THE BREWSPAPER/ SAN DIEGO CRAFT BREWERS EARN 14 MEDALS; THREE GOLD AT TOP EVENT

Marty Mendiola, Co-Founder of Second Chance Beer won a Gold Medal this year with its Robust Porter named Tabula Rose. For a Q&A with Second Chance in West Coaster magazine click here.

From 8,800 entries in the 39th Great American Beer Festival, held October 16-17, 2020 in Denver, San Diego brewers came home with 14 medals, which three were first place (gold). A win at the GABF is a big deal as the competition is the biggest event in the American craft beer industry. 

 Chris White of San Diego’s leading White Labs
participated in the GABF virtual video

 The awards ceremony was   virtual. For a YouTube   version  click here: 

 SAN DIEGO GABF MEDALISTS

For a list of the national GABF winners click here 

Brewer/Category/Beer name: 

 Gold Medalists 

Second Chance Beer: Robust Porter: Tabula Rasa; 

Pizza Port Carlsbad: International Pale Ale: Locals Only 

Wild Barrel Brewing: American-Style Sour Ale: Vice Sans Fruit: 

Silver Medalists 

Karl Strauss Brewing: Coffee Beer: Golden Stout 

Pizza Port Ocean Beach: Session Beer or non-Alcohol Beer: Guillaume 

Lost Abbey: Fruited American-Style Sour Ale: Peach Afternoon 

Coronado Brewing: Golden/Blonde Ale: Salty Crew 

Burgeon Beer: International Pale Ale: Carlsbad Crush 

Second Chance Beer: German-Style Sour Ale: Slightly Sour 

Eppig Brewing: Specialty Berliner, Weisse style: Glitz & Glam 

Belching Beaver: Fresh Hop Beer: Fresh Hop Ride the Pine 

Bronze Medalists 

Two Roots Brewing: Non-Alcohol Beer: Straight Drank N/A IPA 

Ocean Beach Brewery: Bohemian-Style Pilsner: Tres Tres 

Dos Desperados Brewery: Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale: Hell Camino Belgian Quad 

NON GABF WINNERS

(Selected by PillartoPost.org’s The Brewspaper staff:)  

BEST BREWERY NAME: Wicked Weed Brewing, Asheville, NC; 

BEST BEER NAME (tie): Seismic Tremor, Seismic Brewing, Santa Rosa, CA; Pantsless, Alarmist Brewing, Chicago.  

BEST BEER LABEL (Maybe): Belching Beaver Brewing, Vista/San Diego, CA.