Congratulations to the 2017 Great American Beer festival medal winners from Colorado!
39 medals were awarded to 38 Colorado* Breweries!
Lone Tree Brewing won two medals – a Gold and a Silver!
There were 14 Colorado Gold Medal winners!
| C.B. & Potts* | Highlands Ranch | South German-Style Hefeweizen | Big Horn Hefeweizen |
| CooperSmith’s Pub & Brewing | Fort Collins | English-Style India Pale Ale | Punjabi |
| Copper Club Brewing Co. | Fruita | American-Style Amber/Red Ale | F-Town Amber |
| Finkel & Garf Brewing Co. | Boulder | Sweet Stout or Cream Stout | Oatmeal Milk Stout |
| Funkwerks | Fort Collins | Classic Saison | Saison |
| Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant | Broomfield | South German-Style Hefeweizen | Hefeweizen |
| Jessup Farm Barrel House | Fort Collins | Brett Beer | Fancy Pants |
| Little Machine | Denver | American-Style Fruit Beer | Razz Against the Machine |
| Lone Tree Brewing Co. | Lone Tree | American-Style Lager or Malt Liquor | Mexican Lager |
| Rockyard American Grill & Brewing Co. | Castle Rock | Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer | Plum Creek Sour |
| Square Peg Brewerks | Alamosa | Historical Beer | Waverly Tulip |
| The Sandlot Brewery at Coors Field | Denver | Smoke Beer | So long and thank’s for all the (smoked) fish! |
| WeldWerks Brewing Co. | Greeley | Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout | Medianoche |
| Wiley Roots Brewing Co. | Greeley | Mixed-Culture Brett Beer | Galaxy Dry Hopped Funk Yo Couch |
There were 13 Colorado Silver Medal winners!
| 105 West Brewing Co. | Castle Rock | American-Style Wheat Beer | Lemon Rye |
| Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales | Denver | Experimental Beer | Roswell: Grudge |
| Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. | Golden | American-Style Black Ale | Black 28 |
| Cellar West Artisan Ales | Boulder | Specialty Saison | Make Hay |
| Dry Dock Brewing Co. – South Dock | Aurora | German-Style Pilsener | Pilsner |
| Ironworks Brewery & Pub | Lakewood | Historical Beer | Hilltopper’s Pride Kentucky Common Ale |
| Launch Pad Brewery | Aurora | Session Beer | Peacekeeper |
| Lone Tree Brewing Co. | Lone Tree | Imperial Red Ale | Hop Zombie |
| New Terrain Brewing Co. | Golden | Belgian-Style Witbier | Suntrip |
| Odyssey Beerwerks | Arvada | Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer | Woods Monk |
| Our Mutual Friend Brewing | Denver | Brett Beer | Saison Trystero |
| Twisted Pine Brewing Co. | Boulder | Session India Pale Ale | Patio Pounder |
| Wibby Brewing | Longmont | Munich-Style Dunkel or European-Style Dark Lager | Moondoor Dunkel |
There were 9 Colorado Bronze medal winners!
| Baere Brewing Co. | Denver | Berliner-Style Weisse | Blackberry Table Sour |
| Breckenridge Brewery | Littleton | Bock | Mountain Series: Maibock |
| Broken Plow Brewery | Greeley | Herb and Spice Beer | India Spring Honey Cream Ale |
| Bull & Bush Brewery | Denver | Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer | Woody Pils |
| CO-Brew | Denver | Specialty Saison | Farmhouse Saison |
| Elk Mountain Brewing Co. | Parker | German-Style Koelsch | Downhill Kölsch |
| Grimm Brothers Brewhouse | Loveland | German-Style Altbier | Little Red Cap |
| Loveland Aleworks | Loveland | Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer | 5th Anniversary Tequila Sour |
| Pug Ryan’s Brewing Co. | Dillon | Munich-Style Dunkel or European-Style Dark Lager | Dunkel |
Colorado SWEPT the Pro-Am competition!
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Brewing Company: Denver Beer Company |
| Brewmaster: Jason Buehler and Denver Beer Company Brewing Team | |
| AHA Member: Doug Thiel | |
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Brewing Company: Black Bottle Brewery |
| Brewmaster: Black Bottle Scuba Squad | |
| AHA Member: Daniel Tomkins | |
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Brewing Company: Odell Brewing Co. |
| Brewmaster: Odell Brew Team | |
| AHA Member: Mark Boelman | |
*Update: While RAM Restaurant & Brewery in Lakewood, WA officially won the Gold for the Hefeweizen, it was actually done by their C.B. & Potts location here in Highlands so we have updated our list to reflect this. See their press release here recognizing the local credit.
See the full list of Great American Beer Festival winners here