2016 GABF LIVE – Awards Ceremony w/UPDATES & Results

The GABF 2016 Award Ceremony is underway!  I’ll be posting as fast as the stream allows.  I’ll be posting GOLD Medals 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 2016 Awards:
Large Brewing Company & Brewer Of The Year: Pabst Brewing Co & Greg Deuhs   

Mid-Sized Brewing Company & Brewer Of The Year: 
Karl Strauss Brewing & Team Karl Small Brewing Company & Brewer Of The Year: 
Uberbrew & Uber Cru 
Very Small Brewing Company & Brewer Of The Year:
Brown Truck Brewery & Team Brown Truck 

Large Brewpub & Brewer  Of The Year:
The Austin Beer Garden Brewing & Amos Swifty Kim 
Mid-Sized Brewpub & Brewer Of The Year:
Boxing Bear Brewing & Justin Hamilton / Dylan Davis 
Small Brewpub & Brewer of the Year:

Zwanzigz Brewing & Mike Rybinski

7,227 Entries from 1,752 Breweries, 12 Countries

2 Medals NOT awarded

GABF Pro-Am 88 Entries:  GOLD:  Just Rye’Te – Panther Island Brewing & AHA Member Clifton Ellis

1. (37 entries) American-Style Wheat Beer  GOLD: Tumbelwheat Altitude Chophouse Laramie, WY
2. (31) American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast GOLD: White Noise Uberbrew Billings, MT 
3. (106) American Style Fruit Beer  GOLD:  Slingback High Heel Brewing St. Louis, MO
4. (84) Fruit Wheat Beer  GOLD: Mexican Spring 515 Brewing Clive, IA
5. (61) Belgian-style Fruit Beer  GOLD: Apricot Wheat Wiens Brewing Temecula, CA
6. (10) Pumpkin/Squash Beer GOLD: NO Silver or Gold Awarded
7. (92) Field Beer GOLD: Imperial Coconut Porter Maui Brewing Kihei, HI
8. (112) Chili Beer GOLD:  Rocky Mountain Saison 14er Brewing Denver, CO
9. (114) Herb & Spice Beer GOLD:  Nodajito NoDa Brewing Charlotte, NC
10. (39) Pumpkin Spice Beer GOLD: Pump Action Imperial Pumpkin 4 Noses Brewing Broomfield, CO
11. (46) Chocolate Beer GOLD: Chaos Ram Bighorn Brewery Wheeling, IL
12. (168) Coffee Beer GOLD:  Gusto Crema Georgetown Brewing Seattle, WA
13. (54) Specialty Beer GOLD : Campfire Stout High Water Brewing Stockton, CA
14. (81) Rye Beer GOLD:  Breakside Rye Curious? Breakside Brewery Portland, OR
15. (64) Specialty Honey Beer GOLD:  Jetty Cream Ale Great South Bay Brewery Bay Shore, NY
16. (52) Session Beer GOLD: PSB Session IPL Perry Street Brewing Spokane, WA
17. (118) Session IPA GOLD: Trump Hands Cannonballs Creek Brewing Golden, CO
18. (46) Other Strong Beer GOLD:  Anodyne Wheat Wine Revolver Brewing Granbury, TX
19. (87) Experimental Beer GOLD : Dry Hopped Systema Natura D9 Brewing Cornelius, NC
20. (45) Fresh or Wet Hop Ale GOLD:  Melvin IPA Melvin Brewing Jackson, WY
21. (43) Historical Beer GOLD: Valhallla El Rancho Brewing Evergreen, CO
22. (37) Gluten-Free Beer GOLD: Dark Ale Ground Breaker Brewing Portland, OR
23. (70) American-Belgo-Style Ale GOLD: Mischief The Bruery Placentia, CA
24. (142) American-Style Sour Ale GOLD:  Queen Of Tarts Karl Strauss Brewing San Diego, CA
25. (53) Brett Beer GOLD :  Touch of Brett Alesong brewing & Blending Eugene, OR
26. (65) Mixed-Culture Brett Beer GOLD : Funka Hop Farm Sudwerk Brewing Davis, CA
27. (66) Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer GOLD :  Drama Queen Denver Beer Co – Canworks Denver, CO
28. (159) Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer GOLD :  Silent Warrior Taps Fish House & Brewery Corona, CA
29. (131) Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout GOLD :  Barrel-Aged Darkness Surly Brewing Brooklyn Center, MN
30. (64) Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer GOLD :  Sour Project Ale Adirondack Pub & Brewery Lake George, NY
31. (82)Fruited Wood and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer GOLD:  Razz-Jerry Tart BJ’s Brewery La Brea, CA
32. (40) Aged Beer GOLD: Doc’s Scotch Ale Millserburg Brewing Millersburg, OH
33. (69) Kellerbier or Zwickelbier GOLD:  Sunny Side Dweller Ocelot Brewing Sterling, VA
34. (65) Smoke Beer Bronze: Croydon Is Burning Neshaminy Creek Brewing Neshaminy, PA GOLD:  Raucher Wolverins State Brewing Ann Arbor, MI
35. (66) American-Style or International-Style Pilsener GOLD:  Robot Crush Aeronaut Brewing Sommerville, MA
36. (21) American-Style Light Lager or German-style light lager GOLD: #10 American Lager Brown Truck brewery High Point, NC
37. (34) American-Style Lager or Ice Lager or Malt Liquor GOLD: Pabst Blue Ribbon Pabst brewing Los Angeles, CA
38. (65) American-Style Cream Ale GOLD:  El Sully 21st Amendment Brewery San Leandro, CA
39. (108) American-Style Amber Lager or Dark Lager GOLD:  Casa Azul El Segundo Brewing El Segundo, CA
40. (115) German-Style Pilsener GOLD:  Industry Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co Austin, TX
41. (62) Bohemian-Style Pilsener GOLD:  Sweet Ride Bagby Beer Co Oceanside, CA
42. (84) Munich-Style Helles GOLD:  Chuckanut Helles Chuckanut Brewery Bellingham, WA
43. (46) Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest GOLD : Dortmunder Mifflin Emmett’s Brewing Pallatine, IL
44. (67) Vienna-Style Lager Bronze: Churchville Lager Neshaminy Creek Brewing Neshaminy, PA GOLD : Vienna Lager Devils Backbone Brewing Lexington,, VA
45. (79) German-Style Märzen GOLD: Zirkusfestt  Oktoberfest Hi0-Wire Brewing Asheville, NC
46. (38) European-Style Dark Lager/Munich-Style Dunkel: GOLD:  I Dunkeled In My Pants Figueroa Brewing Buelton CA
47. (47) German-Style Schwarzbier GOLD  :  General Schwarz Central Coast Brewing St. Louis Obispo, CA
48. (36) Bock GOLD :  Breakline Bock Rip Current Brewery San Marcos, CA
49. (29) German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock GOLD :  Warning Sign Rockyard Brewing Castle Rock, CO
50. (41) Baltic-Style Porter GOLD: Danzig Devils Backbone Brewing Roseland, VA
51. (115) Golden or Blonde Ale GOLD :  Kirby Echos Brewing Frederick, CO
52. (111) German-Style Kölsch GOLD : Light Of Cologne Ornery Brewing Woodbridge, VA
53. (68) English-Style Summer Ale GOLD : Hometown Blonde Ram Bighorn Brewery Lakewood, WA
54. (38) Classic English-Style Pale Ale GOLD : Extra Pale Ale Summit Brewing St. Paul, MN
55. (43) English-Style India Pale Ale GOLD :  Gatecrasher Temperance Beer Evanston, IL
56. (90) Australian-Style International-Style Pale Ale GOLD : Drop Bear Australian Pale Ale Lynnwood Brewing Concern Raleigh, NC
57. (157) American-Style Pale Ale GOLD :  Stick’s Pale Ale Boostrap Brewing Niwot, CO
58. (169) American-Style Strong Pale Ale GOLD:  Good Green Highland Park Brewery Los Angeles, CA
59. (312 Entries -Largest Category @ GABF 2016) American-Style India Pale Ale GOLD :  Bodhizafa IPA Georgetown Brewing Seattle, WA
60. (211 – 2nd Largest Category) Imperial India Pale Ale GOLD:  Humulus Insani Uberbrew Billings, MT
61. (114) American-Style Amber/Red Ale GOLD :  Old Prospector Red Ale BNS Brewing Santee, CA
62. (78) Double Red Ale GOLD:  The Red Glove Boxing Bear Brewing Albuquerque, NM
63. (62) Imperial Red Ale:  GOLD:  Paradox Red Imperial Red IPA Raised Granite Waukesha, WI
64. (44) English-Style Mild Ale GOLD :  Workmans Compensation Line Ridge Brewing Cedar Rapids, IA
65. (39) Ordinary or Special Bitter GOLD :  DBA DOuble Barrel Ale Firestone Walker Paso Robles, CA
66. (71) Extra Special Bitter GOLD :  Redfeather Black Raven Brewing Redmond, WA
67. (46) Scottish-Style Ale GOLD :  White Street Scottish Ale White Street Brewing Wake Forest, NC
68. (80) Irish-Style Red Ale GOLD :  Highlander Devils Hump Ale Missoula Brewing Missoula, MT
69. (47) English-Style Brown Ale GOLD : Tri-Town brown Echo Brewing Erie, CO
70. (84) American-Style Brown Ale GOLD :  Brown Culture Brewing Solana Beach, CA
71. (61) American-Style Black Ale GOLD :  Once You Go Lynwood Brewing Concern Raleigh, NC
72. (141) German-Style Sour Ale GOLD :  Gose Rueben’s Brews Seattle, WA
73. (57) German-Style Altbier GOLD :  Little Red Cap Grimm Brothers Brewhouse Loveland, CO
74. (111) South German-Style Hefeweizen GOLD :  Windandsea Wheat Karl Strauss Brewing San Diego, CA
75. (33) German-Style Wheat Ale GOLD :  Alpenglow Fat Heads Brewery North Olmstead, OH
76. (61) Belgian-Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale GOLD: Solid Gold Cannonball Creek Brewing Golden, CO
77. (85) Belgian-Style Witbier GOLD:  Ommegang Wit Brewery Ommegang Cooperstown, NY
78. (88) Classic Saison GOLD:  Achtertun Seizon Farmhouse The Post Brewing Lafayette, CO
79. (92) Specialty Saison GOLD: Six Finger Sam Saison Two Rivers Brewing Easton, PA
80. (27) Belgian and French-Style Ale GOLD: Domain Dupage Two Brothers Brewing Warrenville, IL
81. (74) Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale GOLD :  Hexotic Two Roads Stratford, CT
82. (63) Belgian-Style Double or Quadrupel GOLD :  Abbey Dubbel Elm City Brewing Keene, NH
83. (92) Belgian-Style Tripel GOLD :  Allagash Tripel Allagash brewing Portland, ME
84. (70) Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale  GOLD:  Old Spilt-Foot Broken Bow Brewery Tuckahoe, NY
85. (31) Other Belgian-Style Ale  GOLD:  Blond Copper Kettle Brewing Denver, CO
86. (61) Brown Porter GOLD :  Fivepine Chocolate Porter Three Creeks Sisters, CO
87. (94) Robust Porter GOLD  :  Tabula Rosa Toasted Porter Second Chance Beer San Diego, CA
88. (41) Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout Silver: Love Stout Yards Brewing Philadelphia PA  GOLD:  Big Drought Stout Solid Rock Brewing Spicewood, TX
89. (43) Export Stout GOLD:  Dirty Frank’s Stout Rivers Edge Brewing Milford, MI
90. (55) American-Style Stout GOLD :  P2P 10-Barrel Brewing Bend, OR
91. (71) Sweet Stout or Cream Stout GOLD :    Chocolate Milk Stout Boxing Bear Brewing Albuquerque, NM
92. (61) Oatmeal Stout GOLD :  Sless’ Oatmeal Stout Irons Spring Brewery Fairfax, CA
93. (91) Imperial Stout GOLD: The Russian 2SP Brewing Aston, PA
94. (76) Scotch Ale GOLD :  Real Heavy Real Ale Brewing Blanco, TX
95. (38) Old Ale or Strong Ale GOLD : Irish Walker Olde Hickory Brewery Hickory, NC
96. (60) Barley Wine-Style Ale GOLD :  AleSmith Old Numbskull AleSmith San Diego, CA

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