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2023 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Winners: District of Columbia (DC)

B. Kline — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 01:55:00 +0000

The Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals at the 2023 Great American Beer Festival from Denver, Colorado.

The Great American Beer Festival

Tonight at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver Colorado they announced their yearly winners. The Great American Beer Festival (or GABF for short) started in 1982 and has been a staple event of the craft beer community, running every year (going virtual during the COVID – 19 pandemic). Making this the fortieth annual event.

For those unaware, The Great American Beer Festival, is thee annual event for craft breweries across the country. Every year, hundreds / thousands of breweries and brewers meet up in Colorado for the annual event, showcasing their goods, and hoping to bring home some of the illustrious medals. Getting a gold, silver, and even bronze at the GABF means a big deal to the brewer, and to the brewery itself.

It helps solidify yourself as a top brewery, it helps to get you recognition, and showcases the merits of the brewers involved.

Past Winners

Medalists and Winners

The District of Columbia breweries received just one medal this year at the Great American Beer Festival.

Bronze

Bronze Medal at the Great American Beer Festival

Category: Stout
Brewery: Atlas Brew Works
Beer: Silent Neighbor
City: Washington D.C.

Congratulations

Congratulations to the Maryland breweries that medaled this year.

For more information on the competition, judging, and voting, you can go straight to the Great American Beer Festival’s page on ‘competition’: Great American Beer Festival – Competition.

Great American Beer Festival Wrap – Up

For more information, you can go to the Great American Beer Festival pages here:

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World Beer Cup 2023 Winners – Delaware

B. Kline — Thu, 11 May 2023 03:29:00 +0000

World Beer Cup 2023

As the Craft Brewers Conference comes to an end, its time to announce the winners of the World Beer Cup 2023. This article is a list of the Delaware breweries who won.

The Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) app had a very nice easily navigable list (just a straight linear list). Their PDF from the Brewers Association is a little bit more disjointed and a bit harder to read. But here is a listing of the breweries from Delaware that won.

Delaware Brewery Winners

The following table and list is all of the breweries from Delaware, what beer, and what medal they won.

Brewery:	City:	Beer:	Style / Category:	Medal:
Big Drop Brewing Co	Wilmington	Galactic Extra Dark	Non – Alcohol Beer	Bronze
Autumn Arch Beer Project	Newark	What You Know	American – Style Black Ale or American – Style Stout	Silver

Quick list:

Big Drop Brewing Co. – Galactic Extra Dark – Bronze
Autumn Arch Beer Project – What You Know – Silver

World Beer Cup Competition Statistics

The Brewer’s Association

(The following comes directly from the Brewer’s Association World Cup of Beer 2023 Statistics Page.)

14th competition (skipped 2020; annualized starting 2022) 
Entries: 10,213
Breweries: 2,376
International breweries: 22.9% (546 international)
Countries: 51 
First-time brewery entries: 522
Judges: 272
International judges: 105
Judge countries: 26
First-time judges: 44
Judging sessions and days: 9 days, 18 sessions
Beer Style Categories: 103
Beer Styles: 176 (includes all subcategories) 
Avg. number of beers in each category: 99

WORLD BEER CUP COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

Most entered style categories:

Category 102, American-Style India Pale Ale: 412 entries
Category 103, Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale: 374 entries
Category 40, German-Style Pilsener: 233 entries
Category 35, International Light Lager: 220 entries
Category 30, Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout: 202 entries

Countries with the most entries:

United States: 8,135
Canada: 444
Japan: 223
Germany: 189
Australia: 152

*Out of a total possible 309 awards in 103 beer style categories, 307 were awarded. Gold awards were not given in Category 20, Experimental India Pale Ale, or in Category 77, English Ale.

Additional Brewer’s Association Information

Photos for media use are available on the WBC websiteOpens in new window. A recording of the awards ceremony can be viewed here. Previous years’ winners can be found here.Opens in new window

The 2023 World Beer Cup competition was made possible in part by the generous support of its sponsors: ABS Commercial, John I. Haas, Fermentis, First Key, Rahr Malting, Sahm, and Siemens. Brewer’s Association World Cup of Beer 2023 Statistics Page

World Beer Cup

Established in 1996, the World Beer Cup celebrates the art and science of brewing globally and creates greater consumer awareness about different beer styles and flavor profiles. Previously a biennial event, the competition was annualized last year, making 2023 the first back-to-back competition.

The best beers in 103 beer categories covering 176 different beer styles (including all subcategories) received gold, silver, and bronze awards, setting new standards for craft beer globally. Judging for the World Beer Cup took place over 18 sessions and 9 days. A panel of 272 judges from 26 countries evaluated 10,213 entries from 2,376 breweries representing 51 countries.Brewer’s Association World Cup of Beer 2023 Statistics Page

Chris Williams, World Beer Cup Director:

“The World Beer Cup brings together the finest brewers and beers from around the globe and celebrates creativity, craftsmanship, and passion for great beer. Receiving a World Beer Cup award is a testament to quality and innovation, and we commend this year’s winners for setting the bar higher than ever.”Chris Williams, World Beer Cup Director

The awards ceremony was held in conjunction with the Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America® at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn. The ceremony capped off the final night of the 2023 Craft Brewer’s Conference, hosted in Nashville, Tennessee. Next year’s Craft Brewers Conference will be in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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World Beer Cup 2023 Winners – Maryland

B. Kline — Thu, 11 May 2023 02:47:00 +0000

World Beer Cup 2023

As the Craft Brewers Conference comes to an end, its time to announce the winners of the World Beer Cup 2023. This article is a list of the Maryland breweries who won.

Maryland Brewery Winners

The following table and list is all of the breweries from Maryland, what beer, and what medal they won.

Brewery:	City:	Beer:	Style / Category:	Medal:
Ten Eyck Brewing Co	Queenstown	Tmavé Pivo	International Dark Lager	Bronze

Quick list:

Ten Eyck Brewing – Tmavé Pivo – Bronze

World Beer Cup Competition Statistics

The Brewer’s Association

(The following comes directly from the Brewer’s Association World Cup of Beer 2023 Statistics Page.)

14th competition (skipped 2020; annualized starting 2022) 
Entries: 10,213
Breweries: 2,376
International breweries: 22.9% (546 international)
Countries: 51 
First-time brewery entries: 522
Judges: 272
International judges: 105
Judge countries: 26
First-time judges: 44
Judging sessions and days: 9 days, 18 sessions
Beer Style Categories: 103
Beer Styles: 176 (includes all subcategories) 
Avg. number of beers in each category: 99

WORLD BEER CUP COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

Most entered style categories:

Category 102, American-Style India Pale Ale: 412 entries
Category 103, Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale: 374 entries
Category 40, German-Style Pilsener: 233 entries
Category 35, International Light Lager: 220 entries
Category 30, Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout: 202 entries

Countries with the most entries:

United States: 8,135
Canada: 444
Japan: 223
Germany: 189
Australia: 152

*Out of a total possible 309 awards in 103 beer style categories, 307 were awarded. Gold awards were not given in Category 20, Experimental India Pale Ale, or in Category 77, English Ale.

Additional Brewer’s Association Information

Photos for media use are available on the WBC websiteOpens in new window. A recording of the awards ceremony can be viewed here. Previous years’ winners can be found here.Opens in new window

The 2023 World Beer Cup competition was made possible in part by the generous support of its sponsors: ABS Commercial, John I. Haas, Fermentis, First Key, Rahr Malting, Sahm, and Siemens. Brewer’s Association World Cup of Beer 2023 Statistics Page

World Beer Cup

Established in 1996, the World Beer Cup celebrates the art and science of brewing globally and creates greater consumer awareness about different beer styles and flavor profiles. Previously a biennial event, the competition was annualized last year, making 2023 the first back-to-back competition.

The best beers in 103 beer categories covering 176 different beer styles (including all subcategories) received gold, silver, and bronze awards, setting new standards for craft beer globally. Judging for the World Beer Cup took place over 18 sessions and 9 days. A panel of 272 judges from 26 countries evaluated 10,213 entries from 2,376 breweries representing 51 countries.Brewer’s Association World Cup of Beer 2023 Statistics Page

Chris Williams, World Beer Cup Director:

“The World Beer Cup brings together the finest brewers and beers from around the globe and celebrates creativity, craftsmanship, and passion for great beer. Receiving a World Beer Cup award is a testament to quality and innovation, and we commend this year’s winners for setting the bar higher than ever.”Chris Williams, World Beer Cup Director

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2022 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Winners: Pennsylvania

B. Kline — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 03:56:00 +0000

The Great American Beer Festival Medals

The Great American Beer Festival

It helps solidify yourself as a top brewery, it helps to get you recognition, and showcases the merits of the brewers involved.

Five breweries from Pennsylvania came out and poured their beers at the event. They were: Troegs Independent Craft Brewing, Yards Brewing Company, 2SP Brewing Co, Conshohocken Brewing Co, and Lion Brewery Inc.

Having your beers pouring at GABF is big enough, but coming home with a medal is even bigger, and this year unfortunately, Pennsylvania came up a little bit light for their trophy case.

Past year’s winners:

Medalists and Winners

Unfortunately this year, Pennsylvania only took home two medals. Down from last year’s five medals (two gold, two silver, and one bronze), and in 2020 when they had three medals (one gold, two silver), and 2019 where they had seven medals (three gold, three silver, and one bronze). (I’ve only been keeping track here on the site since 2019 when I started the blog.)

Hopefully in 2023 Pennsylvania can rebound and reclaim some glory.

But in the meantime, here are the winners from the 2022 Great American Beer Festival:

The Great American Beer Festival – GOLD

Category: Wood – and Barrel – Aged Strong Stout
Brewery: Grist House Craft Brewery
Beer: 8th Anniversary Reserve

The Great American Beer Festival – BRONZE

Category: Munich-Style Helles
Category Sponsor: Wyeast Laboratories
Brewery: New Ridge Brewing Company (Philadelphia, PA)
Beer: Roxboro Gold

Congratulations

Congratulations to both of the Pennsylvania breweries that medaled this year. Hopefully in 2023 we get more than just two medals for my homestate. Fingers crossed.

For more information on the competition, judging, and voting, you can go straight to the Great American Beer Festival’s page on ‘competition’: Great American Beer Festival – Competition.

Great American Beer Festival Wrap – Up

This year here on the blog, I am going to be posting the results of several states, unlike just doing Pennsylvania like I have in past years. (Now that we’ve been out traveling to more local states.) So look for Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, and Ohio articles in the coming days. (Probably be doing one per day.)

For more information, you can go to the Great American Beer Festival pages here:

Past Articles

For other Great American Beer Festival articles, you can check out:

2019 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Winners: Pennsylvania
2020 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Winners: Pennsylvania
2021 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Winners: Pennsylvania
2022 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Winners: Pennsylvania
2022 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Winners: New Jersey
2022 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Winners: Delaware
2022 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Winners: Maryland
2022 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Winners: Ohio
2022 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Winners: DC

Thanks For Reading

Thanks for reading everyone. Getting this out pretty late, and pretty drunkenly after coming home (don’t worry Amy drove me home) from Drew’s. Phillies won and are moving on to the second round, we watched Cannibal The Musical (Matt and Trey from South Park’s college film), we had a lot of high end ABVs. (World Wide Stout Utopias barrel aged, Karak by Human Robot, and two other stouts). Was a good Saturday overall. Tomorrow night sees Bengals vs. Ravens as the Sunday night game, and we’ll see if the despised Mets move on in the playoffs. I will hopefully get out the next of the states series of these articles.

Until then, thanks for reading everyone. We appreciate it!

Cheers!

-B. Kline

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2021 GABF Winners: Pennsylvania

BKline — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 12:53:58 +0000

The Great American Beer Festival Medals

Another year is in the books for the Great American Beer Festival and last night they announced the winners for this year’s medals. Last night wrapped up the awards ceremony for the 2021 edition of the Great American Beer Festival. And as per usual, we here at The Beer Thrillers got you the list of Pennsylvania breweries that have won.

It helps solidify yourself as a top brewery, it helps to get you recognition, and showcases the merits of the brewers involved.

You can read past years award winners for Pennsylvania here:

I’ll break this article down by GOLD – SILVER – BRONZE, and then at the end list some statistics. Enjoy.

GOLD

GABF Gold

Gold Medals:

Category: Brett Beer
Brewery: Cinderlands Brewing Co. – Foederhouse
Beer: Gregg

Category: Smoke Beer
Brewery: Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co.
Beer: Croydon is Burning

SILVER

GABF Silver

SILVER MEDALS:

Category: Bock
Brewery: Attic Brewing
Beer: Unresolved

Category: Contemporary Gose
Brewery: Workhorse Brewing Co.
Beer: Prickly Pear Margarita

BRONZE

GABF Bronze

Bronze Medals:

Category: Brown Porter
Brewery: Dock Street Brewing
Beer: Man Full of Trouble

STATS

You can see a drop down menu of awards here: 2021 GABF Winners. And you can select it to several different filters.

This year there was a total of 5 Pennsylvania medalists, 2 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze. In 2020 there was 3 medalists, 1 gold, and 2 silver. In 2019 there was 7 medalists, 3 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze.

GABF Competition Statistics

35th edition of the GABF competition
9,680 beers judged
2,192 breweries in the competition from all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico
170 judges
Average number of competition beers entered in each category: 99.6
Category with the highest number of entries: Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale (427)
290 total medals awarded
265 medal-winning breweries
425 first-time GABF entrants
30 first-time entrant GABF medal winners

Looking Forward

Hopefully 2022 will see more medalists. 2021 was a step up (5 medalists this year) from last year (3 medalists), but still under 2019 (7 medalists). Hopefully 2022 will be better for Pennsylvania breweries.

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