Colorado Breweries Win 30 GABF Medals!

Congratulations to the 28 Colorado Breweries that brought home 30 medals from the Great American Beer Festival!

Denver Beer Company won two Gold medals!

New Belgium Brewing won a Gold and a Silver medal

16 out of the 30 medals were Gold!

Butcherknife Brewing Co.	Steamboat Springs	Sunshine Express	Australian-Style Pale Ale
Wit’s End Brewing Co.	Denver	Jean-Claude Van Blond	Belgian-Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale
BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery	Boulder	BJ’s Quad	Belgian-Style Dubbel or Quadrupel
Gilded Goat Brewing Co.	Fort Collins	Guten Bock	Bock
Golden City Brewery	Golden	Legendary Red	German-Style Altbier
Steamworks Brewing Co.	Durango	Colorado Kölsch	German-Style Koelsch
Cannonball Creek Brewing Co.	Golden	Netflix and Pils	German-Style Pilsener
High Hops Brewery	Windsor	Puckerberry	Gluten-Free Beer
Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co.	Glenwood Springs	Shoshone Stout	Oatmeal Stout
Banded Oak Brewing Co.	Denver	Drunkard’s Cloak	Old Ale or Strong Ale
Left Hand Brewing Co.	Longmont	Sawtooth Ale	Ordinary or Special Bitter
Denver Beer Co. – Canworks	Denver	Graham Cracker Porter	Specialty Beer
105 West Brewing Co.	Castle Rock	Apricot Saison	Specialty Saison
SKA Brewing	Durango	Oktoberfest	Vienna-Style Lager
Denver Beer Co. – Olde Town Arvada	Arvada	Barrel Aged Japance Off	Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer

Colorado took the Gold in the Collaboration competition…

TransAtlantique Kriek
	Brewery Name: New Belgium Brewing Co.
	Collaborating Brewery Name: Oud Beersel
	Beer Style: Golden Sour Ale with Cherries

 

Colorado won 4 Silver Medals…

New Belgium Brewing Co.	Fort Collins	Dayblazer Easygoing Ale	American-Style Cream Ale
Grimm Brothers Brewhouse	Loveland	Little Red Cap	German-Style Altbier
Bootstrap Brewing Co.	Niwot	1956 Golden Ale	Golden or Blonde Ale
Wiley Roots Brewing Co.	Greeley	Citra Dry Hopped Funk Yo Couch	Mixed-Culture Brett Beer

 

Colorado won 10 Bronze Medals…

The Post Brewing Co.	Lafayette	Howdy Beer	American-Style Pilsener
Thirsty Monk Pub Brewery	Denver	Abby Blonde	Belgian- and French-Style Ale
Smuggler’s Brewpub	Telluride	Blonde Betty	Belgian-Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale
Crow Hop Brewing Co.	Loveland	Knee-Knocker Porter	Brown Porter
Cogstone Brewing Co.	Colorado Springs	Chips & Salsa Cream Ale	Experimental Beer
Front Range Brewing Co.	Lafayette	St. Nigels’ Doppelbock	German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock
Comrade Brewing Co.	Denver	DEFCON Red	Irish-Style Red Ale
Fiction Beer Co.	Denver	Madame Psychosis	Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale
Goat Patch Brewing Co.	Colorado Springs	It Takes a Tribe Red Ale	Scottish-Style Ale

Colorado took the Bronze medal in the Pro-Am competition…

La Bomba
	Brewing Company: Cheluna Brewing Co.
	Brewmaster: Jennifer Perez
	AHA Member: Chris Cardillo

 

Congratulations to all of the winners!

See the full list of Great American Beer Festival winners here.