The GABF 2016 Award Ceremony is underway! I’ll be posting as fast as the stream allows. I’ll be posting GOLD Medals only for now, but I will follow up later with links to the full winners list as well as highlighting some local winners.



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For the full list of all awards click here



Overall 2016 Awards:

Large Brewing Company & Brewer Of The Year: Pabst Brewing Co & Greg Deuhs



Mid-Sized Brewing Company & Brewer Of The Year:

Karl Strauss Brewing & Team Karl Small Brewing Company & Brewer Of The Year:

Uberbrew & Uber Cru

Very Small Brewing Company & Brewer Of The Year:

Brown Truck Brewery & Team Brown Truck



Large Brewpub & Brewer Of The Year:

The Austin Beer Garden Brewing & Amos Swifty Kim

Mid-Sized Brewpub & Brewer Of The Year:

Boxing Bear Brewing & Justin Hamilton / Dylan Davis

Small Brewpub & Brewer of the Year:



Zwanzigz Brewing & Mike Rybinski





7,227 Entries from 1,752 Breweries, 12 Countries



2 Medals NOT awarded







GABF Pro-Am 88 Entries: GOLD : Just Rye'Te - Panther Island Brewing & AHA Member Clifton Ellis

(37 entries) American-Style Wheat Beer GOLD: Tumbelwheat Altitude Chophouse Laramie, WY (31) American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast GOLD : White Noise Uberbrew Billings, MT (106) American Style Fruit Beer GOLD: Slingback High Heel Brewing St. Louis, MO (84) Fruit Wheat Beer GOLD : Mexican Spring 515 Brewing Clive, IA (61) Belgian-style Fruit Beer GOLD : Apricot Wheat Wiens Brewing Temecula, CA (10) Pumpkin/Squash Beer GOLD: NO Silver or Gold Awarded (92) Field Beer GOLD: Imperial Coconut Porter Maui Brewing Kihei, HI (112) Chili Beer GOLD : Rocky Mountain Saison 14er Brewing Denver, CO (114) Herb & Spice Beer GOLD : Nodajito NoDa Brewing Charlotte, NC (39) Pumpkin Spice Beer GOLD : Pump Action Imperial Pumpkin 4 Noses Brewing Broomfield, CO (46) Chocolate Beer GOLD : Chaos Ram Bighorn Brewery Wheeling, IL (168) Coffee Beer GOLD : Gusto Crema Georgetown Brewing Seattle, WA (54) Specialty Beer GOLD : Campfire Stout High Water Brewing Stockton, CA (81) Rye Beer GOLD : Breakside Rye Curious? Breakside Brewery Portland, OR (64) Specialty Honey Beer GOLD : Jetty Cream Ale Great South Bay Brewery Bay Shore, NY (52) Session Beer GOLD : PSB Session IPL Perry Street Brewing Spokane, WA (118) Session IPA GOLD : Trump Hands Cannonballs Creek Brewing Golden, CO (46) Other Strong Beer GOLD : Anodyne Wheat Wine Revolver Brewing Granbury, TX (87) Experimental Beer GOLD : Dry Hopped Systema Natura D9 Brewing Cornelius, NC (45) Fresh or Wet Hop Ale GOLD: Melvin IPA Melvin Brewing Jackson, WY (43) Historical Beer GOLD : Valhallla El Rancho Brewing Evergreen, CO (37) Gluten-Free Beer GOLD: Dark Ale Ground Breaker Brewing Portland, OR (70) American-Belgo-Style Ale GOLD : Mischief The Bruery Placentia, CA (142) American-Style Sour Ale GOLD: Queen Of Tarts Karl Strauss Brewing San Diego, CA (53) Brett Beer GOLD : Touch of Brett Alesong brewing & Blending Eugene, OR (65) Mixed-Culture Brett Beer GOLD : Funka Hop Farm Sudwerk Brewing Davis, CA (66) Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer GOLD : Drama Queen Denver Beer Co - Canworks Denver, CO (159) Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer GOLD : Silent Warrior Taps Fish House & Brewery Corona, CA (131) Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout GOLD : Barrel-Aged Darkness Surly Brewing Brooklyn Center, MN (64) Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer GOLD : Sour Project Ale Adirondack Pub & Brewery Lake George, NY (82)Fruited Wood and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer GOLD : Razz-Jerry Tart BJ's Brewery La Brea, CA (40) Aged Beer GOLD : Doc's Scotch Ale Millserburg Brewing Millersburg, OH (69) Kellerbier or Zwickelbier GOLD : Sunny Side Dweller Ocelot Brewing Sterling, VA (65) Smoke Beer Bronze: Croydon Is Burning Neshaminy Creek Brewing Neshaminy, PA GOLD: Raucher Wolverins State Brewing Ann Arbor, MI (66) American-Style or International-Style Pilsener GOLD: Robot Crush Aeronaut Brewing Sommerville, MA (21) American-Style Light Lager or German-style light lager GOLD: #10 American Lager Brown Truck brewery High Point, NC (34) American-Style Lager or Ice Lager or Malt Liquor GOLD: Pabst Blue Ribbon Pabst brewing Los Angeles, CA (65) American-Style Cream Ale GOLD: El Sully 21st Amendment Brewery San Leandro, CA (108) American-Style Amber Lager or Dark Lager GOLD: Casa Azul El Segundo Brewing El Segundo, CA (115) German-Style Pilsener GOLD: Industry Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co Austin, TX (62) Bohemian-Style Pilsener GOLD: Sweet Ride Bagby Beer Co Oceanside, CA (84) Munich-Style Helles GOLD: Chuckanut Helles Chuckanut Brewery Bellingham, WA (46) Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest GOLD : Dortmunder Mifflin Emmett's Brewing Pallatine, IL (67) Vienna-Style Lager Bronze: Churchville Lager Neshaminy Creek Brewing Neshaminy, PA GOLD : Vienna Lager Devils Backbone Brewing Lexington,, VA (79) German-Style Märzen GOLD: Zirkusfestt Oktoberfest Hi0-Wire Brewing Asheville, NC (38) European-Style Dark Lager/Munich-Style Dunkel: GOLD: I Dunkeled In My Pants Figueroa Brewing Buelton CA (47) German-Style Schwarzbier GOLD : General Schwarz Central Coast Brewing St. Louis Obispo, CA (36) Bock GOLD : Breakline Bock Rip Current Brewery San Marcos, CA (29) German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock GOLD : Warning Sign Rockyard Brewing Castle Rock, CO (41) Baltic-Style Porter GOLD : Danzig Devils Backbone Brewing Roseland, VA (115) Golden or Blonde Ale GOLD : Kirby Echos Brewing Frederick, CO (111) German-Style Kölsch GOLD : Light Of Cologne Ornery Brewing Woodbridge, VA (68) English-Style Summer Ale GOLD : Hometown Blonde Ram Bighorn Brewery Lakewood, WA (38) Classic English-Style Pale Ale GOLD : Extra Pale Ale Summit Brewing St. Paul, MN (43) English-Style India Pale Ale GOLD : Gatecrasher Temperance Beer Evanston, IL (90) Australian-Style International-Style Pale Ale GOLD : Drop Bear Australian Pale Ale Lynnwood Brewing Concern Raleigh, NC (157) American-Style Pale Ale GOLD : Stick's Pale Ale Boostrap Brewing Niwot, CO (169) American-Style Strong Pale Ale GOLD : Good Green Highland Park Brewery Los Angeles, CA (312 Entries -Largest Category @ GABF 2016) American-Style India Pale Ale GOLD : Bodhizafa IPA Georgetown Brewing Seattle, WA (211 - 2nd Largest Category) Imperial India Pale Ale GOLD : Humulus Insani Uberbrew Billings, MT (114) American-Style Amber/Red Ale GOLD : Old Prospector Red Ale BNS Brewing Santee, CA (78) Double Red Ale GOLD : The Red Glove Boxing Bear Brewing Albuquerque, NM (62) Imperial Red Ale: GOLD : Paradox Red Imperial Red IPA Raised Granite Waukesha, WI (44) English-Style Mild Ale GOLD : Workmans Compensation Line Ridge Brewing Cedar Rapids, IA (39) Ordinary or Special Bitter GOLD : DBA DOuble Barrel Ale Firestone Walker Paso Robles, CA (71) Extra Special Bitter GOLD : Redfeather Black Raven Brewing Redmond, WA (46) Scottish-Style Ale GOLD : White Street Scottish Ale White Street Brewing Wake Forest, NC (80) Irish-Style Red Ale GOLD : Highlander Devils Hump Ale Missoula Brewing Missoula, MT (47) English-Style Brown Ale GOLD : Tri-Town brown Echo Brewing Erie, CO (84) American-Style Brown Ale GOLD : Brown Culture Brewing Solana Beach, CA (61) American-Style Black Ale GOLD : Once You Go Lynwood Brewing Concern Raleigh, NC (141) German-Style Sour Ale GOLD : Gose Rueben's Brews Seattle, WA (57) German-Style Altbier GOLD : Little Red Cap Grimm Brothers Brewhouse Loveland, CO (111) South German-Style Hefeweizen GOLD : Windandsea Wheat Karl Strauss Brewing San Diego, CA (33) German-Style Wheat Ale GOLD : Alpenglow Fat Heads Brewery North Olmstead, OH (61) Belgian-Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale GOLD : Solid Gold Cannonball Creek Brewing Golden, CO (85) Belgian-Style Witbier GOLD : Ommegang Wit Brewery Ommegang Cooperstown, NY (88) Classic Saison GOLD : Achtertun Seizon Farmhouse The Post Brewing Lafayette, CO (92) Specialty Saison GOLD : Six Finger Sam Saison Two Rivers Brewing Easton, PA (27) Belgian and French-Style Ale GOLD : Domain Dupage Two Brothers Brewing Warrenville, IL (74) Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale GOLD : Hexotic Two Roads Stratford, CT (63) Belgian-Style Double or Quadrupel GOLD : Abbey Dubbel Elm City Brewing Keene, NH (92) Belgian-Style Tripel GOLD : Allagash Tripel Allagash brewing Portland, ME (70) Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale GOLD: Old Spilt-Foot Broken Bow Brewery Tuckahoe, NY (31) Other Belgian-Style Ale GOLD: Blond Copper Kettle Brewing Denver, CO (61) Brown Porter GOLD : Fivepine Chocolate Porter Three Creeks Sisters, CO (94) Robust Porter GOLD : Tabula Rosa Toasted Porter Second Chance Beer San Diego, CA (41) Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout Silver: Love Stout Yards Brewing Philadelphia PA GOLD : Big Drought Stout Solid Rock Brewing Spicewood, TX (43) Export Stout GOLD : Dirty Frank's Stout Rivers Edge Brewing Milford, MI (55) American-Style Stout GOLD : P2P 10-Barrel Brewing Bend, OR (71) Sweet Stout or Cream Stout GOLD : Chocolate Milk Stout Boxing Bear Brewing Albuquerque, NM (61) Oatmeal Stout GOLD : Sless' Oatmeal Stout Irons Spring Brewery Fairfax, CA (91) Imperial Stout GOLD : The Russian 2SP Brewing Aston, PA (76) Scotch Ale GOLD : Real Heavy Real Ale Brewing Blanco, TX (38) Old Ale or Strong Ale GOLD : Irish Walker Olde Hickory Brewery Hickory, NC (60) Barley Wine-Style Ale GOLD : AleSmith Old Numbskull AleSmith San Diego, CA











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