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Great American Beer Festival Medals List Announced

By October 14, 2013Top News
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Photos courtesy of the Brewers Association.

The 2013 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition awarded 252 medals to some of the best commercial breweries in the United States, including GABF Pro-Am medals. Presented by the Brewers Association, GABF is the largest commercial beer competition in the world and a symbol of brewing excellence. In its 27th year, the 2013 competition surpassed all previous participation records, setting the bar high.

View the 2013 winners or download a PDF list of the winners.

To accommodate growth, this year’s GABF competition saw its biggest panel of judges in 2093, with 201 beer experts from 11 countries evaluating 4,809 entries, with assistance from more than 130 competition volunteers.

Award-winning brewers received gold, silver and bronze medals in 84 beer categories covering 138 different beer styles (encompassing subcategories), establishing the best examples of each style in the U.S. Winners were chosen from 4,809 competition entries from 745 breweries, hailing from 49 states, plus Washington, D.C.

Overall Competition Highlights

Reflecting craft brewing’s increasing popularity nationwide, across state and regional borders, overall competition highlights include:

  • Twenty-four first-time entering breweries won awards. During the registration process, 230 breweries self-identified as first-time entrants.
  • There was a tie for most gold medals won, three each for Left Hand Brewing Co. (Longmont, Colo.) and for Firestone Walker Brewing Co. (Paso Robles, Calif.).
  • New Jersey topped the list of ratio of medals to entries by state, with one medal won among seven entries, a 14.3% ratio. Delaware had a 13% winning ratio, with three medals won among 23 entries. California, the state with the highest number of beer entries—at 885—won 52 medals for a 5.9% ratio of medals to entries
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