Figueroa Mountain Brewing Brings Home 3 Medals From GABF 2018
(Santa Barbara County, CA) – California brewers are bringing home some heavy medal from this year’s Great American Beer Festival awards ceremony. The Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. team brought home three, winning Gold for Davy Brown Ale, Bronze for Hoppy Poppy IPA, and Bronze for Figtoberfest Lager. This year’s festival in Denver, CO brought together 800 breweries, 4000 beers, and 62,000 fans. The competition portion of the event pitted a record 2,404 breweries with 8,864 beers against one another in 104 categories, with 293 judges from 13 countries blind tasting each beer for ranking. Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.’s total count for GABF medals now sits at 23 – a tremendous feat for a brewery just approaching their 8th anniversary.
“To see our team’s dedication to top quality beer be awarded at this esteemed event is extremely gratifying” shares Jaime Dietenhofer, half of the father-and-son team that founded the brewery in 2010. “My dad and I are so proud of everything our crew has achieved this year, and this kind of recognition from the GABF judges just propels that positive momentum even further.”
Earlier this year, FMB announced aggressive growth plans for 2018, which included a comprehensive expansion at the Buellton HQ and launching canned product. This year of growth shows no signs of slowing down, with demand for cans high and production brewing and packaging rates breaking company records.
The company’s win in the German-style Oktoberfest category comes just in time for next week’s Figtoberfest celebrations on September 29th at all taprooms. Visit Figtoberfest.com and figmtnbrew.com/taprooms for details and locations.
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.’s 2018 wins to date include:
2018 Great American Beer Festival
GOLD Davy Brown Ale in American-style Brown Ale
BRONZE Figtoberfest in German-style Oktoberfest
BRONZE Hoppy Poppy in English-style India Pale Ale
2018 World Beer Cup
GOLD I Dunkeled In My Pants
SILVER Stagecoach Stout
SILVER Red Rock Imperial Red
2018 Los Angeles International Beer Competition
GOLD Fig Mtn Light Lager
GOLD I Dunkeled In My Pants
GOLD Magpie Porter
GOLD Hoppy Poppy IPA
GOLD Davy Brown Ale
SILVER Stearns Stout
SILVER Stagecoach Stout
BRONZE Lighter Than I Look
San Diego International Beer Festival
GOLD Lighter Than I Look
BRONZE I Dunkeled In My Pants
BRONZE Davy Brown Ale
Sources: GABF awards ceremony slides, https://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/info/faq/
ABOUT FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN BREWING® CO.
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. is an independent craft brewery founded in 2010 by father and son team Jim and Jaime Dietenhofer. With a passion for craft beer, they set out to pay homage to the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley with handcrafted beer and hand-drawn label art depicting their beloved local landscape. FMB has multiple tap rooms along the Central Coast of California, supported by a staff of 255 employees. Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. beer can be found at taprooms or select retailers in California and Arizona. Learn more atwww.figmtnbrew.com.
