Saturday, October 04, 2014

List of 2014 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) winners in DE / MD / NJ / PA

Depending upon when you read this, the title might be a bit of a gotchya. If you're reading this before dinnertime on Saturday, Oct. 4, the list may not be complete. (Though, it may also depend upon when you consider dinnertime.)

Nonetheless, as the annual awards are doled out at the prestigious Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Denver today, I will keep as real-time as possible updated list of winners from what my upcoming book (pre-order plug) will cover: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware.

The festival and concurrent judging is bigger than ever. And, with an industry sporting more brewers with more beers than ever, the competition has never been greater. During the three-day festival, the organizers at Brewers Association estimate roughly 49,000 attendees will cross the convention center floor to visit nearly 800 breweries and their 3,500+ beers. 5,507 beers from every state are being judged by around 222 judges who are tasked to award medals in 90 categories. Good luck to all and enjoy the post parties.

Delaware
   Silver
       Indigenous/Regional Beer — Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats, Choc Lobster, Rehoboth Beach
       Pumpkin Beer — Dominion Brewing Company, Spiced Harvest, Dover


Maryland
   Gold
       Smoke Beer — Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Rauchbier, Annapolis

   Silver
       American-Belgo-Style Ale — Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Belgian IPA, Rockville
       German-style Sour Ale — Union Craft Brewing Company, Old Pro Gose, Baltimore

   Bronze
       Chocolate Beer — DuClaw Brewing Company, Sweet Baby Jesus!, Rosedale
       Golden or Blonde Ale — Heavy Seas Beer, Gold, Halethorpe


New Jersey
   Gold
       Classic English-Style Pale Ale — Flying Fish Brewing Company, HopFish, Somerdale
       Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout — Kane Brewing Company, A Night To End All Dawns, Ocean

   Silver
       Extra Special Bitter — Flying Fish Brewing Company, RedFish, Somerdale
       Belgian-style Tripel — Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Bedotter, Maple Shade


Pennsylvania
   Gold
       Baltic-style Porter — Earth Bread + Brewery, Perkuno's Hammer, Philadelphia
       Old Ale or Strong Ale — Fegley's Brew Works, Artic Alchemy, Allentown
       Belgian- and French-style Ale — Sly Fox Brewing Company, Grisette, Pottstown
       Bock — Tröegs Brewing Company, Troegenator, Hershey
       Belgian-style Tripel — Victory Brewing Company, Golden Monkey, Downingtown

   Silver
       Oatmeal Stout — Four Seasons Brewing Company, Dark Side Of The Pint, Latrobe
       Rye Beer — Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Rye Of The Tiger, Media

   Bronze
       Belgian- and French-style Ale — Barren Hill Tavern & Brewery, Barren Hill Biere de Extra, Lafayette Hill
       German-style Sour Ale — Fegley's Brew Works, Berliner Weiss, Allentown
       English-Style India Pale Ale — Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Burton IPA, Media
       Bock — Triumph Brewing Company, Winterbock, New Hope
       Historical Beer — Yards Brewing Company, Poor Richard's Tavern Spruce, Philadelphia



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