They came… they sampled… breweries were crowned. Here some quick stats to review before we go over the winners of the 2018 Great American Beer Festival: (data courtesy of the Brewers Association)
- 32nd edition of the GABF competition
- 8,496 entries plus 101 Pro-Am and 49 Collaboration entries
- 2,404 breweries in the competition from 49 states plus Washington, D.C. (no Mississippi)
- 293 judges from 13 countries
- Average number of competition beers entered in each category: 83
- Category with the highest number of entries: Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale (391 entries)
- 280 medal-winning breweries (including Pro-Am and Collaboration)
- 306 total medals awarded plus three (3) each for Pro-Am and Collaboration
- 537 first-time GABF entrants
- 31 first-time GABF winners
AND NOW… THE GABF 2018 Winners (in alphabetical order):
AGED BEER:
- Gold: Quadtum Leap – Revelry Brewing Co., Charleston, SC
- Silver: Lock, Stock and Brandy Barrel – Maize Valley Craft Brewery, Hartville, OH
- Bronze: Solzhenitsyn – Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Media, PA
AMERICAN-BELGO-STYLE ALE:
- Gold: Whitewall Wheat – Crank Arm Brewing Co., Raleigh, NC
- Silver: #4.5 Dry Hopped Saison – Brown Truck Brewery, High Point, NC
- Bronze: Mischief – The Bruery, Placentia, CA
AMERICAN-STYLE AMBER LAGER:
- Gold: Pecos Amber Lager- Texas Beer Co., Taylor, TX
- Silver: Märzen – Sudwerk Brewing Co., Davis, CA
- Bronze: Oktoberfest – Lager Heads Brewing Co., Medina, OH
AMERICAN-STYLE AMBER/RED ALE:
- Gold: West Coast Swing Amber- The Mitten Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
- Silver: Sepia Amber- Hopping Gnome Brewing Co., Wichita, KS
- Bronze: Avalon Amber Ale – Slack Tide Brewing Co., Cape May Court House, NJ (STOUT TANKS AND KETTLES SYSTEM)
AMERICAN-STYLE BLACK ALE:
- Gold: Alpha Force Double Tap – Uberbrew, Billings, MT
- Silver: Black the Riipper – Riip Beer Co., Huntington Beach, CA (STOUT TANKS AND KETTLES SYSTEM)
- Bronze: Midnight Moonlight – Fat Head’s Brewery, Middleburg Heights, OH
AMERICAN-STYLE BROWN ALE:
- Gold: Davy Brown Ale – Figueroa Mountain Brewing, Buellton, CA
- Silver: Groundswell Piloncillo Brown Ale – Groundswell Brewing Co., Santee, CA
- Bronze: Wallops Island – Rocket Frog Brewing Co., Reston, VA
AMERICAN-STYLE CREAM ALE:
- Gold: Gateway Cream Ale – Lockport Brewery, Bolivar, OH
- Silver: Dayblazer Easygoing Ale – New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO
- Bronze: El Sully – 21st Amendment Brewery, San Leandro, CA
AMERICAN-STYLE FRUIT BEER:
- Gold: Raspberry Twist Lager – Garage Brewing Co., Temecula, CA
- Silver: Cherry Blonde – Ignite Brewing Co., Barberton, OH
- Bronze: Tropic Maelstrom – Peter B’s Brewpub, Monterey, CA
AMERICAN-STYLE INDIA PALE ALE:
- Gold: Bine – Root Down Brewing Co., Phoenixville, PA
- Silver: Not an IPA (P.S. it’s an IPA) – Appalachian Mountain Brewery, Portsmouth, NH
- Bronze: West Coast IPA is Dead! – Green Cheek Beer Co., Orange, CA
AMERICAN-STYLE LAGER OR AMERICAN-STYLE MALT LIQUOR:
- Gold: Lager – Appalachian Mountain Brewery, Boone, NC
- Silver: American Lager – Castle Island Brewing Co., Norwood, MA
- Bronze: Lumino – Unsung Brewing Co., Tustin, CA
AMERICAN-STYLE PALE ALE:
- Gold: B.Right On Pale Ale – Ocean Beach Brewery, San Diego, CA
- Silver: Neighborhood – Ventura Coast Brewing Co., Ventura, CA
- Bronze: Charlatan – Maplewood Brewing Co., Chicago, IL
AMERICAN-STYLE PILSENER:
- Gold: Rocket 100 – The Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co., Austin, TX
- Silver: NZ Pils – Wolverine State Brewing Co., Ann Arbor, MI
- Bronze: Howdy Beer – The Post Brewing Co., Lafayette, CO
AMERICAN-STYLE SOUR ALE:
- Gold: Kveik 1 – Shades of Pale Brewery, Park City, UT
- Silver: Brevity – Brewery Silvaticus, Amesbury, MA (STOUT TANKS AND KETTLES SYSTEM)
- Bronze: Wicked Shifty – Shoe Tree Brewing Co., Carson City, NV
AMERICAN-STYLE STOUT:
- Gold: Hooligan Stout – Old Schoolhouse Brewery, Winthrop, WA
- Silver: P2P – 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Bend, OR
- Bronze: Black Cliffs – Boise Brewing, Boise, ID
AMERICAN-STYLE STRONG PALE ALE:
- Gold: Green Battles IPA – Pinthouse Pizza North, Austin, TX
- Silver: Easy Runaway – Old Schoolhouse Brewery, Winthrop, WA
- Bronze: Lucky Day – Central Coast Brewing Co., San Luis Obispo, CA
AMERICAN-STYLE WHEAT BEER:
- Gold: Sweet As Pacific Ale – GoodLife Brewing Co., Bend, OR
- Silver: Goofy Footed – Escape Brewing Co., Trinity, FL
- Bronze: Easy, Breezy, Beautiful – Cloudburst Brewing, Seattle, WA
AMERICAN-STYLE WHEAT BEER WITH YEAST:
- Gold: Miner’s Gold – Lewis & Clark Brewing Co., Helena, MT
- Silver: Fuzztail – Sunriver Brewing, Sunriver, OR
- Bronze: Hefeweizen – Widmer Brothers Brewing, Portland, OR
AUSTRALIAN-STYLE PALE ALE:
- Gold: Sunshine Express – Butcherknife Brewing Co., Steamboat Springs, CO
- Silver: Strata IPA – Worthy Brewing Co., Bend, OR
- Bronze: Flavor Country – Austin Beerworks, Austin, TX
BALTIC-STYLE PORTER:
- Gold: Odin’s Sword – Big Island Brewhaus, Kamuela, HI
- Silver: Death and the Maiden – Cambridge Brewing Co., Cambridge, MA
- Bronze: Bangor Slate Baltic Porter – Two Rivers Brewing Co., Easton, PA
BARLEY WINE-STYLE ALE:
- Gold: Chicago Overcoat – Midnight Pig Beer, Plainfield, IL
- Silver: Barnacled Manatee – Walking Tree Brewery, Vero Beach, FL
- Bronze: Bear Temper – Trustworthy Brewing Co., Burbank, CA
BELGIAN- AND FRENCH-STYLE ALE:
- Gold: 5 Branches Biere de Garde – Munkle Brewing Co., Charleston, SC
- Silver: Biere de Garde – Blackberry Farm Brewery, Walland, TN
- Bronze: Abby Blonde – Thirsty Monk Pub Brewery, Denver, CO
BELGIAN-STYLE BLONDE ALE OR PALE ALE:
- Gold: Jean-Claude Van Blond – Wit’s End Brewing Co., Denver, CO
- Silver: Singel – Hardywood West Creek, Richmond, VA
- Bronze: Blonde Betty – Smuggler’s Brewpub, Telluride, CO
BELGIAN-STYLE DUBBEL OR QUADRUPEL:
- Gold: BJ’s Quad – BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery, Boulder, CO
- Silver: Kung Fu Smurf – Bastone Brewery, Royal Oak, MI
- Bronze: Deduction – Taxman Brewing Co., Bargersville, IN
BELGIAN-STYLE FRUIT BEER:
- Gold: Foxy Lady – Silver City Brewery, Bremerton, WA
- Silver: Blood-Orange Wit – Great Basin Brewing Co. – Sparks, Sparks, NV
- Bronze: Kumquat Saison – Smog City Brewing, Torrance, CA
BELGIAN-STYLE LAMBIC OR SOUR ALE:
- Gold: Funk Yeah – Beachwood Blendery, Long Beach, CA
- Silver: Triad – IMBIB Custom Brews, Reno, NV
- Bronze: I Am Only Memories – Orpheus Brewing, Atlanta, GA
BELGIAN-STYLE STRONG SPECIALTY ALE:
- Gold: Midwatch – Figurehead Brewing Co., Seattle, WA
- Silver: Qualified – Taxman Brewing Co., Bargersville, IN
- Bronze: Sol Hominis (The Sun Of Man) – Save the World Brewing Co., Marble Falls, TX
BELGIAN-STYLE TRIPEL:
- Gold: Tripel Carmel-ite – Flix Brewhouse – Carmel, Carmel, IN
- Silver: Belgian Tripel – Village Idiot Brewing Co., Mount Holly, NJ
- Bronze: Neighbor Girl – Paradigm Shift Brewing, Massillon, OH
BELGIAN-STYLE WITBIER:
- Gold: Biére Blanche – Pedal Haus Brewery, Tempe, AZ
- Silver: Optimal Wit – Port City Brewing Co., Alexandria, VA
- Bronze: Allagash White – Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME
BERLINER-STYLE WEISSE:
- Gold: Baywindow – 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Bend, OR
- Silver: Germophile – Rowley Farmhouse Ales, Santa Fe, NM
- Bronze: Nevada Weisse – IMBIB Custom Brews, Reno, NV
BOCK:
- Gold: Guten Bock – Gilded Goat Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO
- Silver: New Kids on Maibock – Independent Brewing Co., Bel Air, MD
- Bronze: Blind Tiger Bock – Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant, Topeka, KS
BOHEMIAN-STYLE PILSENER:
- Gold: Bohemian Pilsner – Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant – Tysons Corner, McLean, VA
- Silver: Pompey’s Pilsner – Lewis & Clark Brewing Co., Helena, MT
- Bronze: Bird Park – North Park Beer Co., San Diego, CA
BRETT BEER:
- Gold: C’mon Sunshine – Birds Fly South Ale Project, Greenville, SC
- Silver: Terroir Pinot Gris – Alesong Brewing & Blending, Eugene, OR
- Bronze: Touch of Brett Mandarina – Alesong Brewing & Blending, Eugene, OR
BROWN PORTER:
- Gold: Maduro Brown Ale – Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, FL
- Silver: Brown Claw – Kern River Brewing Co., Kernville, CA
- Bronze: Knee-Knocker Porter – Crow Hop Brewing Co., Loveland, CO
CHILI BEER:
- Gold: White Legs Jalapeno Wheat – Tribute Brewing Co., Eagle River, WI
- Silver: Chamuco – Künstler Brewing – San Antonio, TX
- Bronze: San Antonio Hatch Lager – Ranger Creek Brewery, San Antonio, TX
CHOCOLATE BEER:
- Gold: Coco for Coxness – Copperpoint Brewing Co., Boynton Beach, FL
- Silver: Genesee Brew House Pilot Batch Dark Chocolate Scotch Ale – Genesee Brew House, Rochester, NY
- Bronze: Chocolate Macadamia Nut Stout – Kilowatt Brewing, San Diego, CA (STOUT TANKS AND KETTLES SYSTEM)
CLASSIC ENGLISH-STYLE PALE ALE:
- Gold: Pale Ale – Omission Brewing Co., Portland, OR
- Silver: MacTarnahan’s Amber Ale – Portland Brewing, Portland, OR
- Bronze: Prickly Pear – Lewis & Clark Brewing Co., Helena, MT
CLASSIC IRISH-STYLE DRY STOUT:
- Gold: Shooter McMunn’s – Lost Rhino Brewing Co., Ashburn, VA
- Silver: It’s My Island – Pocock Brewing Co., Santa Clarita, CA
- Bronze: Know Ego – Groundswell Brewing Co., Santee, CA
CLASSIC SAISON:
- Gold: Saison – Bent Paddle Brewing Co., Duluth, MN
- Silver: One Arm Farmhouse Ale – Hobbs Tavern & Brewing Co., West Ossipee, NH
- Bronze: Hayshaker – Gunwhale Ales, Costa Mesa, CA
COFFEE BEER:
- Gold: Coffee Cream Ale – Kiitos Brewing, Salt Lake City, UT
- Silver: Mystery Airship 4.0: Temple Cascara Golden Ale – New Helvetia Brewing Co., Sacramento, CA
- Bronze: First Call – Modist Brewing Co., Minneapolis, MN
COFFEE STOUT OR PORTER:
- Gold: Speargun – Snake River Brewing Co., Jackson, WY
- Silver: Breakfast Stout – Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
- Bronze: Udder Chaos – RAM Restaurant & Brewery – Seattle, Seattle, WA
DARK LAGER:
- Gold: Iron Horse Lager – Great American Restaurants – Sweetwater Tavern Centreville, Centreville, VA
- Silver: The Bennie – Granite City Food & Brewery, Olathe, KS
- Bronze: Nighthawk – Enegren Brewing Co., Moorpark, CA
DORTMUNDER OR GERMAN-STYLE OKTOBERFEST:
- Gold: Grandpa Tractor – Barley Forge Brewing, Costa Mesa, CA
- Silver: Freiheit Oktoberfest Wiesn – Wayfinder Beer, Portland, OR
- Bronze: Figtoberfest – Figueroa Mountain Brewing, Westlake Village, CA
DOUBLE HOPPY RED ALE:
- Gold: Midwest Red IPA – Masthead Brewing Co., Cleveland, OH
- Silver: Roundhouse – Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo, MI
- Bronze: Bad Polaroid – Werk Force Brewing Co., Plainfield, IL
ENGLISH-STYLE BROWN ALE:
- Gold: Get Up Offa That Brown – Golden Road Brewing – Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- Silver: My Brown Eyed Girl – Thornapple Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
- Bronze: No. 3 Brown – The Freehouse, Minneapolis, MN
ENGLISH-STYLE INDIA PALE ALE:
- Gold: Castillo IPA – Alaro Craft Brewery, Sacramento, CA
- Silver: Silverspot IPA – Pelican Brewing Co., Pacific City, OR
- Bronze: Hoppy Poppy IPA – Figueroa Mountain Brewing, Buellton, CA
ENGLISH-STYLE MILD ALE:
- Gold: Drift – First Magnitude Brewing Co., Gainesville, FL
- Silver: Hold The Reins – Brink Brewing Co., Cincinnati, OH
- Bronze: Fools & Babies – Green Cheek Beer Co., Orange, CA
ENGLISH-STYLE SUMMER ALE:
- Gold: Liquid AC – Karl Strauss Brewing Co. – La Jolla, La Jolla, CA
- Silver: Provider – Steel Toe Brewing, St. Louis Park, MN
- Bronze: Zest A Peel – Triple C Brewing, Charlotte, NC
EXPERIMENTAL BEER:
- Gold: Feral Brute – Firestone Walker Barrelworks, Buellton, CA
- Silver: Terroir Pinot Noir – Alesong Brewing & Blending, Eugene, OR
- Bronze: Chips & Salsa Cream Ale – Cogstone Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO
EXPORT STOUT:
- Gold: Dissent – Steel Toe Brewing, St. Louis Park, MN
- Silver: Malpais Stout – La Cumbre Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM
- Bronze: Shut Up & Adore Me – Morgan Territory Brewing, Tracy, CA
EXTRA SPECIAL BITTER:
- Gold: Happy Amber – MadTree Brewing 2.0, Cincinnati, OH
- Silver: ESB – Hillman Beer, Asheville, NC
- Bronze: Bull Kelp ESB – San Juan Island Brewing Co., Friday Harbor, WA
FIELD BEER:
- Gold: Cool for the Summer – Lakes & Legends Brewing Co., Minneapolis, MN
- Silver: Coco Piña Gose – Coastal Empire Beer Co., Savannah, GA
- Bronze: Hawaiian Lion Toasted Coconut & Coffee Porter – Big Top Brewing Co., Sarasota, FL
FRUIT WHEAT BEER:
- Gold: Passionate Envy – 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Bend, OR
- Silver: Purple Line – Smylie Brothers Brewing Co., Evanston, IL
- Bronze: Cherry Wheat – Sierra Blanca Brewing Co., Moriarty, NM
FRUITED AMERICAN-STYLE SOUR ALE:
- Gold: Pink Passionfruit Sour – BearWaters Brewing Co., Canton, NC
- Silver: Kirby Pucker No. 21 – Eastlake Craft Brewery, Minneapolis, MN (STOUT TANKS AND KETTLES SYSTEM)
- Bronze: Flaming Fury – Captain Lawrence Brewing Co., Elmsford, NY
FRUITED WOOD- AND BARREL-AGED SOUR BEER:
- Gold: Réserve Dorée de Pêche – Wooden Robot, Charlotte, NC
- Silver: Sour Cherry Sour – Hermitage Brewing Co., San Jose, CA
- Bronze: Zoned AG Golden Raspberry – Corralitos Brewing Co., Watsonville, CA
GERMAN-STYLE ALTBIER:
- Gold: Legendary Red – Golden City Brewery, Golden, CO
- Silver: Little Red Cap – Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, Loveland, CO
- Bronze: Alt 1848 – Utepils Brewing Co., Minneapolis, MN
GERMAN-STYLE DOPPELBOCK OR EISBOCK:
- Gold: Smooth Like Jazz – Revelry Brewing Co., Charleston, SC
- Silver: Delaminator Doppelbock – Rip Current Brewery, San Marcos, CA
- Bronze: St. Nigels’ Doppelbock – Front Range Brewing Co., Lafayette, CO
GERMAN-STYLE KOELSCH:
- Gold: Colorado Kölsch – Steamworks Brewing Co., Durango, CO
- Silver: Kascadia – 54°40’ Brewing Co., Washougal, WA
- Bronze: Veedels Bräu Kölsch – Crooked Lane Brewing Co., Auburn, CA
GERMAN-STYLE MAERZEN:
- Gold: Oktoberfest – Rahr & Sons Brewing Co., Fort Worth, TX
- Silver: Oktoberfest – RAM Restaurant and Brewery, Lakewood, WA
- Bronze: Oktoberfest – Oak Highlands Brewery, Dallas, TX
GERMAN-STYLE PILSENER:
- Gold: Netflix and Pils – Cannonball Creek Brewing Co., Golden, CO
- Silver: Pilsner – pFriem Family Brewers, Hood River, OR
- Bronze: Pilsner – Ardent Craft Ales, Richmond, VA
GERMAN-STYLE WHEAT ALE:
- Gold: Bananenhängematte – FiftyFifty Brewing Co., Truckee, CA
- Silver: Alviso Mills Hefeweizen – Santa Clara Valley Brewing, San Jose, CA
- Bronze: Doppel Blur – Circle Brewing Co., Austin, TX
GLUTEN-FREE BEER:
- Gold: Puckerberry – High Hops Brewery, Windsor, CO
- Silver: Aurochs Blonde Ale – Aurochs Brewing Co., Emsworth, PA (STOUT TANKS AND KETTLES SYSTEM)
- Bronze: Dark Ale – Ground Breaker Brewing, Portland, OR
GOLDEN OR BLONDE ALE:
- Gold: MadeWest Standard – MadeWest Brewing Co., Ventura, CA
- Silver: 1956 Golden Ale – Bootstrap Brewing Co., Niwot, CO
- Bronze: Pistol Pete’s 1888 Ale – Bosque Brewing Co., Bernalillo, NM
GOSE:
- Gold: Two of Tarts – Upland Brewing Co., Bloomington, IN
- Silver: Salty by Nature – Root Down Brewing Co., Phoenixville, PA
- Bronze: Brewer’s Day Off – D9 Brewing Co., Cornelius, NC
HERB AND SPICE BEER:
- Gold: Pendragon – Royal Docks Brewhouse and Cannery, Massillon, OH
- Silver: Hazelnut Crunch – North By Northwest Restaurant and Brewery, Austin, TX
- Bronze: Wheatstone Bridge – Tin Whiskers Brewing, St. Paul, MN
HISTORICAL BEER:
- Gold: Pushing Trees – Central Standard Brewing, Wichita, KS (STOUT TANKS AND KETTLES SYSTEM)
- Silver: The BIG Lubelski – Divine Barrel Brewing, Charlotte, NC
- Bronze: Zungen Brecher – Home Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
HONEY BEER:
- Gold: Belgian Honey Blonde – No Clue Craft Brewery, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
- Silver: Honey Comb Cream Ale – Rock Bottom Brewery, Denver, CO
- Bronze: Basil Better Have My Honey – Low Tide Brewing, Johns Island, SC
IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE:
- Gold: Nobility – Noble Ale Works, Anaheim, CA
- Silver: Northern Lights – Moonraker Brewing Co., Auburn, CA (STOUT TANKS AND KETTLES SYSTEM)
- Bronze: Unbridled Enthusiasm – Third Space Brewing, Milwaukee, WI
IMPERIAL RED ALE:
- Gold: Happy Days – Claremont Craft Ales, Claremont, CA (STOUT TANKS AND KETTLES SYSTEM)
- Silver: Robot – Stereo Brewing Co., Placentia, CA
- Bronze: Cinder Beast – Sunriver Brewing, Sunriver, OR
IMPERIAL STOUT:
- Gold: Kill the Lights – The Tap Brewery, Bloomington, IN
- Silver: The Shroud – Bravery Brewing, Lancaster, CA
- Bronze: Shimmergloom – Loowit Brewing Co., Vancouver, WA
INTERNATIONAL-STYLE PALE ALE:
- Gold: Mai Tai P.A. – Alvarado Street Brewery & Grill, Monterey, CA
- Silver: Guayabera – Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, FL
- Bronze: The Penske File – Faction Brewing Co., Alameda, CA
INTERNATIONAL-STYLE PILSENER:
- Gold: Wooden Teeth – Turtle Mountain Brewing Co., Rio Rancho, NM
- Silver: Nano – OG Lager – Market Garden Brewery, Cleveland, OH
- Bronze: Cerveza Delray – Brew Detroit, Detroit, MI
IRISH-STYLE RED ALE:
- Gold: Scarlet Fire – Tighthead Brewing Co., Mundelein, IL
- Silver: TAPS Irish Red – TAPS Fish House and Brewery, Corona, CA
- Bronze: DEFCON Red – Comrade Brewing Co., Denver, CO
JUICY OR HAZY IMPERIAL OR DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE:
- Gold: New England Style Double IPA – Black Market Brewing Co., Temecula, CA
- Silver: DDH Double IPA – Corridor Brewery & Provisions, Chicago, IL
- Bronze: Contains No Juice – Alvarado Street Brewery, Salinas, CA
JUICY OR HAZY INDIA PALE ALE
- Gold: Voodoo – Tin Roof Brewing Co., Baton Rouge, LA
- Silver: Sippin on Dank 2.0 – Kings Brewing Co., Rancho Cucamonga, CA (STOUT TANKS AND KETTLES SYSTEM)
- Bronze: Madame Psychosis – Fiction Beer Co., Denver, CO
KELLERBIER OR ZWICKELBIER
- Gold: Keller Pils – Summit Brewing Co., St. Paul, MN
- Silver: STS Pils – Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA
- Bronze: NashZwickel – Nashville Brewing Co., Nashville, TN
LIGHT LAGER
- Gold: Altitude Banquet – Altitude Chophouse and Brewery, Laramie, WY
- Silver: Awesome Beer Rice Lager – State Room Brewery, San Rafael, CA
- Bronze: Super Awesome Lager – Austin Beerworks, Austin, TX
MIXED-CULTURE BRETT BEER
- Gold: Druif – pFriem Family Brewers – Hood River, OR
- Silver: Citra Dry Hopped Funk Yo Couch – Wiley Roots Brewing Co., Greeley, CO
- Bronze: Coming to Fruition: Cherry – Oregon City Brewing Co., Oregon City, OR
MUNICH-STYLE DUNKEL OR EUROPEAN-STYLE DARK LAGER
- Gold: Chuckanut Dunkel – Chuckanut, Burlington, WA
- Silver: Duck River Dunkel – Goat Island Brewing, Cullman, AL
- Bronze: Babee Bock – Brew Kettle, Strongsville, OH
MUNICH-STYLE HELLES
- Gold: Hell Yes – The Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co., Austin, TX
- Silver: Chuckanut Helles – Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA
- Bronze: House Lager – Jack’s Abby Brewing, Framingham, MA
OATMEAL STOUT
- Gold: Shoshone Stout – Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co., Glenwood Springs, CO
- Silver: Oats – Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA
- Bronze: Wall of Sound – Stereo Brewing Co., Placentia, CA
OLD ALE OR STRONG ALE
- Gold: Drunkard’s Cloak – Banded Oak Brewing Co., Denver, CO
- Silver: Old Scrooge – Silver City Brewery, Bremerton, WA
- Bronze: Rail Gun Wee Heavy – BNS Brewing & Distilling Co., Santee, CA
ORDINARY OR SPECIAL BITTER
- Gold: Sawtooth Ale – Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, CO
- Silver: Copperline Amber Ale – Carolina Brewery, Pittsboro, NC
- Bronze: Saint Arnold Amber Ale – Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX
OTHER STRONG BEER
- Gold: Golden Prairie Doppel Alt – Argus Brewery, Chicago, IL
- Silver: False Hope – Spilled Grain Brewhouse, Annandale, MN
- Bronze: Lampshade Porter – Starr Brothers Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM
PUMPKIN/SQUASH BEER OR PUMPKIN SPICE BEER
- Gold: Gordgeous – NoDa Brewing Co., Charlotte, NC
- Silver: Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale – Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, WI
- Bronze: Phantoms Pumpkin Spice Barleywine – Philipsburg Brewing Co.- The Vault, Philipsburg, MT
ROBUST PORTER
- Gold: Lomporter – Lompoc Brewing, Portland, OR
- Silver: Porter – Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
- Bronze: Ghost Rider Porter – Big Ugly Brewing Co., Chesapeake, VA
RYE BEER
- Gold: Rye Dawn – Breakwater Brewing Co., Oceanside, CA
- Silver: Unite the Clans – Third Space Brewing, Milwaukee, WI
- Bronze: Rise Up Rye – Gun Hill Brewing Co., Bronx, NY
SCOTCH ALE
- Gold: Real Heavy – Real Ale Brewing Co., Blanco, TX
- Silver: Skag – 6th and La Brea, Los Angeles, CA
- Bronze: Kilt Switch – 903 Brewers, Sherman, TX (STOUT TANKS AND KETTLES SYSTEM)
SCOTTISH-STYLE ALE
- Gold: Taildragger Clan-Destine – Saddle Mountain Brewing Co., Goodyear, AZ
- Silver: Saint Arnold Oktoberfest – Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX
- Bronze: It Takes a Tribe Red Ale – Goat Patch Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO
SESSION BEER
- Gold: Natural Bridge: Vienna Lager – Eppig Brewing, San Diego, CA
- Silver: Noble Miner – Burgeon Beer Co., Carlsbad, CA
- Bronze: Stonefly Session Ale – Three Creeks Production, Sisters, OR
SESSION INDIA PALE ALE
- Gold: The Coachman – Societe Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
- Silver: Little Downtown Tom – Three Mile Brewing Co., Davis, CA
- Bronze: Mosaic Reprise – Little City Brewing Co., Raleigh, NC
SMOKE BEER
- Gold: St. Chuck’s Smoke – Rogue Ales Issaquah Brewhouse, Issaquah, WA
- Silver: Pro-Pro Porter – Wormtown Brewery, Worcester, MA
- Bronze: Raucher – Wolverine State Brewing Co., Ann Arbor, MI
SOUTH GERMAN-STYLE HEFEWEIZEN
- Gold: Civil Rest – Little Brother Brewing, Greensboro, NC (STOUT TANKS AND KETTLES SYSTEM)
- Silver: Hoofer’s Hef – Bankhead Brewing Co., Rowlett, TX
- Bronze: Hefeweizen – Standard Deviant Brewing, San Francisco, CA
SPECIALTY BEER
- Gold: Graham Cracker Porter – Denver Beer Co., Denver, CO
- Silver: Double Stack – Great Notion Brewing, Portland, OR
- Bronze: I Did It All For The Cookie – FiftyFifty Brewing, Truckee, CA
SPECIALTY SAISON
- Gold: Apricot Saison – 105 West Brewing Co., Castle Rock, CO
- Silver: Sunken City – Insight Brewing Co., Minneapolis, MN
- Bronze: Rustic Sunday – Birds Fly South Ale Project, Greenville, SC
SWEET STOUT OR CREAM STOUT
- Gold: Moozie – Brink Brewing Co., Cincinnati, OH
- Silver: Udder Love – Beachwood Brewing, Huntington Beach, CA
- Bronze: Melk Stout – Columbus Brewing Co., Columbus, OH
VIENNA-STYLE LAGER
- Gold: Oktoberfest – SKA Brewing, Durango, CO
- Silver: 13.Five Ofest – Blue Mountain Barrel House and Organic Brewery, Arrington, VA
- Bronze: Vienna Lager – Grains of Wrath Brewing, Camas, WA
WOOD- AND BARREL-AGED BEER
- Gold: Barrel Aged Japance Off – Denver Beer Co., Arvada, CO
- Silver: Redrum – Duck Foot Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
- Bronze: beWILDering C – Ten Pin Brewing Co., Moses Lake, WA (STOUT TANKS AND KETTLES SYSTEM)
WOOD- AND BARREL-AGED SOUR BEER
- Gold: 3 Barrel Circus – River Dog Brewing Co., Bluffton, SC
- Silver: Duck Duck Gooze – Port Brewing Co. / The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA
- Bronze: Oak-Aged Sour – Propolis Brewing, Port Townsend, WA
SMALL BREWPUB OF THE YEAR
- Ocean Beach Brewery, San Diego, CA
MID-SIZE BREWPUB OF THE YEAR
- Root Down Brewing Co., Phoenixville, PA
LARGE BREWPUB OF THE YEAR
- The Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co., Austin, TX
VERY SMALL BREWING COMPANY OF THE YEAR
- Brink Brewing Co., Cincinnati, OH
SMALL BREWING COMPANY OF THE YEAR
- Lewis & Clark Brewing Co., Helena, MT
MID-SIZE BREWING COMPANY OF THE YEAR
- pFriem Family Brewers, Hood River, OR
BREWERY GROUP OF THE YEAR
- FiftyFifty Brewing -Truckee, CA
2018 PRO-AM WINNERS
Gold Medal: Deer Crossing
Brewing Company: Little Harpeth Brewing Co.
Brewmaster: Jesse Brown
AHA Member: Chris Allen
Silver Medal: Gone for a Burton
Brewing Company: Rock Bottom Brewery
Brewmaster: Erik Pizer
AHA Member: Jim Todd
Bronze Medal: La Bomba
Brewing Company: Cheluna Brewing Co.
Brewmaster: Jennifer Perez
AHA Member: Chris Cardillo
2018 COLLABORATION WINNERS
Gold Medal: TransAtlantique Kriek
Brewery Name: New Belgium Brewing Co.
Collaborating Brewery Name: Oud Beersel
Beer Style: Golden Sour Ale with Cherries
Silver Medal: Pixie Dusted
Brewery Name: Firestone Walker Barrelworks
Collaborating Brewery Name: Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Beer Style: Wheat Blonde Ale Fermented in Neutral Oak Barrels with Pixie Tangerines
Bronze Medal: Mocha Hipster Bomb
Brewery Name: Quarter Celtic Brewpub
Collaborating Brewery Name: Palmer Brewery and Cider House
Beer Style: Export Stout with Cold-Pressed Coffee, Chocolate and Lactose
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