California Beer Festivals

img Great American Beer Festival Contest California Winners 2010


Category: 5 Herb and Spice or Chocolate Beer - 91 Entries
Silver: Stone Smoked Porter with Chipotle, Stone Brewing Co., Escondido, CA
Bronze: Super Chili Pepper Madness, Mad River Brewing Co., Blue Lake, CA

Category: 6 Coffee Flavored Beer - 52 Entries
Silver: Coffee Monster, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

Category: 8 Rye Beer - 32 Entries
Gold: BMB Rye IPA, Black Market Brewing Co., Temecula, CA

Bronze: Roggenbier, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA

Category: 11 Other Strong Beer - 48 Entries
Gold: Sierra 30 Jack and Ken's Ale, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA
Silver: Panzer Pilsner, Port Brewing Co., San Marcos, CA

Category: 12 Experimental Beer - 43 Entries
Silver: Estate Homegrown Ale, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA

Category: 13 Out of Category – Traditionally Brewed Beer - 66 Entries
Gold: Fathom IPL, Ballast Point Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
Bronze: Hot Rocks Lager, Port Brewing Co., San Marcos, CA

Category: 15 American-Belgo-Style Ale - 47 Entries
Gold: Ryevalry, Bear Republic Factory Five, Cloverdale, CA

Bronze: Pete's Support Belgian IPA, FireHouse Grill & Brewery, Sunnyvale, CA
Category: 16 American-Style Sour Ale - 39 Entries
Bronze: Red Poppy, The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA

Category: 17 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer - 32 Entries
Gold: Velvet Merkin (100% Barrel Aged), Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA

Category: 18 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer - 77 Entries
Gold: Barrel Aged Big Island, Island Brewing Co., Carpinteria, CA
Silver: HE'BREW RIPA on RYE, Shmaltz Brewing Co., San Francisco, CA

2010 Brewery and Brewer
of the Year Awards:
Large Brewing Company and Large Brewing Company Brewer of the Year
Blue Moon Brewing Company, Denver, CO

Mid-Size Brewing Company and Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewer of the Year
Sponsored by Crosby & Baker Ltd.
Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT

Small Brewing Company and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year
Mad River Brewing Company, Blue Lake, CA
Mad River Brewing Company
Brewpub Group and Brewpub Group Brewer of the Year
TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea, CA
Large Brewpub and Large Brewpub Brewer of the Year
Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
Small Brewpub and Small Brewpub Brewer of the Year
Pizza Port San Clemente, San Clemente, CA

Category: 19 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout - 34 Entries
Silver: Remy, TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea, CA

Category: 20 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer - 54 Entries
Silver: Temptation, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA

Category: 21 Aged Beer - 30 Entries
Gold: John Barleycorn Barleywine €˜06, Mad River Brewing Co., Blue Lake, CA

Category: 24 American-Style or International-Style Pilsener - 27 Entries
Bronze: Gold Country Pilsner, Auburn Alehouse, Auburn, CA

Category: 25 German-Style Pilsener - 48 Entries
Gold: Trumer Pils, Trumer Brauerei Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Category: 32 German-Style Märzen - 41 Entries
Silver: Oh! Fest!, Schooner's Grille & Brewery, Antioch, CA

Category: 36 German-Style Schwarzbier - 31 Entries
Bronze: TAPS Schwarzbier, TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea, CA

Category: 39 Baltic-Style Porter - 21 Entries
Silver: Collaborative Evil - Triple Rock, Triple Rock Brewery and Alehouse, Berkeley, CA

Category: 40 Golden or Blonde Ale - 55 Entries
Silver: Steelhead Extra Pale Ale, Mad River Brewing Co., Blue Lake, CA

Category: 42 English-Style Summer Ale - 35 Entries
Silver: Pacific Daylight, Dale Bros. Brewery, Upland, CA

Category: 44 English-Style India Pale Ale - 32 Entries
Gold: Beech Street Bitter, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

Category: 45 American-Style Pale Ale - 109 Entries
Gold: Mission Street Pale, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
Silver: Pale 31, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
Bronze: Puddle Jumper Pale Ale, Third Street Aleworks, Santa Rosa, CA

Category: 46 American-Style Strong Pale Ale - 84 Entries
Silver: IPA Nectar, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
Bronze: 7 - Fity, Triple Rock Brewery and Alehouse, Berkeley, CA

Category: 47 American-Style India Pale Ale - 142 Entries
Gold: "Pseudo" IPA, Pizza Port San Clemente, San Clemente, CA

Category: 48 Imperial India Pale Ale - 97 Entries
Gold: Doheny Double IPA, Pizza Port San Clemente, San Clemente, CA
Silver: Hop Crisis!, 21st Amendment Brewery, San Francisco, CA

Category: 49 American-Style Amber/Red Ale - 83 Entries
Gold: Red Nectar, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
Bronze: Red Rock, Triple Rock Brewery and Alehouse, Berkeley, CA

Category: 51 English-Style Mild Ale - 27 Entries
Silver: Skidmark Brown, Pizza Port Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA

Category: 52 Ordinary or Special Bitter - 47 Entries
Silver: DBA, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA

Category: 55 Irish-Style Red Ale - 23 Entries
Gold: Red Trolley Ale, Karl Strauss Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Category: 56 English-Style Brown Ale - 46 Entries
Silver: Good Grief Brown, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

Category: 58 American-Style India Black Ale - 53 Entries
Bronze: Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale, Stone Brewing Co., Escondido, CA

Category: 60 German-Style Sour Ale - 23 Entries
Silver: Tiny Bubbles, Hollister Brewing Co., Goleta, CA

Category: 62 German-Style Wheat Ale - 29 Entries
Gold: Hefelightzen, BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, Huntington Beach, CA

Category: 63 Belgian-Style Witbier - 45 Entries
Gold: TAPS Belgian White, TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea, CA

Category: 66 Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale - 33 Entries
Gold: Oude Tart, The Bruery, Placentia, CA

Category: 68 Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale - 54 Entries
Gold: Revelations, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
Silver: Brother David's Double, Anderson Valley Brewing Co., Boonville, CA

Category: 70 Robust Porter - 53 Entries
Bronze: Blimp Hangar Porter, Tustin Brewing Co., Tustin, CA

Category: 71 Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout - 23 Entries
Bronze: Port Truck Stout, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

Category: 76 Imperial Stout - 50 Entries
Silver: Night Rider Imperial Stout, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

Category: 77 Scotch Ale - 34 Entries
Gold: Reed's Wee Heavy, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

2010 Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition
Gold: Red Velvet, Eagle Rock Brewery, Los Angeles, CA

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