The 2018 Great American Beer Festival Award Winners

Click to see the complete list of the 2018 Great American Beer Festival award winners! Photo courtesy of Great American Beer Fest.

Aged Beer:
Gold: Quadtum Leap- Revelry Brewing Co., Charleston, SC
Silver: Lock, Stock and Brandy Barrel- Maize Valley Craft Brewery, Hartville, OH
Bronze: Solzhenitsyn- Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Media, PA

American-Belgo-Style Ale:
Gold: Whitewall Wheat- Crank Arm Brewing Co., Raleigh, NC
Silver: #4.5 Dry Hopped Saison- Brown Truck Brewery, High Point, NC
Bronze: Mischief- The Bruery, Placentia, CA (mentioned in our Orange County guide)

American-Style Amber Lager:
Gold: Pecos Amber Lager- Texas Beer Co., Taylor, TX
Silver: Märzen- Sudwerk Brewing Co., Davis, CA
Bronze: Oktoberfest- Lager Heads Brewing Co., Medina, OH

American-Style Amber/Red Ale:
Gold: West Coast Swing Amber- The Mitten Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
Silver: Sepia Amber- Hopping Gnome Brewing Co., Wichita, KS
Bronze: Avalon Amber Ale- Slack Tide Brewing Co., Cape May Court House, NJ

American-Style Black Ale:
Gold: Alpha Force Double Tap- Uberbrew, Billings, MT
Silver: Black the Riipper- Riip Beer Co., Huntington Beach, CA
Bronze: Midnight Moonlight- Fat Head’s Brewery, Middleburg Heights, OH

American-Style Brown Ale:
Gold: Davy Brown Ale- Figueroa Mountain Brewing, Buellton, CA
Silver: Groundswell Piloncillo Brown Ale- Groundswell Brewing Co., Santee, CA
Bronze: Wallops Island- Rocket Frog Brewing Co., Reston, VA

American-Style Cream Ale:
Gold: Gateway Cream Ale- Lockport Brewery, Bolivar, OH
Silver: Dayblazer Easygoing Ale- New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO
Bronze: El Sully- 21st Amendment Brewery, San Leandro, CA

American-Style Fruit Beer:
Gold: Raspberry Twist Lager- Garage Brewing Co., Temecula, CA
Silver: Cherry Blonde- Ignite Brewing Co., Barberton, OH
Bronze: Tropic Maelstrom- Peter B’s Brewpub, Monterey, CA

American-Style India Pale Ale:
Gold: Bine- Root Down Brewing Co., Phoenixville, PA
Silver: Not an IPA (P.S. it’s an IPA)- Appalachian Mountain Brewery, Portsmouth, NH
Bronze: West Coast IPA is Dead!, Green Cheek Beer Co., Orange, CA (mentioned in our Orange County guide)

American-Style Lager or American-Style Malt Liquor:
Gold: Lager- Appalachian Mountain Brewery, Boone, NC
Silver: American Lager- Castle Island Brewing Co., Norwood, MA
Bronze: Lumino- Unsung Brewing Co., Tustin, CA

American-Style Pale Ale:
Gold: B.Right On Pale Ale- Ocean Beach Brewery, San Diego, CA
Silver: Neighborhood- Ventura Coast Brewing Co., Ventura, CA
Bronze: Charlatan- Maplewood Brewing Co., Chicago, IL (mentioned in our Chicago guide)

American-Style Pilsener:
Gold: Rocket 100- The Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co., Austin, TX
Silver: NZ Pils- Wolverine State Brewing Co., Ann Arbor, MI
Bronze: Howdy Beer- The Post Brewing Co., Lafayette, CO

American-Style Sour Ale:
Gold: Kveik 1- Shades of Pale Brewery, Park City, UT
Silver: Brevity- Brewery Silvaticus, Amesbury, MA
Bronze: Wicked Shifty- Shoe Tree Brewing Co., Carson City, NV

American-Style Stout:
Gold: Hooligan Stout- Old Schoolhouse Brewery, Winthrop, WA
Silver: P2P- 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Bend, OR
Bronze: Black Cliffs- Boise Brewing, Boise, ID

American-Style Strong Pale Ale:
Gold: Green Battles IPA- Pinthouse Pizza North, Austin, TX
Silver: Easy Runaway- Old Schoolhouse Brewery, Winthrop, WA
Bronze: Lucky Day- Central Coast Brewing Co., San Luis Obispo, CA

American-Style Wheat Beer:
Gold: Sweet As Pacific Ale- GoodLife Brewing Co., Bend, OR
Silver: Goofy Footed- Escape Brewing Co., Trinity, FL
Bronze: Easy, Breezy, Beautiful- Cloudburst Brewing, Seattle, WA

American-Style Wheat Beer with Yeast:
Gold: Miner’s Gold- Lewis & Clark Brewing Co., Helena, MT
Silver: Fuzztail- Sunriver Brewing, Sunriver, OR
Bronze: Hefeweizen- Widmer Brothers Brewing, Portland, OR

Australian-Style Pale Ale:
Gold: Sunshine Express- Butcherknife Brewing Co., Steamboat Springs, CO
Silver: Strata IPA- Worthy Brewing Co., Bend, OR
Bronze: Flavor Country- Austin Beerworks, Austin, TX

Baltic-Style Porter:
Gold: Odin’s Sword- Big Island Brewhaus, Kamuela, HI
Silver: Death and the Maiden- Cambridge Brewing Co., Cambridge, MA
Bronze: Bangor Slate Baltic Porter- Two Rivers Brewing Co., Easton, PA

Barley Wine-Style Ale:
Gold: Chicago Overcoat- Midnight Pig Beer, Plainfield, IL
Silver: Barnacled Manatee- Walking Tree Brewery, Vero Beach, FL
Bronze: Bear Temper- Trustworthy Brewing Co., Burbank, CA

Belgian- and French-Style Ale:
Gold: 5 Branches Biere de Garde- Munkle Brewing Co., Charleston, SC
Silver: Biere de Garde- Blackberry Farm Brewery, Walland, TN
Bronze: Abby Blonde- Thirsty Monk Pub Brewery, Denver, CO

Belgian-Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale:
Gold: Jean-Claude Van Blond- Wit’s End Brewing Co., Denver, CO
Silver: Singel- Hardywood West Creek, Richmond, VA
Bronze: Blonde Betty- Smuggler’s Brewpub, Telluride, CO

Belgian-Style Dubbel or Quadrupel:
Gold: BJ’s Quad- BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery, Boulder, CO
Silver: Kung Fu Smurf- Bastone Brewery, Royal Oak, MI
Bronze: Deduction- Taxman Brewing Co., Bargersville, IN

Belgian-Style Fruit Beer:
Gold: Foxy Lady- Silver City Brewery, Bremerton, WA
Silver: Blood-Orange Wit- Great Basin Brewing Co. – Sparks, Sparks, NV
Bronze: Kumquat Saison- Smog City Brewing, Torrance, CA (mentioned in our South Bay guide)

Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale:
Gold: Funk Yeah- Beachwood Blendery, Long Beach, CA
Silver: Triad- IMBIB Custom Brews, Reno, NV
Bronze: I Am Only Memories- Orpheus Brewing, Atlanta, GA

Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale:
Gold: Midwatch- Figurehead Brewing Co., Seattle, WA
Silver: Qualified- Taxman Brewing Co., Bargersville, IN
Bronze: Sol Hominis (The Sun Of Man)- Save the World Brewing Co., Marble Falls, TX

Belgian-Style Tripel:
Gold: Tripel Carmel-ite- Flix Brewhouse – Carmel, Carmel, IN
Silver: Belgian Tripel- Village Idiot Brewing Co., Mount Holly, NJ
Bronze: Neighbor Girl- Paradigm Shift Brewing, Massillon, OH

Belgian-Style Witbier:
Gold: Biére Blanche- Pedal Haus Brewery, Tempe, AZ
Silver: Optimal Wit- Port City Brewing Co., Alexandria, VA
Bronze: Allagash White- Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME

Berliner-Style Weisse:
Gold: Baywindow- 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Bend, OR
Silver: Germophile- Rowley Farmhouse Ales, Santa Fe, NM
Bronze: Nevada Weisse- IMBIB Custom Brews, Reno, NV

Bock:
Gold: Guten Bock- Gilded Goat Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO
Silver: New Kids on Maibock- Independent Brewing Co., Bel Air, MD
Bronze: Blind Tiger Bock- Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant, Topeka, KS

Bohemian-Style Pilsener:
Gold: Bohemian Pilsner- Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant – Tysons Corner, McLean, VA
Silver: Pompey’s Pilsner- Lewis & Clark Brewing Co., Helena, MT
Bronze: Bird Park- North Park Beer Co., San Diego, CA

Brett Beer:
Gold: C’mon Sunshine- Birds Fly South Ale Project, Greenville, SC
Silver: Terroir Pinot Gris- Alesong Brewing & Blending, Eugene, OR
Bronze: Touch of Brett Mandarina- Alesong Brewing & Blending, Eugene, OR

Brown Porter:
Gold: Maduro Brown Ale- Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, FL
Silver: Brown Claw- Kern River Brewing Co., Kernville, CA
Bronze: Knee-Knocker Porter- Crow Hop Brewing Co., Loveland, CO

Chili Beer:
Gold: White Legs Jalapeno Wheat- Tribute Brewing Co., Eagle River, WI
Silver: Chamuco, Künstler Brewing- San Antonio, TX
Bronze: San Antonio Hatch Lager- Ranger Creek Brewery, San Antonio, TX

Chocolate Beer:
Gold: Coco for Coxness- Copperpoint Brewing Co., Boynton Beach, FL
Silver: Genesee Brew House Pilot Batch Dark Chocolate Scotch Ale- Genesee Brew House, Rochester, NY
Bronze: Chocolate Macadamia Nut Stout- Kilowatt Brewing, San Diego, CA

Classic English-Style Pale Ale:
Gold: Pale Ale- Omission Brewing Co., Portland, OR
Silver: MacTarnahan’s Amber Ale- Portland Brewing, Portland, OR
Bronze: Prickly Pear- Lewis & Clark Brewing Co., Helena, MT

Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout:
Gold: Shooter McMunn’s- Lost Rhino Brewing Co., Ashburn, VA
Silver: It’s My Island- Pocock Brewing Co., Santa Clarita, CA
Bronze: Know Ego- Groundswell Brewing Co., Santee, CA

Classic Saison:
Gold: Saison- Bent Paddle Brewing Co., Duluth, MN
Silver: One Arm Farmhouse Ale- Hobbs Tavern & Brewing Co., West Ossipee, NH
Bronze: Hayshaker- Gunwhale Ales, Costa Mesa, CA

Coffee Beer:
Gold: Coffee Cream Ale- Kiitos Brewing, Salt Lake City, UT (mentioned in our Salt Lake City guide)
Silver: Mystery Airship 4.0: Temple Cascara Golden Ale- New Helvetia Brewing Co., Sacramento, CA
Bronze: First Call- Modist Brewing Co., Minneapolis, MN

Coffee Stout or Porter:
Gold: Speargun- Snake River Brewing Co., Jackson, WY
Silver: Breakfast Stout- Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
Bronze: Udder Chaos- RAM Restaurant & Brewery – Seattle, Seattle, WA

Dark Lager:
Gold: Iron Horse Lager- Great American Restaurants – Sweetwater Tavern Centreville, Centreville, VA
Silver: The Bennie- Granite City Food & Brewery, Olathe, KS
Bronze: Nighthawk- Enegren Brewing Co., Moorpark, CA

Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest:
Gold: Grandpa Tractor- Barley Forge Brewing, Costa Mesa, CA
Silver: Freiheit Oktoberfest Wiesn- Wayfinder Beer, Portland, OR
Bronze: Figtoberfest- Figueroa Mountain Brewing, Westlake Village, CA

Double Hoppy Red Ale:
Gold: Midwest Red IPA- Masthead Brewing Co., Cleveland, OH
Silver: Roundhouse- Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo, MI
Bronze: Bad Polaroid- Werk Force Brewing Co., Plainfield, IL

English-Style Brown Ale:
Gold: Get Up Offa That Brown- Golden Road Brewing – Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Silver: My Brown Eyed Girl- Thornapple Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
Bronze: No. 3 Brown- The Freehouse, Minneapolis, MN

English-Style India Pale Ale:
Gold: Castillo IPA- Alaro Craft Brewery, Sacramento, CA (mentioned in our Sacramento guide)
Silver: Silverspot IPA- Pelican Brewing Co., Pacific City, OR
Bronze: Hoppy Poppy IPA- Figueroa Mountain Brewing, Buellton, CA

English-Style Mild Ale:
Gold: Drift- First Magnitude Brewing Co., Gainesville, FL
Silver: Hold The Reins- Brink Brewing Co., Cincinnati, OH
Bronze: Fools & Babies- Green Cheek Beer Co., Orange, CA (mentioned in our Orange County guide)

English-Style Summer Ale:
Gold: Liquid AC- Karl Strauss Brewing Co. – La Jolla, La Jolla, CA
Silver: Provider- Steel Toe Brewing, St. Louis Park, MN
Bronze: Zest A Peel- Triple C Brewing, Charlotte, NC

Experimental Beer:
Gold: Feral Brute- Firestone Walker Barrelworks, Buellton, CA (mentioned in our Westside LA guide)
Silver: Terroir Pinot Noir- Alesong Brewing & Blending, Eugene, OR
Bronze: Chips & Salsa Cream Ale- Cogstone Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO

Export Stout:
Gold: Dissent- Steel Toe Brewing, St. Louis Park, MN
Silver: Malpais Stout- La Cumbre Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM
Bronze: Shut Up & Adore Me,- Morgan Territory Brewing, Tracy, CA

Extra Special Bitter:
Gold: Happy Amber- MadTree Brewing 2.0, Cincinnati, OH
Silver: ESB- Hillman Beer, Asheville, NC
Bronze: Bull Kelp ESB- San Juan Island Brewing Co., Friday Harbor, WA

Field Beer:
Gold: Cool for the Summer- Lakes & Legends Brewing Co., Minneapolis, MN
Silver: Coco Piña Gose- Coastal Empire Beer Co., Savannah, GA
Bronze: Hawaiian Lion Toasted Coconut & Coffee Porter- Big Top Brewing Co., Sarasota, FL

Fruit Wheat Beer:
Gold: Passionate Envy- 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Bend, OR
Silver: Purple Line- Smylie Brothers Brewing Co., Evanston, IL
Bronze: Cherry Wheat- Sierra Blanca Brewing Co., Moriarty, NM

Fruited American-Style Sour Ale:
Gold: Pink Passionfruit Sour- BearWaters Brewing Co., Canton, NC
Silver: Kirby Pucker No. 21- Eastlake Craft Brewery, Minneapolis, MN
Bronze: Flaming Fury- Captain Lawrence Brewing Co., Elmsford, NY

Fruited Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer:
Gold: Réserve Dorée de Pêche- Wooden Robot, Charlotte, NC
Silver: Sour Cherry Sour- Hermitage Brewing Co., San Jose, CA
Bronze: Zoned AG Golden Raspberry- Corralitos Brewing Co., Watsonville, CA

German-Style Altbier:
Gold: Legendary Red- Golden City Brewery, Golden, CO
Silver: Little Red Cap- Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, Loveland, CO
Bronze: Alt 1848- Utepils Brewing Co., Minneapolis, MN

German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock:
Gold: Smooth Like Jazz- Revelry Brewing Co., Charleston, SC
Silver: Delaminator Doppelbock- Rip Current Brewery, San Marcos, CA
Bronze: St. Nigels’ Doppelbock- Front Range Brewing Co., Lafayette, CO

German-Style Koelsch:
Gold: Colorado Kölsch- Steamworks Brewing Co., Durango, CO
Silver: Kascadia- 54°40’ Brewing Co., Washougal, WA
Bronze: Veedels Bräu Kölsch- Crooked Lane Brewing Co., Auburn, CA

German-Style Maerzen:
Gold: Oktoberfest- Rahr & Sons Brewing Co., Fort Worth, TX
Silver: Oktoberfest- RAM Restaurant and Brewery, Lakewood, WA
Bronze: Oktoberfest- Oak Highlands Brewery, Dallas, TX

German-Style Pilsener:
Gold: Netflix and Pils- Cannonball Creek Brewing Co., Golden, CO
Silver: Pilsner- pFriem Family Brewers, Hood River, OR
Bronze: Pilsner- Ardent Craft Ales, Richmond, VA

German-Style Wheat Ale:
Gold: Bananenhängematte- FiftyFifty Brewing Co., Truckee, CA (mentioned in our Lake Tahoe guide)
Silver: Alviso Mills Hefeweizen- Santa Clara Valley Brewing, San Jose, CA
Bronze: Doppel Blur- Circle Brewing Co., Austin, TX

Gluten-Free Beer:
Gold: Puckerberry- High Hops Brewery, Windsor, CO
Silver: Aurochs Blonde Ale- Aurochs Brewing Co., Emsworth, PA
Bronze: Dark Ale- Ground Breaker Brewing, Portland, OR

Golden or Blonde Ale:
Gold: MadeWest Standard- MadeWest Brewing Co., Ventura, CA
Silver: 1956 Golden Ale- Bootstrap Brewing Co., Niwot, CO
Bronze: Pistol Pete’s 1888 Ale- Bosque Brewing Co., Bernalillo, NM

Gose:
Gold: Two of Tarts- Upland Brewing Co., Bloomington, IN
Silver: Salty by Nature- Root Down Brewing Co., Phoenixville, PA
Bronze: Brewer’s Day Off- D9 Brewing Co., Cornelius, NC

Herb and Spice Beer:
Gold: Pendragon- Royal Docks Brewhouse and Cannery, Massillon, OH
Silver: Hazelnut Crunch- North By Northwest Restaurant and Brewery, Austin, TX
Bronze: Wheatstone Bridge- Tin Whiskers Brewing, St. Paul, MN

Historical Beer:
Gold: Pushing Trees- Central Standard Brewing, Wichita, KS
Silver: The BIG Lubelski- Divine Barrel Brewing, Charlotte, NC
Bronze: Zungen Brecher- Home Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Honey Beer:
Gold: Belgian Honey Blonde- No Clue Craft Brewery, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Silver: Honey Comb Cream Ale- Rock Bottom Brewery, Denver, CO
Bronze: Basil Better Have My Honey- Low Tide Brewing, Johns Island, SC

Imperial India Pale Ale:
Gold: Nobility- Noble Ale Works, Anaheim, CA (mentioned in our Orange County guide)
Silver: Northern Lights- Moonraker Brewing Co., Auburn, CA (mentioned in our Sacramento guide)
Bronze: Unbridled Enthusiasm- Third Space Brewing, Milwaukee, WI

Imperial Red Ale:
Gold: Happy Days- Claremont Craft Ales, Claremont, CA
Silver: Robot- Stereo Brewing Co., Placentia, CA (mentioned in our Orange County guide)
Bronze: Cinder Beast- Sunriver Brewing, Sunriver, OR

Imperial Stout:
Gold: Kill the Lights- The Tap Brewery, Bloomington, IN
Silver: The Shroud- Bravery Brewing, Lancaster, CA
Bronze: Shimmergloom- Loowit Brewing Co., Vancouver, WA

International-Style Pale Ale:
Gold: Mai Tai P.A.- Alvarado Street Brewery & Grill, Monterey, CA
Silver: Guayabera- Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, FL
Bronze: The Penske File- Faction Brewing Co., Alameda, CA

International-Style Pilsener:
Gold: Wooden Teeth- Turtle Mountain Brewing Co., Rio Rancho, NM
Silver: Nano – OG Lager- Market Garden Brewery, Cleveland, OH
Bronze: Cerveza Delray- Brew Detroit, Detroit, MI

Irish-Style Red Ale:
Gold: Scarlet > Fire- Tighthead Brewing Co., Mundelein, IL
Silver: TAPS Irish Red- TAPS Fish House and Brewery, Corona, CA
Bronze: DEFCON Red- Comrade Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Juicy or Hazy Imperial or Double India Pale Ale:
Gold: New England Style Double IPA- Black Market Brewing Co., Temecula, CA
Silver: DDH Double IPA- Corridor Brewery & Provisions, Chicago, IL (mentioned in our Chicago guide)
Bronze: Contains No Juice- Alvarado Street Brewery, Salinas, CA

Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale
Gold: Voodoo- Tin Roof Brewing Co., Baton Rouge, LA
Silver: Sippin on Dank 2.0- Kings Brewing Co., Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Bronze: Madame Psychosis- Fiction Beer Co., Denver, CO

Kellerbier or Zwickelbier
Gold: Keller Pils- Summit Brewing Co., St. Paul, MN
Silver: STS Pils- Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA
Bronze: NashZwickel- Nashville Brewing Co., Nashville, TN

Light Lager
Gold: Altitude Banquet- Altitude Chophouse and Brewery, Laramie, WY
Silver: Awesome Beer Rice Lager- State Room Brewery, San Rafael, CA
Bronze: Super Awesome Lager- Austin Beerworks, Austin, TX

Mixed-Culture Brett Beer
Gold: Druif, pFriem Family Brewers- Hood River, OR
Silver: Citra Dry Hopped Funk Yo Couch- Wiley Roots Brewing Co., Greeley, CO
Bronze: Coming to Fruition: Cherry- Oregon City Brewing Co., Oregon City, OR

Munich-Style Dunkel or European-Style Dark Lager
Gold: Chuckanut Dunkel- Chuckanut, Burlington, WA
Silver: Duck River Dunkel- Goat Island Brewing, Cullman, AL
Bronze: Babee Bock- Brew Kettle, Strongsville, OH

Munich-Style Helles
Gold: Hell Yes- The Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co., Austin, TX
Silver: Chuckanut Helles- Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA
Bronze: House Lager- Jack’s Abby Brewing, Framingham, MA

Oatmeal Stout
Gold: Shoshone Stout- Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co., Glenwood Springs, CO
Silver: Oats- Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA
Bronze: Wall of Sound- Stereo Brewing Co., Placentia, CA (mentioned in our Orange County guide)

Old Ale or Strong Ale
Gold: Drunkard’s Cloak- Banded Oak Brewing Co., Denver, CO
Silver: Old Scrooge- Silver City Brewery, Bremerton, WA
Bronze: Rail Gun Wee Heavy- BNS Brewing & Distilling Co., Santee, CA

Ordinary or Special Bitter
Gold: Sawtooth Ale- Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, CO
Silver: Copperline Amber Ale- Carolina Brewery, Pittsboro, NC
Bronze: Saint Arnold Amber Ale- Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX

Other Strong Beer
Gold: Golden Prairie Doppel Alt- Argus Brewery, Chicago, IL
Silver: False Hope- Spilled Grain Brewhouse, Annandale, MN
Bronze: Lampshade Porter- Starr Brothers Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM

Pumpkin/Squash Beer or Pumpkin Spice Beer
Gold: Gordgeous- NoDa Brewing Co., Charlotte, NC
Silver: Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale- Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, WI
Bronze: Phantoms Pumpkin Spice Barleywine- Philipsburg Brewing Co.- The Vault, Philipsburg, MT

Robust Porter
Gold: Lomporter- Lompoc Brewing, Portland, OR
Silver: Porter- Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
Bronze: Ghost Rider Porter- Big Ugly Brewing Co., Chesapeake, VA

Rye Beer
Gold: Rye Dawn- Breakwater Brewing Co., Oceanside, CA
Silver: Unite the Clans- Third Space Brewing, Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: Rise Up Rye- Gun Hill Brewing Co., Bronx, NY

Scotch Ale
Gold: Real Heavy- Real Ale Brewing Co., Blanco, TX
Silver: Skag- 6th and La Brea, Los Angeles, CA
Bronze: Kilt Switch- 903 Brewers, Sherman, TX

Scottish-Style Ale
Gold: Taildragger Clan-Destine- Saddle Mountain Brewing Co., Goodyear, AZ
Silver: Saint Arnold Oktoberfest- Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX
Bronze: It Takes a Tribe Red Ale- Goat Patch Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO

Session Beer
Gold: Natural Bridge: Vienna Lager- Eppig Brewing, San Diego, CA
Silver: Noble Miner- Burgeon Beer Co., Carlsbad, CA
Bronze: Stonefly Session Ale- Three Creeks Production, Sisters, OR

Session India Pale Ale
Gold: The Coachman- Societe Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
Silver: Little Downtown Tom- Three Mile Brewing Co., Davis, CA
Bronze: Mosaic Reprise- Little City Brewing Co., Raleigh, NC

Smoke Beer
Gold: St. Chuck’s Smoke- Rogue Ales Issaquah Brewhouse, Issaquah, WA
Silver: Pro-Pro Porter- Wormtown Brewery, Worcester, MA
Bronze: Raucher- Wolverine State Brewing Co., Ann Arbor, MI

South German-Style Hefeweizen
Gold: Civil Rest- Little Brother Brewing, Greensboro, NC
Silver: Hoofer’s Hef- Bankhead Brewing Co., Rowlett, TX
Bronze: Hefeweizen- Standard Deviant Brewing, San Francisco, CA

Specialty Beer
Gold: Graham Cracker Porter- Denver Beer Co., Denver, CO
Silver: Double Stack- Great Notion Brewing, Portland, OR (mentioned in our Portland guide)
Bronze: I Did It All For The Cookie- FiftyFifty Brewing, Truckee, CA (mentioned in our Lake Tahoe guide)

Specialty Saison
Gold: Apricot Saison- 105 West Brewing Co., Castle Rock, CO
Silver: Sunken City- Insight Brewing Co., Minneapolis, MN
Bronze: Rustic Sunday- Birds Fly South Ale Project, Greenville, SC

Sweet Stout or Cream Stout
Gold: Moozie- Brink Brewing Co., Cincinnati, OH
Silver: Udder Love- Beachwood Brewing, Huntington Beach, CA
Bronze: Melk Stout- Columbus Brewing Co., Columbus, OH

Vienna-Style Lager
Gold: Oktoberfest- SKA Brewing, Durango, CO
Silver: 13.Five Ofest- Blue Mountain Barrel House and Organic Brewery, Arrington, VA
Bronze: Vienna Lager- Grains of Wrath Brewing, Camas, WA

Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer
Gold: Barrel Aged Japance Off- Denver Beer Co., Arvada, CO
Silver: Redrum- Duck Foot Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
Bronze: beWILDering C- Ten Pin Brewing Co., Moses Lake, WA

Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer
Gold: 3 Barrel Circus- River Dog Brewing Co., Bluffton, SC
Silver: Duck Duck Gooze- Port Brewing Co. / The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA
Bronze: Oak-Aged Sour- Propolis Brewing, Port Townsend, WA

Small Brewpub of the Year
Ocean Beach Brewery, San Diego, CA

Mid-Size Brewpub of the Year
Root Down Brewing Co., Phoenixville, PA

Large Brewpub of the Year
The Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co., Austin, TX

Very Small Brewing Company of the Year
Brink Brewing Co., Cincinnati, OH

Small Brewing Company of the Year
Lewis & Clark Brewing Co., Helena, MT

Mid-Size Brewing Company of the Year
pFriem Family Brewers, Hood River, OR

Brewery Group of the Year
FiftyFifty Brewing, Truckee, CA (mentioned in our Lake Tahoe guide)

2018 Pro-Am Winners

Gold Medal: Deer Crossing
Brewing Company: Little Harpeth Brewing Co.
Brewmaster: Jesse Brown
AHA Member: Chris Allen

Silver Medal: Gone for a Burton
Brewing Company: Rock Bottom Brewery
Brewmaster: Erik Pizer
AHA Member: Jim Todd

Bronze Medal: La Bomba
Brewing Company: Cheluna Brewing Co.
Brewmaster: Jennifer Perez
AHA Member: Chris Cardillo

2018 Collaboration Winners

Gold Medal: TransAtlantique Kriek
Brewery Name: New Belgium Brewing Co.
Collaborating Brewery Name: Oud Beersel
Beer Style: Golden Sour Ale with Cherries

Silver Medal: Pixie Dusted
Brewery Name: Firestone Walker Barrelworks
Collaborating Brewery Name: Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Beer Style: Wheat Blonde Ale Fermented in Neutral Oak Barrels with Pixie Tangerines
(mentioned in our Westside LA guide)

Bronze Medal: Mocha Hipster Bomb
Brewery Name: Quarter Celtic Brewpub
Collaborating Brewery Name: Palmer Brewery and Cider House
Beer Style: Export Stout with Cold-Pressed Coffee, Chocolate and Lactose