The Colorado Beer Geek attended the Great American Beer Festival® 2016 awards ceremony.
38 medals went to 33 Colorado breweries with 5 breweries getting two medals. Those are Cannonball Creek Brewing (2 Gold), Echo Brewing (2 Gold), Bootstrap Brewing (Gold & Bronze), Steamworks Brewing (2 Silver), and Coors (Silver & Bronze)
There were 13 Colorado Gold Medal Winners!
| 14er Brewing Co. | Rocky Mtn Saison | Chili Beer |
| 4 Noses Brewing Co. | Pump Action Imperial Pumpkin Ale | Pumpkin Spice Beer |
| Bootstrap Brewing Co. | Stick’s Pale Ale | American-Style Pale Ale |
| Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. | Solid Gold | Belgian-Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale |
| Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. | Trump Hands | Session India Pale Ale |
| Copper Kettle Brewing Co. | Blond | Other Belgian-Style Ale |
| Denver Beer Co. – Canworks | Drama Queen | Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer |
| Echo Brewing Cask and Barrel | Tri-Town Brown | English-Style Brown Ale |
| Echo Brewing Co. | Kirby | Golden or Blonde Ale |
| El Rancho Brewing | Valhalla | Historical Beer |
| Grimm Brothers Brewhouse | Little Red Cap | German-Style Altbier |
| Rockyard American Grill & Brewing Co. | Warning Sign | German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock |
| The Post Brewing Co. | Achtertuin Seizoen Farmhouse Ale | Classic Saison |
There were 16 Colorado Silver Medal Winners!
| Black Bottle Brewery | PDA | Belgian-Style Tripel |
| Blue Moon Brewing Co. | Mango Wheat | Fruit Wheat Beer |
| Broken Compass Brewing | Ginger American Ale | Herb and Spice Beer |
| Carver Brewing Co. | Lightner Creek Lager | American-Style Light Lager or German-Style Light Lager |
| Cerebral Brewing | Dreamy Thing | Brett Beer |
| Colorado Boy Pub & Brewery | Ridgway Blonde | English-Style Summer Ale |
| Coors Brewing Co. | Coors Banquet | American-Style Lager or Ice Lager or Malt Liquor |
| Dry Dock Brewing Co. – South Dock | Helles | Munich-Style Helles |
| Fiction Beer Co. | Alternate Present | German-Style Schwarzbier |
| Front Range Brewing Co. | Piney Ridge Dunkel | European-Style Dark Lager/Munich-Style Dunkel |
| Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co. | St. James Irish Red Ale | Irish-Style Red Ale |
| Left Hand Brewing Co. | Fade to Black, Volume 1 | Export Stout |
| Prost Brewing | Weißbier | South German-Style Hefeweizen |
| Steamworks Brewing Co. | Slam Dunkel | German-Style Wheat Ale |
| Steamworks Brewing Co. | Backside Stout | Oatmeal Stout |
| Upslope Brewing Co. – Flatiron Park | Upslope Brown Ale | American-Style Brown Ale |
There were 9 Colorado Bronze Medal Winners!
| 12Degree Brewing | Treachery | Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale |
| Baere Brewing Co. | Saison | Classic Saison |
| BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery – Boulder | Wild & Crazy Rye | Historical Beer |
| Bootstrap Brewing Co. | Wreak Havoc | Imperial Red Ale |
| CooperSmith’s Pub & Brewing | Not Brown | English-Style Brown Ale |
| Coors Brewing Co. | Coors Light | American-Style Light Lager or German-Style Light Lager |
| SKA Brewing | Mexican Logger | American-Style or International-Style Pilsener |
| Telluride Brewing Co. | Face Down Brown | American-Style Brown Ale |
| Verboten Brewing | Little Nonsense | Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout |
Congratulations to all of the winners from the Colorado Beer Geek and the Colorado Brewery List team!
Here’s a link to a full list of all GABF Medal winners.