October 12, 2008
Great American Beer Festival (2008) winners
The Great American Beer Festival held their coveted awards ceremony yesterday, and by afternoon had the list of winners online; you can view the page here. They have the complete list in PDF format, but I like the searchable format they have on that page too; it makes it easy to pull the list of Oregon winners.
All in all, Oregon brewers brought home 19 medals: 9 Gold, 3 Silver, and 7 Bronze. Here's the winners list:
| Brewery | Beer | State | Medals | Category |
| Alameda Brewhouse | Black Bear XX Stout | OR | Silver | Foreign-Style Stout |
| Bend Brewing Co. | Hop Head | OR | Bronze | American-Style India Pale Ale |
| Cascade Brewing Co. | Cascade Kriek Ale | OR | Bronze | Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer |
| Cascade Lakes Brewing Co. | Blonde Bombshell | OR | Bronze | Session Beer |
| Deschutes Brewery | Bachelor ESB | OR | Gold | Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter |
| Deschutes Brewery | The Dissident | OR | Gold | American-Style or German-Style Sour Ale |
| Deschutes Brewery | Chinquapin Butte Golden Ale | OR | Bronze | Gluten-Free Beer |
| Full Sail Brewing Co. | Full Sail Pale Ale | OR | Gold | Classic English-Style Pale Ale |
| Full Sail Brewing Co. | Session Premium Lager | OR | Gold | International-Style Pilsener |
| Hopworks Urban Brewery | Organic IPA | OR | Bronze | American-Style Strong Pale Ale |
| Laurelwood Brewing Co. | Himmelbrau Helles | OR | Gold | Munich-Style Helles |
| Pelican Pub & Brewery | Surfer's Summer Ale | OR | Gold | English-Style Summer Ale |
| Pelican Pub & Brewery | Le Pelican Brun | OR | Bronze | Experimental Beer |
| Redhook Ales Brewery | Treblehook | OR | Gold | Barley Wine-Style Ale |
| Rogue Ales | Dry Hopped Red | OR | Gold | American-Style Amber/Red Ale |
| Rogue Ales | Hazelnut Brown Nectar | OR | Silver | Specialty Beer |
| Rogue Ales | American Amber | OR | Bronze | American-Style Amber/Red Ale |
| Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. | Hefeweizen | OR | Silver | American-Style Hefeweizen |
| Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. | Drop Top | OR | Gold | Bitter or Pale Mild Ale |
All three Central Oregon breweries who sent beer won medals this year: Deschutes Brewery, Bend Brewing Company, and Cascade Lakes Brewing. Kudos to Cascade Lakes in particular, on their first-ever win! Both Deschutes and BBC have pulled down medals before.
(Deschutes also won the "Festival Flair Award" for "Best Brewery Booth"—which I imagine is largely because they had Woody there.)
Congrats to everyone involved!
Comments (3):
keeneye writes:
I'm drinking the Dissident right now, and it's one of the most bizzare brews I've ever had. Sour. Fermented. Cherry. Maybe I just am not a sour ale fan, but I'd gladly trade one of these bottles for a half-glass of Abyss.
Posted by keeneye at 2008-10-12 22:37:22
Drunk Blog writes:
Don't think I've had the please of drinking any of these... Need to try searching them out.
Posted by Drunk Blog at 2008-10-13 13:56:35
Jeffrey T. Meyer writes:
I was in Oregon the first part of Sept. Here is a short video of Tonya Cornett of BBC and her hophead.
http://vimeo.com/1958406
Met up with Darron Welch of Pelican Brewing.
http://vimeo.com/1673678
Congrats to all Oregon brewers from JeffreyT!
