), gold for “Jean Claud Van Blond,” Belgian Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale.