California breweries nabbed 57 medals over the weekend at The Great American Beer Festival, a coveted prize in an industry crowded with players.

Still, the number of medals awarded this year was down from 68 last year.

Orange County breweries took home four medals including one gold for rookie brewery Stereo in Placentia. It was the first GABF medal for Stereo, which is celebrating its one year anniversary Saturday, Oct. 14. Last year, Orange County breweries took home six medals.

“We couldn’t think of a better way to end our first year. It feels great to be recognized by people I have respected for so long,” Stereo owner and brewer Rick Smets said.

Cismontane, founded in 2009, received its first GABF medal for an American Style Fruit Beer.

San Clemente-based Oggi’s Sports Brewhouse Pizza nabbed its 8th medal for its popular Scottish ale. Vice President Estella Ferrera said she was overwhelmed with excitement when she learned her team scored a silver medal.

“The neat thing is that after all of these years of brewing, we continue to be honored with medals like this from the GABF confirming that Oggi’s makes great beer,” she said in a statement.

Oggi’s has won numerous medals in various beer competitions since it began brewing in 1995. The brewery hasn’t won a medal at GABF since 2006, when it won silver for its Black Magic Stout.

David Huls, director of brewery operations at TAPS in Brea and Corona, said TAPS strives to enter beers in different categories each year.

“We don’t like to create the same beers year in and year out,” Huls said.

Bohemian TAPSody, a pilsner that debuted five weeks ago at TAPS, took home silver. It was developed by Corona brewers, Jonathan Chiusano and Max Jones.

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Winners in 98 categories were chosen from 7,923 entries submitted by more than 2,200 breweries across the U.S.

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Kendall Marshall gives Lakers surprising lift Here’s a list of medal winners from breweries in Orange, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties:

Gold: Wall of Sound, Oatmeal Stout by Stereo Brewing Co. in Placentia; Hoppa Emeritus, American Style Black Ale from Beachwood BBQ & Brewing in Long Beach; Blood Orange Wit, Belgian-Style Fruit Beer by Refuge Brewery in Temecula.

Silver: McGarveys Scottish Ale, Scottish-Style Ale by Oggi’s Sports Brewhouse Pizza in San Clemente; Train to Beersel, Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer by Bruery Terreux in Anaheim; Nighthawk Rye Pale Ale, Rye Beer by Packinghouse Brewing Co. in Riverside; The Mesa, American Style Fruit Beer by Cismontane Brewing Co. in Santa Ana; Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR), American Style Lager or Malt Liquor by Pabst Brewing Co. in Los Angeles; Pure Intention Pale Ale, Australian-Style or International-Style Pale Ale by HopSaint Brewing Co. in Torrance; Bohemian TAPSody, Bohemian-Style Pilsener by TAPS Fish House and Brewery in Corona; Pinch Hit Porter, Brown Porter by Stadium Pizza Main St. in Lake Elsinore; Seafarer, German-Style Koelsch by Three Weavers Brewing Co.

in Inglewood; and Solar, (Silver) Munich-Style Helles by Sanctum Brewing Co. in Pomona.

Bronze: Artifexican, an American Style Cream Ale by Artifex Brewing Co. in San Clemente; Dia de los Mangos, Chili Beer by Beachwood Blendery in Long Beach; Jacaranda Rye IPA, English-Style India Pale Ale by Claremont Craft Ales in Claremont; Spa Water Saison, Field Beer by Ohana Brewing Co. in Los Angeles; Riley’s Irish Red, Irish-Style Red Ale by Packinghouse Brewing Co. in Riverside.

Note: Taps beer is available at its restaurants in Brea and Irvine. Beachwood has a restaurant in Seal Beach and a tasting room and brewery in Huntington Beach; Oggi’s has multiple locations in Southern California.