2015 GABF LIVE – Awards Ceremony w/UPDATES & Results

The GABF 2015 Award Ceremony has begun….I’ll be posting as fast as the stream allows.  I’ll be posting GOLD only for now, but I will follow up later with links to the full winners list as well as highlighting some local winners.

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For the full list of all awards click here

Overall 2015 Awards:
Large Brewing Company & Brewer Of The Year:  Pabst Brewing – Greg Deuhs

Mid-Sized Brewing Company & Brewer Of The Year:  Firestone Walker Brewing Co Matt Brynildson & Firestone Walker Brewing Team 
Small Brewing Company & Brewer Of The Year:  Port City Brewing Co & Port City Brewing Team
Very Small Brewing Company & Brewer Of The Year:  Rip Current Brewery & Paul Sangster 

Brewpub Group Of The Year:

Large Brewpub & Brewer  Of The Year:  Titletown Brewing Co & David Oldenburg
Mid-Sized Brewpub & Brewer Of The Year:  TAPS Fish House & Brewery & TAPS Fish House Brewery Team
Small Brewpub & Brewer of the Year:  Melvin Brewing Kirk McHale & Jeremy Tofte 

6738 Entries from 1552 Breweries

GABF Pro-Am 92 Entries:  GOLD:  Muscat Love Great South Bay Brewery & AHA Member Brian Giebel

1. (58 entries) American-Style Wheat Beer  GOLD: Super 77 Wheat Wiley Roots Brewing
2. (41) American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast GOLD:  The Big O Oso Brewing
3. (87) Fruit Beer  GOLD:  CHCHCH-Cherry Bomb Melvin Brewing
4. Fruit Wheat Beer  GOLD: Magnolia’s Peach BJ’S Brewery
5. (63) Belgian-style Fruit Beer  GOLD: XReserve Ale 05-15 Saucony Creek Brewing Kutztown. PA 
6. Pumpkin Beer GOLD NO GOLD AWARDED
7. Field Beer GOLD: BEETS RHYMES & Live Fontaflora Brewery
8. Chili Beer GOLD:  Fire Tiger Lander Brewing Co
9. Herb & Spice Beer GOLD:  Garden Party Freestate Brewing Co
10. Chocolate Beer GOLD: Velvet Hog Taps Brewhouse
11. (149) Coffee Beer GOLD:  Zumbar Chocolate Coffee Imperial Stout New English Brewing Co
12. Specialty Beer BRONZE: Packdog Peanut Butter Marley’s    GOLD : Hog Cabin Great South Bay Brewing
13. (84) Rye Beer GOLD:  Blitzkrieg Bock Fat Head’s Brewery Portland, OR
14. (52) Specialty Honey Beer GOLD:  Electric Stinger The Tap Brewing Co
15. (44) Session Beer GOLD: BJ’s Lightswitch Lager BJ’s Brewery Temple, TX
16. (161) Session IPA GOLD: The Coachmen Society Brewing Co.
17. (43) Other Strong Beer GOLD:  URSA Minor McCoys Public House
18. (85) Experimental Beer GOLD : Mystery Airship New Helvetia Brewing Co
19. (34) Fresh or Wet Hop Ale GOLD:  Acequia IPA Bosque Brewing Co
20. (40) Historical Beer GOLD: Black Eagle Graetzer Platform Beer Co
21. (24) Gluten-Free Beer GOLD: Watchstander Stout Ghostfish Brewing Co
22. (71) American-Belgo-Style Ale GOLD: Le Freak Green Flash Brewing Co
23. (86) American-Style Sour Ale GOLD:  Savant Blanc Perennial Artisanal Ales
24. (86) American-Style Brett Ale GOLD :  512 Wild Bear (512) Brewing Co
25. (69) Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer GOLD :  Wild Warehouse Wander Brewing
26. (179) Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer GOLD :  Melange a Trois Nebraska Brewing Co
27. (128) Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout GOLD :  Ctayt AC Golden Brewing Co
28. (137) Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer GOLD :  Veritas 015 The Lost Abbey 
29. (38) Aged Beer GOLD :  Big Deluxe Ritual Brewing Co
30. (45) Kellerbier or Zwickelbier GOLD:  STS Pils Russian River Brewing Co
31. (57) Smoke Beer GOLD: Smozed Marzen 49th State Brewing Co
32. (51) American-Style or International-Style Pilsener GOLD:  Rocket 100 Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co
33. (100) German-Style Pilsener GOLD:  Pivo Firestone Walker Brewing 
34. (62) Bohemian-Style Pilsener GOLD:  Shower Beer Champion Brewing Co
35. Munich-Style Helles BRONZE: Goldencold Lager Susquehanna Brewing Co GOLD:  Bucket Seat Blonde Garage rewing Co
36. (48) Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest GOLD : Oktoberfest Fort Collins Brewery
37. American-Style Lager, Light Lager or Premium Lager GOLD : Coors Banquet Coors Brewing Co 
38. American-Style Specialty Lager or Cream Ale or Lager GOLD:  Rainier Lager Pabst Brewing Co
39. (46) Vienna-Style Lager SILVER: Oktoberfest Stoudts Brewing  GOLD Vienna Lager Devils Backbone Brewing
40. (65) German-Style Märzen GOLD: Oktoberfest Rahr & Sons Brewing Co
41. (48) American-Style Amber Lager GOLD :  Auburn Lager Mad Anthony Brewing Co
42. (34) European-Style Dark/Munchner Dunkel GOLD : GIGI Exile Brewing
43. (21) American-Style Dark Lager GOLD :  Lagerithm Bottle Logic Brewing
44. (37) German-Style Schwarzbier GOLD  :  Lobo Negro Pedernales Brewing Co
45. (38) Bock GOLD :  Break Line Bock Rip Current  Brewery
46. (25) German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock GOLD :  Rahr Brewing
47. (35) Baltic-Style Porter GOLD : Cobaltic Porter Bottle Logic Brewing
48. (107) Golden or Blonde Ale GOLD :  Sunlight Cream Ale Sun King Brewing Co
49. (111) German-Style Kölsch GOLD : Chuckanut Kolsch Style Chuckanut Brewery
50. (38) English-Style Summer Ale GOLD : Beaverton Blonde Golden Valley Brewery & Pub
51. (46) Classic English-Style Pale Ale GOLD : Mr. Kites Pale Ale Social Kitchen Brewery
52. (42) English-Style India Pale Ale GOLD :  Shanghai’d IPA Old Town Brewing
53. (75) International-Style Pale Ale GOLD : Mai Tai IPA Alvarado Street Brewery & Grill
54. (160) American-Style Pale Ale GOLD :  Monterey St. Pale Ale Central Coast Brewing Co
55. (134) American-Style Strong Pale Ale GOLD :  Ratchet Strap IPA Barley Brown’s Beer
56. (336  Entries -Largest Category Ever @ GABF) American-Style India Pale Ale BRONZE: White Rajah Brew Kettle Taproom & Smokehouse   SILVER: Pernicious IPA Wicked Weed Brewing   GOLD :  Revolver IPA BNS Brewing & Distilling Co in Santee, CA
57. (208 – 2nd Largest Category) Imperial India Pale Ale GOLD  :  Hop JuJu Imperial IPA Fat Head’s  Ohio
58. ( 94) American-Style Amber/Red Ale GOLD :  Immersion Amber Ale Two Beers Brewing Co
59. (71) Double Red Ale GOLD:  Bonehead Imperial Red Fat Head’s  Brewing Ohio
60. Imperial Red Ale:  GOLD:  Redankulous Founders Brewing
61. (40) English-Style Mild Ale GOLD :  Mild  Brothers Craft Brewing
62. (43) Ordinary or Special Bitter GOLD :  DBA (Double Barrel Ale) Firestone Walker Brewing 
63. (67) Extra Special Bitter GOLD :  The Guilty Party Gibbs Hunter Brewing Co
64. (52) Scottish-Style Ale GOLD :  Copper John Scotch Ale Madison River Brewing Co
65. (70) Irish-Style Red Ale GOLD :  Taps Irish Red TAPS Fish House & Brewery
66. (72) English-Style Brown Ale GOLD : Red Hydrant Ale Big Dogs Brewing Co
67. (85) American-Style Brown Ale GOLD :  1623 Brown Ale 7th Settlement Brewery
68. (54) American-Style Black Ale GOLD :  Midnight Moonlight Fat Head’s Ohio
69. (111) German-Style Altbier GOLD : Gose Reuben’s Brews Taproom
70. (49) German-Style Sour Ale GOLD :  Copper Alt Zipline Brewing Co
71. (95) South German-Style Hefeweizen GOLD :  Weissbier Prost Brewing Co
72. (38) German-Style Wheat Ale GOLD :  St. Arnold Weedwacker Saint Arnold Brewing
73. (47) Belgian-Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale GOLD: Bear Hair Logboat Brewing Co
74. (82) Belgian-Style Witbier GOLD :  Allagash White Allagash Brewing Co
75. (132) French- and Belgian-Style Saison GOLD :  Siren’s Lure Fair Winds Brewing Co
76. (47) Belgian and French-Style Ale SILVER Grisette Sly Fox Brewing Co    GOLD : Vintage Monks Adelbert’s Brewery
77. (78) Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale GOLD :  Turbulent Consequence, Peche Block 15
78. (60) Belgian-Style Double or Quadrupel GOLD :  Sanatarium Bier Brewery & Taproom
79. (52) Belgian-Style Tripel GOLD :  Wild West Tripel Chicago Brewing Co Las Vegas, NV
80. (65) Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale  SILVER The Cannibal Iron Hill Philadelphia  GOLD  Van Dammit Jail Break brewing
81. (45) Other Belgian-Style Ale  GOLD:  Spangalang Table Beer Spangalang Brewery
82. (57) Brown Porter GOLD :  Disaster At Meux Lion Bridge Brewing
83. (102) Robust Porter GOLD  : Recalcitrant Dockhand Black Star Coop
84. (36) Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout GOLD :  Sterns Stout Figueroa Mountain Brewing
85. (39) Export Stout GOLD:  Fade To Black Vol. 1 Left Hand Brewing Co
86. (39) American-Style Stout GOLD :  Disorder Stout Barley Brown’s Brewpub
87. (75) Sweet Stout or Cream Stout GOLD :  West O Coco West O Beer
88. (73) Oatmeal Stout GOLD :  R&R Oatmeal Stout Beaver Street Brewery
89. (80) Imperial Stout SILVER Russian Imperial Stout Iron Hill Media, PA GOLD Double Negative Grimm Artisanal Ales
90. (55) Scotch Ale GOLD :  MacPelican’s Wee Heavy Ale Pelican’s Pub & Brewery
91. (39) Old Ale or Strong Ale GOLD :Old Scrooge Silver City Brewery
92. (56) Barley Wine-Style Ale GOLD :  Fat Hog Ritual Brewing Co

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