Beer Man

Winners and Losers From the 2016 Great American Beer Festival

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Chili Beer
Gold
Rocky Mountain Saison
14er Brewing, Denver

Pumpkin Spice Beer
Gold
Pump Action Imperial Pumpkin Ale
4 Noses Brewing, Broomfield

Session India Pale Ale
Gold
Trump Hands
Cannonball Creek Brewing, Golden

Historical Beer
Gold
Valhalla
El Rancho Brewing, Evergreen

Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer
Gold
Drama Queen
Denver Beer Co — Canworks, Denver

German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock
Gold
Warning Sign
Rockyard American Grill, Castle Rock

Golden or Blonde Ale
Gold
Kirby
Echo Brewing, Frederick

American-Style Pale Ale
Gold
Stick’s Pale Ale
Bootstrap Brewing, Niwot

English-Style Brown Ale
Gold
Tri-Town Brown
Echo Brewing Cask and Barrel, Erie

German-Style Altbier
Gold
Little Red Cap
Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, Loveland

Belgian-Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale
Gold
Solid Gold
Cannonball Creek Brewing, Golden

Classic Saison
Gold
Achtertuin Seizoen Farmhouse Ale
The Post Brewing, Lafayette

Other Belgian-Style Ale
Gold
Blond
Copper Kettle Brewing, Denver

American-Style Brown Ale
Silver
Upslope Brown Ale
Upslope Brewing Boulder

American-Style Lager or Ice Lager or Malt Liquor
Silver
Coors Banquet
Coors Brewing, Golden

American-Style Light Lager or German-Style Light Lager 2016
Silver
Lightner Creek Lager
Carver Brewing, Durango

Belgian-Style Tripel
Silver
PDA
Black Bottle Brewery Fort Collins

Brett Beer
Silver
Dreamy Thing
Cerebral Brewing, Denver

English-Style Summer Ale
Silver
Ridgway Blonde
Colorado Boy Pub & Brewery, Ridgway

European-Style Dark Lager/Munich-Style Dunkel
Silver
Piney Ridge Dunkel
Front Range Brewing, Lafayette

Export Stout
Silver
Fade to Black, Volume 1
Left Hand Brewing, Longmont 

Fruit Wheat Beer
Silver
Mango Wheat
Blue Moon Brewing, Denver

German-Style Schwarzbier
Silver
Alternate Present
Fiction Beer, Denver

German-Style Wheat Ale
Silver
Slam Dunkel
Steamworks Brewing, Durango

Herb and Spice Beer
Silver
Ginger American Ale
Broken Compass Brewing, Breckenridge

Irish-Style Red
Silver
St. James Irish Red Ale
Glenwood Canyon Brewing, Glenwood Springs

Munich-Style Helles
Silver
Helles
Dry Dock Brewing (South Dock), Aurora

Oatmeal Stout
Silver
Backside Stout
Steamworks Brewing, Durango

South German-Style Hefeweizen
Silver
Weißbier
Prost Brewing, Denver

American-Style Brown Ale
Bronze
Face Down Brown
Telluride Brewing, Telluride

American-Style Light Lager or German-Style Light Lager
Bronze
Coors Light
Coors Brewing, Golden

American-Style or International-Style Pilsener
Bronze
Mexican Logger
Ska Brewing, Durango

Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale
Bronze
Treachery
12 Degree Brewing, Louisville

Classic Saison
Bronze
Saison
Baere Brewing, Denver

English-Style Brown Ale
Bronze
Not Brown
CooperSmith's Pub & Brewing, Fort Collins

Historical Beer
Bronze
Wild & Crazy Rye
BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, Boulder

Imperial Red Ale
Bronze
Wreak Havoc
Bootstrap Brewing, Niwot

Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout
Bronze
Little Nonsense
Verboten Brewing, Loveland 
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