Melvin Brewing Wins Small Brewpub Of The Year @ GABF 2015

Melvin also brought home two Brewer Association Medals: the Gold medal for American Style Fruit Beer and the Bronze medal for Fresh or Wet Hop Ale.

Having won the underground YCH Hops Alpha King Competition in both 2012 & 2013, Melvin’s 2×4 DIPA took 2nd place in 2015. Both of Melvin’s entries, 2×4 & Drunken Master, placed among the top 15 in a field of more than 130 beers. The Alpha King contest is the top competition of well balanced and drinkable, yet highly hopped ales.

John Fayman, a Melvin investor and craft beer authority, said this signals Melvin is ready for the big time.

“This is as much about the Brewers Association recognizing the incredible job that the Melvin Team has done as it is about the Brewers Association letting Melvin know that it’s ready for distribution in Colorado and everywhere else,” Fayman said.

As if on cue following the festival awards ceremony, distributors from around the country flocked to Melvin’s table to discuss Melvin’s distribution strategy in their territory. The success parallels the recent opening of Melvin’s new 20,000 square foot brewery in Alpine, Wyoming. Located just a few miles from Jackson Hole, where Melvin plans to make beer from the future. Melvin is expanding distribution this year to Colorado and Washington and points beyond in the future.

In 2014, Melvin Brewing won two medals at the World Beer Cup: A Gold in the Imperial India Pale Ale category for its 2×4 and a Bronze in the Fruit Beer category for its ChChChCh-Cherry Bomb. Both beers won also medals (Cherry Bomb – Silver, 2×4 – Gold) at the 2012 Great American Beer Festival. 2×4 is the only IPA to win Alpha King, GABF Gold and WBC Gold.

Melvin Brewery is located in the heart of downtown Jackson Hole at Thai Me Up Restaurant, which was started in 2000 by Melvin founder Jeremy Tofte. The new production facility will be up and running this fall. Melvin is currently installing its custom built Newlands 30bbl, 4 vessel system.