GABF 2009 Fallout Guide to Award Winning Beer
As TheFullPint.com counts down to their arrival at GABF 2010, we would like to congratulate all of the winners at the Great American Beer Festival. It would be awesome if we could try every single beer in the world, and while we try, here is a guide to the beers we have tried, that have won medals for the 2009 Great American Beer Festival.
Follow the links for our takes of the winning beers our team has tried so far.
Category 3: American-Style Wheat Beer with Yeast
Bronze: UFO Hefeweizen, Harpoon Brewery, Boston, MA
Category 7: Specialty Beer
Gold: Chateau Jiahu, Dogfish Head Brewery, Milton, DE
Silver: Palo Santo Marron, Dogfish Head Brewery, Milton, DE
Category 9: Specialty Honey Beer
Bronze: Midas Touch, Dogfish Head Brewery, Milton, DE
Category 12: Experimental Beer
Bronze: Brabant, Avery Brewing Co. Boulder, CO
Category 35: American-Style Dark Lager
Gold: Session Black Premium Lager, Full Sail Brewing, Bend, OR
Category 37: Bock
Gold: Troegenator, Troegs Brewing Co., Harrisburg, PA
Category 38: German Style Doppelbock or Eisbock
Gold: The Kaiser, Avery Brewing Co., Boulder, CO
Silver: Samuel Adams Double Bock, Boston Beer Co.,Boston, MA
Category 39: Baltic-Style Porter
Gold: Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter, The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery, Farmville, NC
Category 43: Classic English Style Pale Ale
Bronze: Hopfish, Flying Fish Brewing Co., Cherry Hill, NJ
Category 46: American-Style Strong Pale Ale
Bronze: IPA Nectar, Firestone Walker Brewing Co.,Paso Robles, CA
Category 47: American-Style India Pale Ale
Gold: Union Jack, Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Paso Robles, CA
Silver: Sculpin IPA, Ballast Point Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
Category 49: American Style Amber/Red Ale
Bronze: Hop Head Red, Green Flash Brewing Co., Vista, CA
Category 50: Imperial Red Ale
Gold: Shark Attack, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA
Category 54: Scottish Style Ale
Gold: Railbender Ale, Erie Brewing Co. Erie, PA
Category 65: Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale
Bronze: Supplication, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA
Category 68: Brown Porter
Bronze: Black Butte Porter, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR
Click here for the entire list of GABF Winners and tons more info at The Official Great American Beer Festival Website.