DENVER — Breweries from around the United States showcased their best at the largest ticketed beer festival — Great American Beer Festival — with the Brewers Association announcing the winners of the festival’s 2015 beer competition on Saturday, Sept. 26.

242 breweries took home gold, silver and bronze medals in 92 beer categories, judged by a panel of 242 international beer experts and 155 competition volunteers.

1,552 breweries from the United States submitted a total of 6,647 beers to compete this year, of which 13 Bay Area breweries won gold, silver and bronze medals. Below are the categories that had victors from the Bay Area region.

GOLD

Category: 51 Classic English-Style Pale Ale – 46 Entries

Gold: Mr. Kite’s Pale Ale, Social Kitchen & Brewery, San Francisco, CA

Silver: India Pale Ale, Arcadia Brewing Co., Kalamazoo, MI

Bronze: PBW Pale Ale, Paducah Beer Werks, Paducah, KY Category: 53 International-Style Pale Ale – 75 Entries

Gold: Mai Tai P.A., Alvarado Street Brewery & Grill, Monterey, CA

Silver: Rain Delay IPA, JAFB Wooster Brewery, Wooster, OH

Bronze: San Diego-Style IPA, Karl Strauss Brewing Co. – La Jolla, CA Category: 30 Kellerbier or Zwickelbier – 45 Entries

Gold: STS Pils, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA

Silver: TAPS Kellerbier, TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea, CA

Bronze: Fargo Original, Fargo Brewing Co., Fargo, ND SILVER Category: 23 American-Style Sour Ale – 86 Entries

Gold: Savant Blanc, Perennial Artisan Ales, Saint Louis, MO

Silver: Ensorcelled, The Rare Barrel, Berkeley, CA

Bronze: Apropos of Nothing, The Rare Barrel, Berkeley, CA Category: 10 Chocolate Beer – 65 Entries

Gold: The Velvet Hog, TAPS Fish House & Brewery – Corona, CA

Silver: El Toro Coco Chocolate Stout, El Toro Brewing Co., Morgan Hill, CA

Bronze: Wonka Bar, Mispillion River Brewing, Milford, DE Category: 84 Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout – 36 Entries

Gold: Stearns Stout, Figueroa Mountain Brewing, Santa Barbara, CA

Silver: Dragoon’s Dry Irish Stout, Moylan’s Brewery & Restaurant, Novato, CA

Bronze: Dry Stout, Reuben’s Brews, Seattle, WA Category: 59 Double Red Ale – 71 Entries

Gold: Bone Head Imperial Red, Fat Head’s Brewery, Middleburg Heights, OH

Silver: Toaster Pastry, 21st Amendment Brewery, San Leandro, CA

Bronze: GRAMBO, Pizza Port, Solana Beach, CA Category: 61 English-Style Mild Ale – 40 Entries

Gold: Mild, Brothers Craft Brewing, Harrisonburg, VA

Silver: Summer Porter, Fort Point Beer Co., San Francisco, CA

Bronze: Mamoot, Logboat Brewing Co., Columbia, MO Category: 15 Session Beer – 44 Entries

Gold: BJ’s LightSwitch Lager, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery, Temple, TX

Silver: MCA, 21st Amendment Brewery Cafe, San Francisco, CA

Bronze: Guillaume, Pizza Port Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA BRONZE Category: 23 American-Style Sour Ale – 86 Entries

Gold: Savant Blanc, Perennial Artisan Ales, Saint Louis, MO

Silver: Ensorcelled, The Rare Barrel, Berkeley, CA

Bronze: Apropos of Nothing, The Rare Barrel, Berkeley, CA Category: 72 German-Style Wheat Ale – 38 Entries

Gold: Saint Arnold Weedwacker, Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX

Silver: Weizenbock, Kansas City Bier Co., Kansas City, MO

Bronze: Monkey Business, New Bohemia Brewing Co., Santa Cruz, CA Category: 48 Golden or Blonde Ale – 107 Entries

Gold: Sunlight Cream Ale, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN

Silver: Boxcar Blonde Ale, Heroes Restaurant and Brewery, Riverside, CA

Bronze: Alpine Gold, Tied House Cafe & Brewery, Mountain View, CA Category: 13 Rye Beer – 84 Entries

Gold: Blitzkrieg Bock, Fat Head’s Brewery – Portland, Portland, OR

Silver: Concrete Dinosaur, Right Brain Brewery, Traverse City, MI

Bronze: Pt. Bonita Rustic Lager, Headlands Brewing Co., Mill Valley, CA

Click here for a list of all the 2015 winners at the GABF.