GABF LIVE - 2013 Awards Ceremony UPDATES

The GABF Award Ceremony has begun….I’ll be posting as fast as the stream allows.  I’ll be posting GOLD 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 2013 Awards:
Large Brewing Company & Brewer Of The Year: Sandlot Brewing 

Mid-Sized Brewing Company & Brewer Of The Year:  Firestone Walker
Small Brewing Company & Brewer Of The Year: Devils Backbone Brewing
Very Small Brewing Company & Brewer Of The Year: Baker City Brewing Co

Brewpub Group Of The Year:

Rock Bottom Brewing 

Large Brewpub & Brewer  Of The Year:  Pelican Brewpub
Mid-Sized Brewpub & Brewer Of The Year: Beachwood BBQ & Brewing
Small Brewpub & Brewer of the Year:  Gella’s Diner 

4808 Entries from 745 Breweries
2013 Craft Beer Distributor of the Year:   Decrescente Distributor Mechanicville, NY

Recognition Award Winner: Musseter Distributing
Achievement Award Winner: Central States Distributing

Great American Beer Bar:  Mekong Restaurant Henrico, VA

GABF Pro-Am:  GOLD:  Poblano Pumpkin Cigar City Wayne Wambles & AHA Jeff Gladish

1. American-Style Wheat Beer  GOLD Shredders Wheat Baker City Brewing, OR
2. American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast GOLD American Hefeweizen Gella’s Diner & Brewing, KS
3. Fruit Beer  GOLD Golden Knot Chardonnay Blue Room Brewing, CO
4. Fruit Wheat Beer  GOLD Peachy Peach Pagosa Brewing, CO
5. (91 Entries) Field Beer or Pumpkin Beer  GOLD Electric Cucumber Trinity Brewing, CO
6. Herb and Spice Beer  GOLD Bitterama Namaste Brewing, TX
7. Chocolate Beer BRONZE Penn Brewing Chocolate Meltdown GOLD Chocolate Oak Aged Oatmeal Yeti Stout Great Divide, CO
8. Coffee Beer GOLD Panama Joes Coffee Stout Ill Vicino Brewing, NM
9. Specialty Beer BRONZE PACK DOG PEANUT BUTTER ALE Marley's, PA  GOLD Warmer Hangar 24, CA
10. Rye Beer GOLD Low Ryder Sweetwater Brewing, GA
11. Specialty Honey Beer GOLD Buzzed Bee Honey Ale High Sierra
12. Session Beer GOLD Beer Hunter Pizza Port Ocean Beach, CA
13. Other Strong Beer GOLD Mass Rising Jacks Abby, MA
14. (66 Entries) Experimental Beer GOLD  Hops & Roses Capt. Lawrence, NY
15. (46 Entries) Fresh Hop Ale GOLD  Sense & Sensibility Old Town Brewing, OR
16. Indigenous Beer BRONZE Poor Richards Tavern Spruce Yards Brewing, PA GOLD  Vineland II Mystic Brewery, MA
17. Gluten-Free Beer GOLD Harvester Brewing IPA # 1 Harvester Brewing, OR
18. (81 Entries) American-Belgo-Style Ale GOLD  Brickstone Belgo-APA Brickstone Brewing, IL
19. American-Style Sour Ale GOLD Ching Ching Bend Brewing, OR
20. American-Style Brett Ale GOLD Serenity Wicked Weed Brewing, NC
21. Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer GOLD Hellshire III Oakshire Brewing, OR
22. (117 Entries) Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer GOLD Afternoon Delight Sun King Brewing, IN
23. Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout GOLD Blot Out The Sun 3-Floyds Brewing, IN
24. Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer SILVER McKenzie Brewhouse PA GOLD Love Child # 3 Boulevard, MO
25. Aged Beer GOLD Lovely Bend Brewing, OR
26. Kellerbier or Zwickelbier GOLD Keller Pils Prost Brewing, CO
27. (79 Entries) Smoke Beer GOLD Second Hand Smoke Sandlot Brewing, CO
28. American-Style or International-Style Pilsener NO GOLD AWARDED!
29. German-Style Pilsener BRONZE Sunshine Pils Troegs Brewing, PA GOLD Pivo Firestone Walker, CA
30. Bohemian-Style Pilsener GOLD  Bohemian Pils Ninkasi Brewing, OR
31. Munich-Style Helles GOLD Helles Fest Beer Hoppers Brewing Co, UT
32. Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest GOLD Move Back Sandlot Brewing, CO
33. American-Style Lager, Light Lager or Premium Lager GOLD Budweiser Select, MO
34. American-Style Specialty Lager or Cream Ale or Lager GOLD Natural Ice Anheuser-Busch, MO
35. Vienna-Style Lager BRONZE Sly Fox, PA GOLD Churchville Lager Neshaminy Creek Brewing, PA
36. German-Style Märzen GOLD Rhinofest Lost Rhino Brewing, VA
37. American-Style Amber Lager GOLD Rods Steam Bitter 2nd St Brewery, NM
38. European-Style Dunkel GOLD Munich Dunkel Carver Brewing, CO
39. American-Style Dark Lager GOLD Old Virginia Dark Devils Backbone, VA
40. German-Style Schwarzbier GOLD  Black Thunder Austin Beer Works, TX
41. Bock GOLD Troegenator Troegs, PA
42. German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock GOLD Samuel Adams Double Bock, OH
43. Baltic-Style Porter GOLD Black Eagle Baltic Porter Black Eagle, WY
44. Golden or Blonde Ale GOLD Foam Top Beachwood Brewing, CA
45. German-Style Kölsch GOLD Leinenkugels Canoe Paddler Leinenkugels, WI
46. English-Style Summer Ale GOLD True Blonde Ale Ska Brewing, CO
47. Classic English-Style Pale Ale GOLD 5 Barrel Pale Odell Brewing CO
48. English-Style India Pale Ale GOLD Taproom IPA Firestone Walker Brewing, CA
49. International-Style Pale Ale GOLD Hand Truck Baker City Brewing, OR
50. (124 Entries) American-Style Pale Ale GOLD Lumberyard American Pale Ale Lumberyard Brewing, AZ
51. (120 Entries) American-Style Strong Pale Ale GOLD Bonobos Monkey Paw Brewing, CA
52. (252 entries!) American-Style India Pale Ale GOLD Pallet Jack IPA Barley Browns Brewpub OR
53. (149 Entries) Imperial India Pale Ale GOLD  Hop JuJu Fat Heads, OH
54. American-Style Amber/Red Ale GOLD Prohibition Ale Speakeasy, CA
55. Imperial Red Ale NO GOLD AWARDED!
56. English-Style Mild Ale SILVER Brawler, Yards Brewing, PA GOLD SS Minnow Mild Dry Dock Brewing, CO
57. Ordinary or Special Bitter GOLD Sawtooth Ale Left Hand Brewing, CO
58. Extra Special Bitter GOLD Public Ale Community Beer Co, TX
59. Scottish-Style Ale GOLD Scottish Ale Campbell Brewing, CA
60. Irish-Style Red Ale GOLD Red Trolley Ale Karl Strauss Brewing, CA
61. English-Style Brown Ale GOLD Bandit Brown City Star Brewing, CO
62. American-Style Brown Ale GOLD Davy Brown Ale Figueroa Mountain Brewing, CA
63. American-Style Black Ale GOLD Wookie Jack Firestone Walker Brewing, CA
64. German-Style Altbier GOLD Tree Hugger Terrapin Beer, GA
65. (46 Entries) German-Style Sour Ale GOLD German Sparkle Party 10-Barrel Brewing, OR
66. South German-Style Hefeweizen GOLD Big Horn Hefe C.B. & Potts Brewing, CO
67. German-Style Wheat Ale GOLD Slam Dunkel Steamworks, CO
68. Belgian-Style Witbier GOLD Optimal Wit Port City Brewing, VA
69. (119 Entries) French- and Belgian-Style Saison GOLD Liopold Oir Lavery Brewing, PA
70. Belgian and French-Style Ale SILVER Grisette Sly Fox, PA GOLD Azrael Devils Backbone, VA
71. Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale GOLD American Blackberry Sour Ale New Glarus, WI
72. Belgian-Style Abbey Ale GOLD Cedar Creek Belgian Dubbel, Stevens Creek, TX
73. Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale GOLD Stumbling Monk Stewarts Brewing Co, DE
74. Brown Porter GOLD Old Tom Porter Pioneer River Brewing, MO
75. Robust Porter GOLD  Moonlight Porter Rock Bottom, CO
76. Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout GOLD Blarney Sisters 3rd St Ale Works, CA
77. Foreign-Style Stout GOLD Fade To Black Volume 1 Left Hand Brewing, CO
78. American-Style Stout GOLD Kilgore Stout Beachwood Brewing, CA
79. Sweet Stout GOLD Milk Stout Left Hand Brewing, CO
80. Oatmeal Stout GOLD Stagecoach Stout Figueroa Brewing, CA
81. Imperial Stout GOLD Ale Epeteios Left Coast Brewing, CA
82. Scotch Ale GOLD Wee Heavy Dry Dock Brewing, CO
83. Old Ale or Strong Ale GOLD Pilgrims Gold New Holland Brewing, MI
84. Barley Wine-Style Ale GOLD AleSmith Old Numbskull

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