Colorado Represents at the World Beer Cup

Monday, May 7, 2012 at 12:13 pm by Bess Dougherty

We all know Colorado breweries make some fucking phenomenal beer. Now breweries across the state big and small have shiny new plaques to prove it.

The Craft Brewery Conference in San Diego wrapped up the weekend with the World Beer Cup awards gala. The World Beer Cup is a bi-annual competition that judges the creme de la creme from around the globe and is said to be the most prestigious award in beer. This year was the biggest in the competitions history, featuring 3,921 beers in 95 categories from 799 breweries located in 54 countries.

Colorado winners include:

Category 3 Fruit Beers:

Gold: Eat a Peach, Rocky Mountain Brewery, Colorado Springs
Silver: Da Yoopers, Rocky Mountain Brewery, Colorado Spring

Category 4 Fruit Wheat Beers:

Silver: Blue Moon Vintage Blonde Ale, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Golden

Category 5 Field Beer or Pumpkin Beer:

Gold: Turnip the Beets, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver

Category 11 Specialty Honey Beer

Silver: Menage a Trois Braggot, Crabtree Brewing Co., Greeley

Category 13 Other Strong Beer

Bronze: Double Pilsner, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins

Category 19 American-Style Brett Ale

Silver: Peche, AC Golden Brewing Co., Golden
Bronze: Wild Wild Brett Rouge, Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, Fort Collins

Category 24 Aged Beer

Bronze: Release the Hounds Barley Wine Vintage 1999, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver

Category 29 Baltic-Style Porter

Gold: Baltic Gnome Porter, Rock Bottom Denver, Denver

Category 36 German-Style Märzen

Gold: Florhosen, The Sandlot, Denver

Category 38 German-Style Schwarzbier

Gold: Art of Science Schwarzbier, Dillon DAM Brewery, Dillon

Category 42 American-Style Cream Ale or Lager

Bronze: Milwaukee’s Best, Miller Brewing Co.,Golden

Category 43 American-Style Lager or Light Lager

Gold: Coors Light, Coors Brewing Co., Golden

Category 44 American-Style Premium Lager or Specialty Lager

Gold: Steel Reserve, Miller Brewing Co., Golden
Bronze: Icehouse, Miller Brewing Co., Golden

Category 45 American-Style Amber Lager

Silver: Colorado Native, AC Golden Brewing Co., Golden

Category 50 German-Style Sour Ale

Gold: Berliner Weisse, Steamworks Brewing Co., Durango

Category 68 English-Style India Pale Ale

Gold: Man Beer, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver

Category 70 Extra Special Bitter

Bronze: The Tower E.S.B., Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver

Category 71 Scottish-Style Ale

Silver: Redhawk Ale, Rockyard Brewing Co., Castle Rock

Category 73 English-Style Brown Ale

Bronze: Sweet Georgia’s Brown, Dillon DAM Brewery, Dillon

Category 76 Sweet Stout

Gold: Steel Toe Stout, Ska Brewing Co., Durango

Category 78 Scotch Ale

Gold: Wee Heavy, Dry Dock Brewing Co., Aurora

Category 87 American-Style Strong Pale Ale

Silver: Odell IPA, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins

Category 91 Imperial Red Ale

Gold: G’Knight Imperial Red Ale, Oskar Blues Brewery, Longmont

Category 92 American-Style Brown Ale

Gold: Face Down Brown, Telluride Brewing Co., Telluride

Check out the complete list of winners, and go forth and get your drink on with these world class blinged out brews!

About Bess Dougherty

Bess Dougherty's life revolves around hooch. By day she has the pleasure of making beer. At night this dame can often be found sipping whiskey and beer around town. This bearcat is also an avid homebrewer. Yar.

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