2014 great american beer festival winners
Julian Shrago of Beachwood BBQ & Brewing earned a gold and silver medal and the award for Large Brewpub of the Year at the 2014 Great American Beer Festival.

DENVER—The Great American Beer Festival awarded 268 medals today to 234 breweries. In its 28th year, the competition saw a record number of judges (222) evaluate 5,507 commercial entires and 89 Pro-Am entries. Gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded in 90 categories covering 145 styles of beer.

Here is a full list of the 2014 Great American Beer Festival winners. 

Bastone Brewery
Bastone Brewery

Small Brewpub and Small Brewpub Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by Briess Malt & Ingredients Co.

Bastone Brewery, Royal Oak, MI

Rockne Van Meter

Brasserie Saint James2
Brasserie Saint James

Mid-Size Brewpub and Mid-Size Brewpub Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by Brewers Supply Group

Brasserie Saint James, Reno, NV

Josh Watterson & Matt Watterson

Beachwood BBQ & Brewing
Beachwood BBQ & Brewing

Large Brewpub and Large Brewpub Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by Country Malt Group

Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA

Julian Shrago & Ian McCall

Very Small Brewing Company and Very Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by Brewers Supply Group

Draught Works, Missoula, MT

Draught Works Brew Team

Marble Brewery
Marble Brewery

Small Brewing Company and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by O-I

Marble Brewery, Albuquerque, NM

Team Marble

Devils Backbone
Devils Backbone Brewing Co.

Mid-Size Brewing Company and Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by MicroStar Keg Management

Devils Backbone Brewing Co. – Outpost, Lexington, VA

DB Brewery Team

AC Golden
AC Golden

Large Brewing Company and Large Brewing Company Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by Beer Institute

AC Golden, Golden, CO

AC Golden Brewing Team

Category: 1 American-Style Wheat Beer – 31 Entries

Gold: Red Dawn, Carson’s Brewery, Evansville, IN

Silver: Yellow Armadillo, Thirsty Planet Brewing, Austin, TX

Bronze: Amber Waves, 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Bend, OR

Category: 2 American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast – 44 Entries

Gold: Whitetail Wheat, Montana Brewing Co., Billings, MT

Silver: Hefeweizen, Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Bronze: Wheatfish Wheat Lager, Great Northern Brewing Co., Whitefish, MT

Category: 3 American-Style Fruit Beer – 56 Entries

Gold: Raspberry Stout, Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Richmond, VA

Silver: Sleepyhead Passion Fruit, Coda Brewing Co., Aurora, CO

Bronze: Apricot, Dry Dock Brewing Co. – North Dock, Aurora, CO

Category: 4 Fruit Wheat Beer – 65 Entries

Gold: Apricot Ale, Pyramid Breweries, Seattle, WA

Silver: Peachy Peach, Pagosa Brewing & Grill, Pagosa Springs, CO

Bronze: Wasatch Apricot Hefeweizen, Wasatch Brewery, Park City, UT

Category: 5 Belgian-Style Fruit Beer – 41 Entries

Gold: Raspberry Provincial, Funkwerks, Fort Collins, CO

Silver: Saison en Regalia, Roadhouse Brewing Co., Jackson, WY

Bronze: Poire du Pélican, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR

Category: 6 Pumpkin Beer – 52 Entries

Gold: Wolaver’s Pumpkin Ale, Otter Creek Brewing Co., Middlebury, VT

Silver: Spiced Harvest, Old Dominion Brewing Co., Dover, DE

Bronze: Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale, Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, WI

Category: 7 Field Beer – 46 Entries

Gold: Cucumber Crush, 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Bend, OR

Silver: 3 Pepper Ale, Rock Bottom Breweries, Broomfield, CO

Bronze: Elektrick Cukumbahh, Trinity Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO

Category: 8 Herb and Spice Beer – 150 Entries

Gold: Basil Beer, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant, Topeka, KS

Silver: Aloha Piña, 5 Stones Artisan Brewery, Cibolo, TX

Bronze: Dawn Patrol Breakfast Stout, Coastal Empire Beer Co., Savannah, GA

Category: 9 Chocolate Beer – 44 Entries

Gold: Chocolatized, Pisgah Brewing Co., Black Mountain, NC

Silver: Death By Coconut, Oskar Blues Brewery, Longmont, CO

Bronze: Sweet Baby Jesus!, DuClaw Brewing Co., Rosedale, MD

Category: 10 Coffee Beer – 116 Entries

Gold: Mocha Machine, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA

Silver: Batshit Crazy, MobCraft Beer, Madison, WI

Bronze: Ascension, Community Beer Co., Dallas, TX

Category: 11 Specialty Beer – 47 Entries

Gold: Campfire Stout, High Water Brewing, Chico, CA

Silver: Maple Tripple Ale, Lawson’s Finest Liquids, Warren, VT

Bronze: Nutcase Peanut Butter Porter, Listermann/Triple Digit Brewing Co., Cincinnati, OH

Category: 12 Rye Beer – 83 Entries

Gold: Rye Pale Ale, The Civil Life Brewing Co., St. Louis, MO

Silver: Rye of the Tiger, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant – Media, Media, PA

Bronze: Rockchuck Rye, Lander Brewing Co., Lander, WY

Category: 13 Specialty Honey Beer – 56 Entries

Gold: Mampara, Wicked Weed Brewing Funkatorium, Asheville, NC

Silver: Mexican Honey, Indeed Brewing Co., Minneapolis, MN

Bronze: Blue Moon Honey Grand Cru, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Category: 14 Session Beer – 94 Entries

Gold: Oatmeal Stout, Benchmark Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Silver: Guillaume, Pizza Port Ocean Beach, Ocean Beach, CA

Bronze: Mosaic Session Ale, Karl Strauss Brewing Co. – La Jolla, La Jolla, CA

Category: 15 Other Strong Beer – 43 Entries

Gold: Double White, Marble Brewery, Albuquerque, NM

Silver: Shadow of the Moon Imperial Stout, Flossmoor Station Brewing Co., Flossmoor, IL

Bronze: Aphotic Imperial Porter, High Water Brewing, Chico, CA

Category: 16 Experimental Beer – 79 Entries

Gold: Key Lime Pie, Short’s Brewing Co., Elk Rapids, MI

Silver: Redrock Paardebloem, Redrock Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT

Bronze: Black Project #1, Former Future Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Barley Browns
Barley Brown’s Brew Pub

Category: 17 Fresh or Wet Hop Ale – 34 Entries

Gold: Fresh Hop Pallet Jack IPA, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR

Silver: Fresh Hop Superpower IPA, Comrade Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Bronze: Acequia IPA, Bosque Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM

Category: 18 Indigenous/Regional Beer – 31 Entries

Gold: Salmonberry Sour, Bend Brewing Co., Bend, OR

Silver: Choc Lobster, Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats, Rehoboth Beach, DE

Bronze: Sage Fight IPA, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR

Category: 19 Historical Beer – 21 Entries

Gold: Thurston, New Helvetia Brewing Co., Sacramento, CA

Silver: White Eagle Smoked Wheat, RAM Restaurant & Brewery – Schaumburg, Schaumburg, IL

Bronze: Poor Richard’s Tavern Spruce, Yards Brewing Co., Philadelphia, PA

Category: 20 Gluten-Free Beer – 20 Entries

Gold: Dark Ale, Ground Breaker Brewing, Portland, OR

Silver: Glutart, Bonfire Brewing, Eagle, CO

Bronze: Liberation Gluten Free, Shine Brewing Co., Boulder, CO

Category: 21 American-Belgo-Style Ale – 69 Entries

Gold: White IPA, Badger Hill Brewing, St. Louis Park, MN

Silver: Belgian IPA, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant – Rockville, Rockville, MD

Bronze: Le Freak, Green Flash Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Read a conversation with Chuck Silva of Green Flash Brewing Co.

Category: 22 American-Style Sour Ale – 56 Entries

Gold: Cosmic Dust, The Rare Barrel, Berkeley, CA

Read a conversation with the founders of The Rare Barrel

Silver: Myrtle, The Commons Brewery, Portland, OR

Bronze: Los Innovadores Kriek, Santa Fe Brewing Co., Santa Fe, NM

Category: 23 American-Style Brett Beer – 44 Entries

Gold: Beltane, Propolis Brewing, Port Townsend, WA

Silver: Peche ‘n Brett, Logsdon Organic Farm Brewery, Hood River, OR

Bronze: Curiosity No. 2, Creature Comforts Brewing Co., Athens, GA

Category: 24 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer – 64 Entries

Gold: Bourbon Barrel Drafty Kilt, Monday Night Brewing, Atlanta, GA

Silver: Private Stock #472, Bastone Brewery, Royal Oak, MI

Bronze: Reintarnation, Ei8ht Ball Brewing, Newport, KY

Category: 25 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer – 107 Entries

Gold: Lonesome Dove, Sun King Brewery, Indianapolis, IN

Silver: Barrel Aged 666: Sympathy for the Devil, Sun King Brewery, Indianapolis, IN

Bronze: Buffalo Bock, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN

Category: 26 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer – 65 Entries

Gold: Sour Beer #2, Two Brothers Brewing Co., Warrenville, IL

Silver: Recolte Du Bois – Apricot, Tahoe Mountain Brewing Co. – Truckee, Truckee, CA

Bronze: Yazoo Embrace the Funk “Cherry Deux Rouges”, Yazoo Brewing Co., Nashville, TN

Category: 27 Aged Beer – 22 Entries

Gold: 2012 Great Scot!, Peticolas Brewing Co., Dallas, TX

Silver: Saint Bob’s Imperial Stout ‘07, Canteen Brewhouse, Albuquerque, NM

Bronze: Brother Dewey’s Date Night, College Street Brewhouse & Pub, Lake Havasu City, AZ

Category: 28 Kellerbier or Zwickelbier – 48 Entries

Gold: Gold Beach Lager, Arch Rock Brewing Co., Gold Beach, OR

Silver: Surfliner Lager, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. – Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

Bronze: 18th Rebellion, Horse Thief Hollow, Chicago, IL

Category: 29 Smoke Beer – 55 Entries

Gold: Rauchbier, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant – Annapolis, Annapolis, MD

Silver: Smokejumper Smoked Imperial Porter, Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, CO

Bronze: Alaskan Smoked Porter 2013, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK

Category: 30 American-Style or International-Style – 41 Entries

Gold: Pre-Flight Pilsner, Airways Brewing Co., Kent, WA

Silver: Howdy Beer, The Post Brewing Co., Lafayette, CO

Bronze: Remain In Light, Cambridge Brewing Co., Cambridge, MA

Category: 31 German-Style Pilsener – 75 Entries

Gold: Pivo, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA

Read tasting notes on Pivo

Silver: STS Pils, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA

Bronze: Tiny Bomb, Wiseacre Brewing Co., Memphis, TN

Category: 32 Bohemian-Style Pilsener – 46 Entries

Gold: Class VI Golden Lager, Chama River Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM

Silver: Patio Pounding Pilz, LowDown Brewery + Kitchen, Denver, CO

Bronze: Double Aught, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA

Category: 33 Munich-Style Helles – 50 Entries

Gold: Golden Export, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Broomfield, CO

Silver: Saint Arnold Summer Pils, Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX

Bronze: Stammtisch Lager, Titletown Brewing Co., Green Bay, WI

Category: 34 Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest – 26 Entries

Gold: The Weasel, CB & Potts Restaurant & Brewery – Highlands Ranch, Highlands Ranch, CO

Silver: Rolling Thunder Dortmunder, Snake River Brewing, Jackson, WY

Bronze: Move Back, The Sandlot, Denver, CO

Category: 35 American-Style Lager or Light Lager – 32 Entries

Gold: Miller Lite, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Read about the origins of Miller Lite

Silver: Coors Light, Coors Brewing Co., Golden, CO

Bronze: Coors Banquet, Coors Brewing Co., Golden, CO

Category: 36 American-Style Cream Ale – 43 Entries

Gold: Primo, Pabst Brewing Co., Los Angeles, CA

Silver: Old Style, Pabst Brewing Co., Los Angeles, CA

Bronze: Colorado Cream Ale, Station 26 Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Category: 37 Vienna-Style Lager – 48 Entries

Gold: Danish Red Lager, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. – Buellton, Buellton, CA

Silver: Gumps, Platt Park Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Bronze: VTwin, Motorworks Brewing, Bradenton, FL

Category: 38 German-Style Märzen – 59 Entries

Gold: Capital Oktoberfest, Capital Brewery Co., Middleton, WI

Silver: Duck-Rabbit Marzen, The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery, Farmville, NC

Bronze: Octoberfest, Abita Brewing Co., Abita Springs, LA

Category: 39 American-Style Amber Lager – 52 Entries

Gold: Colorado Native Amber Lager, AC Golden, Golden, CO

Silver: Colorado Native Golden Lager, AC Golden, Golden, CO

Bronze: Rocket Bike Lager, Moab Brewery, Moab, UT

Category: 40 European-Style Dunkel – 23 Entries

Gold: Chuckanut Dunkel, Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA

Read a conversation with Will Kemper of Chuckanut Brewery

Silver: Buoy Dunkel, Buoy Beer Co., Astoria, OR

Bronze: Dunkles, Gordon Biersch Brewing Co., San Jose, CA

Category: 41 American-Style Dark Lager – 19 Entries

Gold: Lagerithm, Bottle Logic Brewing, Anaheim, CA

Silver: Old Virginia Dark, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. – Outpost, Lexington, VA

Bronze: Shiner Bock, Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX

Category: 42 German-Style Schwarzbier – 37 Entries

Gold: Schwartz Bier, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. – Outpost, Lexington, VA

Silver: Lobo Negro, Pedernales Brewing Co., Fredericksburg, TX

Bronze: Duck-Rabbit Schwarzbier, The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery, Farmville, NC

Category: 43 Bock – 27 Entries

Gold: Troegenator, Tröegs Brewing Co., Hershey, PA

Read a conversation with John and Chris Trogner of Tröegs Brewing Co.

Silver: Turbo Cougar, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. – Outpost, Lexington, VA

Bronze: Winterbock, Triumph Brewing Co. of New Hope, New Hope, PA

Category: 44 German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock – 20 Entries

Gold: Samuel Adams Double Bock, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

Silver: The Kaiser, Avery Brewing Co., Boulder, CO

Bronze: The Regulator, Rahr & Sons Brewing Co., Fort Worth, TX

Category: 45 Baltic-Style Porter – 42 Entries

Gold: Perkuno’s Hammer, Earth – Bread + Brewery, Philadelphia, PA

Silver: Black Eagle Baltic Porter, Black Tooth Brewing Co., Sheridan, WY

Bronze: Puddy Porter, Faction Brewing Co., Alameda, CA

Category: 46 Golden or Blonde Ale – 90 Entries

Silver: 5 Rabbit Golden Ale, 5 Rabbit Cerveceria, Bedford Park, IL

Bronze: Gold, Heavy Seas Beer, Baltimore, MD

Category: 47 German-Style Kölsch – 84 Entries

Gold: Laimas Kolsch, FATE Brewing Co., Boulder, CO

Silver: I’d Like to Buy the World a Kolsch, Old Town Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Bronze: Canoe Paddler, Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI

Category: 48 English-Style Summer Ale – 37 Entries

Gold: True Blonde Ale, Ska Brewing Co., Durango, CO

Silver: Ale 208, Grand Teton Brewing, Victor, ID

Bronze: Surfer’s Summer Ale, Pelican Brewing Co., Tillamook, OR

Category: 49 Classic English-Style Pale Ale – 33 Entries

Gold: HopFish, Flying Fish Brewing Co., Somerdale, NJ

Silver: Caldera Ashland Amber, Caldera Brewing Co., Ashland, OR

Bronze: Extra Pale Ale, Summit Brewing Co., Saint Paul, MN

Category: 50 English-Style India Pale Ale – 39 Entries

Gold: Tumbleweed IPA, Lewis & Clark Brewing Co., Helena, MT

Silver: Gatecrasher IPA, Temperance Beer Co., Evanston, IL

Bronze: Burton IPA, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant – Media, Media, PA

Category: 51 International-Style Pale Ale – 88 Entries

Gold: Hand Truck Pale Ale, Barley Brown’s Beer, Baker City, OR

Silver: Summer Ale, Fremont Brewing Co., Seattle, WA

Bronze: The Pupil, Societe Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Read a conversation with Doug Constantiner of Societe Brewing Co.

Category: 52 American-Style Pale Ale – 145 Entries

Gold: Grunion, Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits – Scripps Ranch, San Diego, CA

Silver: NYPA, Peekskill Brewery, Peekskill, NY

Bronze: Reef Donkey APA, Tampa Bay Brewing Co., Tampa, FL

Category: 53 American-Style Strong Pale Ale – 134 Entries

Gold: Scepter Head, Draught Works, Missoula, MT

Silver: Fire Eagle, Austin Beerworks, Austin, TX

Bronze: Breakside Wanderlust IPA, Breakside Brewery, Milwaukie, OR

Category: 54 American-Style India Pale Ale – 279 Entries

Gold: Breakside IPA, Breakside Brewery, Milwaukie, OR

Silver: Heyoka, Half Acre Beer Co., Chicago, IL

Bronze: Bodhi, Columbus Brewing Co., Columbus, OH

Category: 55 Imperial India Pale Ale – 135 Entries

Gold: Creeper, Columbus Brewing Co., Columbus, OH

Silver: Hop 15, Port Brewing Co., San Marcos, CA

Bronze: Pliny the Elder, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA

Category: 56 American-Style Amber/Red Ale – 140 Entries

Gold: Dougie Style Amber Ale, Canteen Brewhouse, Albuquerque, NM

Silver: Amber Waves Ale, Capitol City Brewing Co., Arlington, VA

Bronze: Rocco Red Ale, Bootlegger’s Brewery, Fullerton, CA

Category: 57 Imperial Red Ale – 62 Entries

Gold: Imperial Red, Marble Brewery, Albuquerque, NM

Silver: Hop Donkey Imperial Red Ale, Auburn Alehouse, Auburn, CA

Bronze: Shark Attack, Port Brewing Co., San Marcos, CA

Category: 58 English-Style Mild Ale – 40 Entries

Gold: Workman’s Compensation, Lion Bridge Brewing Co., Cedar Rapids, IA

Silver: Mamoot Mild Ale, Logboat Brewing Co., Columbia, MO

Bronze: S.S. Minnow Mild Ale, Dry Dock Brewing Co. – South Dock, Aurora, CO

Category: 59 Ordinary or Special Bitter – 38 Entries

Gold: London Homesick Ale, Oasis, Texas Brewing Co., Austin, TX

Silver: Cutthroat, Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT

Bronze: Wisco Disco, Stillmank Brewing Co., Green Bay, WI

Category: 60 Extra Special Bitter – 71 Entries

Gold: Public Ale, Community Beer Co., Dallas, TX

Silver: RedFish, Flying Fish Brewing Co., Somerdale, NJ

Bronze: 14° ESB, Bent Paddle Brewing Co., Duluth, MN

Category: 61 Scottish-Style Ale – 51 Entries

Gold: Scottish Pride, McHale’s Brewhouse, Chattanooga, TN

Silver: Back Country Scottish Ale, Lewis & Clark Brewing Co., Helena, MT

Bronze: McGreagor Scottish Ale, Kootenai River Brewing Co., Bonners Ferry, ID

Category: 62 Irish-Style Red Ale – 60 Entries

Gold: ‘Rado’s Red Ale, Crow Hop Brewing Co., Loveland, CO

Silver: Piper Down, Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits – Scripps Ranch, San Diego, CA

Bronze: “Hydraulion” Red, Three Notch’d Brewing Co., Charlottesville, VA

Category: 63 English-Style Brown Ale – 67 Entries

Gold: Sir William’s English Brown Ale, Grapevine Craft Brewery, Grapevine, TX

Bronze: Bonanza Brown Ale, Tenaya Creek Brewery, Las Vegas, NV

Category: 64 American-Style Brown Ale – 81 Entries

Gold: Face Down Brown, Telluride Brewing Co., Telluride, CO

Silver: Braggarts Brown Ale, Diebolt Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Bronze: Upslope Brown Ale, Upslope Brewing Co., Boulder, CO

Category: 65 American-Style Black Ale – 72 Entries

Gold: Black IPA, Cannonball Creek Brewing Co., Golden, CO

Silver: Black Hops Tactical IPA, Überbrew, Billings, MT

Bronze: Turmoil, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR

Category: 66 German-Style Sour Ale – 80 Entries

Gold: Reserve Wheat Ale, Telegraph Brewing Co., Santa Barbara, CA

Silver: Old Pro Gose, Union Craft Brewing, Baltimore, MD

Bronze: Berliner Weiss, Fegley’s Brew Works, Allentown, PA

Category: 67 German-Style Altbier – 33 Entries

Gold: Red Alt, White Bluffs Brewing, Richland, WA

Silver: Dusseldorf Altbier, Redwood Curtain Brewing Co., Arcata, CA

Bronze: Alt Bier, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. – Basecamp, Roseland, VA

Category: 68 South German-Style Hefeweizen – 89 Entries

Gold: Little Egypt Hefeweizen, Carbondale Craft Beer, Carbondale, IL

Silver: Hefeweizen, Black Market Brewing Co., Temecula, CA

Bronze: Washout Wheat, Holy City Brewing, Charleston, SC

Category: 69 German-Style Wheat Ale – 29 Entries

Gold: AlpenGlow, Fat Head’s Brewery & Saloon, North Olmsted, OH

Silver: Weizenbock, 13 Virtues Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Bronze: Saint Arnold Weedwacker, Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX

Wits End
Scott Witsoe (right) and Pat McNerney of Wit’s End Brewing Co. celebrate after winning a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival. Photo by Jon Page.

Category: 70 Belgian-Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale – 44 Entries

Gold: Jean-Claude Van Blond, Wit’s End Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Silver: Babe’s Belgian Vanilla Blonde Ale, Babe’s Bar-B-Que & Brewhouse, Rancho Mirage, CA

Bronze: Rainmaker Ale, Stormcloud Brewing Co., Frankfort, MI

Category: 71 Belgian-Style Witbier – 65 Entries

Gold: White Ale, Saint Archer Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Read tasting notes on White Ale and see conversations with Saint Archer brewers Yiga Miyashiro and Kim Lutz

Silver: Ommegang Witte, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY

Bronze: ZON Belgian-Style Witbier, Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO

gabf gold medal
A gold medal for Brasserie Saint James at the 2014 Great American Beer Festival.

Category: 72 French- and Belgian-Style Saison – 115 Entries

Gold: Daily Wages, Brasserie Saint James, Reno, NV

Silver: Un Atout, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA

Bronze: Saison-Brett, Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO

Category: 73 Belgian- and French-Style Ale – 27 Entries

Gold: Grisette, Sly Fox Brewing Co., Pottstown, PA

Silver: The Citizen, DC Brau Brewing Co., Washington, DC

Bronze: Barren Hill Biere De Extra, Barren Hill Tavern and Brewery, Lafayette Hill, PA

Category: 74 Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale – 60 Entries

Gold: Benedictum, Real Ale Brewing Co., Blanco, TX

Silver: Coolship Resurgam, Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME

Bronze: Jon Flanders, Tustin Brewing Co., Tustin, CA

Category: 75 Belgian-Style Abbey Ale – 62 Entries

Gold: Samuel Adams Tetravis, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

Silver: Sanitarium, Bier Brewery, Indianapolis, IN

Bronze: Dubbel Entendre, Sound Brewery, Poulsbo, WA

Category: 76 Belgian-Style Tripel – 58 Entries

Gold: Golden Monkey, Victory Brewing Co., Downingtown, PA

Silver: Bedotter, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant – Newark, Newark, DE

Bronze: La Flama Dorada, Pizza Port Ocean Beach, Ocean Beach, CA

Category: 77 Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale – 64 Entries

Gold: Squatters Hell’s Keep, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT

Silver: Thor’s Hammer, Bastone Brewery, Royal Oak, MI

Bronze: Golden Sabbath, Big Island Brewhaus, Kamuela, HI

Category: 78 Other Belgian-Style Ale – 26 Entries

Gold: Witty Moron, Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station, San Diego, CA

Silver: La Querelle, Mystery Brewing Co., Hillsborough, NC

Bronze: Darth Delirium, Broken Tooth Brewing, Anchorage, AK

Category: 79 Brown Porter – 61 Entries

Gold: Double Nut Brown, Mammoth Brewing Co., Mammoth Lakes, CA

Silver: Black Jack Porter, Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, CO

Bronze: Power House Porter, Sockeye Brewing, Boise, ID

Category: 80 Robust Porter – 83 Entries

Gold: Pop’s Porter, Wynwood Brewing Co., Miami, FL

Silver: Porter, Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI

Bronze: Peck’s Porter, Tapistry Brewing Co., Bridgman, MI

Category: 81 Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout – 26 Entries

Gold: Irish Table, Fonta Flora Brewery, Morganton, NC

Silver: Shaft House Stout, Dostal Alley Brewpub & Casino, Central City, CO

Bronze: Asphalt Jungle, Bagby Beer Co., Oceanside, CA

Category: 82 Foreign-Style Stout – 32 Entries

Gold: Void of Light, Gun Hill Brewing Co., Bronx, NY

Silver: Wooster New Stout, JAFB Wooster Brewery, Wooster, OH

Bronze: San Quentin’s Breakout Stout, Marin Brewing Co., Larkspur, CA

Category: 83 American-Style Stout – 48 Entries

Gold: Defender, Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Chicago, IL

Silver: Disorder, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR

Bronze: P2P, 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Bend, OR

Category: 84 Sweet Stout or Cream Stout – 64 Entries

Gold: West O CocO Stout, West O Beer, West Okoboji, IA

Silver: Milk Stout, Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, CO

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Bronze: Outlaw Milk Stout, Great Basin Brewing Co. – Reno, Reno, NV

Category: 85 Oatmeal Stout – 55 Entries

Gold: Gold Medal Oatmeal Stout, Blue Corn Café and Brewery, Santa Fe, NM

Silver: Darkside of the Pint, Four Seasons Brewing Co., Latrobe, PA

Bronze: Backside Stout, Steamworks Brewing Co., Durango, CO

Category: 86 Imperial Stout – 78 Entries

Gold: Quakertown, Armadillo Ale Works, Denton, TX

Silver: Double Negative, Grimm Artisanal Ales, Brooklyn, NY

Bronze: Narwhal Imperial Stout, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA

Category: 87 Scotch Ale – 47 Entries

Gold: Wee Heavy, Steel Toe Brewing, St. Louis Park, MN

Silver: Loch, BRU Handbuilt Ales & Eats, Boulder, CO

Bronze: Marauder, Schooner’s Grille & Brewery, Antioch, CA

Category: 88 Old Ale or Strong Ale – 32 Entries

Gold: Arctic Alchemy, Fegley’s Brew Works, Allentown, PA

Silver: Old Scrooge, Silver City Brewery, Bremerton, WA

Bronze: Good Faith, Discretion Brewing, Soquel, CA

Category: 89 Barley Wine-Style Ale – 51 Entries

Gold: AleSmith Old Numbskull, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Silver: Mastiff Barleywine, Campbell Brewing Co., Campbell, CA

Bronze: Galaxian, Bootlegger’s Brewery, Fullerton, CA

Category: 90 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout – 109 Entries

Gold: A Night to End All Dawns, Kane Brewing Co., Ocean, NJ

Silver: Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Star, Fremont Brewing Co., Seattle, WA

Bronze: Jaguar Shark, Pinthouse Pizza Craft Brewpub, Austin, TX

2014 Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition – 89 Entries

Sponsored by Briess, Country Malt Group, Hopunion & White Labs

Gold: Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Scottish 80 Shilling Ale, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA

Brewmaster: Team Bear Republic/Richard Norgrove, AHA Member: Michael Kelly

Silver: Spencer Pale Ale, Kokopelli Beer Co., Westminster, CO

Brewmaster: Kokopelli Brew Crew, AHA Member: Daniel Christensen

Bronze: I Wanna Rauch!, Springfield Brewing Co., Springfield, MO

Brewmaster: Ashton Lewis & Bruce Johnson, AHA Member: Keith Wallis