BREWING
318 medals awarded from 9,497 entries in world’s largest commercial beer competition
• 283 medal-winning breweries (including Pro-Am and Collaboration) • 318 total medals awarded plus three each for Pro-Am and Collaboration
• 401 rst-time GABF entrants • 37 rst-time GABF winners
The winners of the top ve most-entered categories were:
Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale (348 entries) GOLD: Old Irving Brewing Co., Beezer, Chicago, IL
SILVER: City Lights Brewing Co., Hazy IPA, Milwaukee, WI BRONZE: Pond Farm Brewing Co., Devil’s Gulch, San Rafael, CA American-Style India Pale Ale (342 entries) GOLD: Comrade Brewing Co., More Dodge Less RAM, Denver, CO SILVER: Green Cheek Beer Co., Radiant Beauty, Orange, CA BRONZE: Coronado Brewing Co. – Production Facility, Weekend Vibes IPA, San Diego, CA Fruited American-Style Sour Ale (215 entries) GOLD: St. Elmo Brewing Co., Roxanne, Austin, TX SILVER: Storm Peak Brewing Co., Hoochie Mama, Steamboat Springs, CO BRONZE: Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co., Sour Blackberry Raspberry, Charleston, SC German-Style Pilsener (183 entries) GOLD: Blind Owl Brewery, Parliament Drive, Indianapolis, IN SILVER: Family Business Beer Co., Golden Age Pilsner, Dripping Springs, TX BRONZE: Hardywood West Creek, Pils, Richmond, VA Imperial India Pale Ale (173 entries) GOLD: Alvarado Street Brewery, Double Cone, Salinas, CA SILVER: Westbound & Down Brewing Co., Westbound Double IPA, Idaho Springs, CO BRONZE: Brew Hub, Sharrow, Lakeland, FL *Out of a possible 321 medals in 107 beer style categories, 318 were awarded. Gold medals were not given in the American- Style Wheat Beer and Historical Beer categories, and a bronze medal was not awarded for Emerging India Pale Ale.
Denver, CO: The nest beers in America were celebrated last month as the Brewers Association (BA) awarded 318 medals* to 283 breweries at the 2019 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition in Denver. Gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded in 107 beer categories covering 174 different beer styles (including all subcategories), establishing the best examples of each style in the country. In the 33rd edition of the most prestigious professional beer competition in the country, judges evaluated 9,497 entries from 2,295 breweries representing all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, along with 113 Pro-Am Competition and 70 Collaboration Competition entries. Judging took place over the course of three days, with awards pre- sented at a ceremony held Saturday morning at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. “This year’s GABF competition was the largest and most competitive to date,” said Chris Swersey, competition man- ager, Great American Beer Festival. “The beers and talent were as impressive as ever, and we congratulate this year’s winners for their achievements in brewing.” GABF Competition Statistics • 322 judges from 18 countries • Average number of competition beers entered in each category: 88 • Category with the highest number of entries: Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale (348)
Tooheys says cheers to 150 Years in NSW It has been part of the NSW way of life for generations – and this year, Tooheys notches up 150 years of brewing the state’s favourite beer brand. On 7 September 1869, two Irish- Australian brothers, John and James Toohey,
home – a brewery which employs nearly 150 people and brews all the Tooheys for the NSW market. ` From Tooheys Old to Tooheys New and all the fantastic beers in between, the iconic beer brand has shared countless great moments with the state. The rest as they say, is history. To mark 150 years since this Sydney sta- ple was born, Tooheys invites the people of NSW to look back on all the hard work and good times that have got us here. So, it’s time to celebrate in the same way we always have: with a schooner of Tooheys, of course. Long-time Tooheys employee and lover of the brand Doug May paid tribute to the beer as “quintessentially NSW.” “Mateship, sociability, sport, celebrating, kicking back – Tooheys embodies all of these things with the added bonus of being number one
in the state,” May said.
“When I rst started working for Tooheys, it was right at the peak of the ‘How Do You Feel’ campaign. Tooheys was the beer sponsor of every sport in NSW – from horse racing to cricket, surf lifesaving to rugby league, and even the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Every sporting victory was toasted with a Tooheys.” “Tooheys Brand Director Amy Darvill said Tooheys and NSW go hand-in-hand and always have. “The best thing about Tooheys’ rich her- itage is hearing punters’ favourite memories of the brand. The relationship between the beer and the people of NSW has truly stood the test of time,” Darvill said. “The jingle “I Feel Like A Tooheys Or Two” very much shaped a generation of beer drinkers, and seeing the joy on peo-
obtained their brewing license and started pro- duction of a black ‘old ale,’ which we’ve since come to love as Tooheys Old, at the rst Tooheys Brewery in Darling Harbour. When the operation outgrew the Darling Brewery, Tooheys expanded into Surry Hills, and it now calls Lidcombe
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