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A Madison craft brewer known for letting its customers choose which beers it will brew, and two brewers from Green Bay, are among Wisconsin's seven winners at this year's Great American Beer Festival.

Madison's MobCraft Beer won the silver award in the coffee beer category. MobCraft bills itself as the world's first completely "crowdsourced" brewery. It brews small batches of craft beer based on recipes or ideas submitted by beer drinkers.

Those ideas are posted at MobCraft's website. Based on their total number of website page views, Facebook likes and Twitter mentions, MobCraft each month submits the four most popular beers for an Internet vote.

The beer with the most votes is brewed as that month's featured batch.

Also, MobCraft in September announced an agreement with Monona State Bank to help with the state's first deal using equity crowdfunding. The investment vehicle allows private companies to sell stock over the Internet to people of modest means.

MobCraft was launched in 2013 by Henry Schwartz, Andrew Gierczak and Giotto Troia — all 2011 college graduates.

Another younger craft brewer is Stillmank Brewing Co., which was incorporated in 2013, according to state business records, and opened its new Green Bay taproom last week, according to the Green Bay Press Gazette.

Stillmank won the bronze award in the ordinary or special bitter category for its Wisco Disco brand.

Also, Green Bay's Titletown Brewing Co. won bronze in the Munich-style helles category for its Stammtisch Lager.

Other Wisconsin winners were:

■Capital Brewery Co., Middleton, gold in the German-style marzen category for Capital Oktoberfest.

■Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, gold in the American-style lager or light lager category for Miller Lite.

■Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, bronze in the German-style kolsch category for Canoe Paddler.

■Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, bronze in the pumpkin beer category for Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale.

The festival is sponsored by the Boulder, Colo.-based Brewers Association. This year's festival saw 268 medals awarded in 90 categories, out of 5,507 entries.