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| San Diego Gold Medal Winner at 2013 Great American Beer Festival: Red Trolley by Karl Strauss Brewing Company |
WORLD SERIES OF BEER MAKING--San Diego area brewers earned five gold medals at
the recent 2013 Great American Beer Festival; three silver medals and six
bronze medals for an overall medal haul of 14, reports West Coaster beer
magazine’s editor Ryan Lamb. Shown in
parenthesis is the category that the San Diegans competed in at the popular
commercial and craft beer competition held annually in the Denver area.
GOLD:
American-Style Strong Pale Ale (Category 51)
Bonobos
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| San Diego Gold Medal Winner at Great American Beer Festival: Beer Hunter by Pizza Port Brewing Co. |
Session Beer (Category 12)
Beer Hunter
Pizza Port Ocean Beach, San
Diego
Irish-Style Red Ale (Category 60)
Red Trolley
Karl Strauss Brewing Co.,
San Diego
Robust Porter (Category 75)
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| San Diego Gold Medal Winner at Great American Beer Festival: Bonobos by Monkey Pub & Brewery |
Moonlight Porter
Rock Bottom La Jolla, La
Jolla
Barley Wine-Style Ale (Category 84)
Old Numbskull
AleSmith Brewing Co., Miramar
SILVER:
Imperial Red Ale (#55)
Rhino Chaser
Pizza Port Ocean Beach, San
Diego
American-Style Black Ale (#63)
Black Sails
Coronado Brewing Co., Coronado
Belgian-Style Abbey Ale (#72)
Decadence 2012 Quadrupel
AleSmith Brewing Co.,
Miramar
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| San Diego Gold Medal Winner at Great American Beer Festival: Moonlight Porter by Rock Bottom Brewery/La Jolla |
BRONZE:
American Style Sour ale (#19)
Red Poppy
The Lost Abbey, San Marcos
American-Style Strong Pale Ale (#51)
Kung Fu Elvis
Pizza Port Ocean Beach, San
Diego
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| San Diego Gold Medal Winner at Great American Beer Festival: Old Numbskull by AleSmith Brewing Co. |
Irish-Style Red Ale (#60)
Ragtop
Red Rock Bottom, La Jolla
English-Style Brown Ale (#61)
Longboard Brown
Rock Bottom, La Jolla
American-Style Black Ale (#63)
Oxymoron
Oceanside Ale Works,
Oceanside Br
Oatmeal Stout (#80)
Oats
Pizza Port Solana Beach,
Solana Beach
NATIONAL RESULTS / BEER GETS RED CARPET TREATMENT
GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL® AWARDS--The World Series of Beer took place last weekend.
Called the 2013 Great American Beer Festival (GABF), competition awarded 252
medals to some of the best commercial breweries in the United States, including
GABF Pro-Am medals.
* Red indicates San Diego
County entry/winner
Presented by the Brewers
Association, GABF is the largest commercial beer competition in the world and a
symbol of brewing excellence. In its 27th year, the 2013 competition surpassed
all previous participation records, setting the bar high.
Here are some event stats:
--624 breweries in the
festival hall
--More than 3,100 beers
served at the festival
--49,000 attendees
--More than 2,800
volunteers
--745 breweries in the
competition from 49 states, plus Washington, D.C.
--4,809 beers judged
(includes 100 Pro-Am competition entries), a 12 percent increase over 2012
--84 style categories
judged, plus the Pro-Am competition
--201 judges from 11
countries
--Average number of
competition beers entered in each category: 51
--Category with highest
number of entries: American-Style India Pale Ale: 252
To accommodate growth, this
year's GABF competition saw its biggest panel of judges ever, with 201 beer
experts from 11 countries evaluating 4,809 entries, with assistance from more
than 130 competition volunteers.
Award-winning brewers
received prestigious gold, silver and bronze medals in 84 beer categories
covering 138 different beer styles (encompassing subcategories), establishing
the best examples of each style in the U.S. Winners were chosen from 4,809
competition entries from 745 breweries, hailing from 49 states, plus
Washington, D.C.
2013 Brewery and Brewer of the Year
Awards
Very Small Brewing
Company and Very Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year
Baker City Brewing Company
Marks Lanham and Eli
Dickison
Small Brewing Company
and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year
Devils Backbone Brewing
Company - Basecamp
Jason Oliver
Mid-Size Brewing Company
and Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewer of the Year
Firestone Walker Brewing
Company
Matt Brynildson
Large Brewing Company
and Large Brewing Company Brewer of the Year
Sandlot
John, Tom, Bill &
Addison
Small Brewpub and Small
Brewpub Brewer of the Year
Gella’s Diner & Lb
Brewing Company
Gerald Wyman
Mid-Size Brewpub of the
Year
Beachwood BBQ & Brewing
Julian Shrago and Ian
McCall
Large Brewpub and Large
Brewpub Brewer of the Year
Pelican Brewing Company
Darron Welch and Steve
Panos
Brewpub Group and
Brewpub Group Brewer of the Year
Rock Bottom Brewery
Team Rock Bottom
Style Categories
Since 2001, the
most-entered category has been American-Style India Pale Ale (IPA), which saw
252 entries in 2013.
The top five entered categories
were:
1. American-Style India Pale Ale (252
entries)
2. Imperial India Pale Ale (149 entries)
3. Herb and Spice Beer (134 entries)
4. American-Style Pale Ale (124 entries)
5. American-Style Strong Pale Ale (120 entries)
The winners in the
most-entered (that is, the most competitive) categories were:
American-Style India Pale Ale
Gold: Barley Brown’s Brew
Pub, Pallet Jack IPA
Silver: Firestone Walker
Brewing Co., Union Jack
Bronze: La Cumbre Brewing
Co., Project Dank: Operation Pharoah’s Return
Imperial India Pale Ale
Gold: Fat Heads Brewery,
Hop Juju
Silver: Three Floyds
Brewing Co., Permanent Funeral
Bronze: Smartmouth Brewing
Co., Notch 9 Double IPA
Herb and Spice Beer
Gold: Namaste Brewing at
the Whip Inn, Bitterama
Silver: Yak & Yeti
Restaurant & Brewpub, Chai Milk Stout
Bronze: Black Star Co-op
Pub and Brewery, Elba
American-Style Pale Ale
Gold: Lumberyard Brewing
Co., Lumberyard American Pale Ale
Silver: Cannonball Creek
Brewing Co., Featherweight Pale
Bronze: Joseph James
Brewing Co., Citra Rye Pale Ale
American-Style Strong Pale Ale
Gold: Monkey Paw Brewing
Co., Bonobos
Silver: Four Peaks Brewing
Co., Hop Knot
Bronze: Pizza Port Ocean
Beach, Kung Fu Elvis
Summary: 2013 Great American Beer
Festival Statistics
Reflecting craft brewing's
increasing popularity nationwide, across state and regional borders, overall
competition highlights include:
· Twenty-four first-time entering
breweries won awards. During the registration process, 230 breweries self-identified
as first-time entrants.
· There was a tie for most gold medals
won, three each for Left Hand Brewing Co. (Longmont, Colo.) and for Firestone
Walker Brewing Co. (Paso Robles, Calif.).
· New Jersey topped the list of ratio of
medals to entries by state, with one medal won among seven entries, a 14.3%
ratio. Delaware had a 13% winning ratio, with three medals won among 23
entries. California, the state with the highest number of beer entries—at
885—won 52 medals for a 5.9% ratio of medals to entries.
· 624 breweries in the festival hall
· More than 3,100 beers served at the
festival
· 49,000 attendees
· More than 2,800 volunteers
· 745 breweries in the competition from
49 states, plus Washington, D.C.
· 4,809 beers judged (includes 100
Pro-Am competition entries), a 12 percent increase over 2012
· 84 style categories judged, plus the
Pro-Am competition
· 201 judges from 11 countries
· Average number of competition beers
entered in each category: 51
· Category with highest number of
entries: American-Style India Pale Ale: 252
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