For the second year in a row, Ohio breweries set a record at the Great American Beer Festival.

Ohio brewers took home 15 medals — five gold, five silver and five bronze — at the prestigious annual competition. The winners were announced last week at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. Overall, 12 Ohio breweries won. The number of breweries fell one short of the state record set last year.

Here’s the medal rundown (in alphabetical order by brewery):

• Brink Brewing Co. in Cincinnati: Two gold medals for Hold the Reins in the English-style mile ale category and Moozie in the sweet stout or cream stout category. More on this and another remarkable feat in a second.

• Fat Head’s Brewery with locations in Canton, Middleburg Heights and North Olmsted: Gold for Bone Head Imperial Red in the imperial red ale category; silver for Hop Stalker in the fresh hop category; and bronze for Up in Smoke in the smoke beer category.

• JAFB Wooster Brewery in Wooster: Bronze for JAF IPA in the American-style strong pale ale category.

• Hofbrauhaus Cleveland: Bronze for Schwarzbier in the international-style dark lager category.

• Hoppin’ Frog Brewery in Akron: Bronze for Pentuple in the other Belgian-style category.

• Listermann Brewing Co. in Cincinnati: Gold for Scoring Discrepancies in the field beer category.

• Market Garden Brewery in Cleveland: Gold for Prosperity Wheat in the South German-style hefeweizen category.

• Millersburg Brewing Co. in Millersburg: Silver for Alegria in the American-style sour ale category.

• Noble Beast Brewing Co. in Cleveland: Bronze for Murder Ballads in the Baltic-style porter category.

• Rhinegeist Brewery in Cincinnati: Silver for Quid in the English-style summer ale category.

• Taft’s Brewing Co. in Cincinnati: Silver for Are You Pricklish?, a collaboration beer with Against the Grain.

• Wolf’s Ridge Brewing in Columbus: Silver for Clear Sky Daybreak in the coffee beer category.

The Ohio Craft Brewers Association was pumped by the results, touting the fact that Ohio set a state record with 15 medals.

“Ohio breweries work so hard every day to create exceptional beers and memorable experiences in their taprooms, it’s great to see them recognized alongside the country’s best," association Executive Director Mary MacDonald said in a prepared statement. “A showing like this on the biggest stage in craft beer just reinforces that Ohio has emerged as a leader in the industry and a destination for world-class beer.”

Since 1987, 47 Ohio craft breweries have combined to win 153 medals, including 50 gold, at the event, the association said.

Here are some Ohio-related and non-Ohio-related observations:

Deja Brink!

Brink, a neighborhood brewery in Cincinnati, won the Very Small Brewing Company of the Year award for the second consecutive year. That’s unbelievable. The brewery won on the strength of two gold medals. The award is reserved for the best brewery producing less than 1,000 barrels a year.

"We didn’t think we could ever top last year, and somehow we went ahead and did just that... TWO GOLD MEDALS for Moozie and Hold the Reins and Great American Beer Festival VERY SMALL BREWERY OF THE YEAR for the second year in a row!" the brewery posted on Facebook.

The Ohio Craft Brewers Association said it's the first time that a brewery won the award in back-to-back years since the honor was introduced in 2013.

The brewery has entered the Great American Beer Festival three years and twice came home with the top award for its size. Not only that, but Hold the Reins also has won all three years, taking home two gold medals and a silver.

Fat Head’s streaking

Fat Head’s Brewery’s strong streak of winning medals continued. The brewery, which has brewpubs in Canton and North Olmsted, a production brewery/restaurant in Middleburg Heights and a restaurant in Pittsburgh, has won at least one medal at the event every year since the brewery was launched in 2009.

Bone Head Imperial Red and Up in Smoke are previous winners. Bone Head won a gold in 2015, while Up in Smoke won a silver in 2009.

Welcome to the stage

Three Ohio breweries picked up their first medals at the Great American Beer Festival: Hofbrauhaus Cleveland, Noble Beast and Wolf’s Ridge.

"Tim McGrath, my assistant brewer, and I are very humbled and excited our hard work has paid off," Hofbrauhaus Cleveland brewer Josh Jones said. "It's gratifying to see a classic style like schwarzbier win a medal. This was our second time entering beers in GABF. I'm excited and proud for all the Ohio brewers."

Don’t I know you from somewhere

Hoppin’ Frog ended a lengthy medal dry spell at the event. The brewery, known for its high-alcohol and bold flavored beers such as B.O.R.I.S. the Crusher, won in the other Belgian-style category for Pentuple.

It was the Akron brewery’s first medal since 2013.

Foreshadowing

Market Garden Prosperity Wheat was crowned as the best of show at the inaugural Ohio Craft Brewers Cup in 2018. A year later, it won a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival.

The Cleveland brewery didn’t waste any time promoting its big win, tweeting out that Prosperity Wheat is “America’s best hefeweizen.”

By region

It's always fascinating to see where the Ohio winners come from. Northeast Ohio continues to lead the pack. Here's the medal breakdown by region of the state:

Seven: Northeast Ohio (Fat Head's, JAFB, Hofbrauhaus Cleveland, Hoppin' Frog, Market Garden, Millersburg and Noble Beast)

Four: Southwest Ohio (Brink, Listermann, Rhinegeist and Taft's)

One: Central Ohio (Wolf's Ridge)

By the numbers

The Brewers Association, which organizes the competition, awarded 318 medals to 283 breweries this year across 107 categories. Judges evaluated 9,497 beers from 2,295 breweries.

“This year’s GABF competition was the largest and most competitive to date,” GABF competition manager Chris Swersey said in a prepared statement. “The beers and talent were as impressive as ever, and we congratulate this year’s winners for their achievements in brewing.”

The top entered category was juicy or hazy IPA with 348 beers. American-style IPA was second with 342.

To see all the winners and for more details, click here.