10 Indiana beers earn medals at Great American Beer Fest

It’s the Super Bowl of craft beer festivals, and Indiana breweries scored big this year.

The annual Great American Beer Fest (GABF) in Denver brings together the largest collection of U.S. beer served in a public tasting event. It also includes a beer competition, where gold, silver and bronze medals are given to those who have reached brewing excellence.

This year’s panel included 242 judges from 15 countries. They judged 6,647 beers in 92 style categories. Ten Indiana beers earned a medal.

Indianapolis’ Sun King Brewing was among four breweries to earn three medals, including silver in one of the most competitive categories, wood- and barrel-aged beer.

Here is the full list of winners.

Gold

Auburn Lager, Mad Anthony Brewing Co., Fort Wayne, American Style Amber Lager

Sanitarium, Bier Brewery, Belgian-Style Dubbel or Quadruple

Sunlight Cream Ale, Sun King Brewing Co., Golden or Blonde Ale

Electric Stinger, The Tap Beer Co., Bloomington, Honey Beer

Silver

Generation Alt, Flix Brewhouse, German-Style Altbier

Antonius 1742 Oktoberfest, Thr3e Wise Men Brewing Co., German-Style Märzen

Batch 666: Sympathy For The Devil, Sun King Brewing Co., Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer

Bronze

Qualified, Taxman Brewing Co., Bargersville, Belgian-Style Dubbel or Quadruple

Cherry Busey, Sun King Brewing Co., Belgian-Style Fruit Beer

Hot for Teacher Ms. Doppelbock, Thr3e Wise Men Brewing Co., German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock

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