2014 Beers of the Year Winners

Great American Beer Festival Contest 2014

Large Brewpub and Large Brewpub Brewer of the Year 2014
Beachwood BBQ & Brewing Long Beach, CA
Brewer/Brewery Team: Julian Shrago and Ian McCall
Sponsored by Country Malt Group

"We put 100% into everything we do, and we are really driven here because of the creative autonomy that we have." - Julian Shrago

Hear are California Winners 2013 & 2012

Denver's Great American Beer Festival (GABF) was forced to accommodate growth in 2014, with its biggest panel of judges ever!

• 222 beer experts
• 10 countries
• evaluating 5,507 commercial entries
• 89 Pro-Am entries
• 150 competition volunteers
• award-winning brewers received medals in 90 beer categories
• covering 145 different beer styles
• 5,507 competition entries
• 16 percent more than in 2013
• 1,309 breweries
• 50 states plus Washington, D.C.

GOLD
Lagerithm Bottle Logic Brewing American-Style Dark Lager
Cosmic Dust The Rare Barrel American-Style Sour Ale
AleSmith Old Numbskull AleSmith Brewing Co. Barley Wine-Style Ale
White Ale Saint Archer Brewing Co. Belgian-Style Witbier
Double Nut Brown Mammoth Brewing Co. Brown Porter
Mocha Machine Beachwood BBQ & Brewing Coffee Beer
Pivo Firestone Walker Brewing Co. German-Style Pilsener
Reserve Wheat Ale Telegraph Brewing Co. German-Style Sour Ale
Thurston New Helvetia Brewing Co. Historical Beer
Witty Moron Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens - Liberty Station Other Belgian-Style Ale
Campfire Stout High Water Brewing Specialty Beer
Danish Red Lager Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. - Buellton Vienna-Style Lager

SILVER
Old Style Pabst Brewing Co. American-Style Cream Ale
Mastiff Barleywine Campbell Brewing Co. Barley Wine-Style Ale
Babe's Belgian Vanilla Blonde Ale Babe's Bar-B-Que & Brewhouse Belgian-Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale
Silver
Un Atout Beachwood BBQ & Brewing French- and Belgian-Style Saison
Dusseldorf Altbier Redwood Curtain Brewing Co. German-Style Altbier
STS Pils Russian River Brewing Co. German-Style Pilsener
Hop 15 Port Brewing Co. CA Imperial India Pale Ale Silver
Hop Donkey Imperial Red Ale Auburn Alehouse Imperial Red Ale
Piper Down Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits - Scripps Ranch Irish-Style Red Ale
Hefeweizen Black Market Brewing Co. South German-Style Hefeweizen
Recolte Du Bois - Apricot Tahoe Mountain Brewing Co. - Truckee Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer

BRONZE
Le Freak Green Flash Brewing Co. American-Belgo-Style Ale
Galaxian Bootlegger's Brewery Barley Wine-Style Ale
Jon Flanders Tustin Brewing Co. Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale
La Flama Dorada Pizza Port Ocean Beach Belgian-Style Tripel
Double Aught Bear Republic Brewing Co. Bohemian-Style Pilsener
Asphalt Jungle Bagby Beer Co. Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout
San Quentin's Breakout Stout Marin Brewing Co. Foreign-Style Stout
Pliny the Elder Russian River Brewing Co. Imperial India Pale Ale
Shark Attack Port Brewing Co. Imperial Red Ale
Narwhal Imperial Stout Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Imperial Stout
The Pupil Societe Brewing Co. International-Style Pale Ale
Good Faith Discretion Brewing Old Ale or Strong Ale
Aphotic Imperial Porter High Water Brewing Other Strong Beer
Marauder Schooner's Grille & Brewery Scotch Ale
Mosaic Session Ale Karl Strauss Brewing Co. - La Jolla Session Beer

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