Colorado Breweries Make Strong Showing at Great American Beer Festival® Competition
The Colorado Brewers Guild (CBG) honors the 23 independent Colorado breweries that were awarded 26 medals at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition.
The GABF competition held in Denver, CO, in October, drew in 9,904 entries from 2,154 breweries across the United States, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico.
Colorado received 28 medals, demonstrating that the state is a world-class craft beer destination.
First-time GABF winners included Bierstadt Lagerhaus, River North Brewery, Rock Cut Brewing, and Resolute Brewing Company.
Colorado Breweries Make Strong Showing at Competition
Left Hand Brewing is the most-awarded craft brewery. Left Hand won two medals this year and 29 overall.
Bristol Brewing collected the brewery’s 10th GABF medal for Laughing Lab Scottish Ale, and this is the 14th medal for the Colorado-Springs-based brewery.
Cannonball Creek continued its winning streak earning a bronze medal in the specialty saison category, a first for the brewery in this style.
The Golden-based brewery has won 15 GABF medals across ten categories in the past ten years. Comrade Brewing Company earned its second gold medal for More Dodge and Less Ram, taking home top honors in the most competitive category this year, American-Style India Pale Ale.
“Colorado proves that we are a leader in the craft beer industry and shows that our brewers continue to brew consistently excellent beers in all types of styles,” says CBG Executive Director Shawnee Adelson.
2022 GABF Winners
- Westbound & Down Brewing Company and Bierstadt Lagerhaus: Silver medal for Chicago Peaks Kolsch in Collaboration Competition
- Coopersmith’s Pub & Brewing (Fort Collins): Silver medal for Sticky Fingers Saison (AHA Member Mark Pennick) in the Pro-Am competition
- Joyride Brewing Company (Edgewater): Silver medal for Black Razz Blonde in the American Fruit Beer category
- Cerebral Brewing (Denver): Bronze medal for Fuego Reserva in the Chili Beer category
- Twisted Pine Brewing Company (Boulder): Silver medal for Rockin’ Roggen in the Rye Beer category
- River North Brewery (Denver): Silver medal for Hello Darkness in the Other Strong Beer category
- Holidaily Brewing Company (Golden): Silver medal for Buckwit Belgian in the Gluten-Free beer category
- New Terrain Brewing Company (Golden): Silver medal for Mirage in the American Sour Ale category
- Our Mutual Friend (Denver): Gold medal for Trystero in the Brett Beer category. Silver medal for Biere Ovale in the Mixed-Culture Brett Beer category
- Jessup Farm Barrel House (Fort Collins): Gold medal for Barrel-Aged Soft Skills in the Wood-and Barrel-Aged Beer category
- Rock Cut Brewing Company (Estes Park): Bronze medal for Wooden Mayhem in the Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout category
- Dry Dock Brewing Co. – North Dock (Aurora): Silver medal for Docktoberfest in the German-Style Märzen category
- The Post Brewing Company (Lafayette): Gold medal for El Corn in the International Dark Lager category
- Resolute Brewing Company (Centennial): Silver medal for Execrator in the German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock category
- Launch Pad Brewery (Aurora): Silver medal for Citronaut in the English Ale category
- Westbound & Down Brewing Company (Idaho Springs): Silver for Spirit of the West English India Pale Ale.
- Comrade Brewing Company (Denver): Gold medal for More Dodge Less Ram in the American-Style India Pale Ale category
- Bristol Brewing Company (Colorado Springs): Silver medal for Laughing Lab Scottish Ale in the Scottish-Style Ale category
- Baere Brewing Company (Denver): Silver medal for Saison in the Classic Saison category
- Cannonball Creek Brewing Company (Golden): Bronze medal Rosemary Sourdough Saison in the Specialty Saison category
- Crooked Stave (Denver): Gold medal for Stay the Funk In in the Belgian-Style Sour Ale category
- Left Hand Brewing Company (Longmont): Bronze for St Vrain Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale. Silver medal for Milk Stout in the Oatmeal Stout category. Brewery of the year 15,000-100,000 barrels
- Odell Brewing Company – Sloan’s Lake (Denver): Bronze medal for Dark Helmet in the Imperial Stout category
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