See also: - Great American Beer Festival 2012: The People - Great American Beer Festival: The Beer - Best Beer Swag of Great American Beer Festival
This year's winners:
Category 1: American-Style Wheat Beer Gold Wagon Box Wheat Black Tooth Brewing Co. Sheridan, WY Silver Shredders Wheat Barley Brown's Brew Pub, Baker City, OR Bronze American Wheat Gella's Diner and Lb. Brewing Co. Hays, KS
Category 2: American-style Wheat Beer with Yeast Gold MDC Wheat Ale Montana Brewing Company Billings,MT Silver Tumblewheat Altitude Chophouse and Brewery Laramie,WY Bronze Wrangler Wheat Figuaroa Mountain Brewing Company ?
Category 3: Fruit Beer Gold Dry Dock Apricot Blonde Dry Dock Brewing Co. Aurora,CO Silver Chchchch-Cherry Bomb Thai Me Up Brewery Jackson, WY Bronze Strawberry Blonde Ale DESTHIL Normal,IL
Category 4: Fruit Wheat Beer Gold Ruby Raspberry Wheat Mad Anthony Brewing Co. Fort Wayne, IN Silver Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. Chippewa Falls, WI Bronze 5 Lizard Latin-style Witbier 5 Rabbit Cerveceria Bedford Park, IL
Category 5: Field Beer or Pumpkin Beer Gold Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale Stevens Point Brewery Stevens Point, WI Silver Anaheim IPA RAM Restaurant and Brewery Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN Bronze Cucumber Saison Cigar City Brewing Tampa, FL
Category 6: Herb and Spice Beer Gold Sweet Heat Burnside Brewing Co. Portland, OR Silver CBC Heather Ale Cambridge Brewing Co. Cambridge, MA Bronze Utah Sage Saison Epic Brewing Co. Salt Lake City, UT
Category 7: Chocolate Beer Gold Cocoa for Coconuts Chicago Brewing Co. Las Vegas, NV Silver X - 1 DuClaw Brewing Co. Bel Air, MD Bronze Milk Chocolate Cherry Stout Il Vicino Brewing Co. Albuquerque, NM
Category 8: Coffee Beer Gold Smog City Groundwork Coffee Porter Tustin Brewing Co. Tustin, CA Silver Hazelnut Coffee Cream Stout Redwood Brewing Co. Flint, MI Bronze Big Shot Espresso Stout Twisted Pine Brewing Co. Boulder, CO
Category 9: Specialty Beer Gold Hazelnut Brown Nectar Rogue Brewery Newport, OR Silver Alaskan Birch Bock Alaskan Brewing Co. Juneau, AK Bronze Exit 8 Flying Fish Brewing Co. Somerdale, NJ
Category 10: Rye Beer Gold Gramarye Heretic Brewing Co. Pittsburg, CA Silver Kyle's Baltic Porter Flat Branch Pub and Brewery Columbia, MO Bronze Roggenbier Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant Phoenixville, PA
Category 11: Specialty Honey Beer Gold West Bound Braggot Twisted Pine Brewing Co. Boulder, CO Silver George's Fault Nodding Head Brewing Co. Philadelphia, PA Bronze Kuhnhenn Braggot Kuhnhenn Brewing Co. Warren, MICategory 12: Session Beer Gold Twerp Pizza Port Carlsbad Carlsbad, CA Silver Dock Street/Thiriez Table Saison Dock Street Brewery Philadelphia, PA Bronze Bitter American 21st Amendment Brewery San Francisco, CA
Category 13: Other Strong Beer Gold Reverb Imperial Pilsner Boulevard Brewing Co. Kansas City, MO Silver Heart of Gold Perennial Artisan Ales St. Louis, MO Bronze Double White Marble Brewery Albuquerque, NM
Category 14: Experimental Beer Gold Redrock Paardebloem Redrock Brewing Co. Salt Lake City, UT Silver Petit Obscura Telegraph Brewing Co. Santa Barbara, CA Bronze Track #8 The Lost Abbey San Marcos, CA
Category 15: Fresh Hop Ale Gold Estate Homegrown Ale Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Chico, CA Silver HopTime Harvest Ale Russian River Brewing Co. Santa Rosa, CA Bronze Colorado IPA Nouveau Tommyknocker Brewery Idaho Springs, CO
Category 16: Indigenous Beer Gold Got Beer BJ's Restaurant & Brewery Boulder, CO Boulder, CO Silver Signature Gratzer choc Beer Co. Krebs, OK Bronze Hot Rocks Lager Port Brewing Co. San Marcos, CA
Category 17: Gluten-Free Beer Gold Nikki's Gluten Free Honey Pale Ale Rock Bottom Arlington Arlington, VA Silver Brown New Planet Beer Co. Boulder, CO Bronze Pale Ale Harvester Brewing Portland, OR
Category 18: American-Belgo-Style Ale Gold Le Freak Green Flash Brewing Co. San Diego, CA Silver Chainbreaker WIPA Deschutes Brewery Bend, OR Bronze A Little Crazy Revolution Brewing Chicago, IL
Category 19: American-Style Sour Ale Gold Barrel Select Gold Captain Lawrence Brewing Co. Elmsford, NY Silver Red Poppy The Lost Abbey San Marcos, CA Bronze Fitger's Framboise Fitger's Brewhouse Duluth, MN
Category 20: American-Style Brett Ale Gold Seizoen Bretta Logsdon Farmhouse Ales Hood River, OR Silver Flemish Kiss The Commons Brewery Portland, OR Bronze TPS Report Trinity Brewing Co. Colorado Springs, CO
Category 21: Wood-and Barrel-Aged Beer Gold Jerry Maker BJ's Restaurant & Brewery Chandler Chandler, AZ Silver Bourbon Barrel Aged Night Sail Island Brewing Co. Carpinteria, CA Bronze Local Species Blue Mountain Barrel House Arrington, VACategory 22: Wood-and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer Gold The Manhattan Project The Beer Co. San Diego, CA Silver Pappy Van Muckle Sun King Brewing Co. Indianapolis, IN Bronze Golden Delicious Captain Lawrence Brewing Co. Elmsford, NY
Category 23: Wood-and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout Gold Fourteen Fourteen Central Waters Brewing Co. Amherst, WI Silver Silva Stout Green Flash Brewing Co. San Diego, CA Bronze Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout AC Golden Brewing Co. Golden, CO
Category 24: Wood-and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer Gold Lady Of The Woods Cisco Brewers Nantucket, MA Silver Sentience Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project Denver, CO Bronze George's Phunk Nodding Head Brewing Co. Philadelphia, PA
Category 25: Aged Beer Gold 2010 Old Trainwreck Barleywine Silver Moon Brewing Bend, OR Silver 2004 Triple Exultation Eel River Brewing Co. Fortuna, CA Bronze Lovely Cherry Baltic Porter Bend Brewing Co. Bend, OR
Category 26: Aged Beer Gold Bottle Rocket Uncle Billy's Brew & Que Lake Travis, Austin, TX Silver Redrock Organic Zwickel Bier Redrock Brewing Co. Salt Lake City, UT Bronze Organic Hopworks Kellerbier Hopworks Urban Brewery Portland, OR
Category 27: Smoke Beer Gold Bambastic Fort Collins Brewery Fort Collins, CO Silver Rauchtoberfest Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant Lancaster Lancaster, PA Bronze Smoke & Dagger Jack's Abby Brewing Framingham, MA
Category 28: American-Style or International-Style Pilsener Gold Gold Country Pilsner Auburn Alehouse Auburn, CA Silver Redhook Pilsner Redhook Brewery Woodinville Woodinville, WA Bronze Gold Leaf Lager Devils Backbone Brewing Co. Outpost Lexington, VA
Category 29: German-Style Pilsener Gold Sunshine Pils Tröegs Brewing Co. Hershey, PA Silver Hans' Pils Real Ale Brewing Co. Blanco, TX Bronze Paintbrush Pilsner Snake River Brewing Jackson, WY
Category 30: Bohemian-Style Pilsener Gold Hometown Blonde New Glarus Brewing Co. New Glarus, WI Silver Summit Pilsener Summit Brewing Co. St. Paul, MN Bronze This is the Pilsener Hoppers Grill & Brewing Co. Midvale, UT
Category 31: Munich-Style Helles Gold 6X Helles CB & Potts Restaurant & Brewery Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO Silver Session Premium Lager Full Sail Brewing Co. Hood River, OR Bronze Longboard Island Lager Kona Brewing Co. Kailua-Kona, HICategory 32: Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest Gold Move Back The SandLot Denver, CO Silver Rolling Thunder Dortmunder Snake River Brewing Jackson, WY Bronze Celestial Gold The Church Brew Works Pittsburgh, PA
Category 33: American-Style Lager, Light Lager or Premium Lager Gold Pabst Blue Ribbon Pabst Brewing Co. Los Angeles, CA Silver Miller Lite Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, WI Bronze Keystone Light Coors Brewing Co. Golden, CO
Category 34: American-Style Specialty Lager or Cream Ale or Lager Gold Vienna Lager Devils Backbone Brewing Co. Outpost Lexington, VA Silver Chuckanut Vienna Lager Chuckanut Brewery Bellingham, WA Bronze Danish Red Lager Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. Buellton, CA
Category 35: Vienna-Style Lager Gold Vienna Lager Devils Backbone Brewing Co. Outpost, Lexington, VA Silver Chuckanut Vienna Lager Chuckanut Brewery Bellingham, WA Bronze Danish Red Lager Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. Buellton, CA
Category 36: German-Style Märzen Gold Shiner Oktoberfest Spoetzl Brewery Shiner, TX Silver Mecktoberfest The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery Charlotte, NC Bronze Dominion Oktoberfest Old Dominion Brewing Co. Dover, DE
Category 37: American-Style Amber Lager Gold Point Oktoberfest Stevens Point Brewery Stevens Point, WI Silver Staghorn Octoberfest New Glarus Brewing Co. New Glarus, WI Bronze Uberbrau Humperdinks Restaurant and Brewery Dallas, TX
Category 38: European-Style Dunkel Gold Knight Ryder Munich Dunkel Equinox Brewing Co. Fort Collins, CO Silver Pious Monk Dunkel The Church Brew Works Pittsburgh, PA Bronze Mother Earth Munich Dunkel Mother Earth Brewing Kinston, NC
Category 39: American-Style Dark Lager Gold Shiner Bock Spoetzl Brewery Shiner, TX Silver Old Virginia Dark Devils Backbone Brewing Co. Basecamp Roseland, VA Bronze Session Black Premium Dark Lager Full Sail Brewing Co. Hood River, OR
Category 40: American-Style Dark Lager Gold Shiner Bohemian Black Lager Spoetzl Brewery Shiner, TX Silver Baba Uinta Brewing Co. Salt Lake City, UT Bronze Black Bear Morgan Street Brewery Saint Louis, MO
Category 41: Bock Gold Butt Head Bock Tommyknocker Brewery Idaho Springs, CO Silver Elixer Maibock Mad Fox Brewing Co. Falls Church, VA Bronze Turbo Cougar Devils Backbone Brewing Co. Outpost, Lexington, VACategory 42: German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock Gold Uber Bock Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co. Madison, WI Silver Samuel Adams Double Bock Boston Beer Co. Samuel Adams Cincinnati Brewery Cincinnati, OH Bronze Resurrection Doppelbock Red Lodge Ales Brewing Co. Red Lodge, MT
Category 43: Baltic-Style Porter Gold The Hammer Rock Bottom King of Prussia King of Prussia, PA Silver Danzig Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Basecamp Roseland, VA Bronze Polska Porter American Brewing Co. Edmonds, WA
Category 44: Golden or Blonde Ale Gold Steelhead Extra Pale Ale Mad River Brewing Co. Blue Lake, CA Silver Firemans #4 Real Ale Brewing Co. Blanco, TX Bronze TAPS Cream Ale TAPS Fish House & Brewery Brea, CA
Category 45: German-Style Kölsch Gold Capital City Kolsch Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant Topeka, KS Silver Chuckanut Kolsch Style Chuckanut Brewery Bellingham, WA Bronze Sky Blue Golden Ale Carolina Brewery Pittsboro, NC
Category 46: English-Style Summer Ale Gold Cross of Gold Revolution Brewing Chicago, IL Silver Sum'r Uinta Brewing Co. Salt Lake City, UT Bronze Mother Lode Golden Ale Laurelwood Brewing Co. Portland, OR
Category 47: Classic English-Style Pale Ale Gold Royal Scandal Peticolas Brewing Co. Dallas, TX Silver Gayle Force Pale Ale Wind River Brewing Co. Pinedale, WY Bronze Hurricane Reef Pale Ale Florida Beer Co. Melbourne, FL
Category 48: English-Style India Pale Ale Gold India Pale Ale Goose Island Beer Co. Chicago, IL Silver Silverspot IPA Pelican Pub & Brewery Pacific City, OR Bronze Monumental IPA Port City Brewing Co. Alexandria, VA
Category 49: International-Style Pale Ale Gold River Runners Pale Ale Eddyline Brewing Buena Vista, CO Silver Southern Chaos Hollister Brewing Co. Goleta, CA Bronze Pipe Organ Pale Ale The Church Brew Works Pittsburgh, PA
Category 50: American-Style Pale Ale Gold Brickstone APA Brickstone Brewery Bourbonnais, IL Silver The Weight Piece Brewery Chicago, IL Bronze Zombie Dust Three Floyds Brewing Co. Munster, IN
Category 51: American-Style Strong Pale Ale Gold Melvin Thai Me Up Brewery Jackson, WY Silver Lumberyard IPA Lumberyard Brewing Co. Flagstaff, AZ Bronze Laughing Dog IPA Laughing Dog Brewing Ponderay, IDCategory 52: American-Style India Pale Ale Gold IPA Tap It Brewing Co. San Luis Obispo, CA Silver Pallet Jack IPA Barley Brown's Brew Pub Baker City, OR Bronze Duet Alpine Beer Co. Alpine, CA
Category 53: Imperial India Pale Ale Gold 2 X 4 Thai Me Up Brewery Jackson, WY Silver Café Racer 15 Bear Republic Brewing Co. Healdsburg Healdsburg, CA Bronze Double Jack Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Paso Robles, CA
Category 54: American-Style Amber/Red Ale Gold Hopback Amber Ale Tröegs Brewing Co. Hershey, PA Silver Fixed Gear American Red Ale Lakefront Brewery Milwaukee, WI Bronze Winterhook Redhook Brewery Woodinville Woodinville, WA
Category 55: Imperial Red Ale Gold Organic Deranger Imperial Red Ale Laurelwood Brewing Co. Portland, OR Silver Imperial Red Marble Brewery Albuquerque, NM Bronze 547 Haight - The Toronado San Francisco's 20th Anniversary Imperial Red Ale Pizza Port Carlsbad Carlsbad, CA
Category 56: English-Style Mild Ale Gold Bristlecone Uinta Brewing Co. Salt Lake City, UT Silver Breakside Session Brown Breakside Brewery Portland, OR Bronze S.S. Minnow Mild Ale Dry Dock Brewing Co. Aurora, CO
Category 57: Ordinary or Special Bitter Gold DBA Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Paso Robles, CA Silver Mens Room Original Red Ale Elysian Brewing Co. Seattle, WA Bronze Sawtooth Ale Left Hand Brewing Co. Longmont, CO
Category 58: Extra Special Bitter Gold Crystal Bitter Ale No-Li Brewhouse Spokane, WA Silver The Tower E.S.B. Bull & Bush Brewery Denver, CO Bronze Extra Special Ale (ESA) Yards Brewing Co. Philadelphia, PA
Category 59: Scottish-Style Ale Gold Wee Heavy Maui Brewing Co. Lahaina, HI Silver Isle of Skye Scottish Ale Boscos Brewing Co. Memphis, TN Bronze MacPelican's Scottish Style Ale Pelican Pub & Brewery Pacific City, OR
Category 60: Irish-Style Red Ale Gold Irish Red Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co. Glenwood Springs, CO Silver TAPS Irish Red TAPS Fish House & Brewery Brea, CA Bronze Balefire Red Echo Brewing Co. Frederick, CO
Category 61: English-Style Brown Ale Gold Sierra Blanca Nut Brown Ale Sierra Blanca Brewing Co. Moriarty, NM Silver Red Hydrant Ale Big Dog's Brewing Co. Las Vegas, NV Bronze Molly's Titanic Brown Ale Rock Bottom Westminster Westminster, CO
Category 62: American-Style Brown Ale Gold Face Down Brown Telluride Brewing Co. Telluride, CO Silver Upslope Brown Ale Upslope Brewing Co. Boulder, CO Bronze Redrock Nut Brown Ale Redrock Brewing Co. Salt Lake City, UT
Category 63: American-Style Black Ale Gold Wookey Jack Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Paso Robles, CA Silver Turmoil Barley Brown's Brew Pub Baker City, OR Bronze Black IPA Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Wilmington Wilmington, DE
Category 64: German-Style Altbier Gold Balt Altbier Union Craft Brewing Co. Baltimore, MD Silver Land's End Amber Kannah Creek Brewing Co. Grand Junction, CO Bronze Little Red Cap Grimm Brothers Brewhouse Loveland, CO
Category 65: German-Style Sour Ale Gold Berliner Metro Weiss Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Basecamp Roseland, VA Silver German Sparkle Party 10 Barrel Brewing Co. Bend, OR Bronze NBB Love Felix New Belgium Brewing Co. Fort Collins, CO
Category 66: South German-Style Hefeweizen Gold DreamWeaver Wheat Tröegs Brewing Co. Hershey, PA Silver Ebel's Weiss Two Brothers Brewing Co. Warrenville, IL Bronze Yazoo Hefeweizen Yazoo Brewing Co. Nashville, TN
Category 67: German-Style Wheat Ale Gold Wildpitch Hefeweizen The SandLot Denver, CO Silver AlpenGlow Fat Heads Brewery & Saloon North Olmsted, OH Bronze Weizeneisbock Gordon Biersch Brewing Co. San Jose, CA
Category 68: Belgian-Style Witbier Gold ZON Boulevard Brewing Co. Kansas City, MO Silver White Rascal Avery Brewing Co. Boulder, CO Bronze White Lightning Belgian White Full Pint Brewing Co. North Versailles, PA
Category 69: French- and Belgian-Style Saison Gold Saison Funkwerks Fort Collins, CO Silver Saison Aspen Brewing Co. Aspen, CO Bronze El Verano Beachwood BBQ & Brewing Long Beach, CA
Category 70: Belgian- and French-Style Ale Gold Saint's Devotion The Lost Abbey San Marcos, CA Silver Your Favorite Foreign Movie DC Brau Brewing Co. Washington, DC Bronze Domaine DuPage Two Brothers Brewing Co. Warrenville, IL
Category 71: Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale Gold Sour Reserve Upland Brewing Co. Bloomington, IN Silver Barrel Select FO/BB Captain Lawrence Brewing Co. Elmsford, NY Bronze Sans Pagaie The Bruery Anaheim, CACategory 72: Belgian-Style Abbey Ale Gold Green Flash Trippel Green Flash Brewing Co. San Diego, CA Silver Sanitarium Bier Brewery Indianapolis, IN Bronze ABT 12 Dock Street Brewery Philadelphia, PA
Category 73: Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale Gold Deceit Funkwerks Fort Collins, CO Silver Rhinoceros Telegraph Brewing Co. Santa Barbara, CA Bronze AleSmith Grand Cru AleSmith Brewing Co. San Diego, CA
Category 74: Brown Porter Gold Pluff Mud Porter Holy City Brewing North Charleston, SC Silver Exodus SweetWater Brewing Co. Atlanta, GA Bronze Peter Brown Tribute Ale Bear Republic Brewing Co. Factory Five Cloverdale, CA
Category 75: Robust Porter Silver Coco Loco NoDa Brewing Co. Charlotte, NC Bronze Black Sand Porter Kona Brewing Co. Kailua-Kona, HI
Category 76: Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout Gold Seaside Stout Pizza Port Solana Beach Solana Beach, CA Silver Oyster Stout Stewart's Brewing Co. Bear, DE Bronze Ramsey's Draft Stout Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Basecamp Roseland, VA
Category 77: Foreign-Style Stout Gold Starry Night Stout Island Brewing Co. Carpinteria, CA Silver Whiteface Black Diamond Stout Great Adirondack Brewing Co. Lake Placid, NY Bronze Ramsey's Export Stout Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Basecamp Roseland, VA
Category 78: American-Style Stout Gold Order in the Port Pizza Port San Clemente San Clemente, CA Silver American Stout 10 Barrel Brewing Co. Bend, OR Bronze Ironman Free State Brewing Co. Lawrence, KS
Category 79: Sweet Stout Gold Udder Love Beachwood BBQ & Brewing Long Beach, CA Silver Milk Stout Rock Bottom Westminster Westminster, CO Bronze Udder Madness Bastone Brewery Royal Oak, MI
Category 80: Oatmeal Stout Gold Oats Pizza Port Solana Beach Solana Beach, CA Silver Stumbler's Stout Columbia River Brewing Co. Portland, OR Bronze Stagecoach Stout Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. Buellton, CA
Category 81: Imperial Stout Gold Anastasia Russian Imperial Stout Weasel Boy Brewing Co. Zanesville, OH Silver Imperial Stout Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Chico, CA Bronze Russian Imperial Stout Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Media Media, PACategory 82: Scotch Ale Gold Way Heavy Pizza Port San Clemente San Clemente, CA Silver Iron Thistle Rahr & Sons Brewing Fort Worth, TX Bronze Scotch Ale Barley Brown's Brew Pub Baker City, OR
Category 83: Old Ale or Strong Ale Gold Heini's Hooch The Church Brew Works Pittsburgh, PA Silver Papier The Bruery Anaheim, CA Bronze AleSmith Decadence '10 Old Ale AleSmith Brewing Co. San Diego, CA
Category 84: Barley Wine-Style Ale Gold Johan the Barleywine Sun King Brewing Co. Indianapolis, IN Silver Barley Wine Charleville Vineyard & Microbrewery Ste. Genevieve, MO Bronze Dr. StrangeLove Strange Brewing Co. Denver, CO
2012 Brewer and Brewery of the Year Awards
Small Brewpub and Small Brewpub Brewer of the Year Sponsored by Briess Malt & Ingredients Co. Devils Backbone Brewing Company - Basecamp Roseland, VA Devils Backbone Brewery Team
Large Brewpub and Large Brewpub Brewer of the Year The Church Brew Works Pittsburgh, PA Steve Sloan
Brewpub Group and Brewpub Group Brewer of the Year Great Dane Pub & Brewing Company Madison, WI Rob LoBreglio
Small Brewing Company and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year Funkwerks Fort Collins, CO Funkwerks Brewing Team
Mid-Size Brewing Company and Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewer of the YearTroegs Brewing Company Hershey, PA John Trogner
Large Brewing Company and Large Brewing Company Brewer of the Year Pabst Brewing Company Los Angeles, CA Gregory Deuhs
2012 Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition Gold: More Fun Blonde, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO Brewmaster: New Belgium Brewing Company, AHA Member: Jay Shambo Silver: Pointon's Proper - An English Mild RAM Restaurant and Brewery - Wheeling, Wheeling, IL Brewmaster: Lanny Fetzer, AHA Member: Scott Pointon Bronze: Classic American Pilsner, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN Brewmaster: Mike Hoops, AHA Member: Kyle Sisco
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