The 2014 Great American Beer Festival is over, and the hundreds of brewers from around the country have returned home.
Fortunately, whether you were a lucky ticket holder or not, you’ll still get the opportunity to sip on plenty of great Boulder beers that people flocked to at the fest.
Of the 600 breweries that attended the fest, 234 breweries took home a medal in the beer competition. Boulder residents may be happy to learn that five of those awards went to these Boulder breweries:
Upslope Brewing Co. – Bronze for Upslope Brown Ale in the American-Style Brown Ale category
FATE Brewing Co. – Gold for Laimas Kolsch in the German-Style Kolsch category
Shine Brewing Co. – Bronze for Liberation Gluten Free in the Gluten Free Style category
BRU Handbuilt Ales – Silver for Loch in the Scotch Ale category
Avery Brewing Co. – Silver for The Kaiser in the German-Style Dopplebock or Eisbock
But even besides these notable victories, there were still 15 Boulder breweries pouring fantastic beers. In case you missed it, here is what they served:
Ginger Bomb Organic Ginger Ale, Green Bullet Organic IPA, Green Dream Organic Fresh Hop Ale, Greenade IIPA, and Uni-brown
5 Monks, Ellie’s Brown Ale, Lilikoi Kepolo, Obscuro & Nimbosus, Opuntia, Pump(KY)n, Rumpkin, The Kaiser, and Uncle Jacob’s Stout
Abino Rhino White IPA, Buffalo Gold, Dragonhosen Imperial Oktoberfest, Hazed Hoppy Session Ale, Mojo IPA, Prime Time Bourbon Barrel British-style Ale, Shake Chocolate Porter, Sweaty Betty Blonde Hefeweizen, and Xena Warrior Princess Kiwi Golden Ale
Beezel, Loch, and Two
At the Brewpub Pavilion – Apollo Tsai, Chocolate Raspberry Porter, Coffe IPA, Dola Barrel Aged Barleywine, Imperial SaiZin, and Laimas Kolsch
In the general area – Candy Bar Milk Stout, Double Oatmeal IPA, Hatch Chile Cream Ale, International Pale Ale, and Single Hop Sour
Hop Haze, Chocolate Milk Stout, and Lisa Red Ale
Gluten Free Brown Ale, Raspberry Ale, and IPA
Black Hefe, Mango Shot, Red Stonewall Stout, and Trippel Hop
Black IPA, IPA, and Saison
Bija Brown, Liberation Gluten Free, Pohoda Pillz, and Seva Stout
Ageveras, Big Shot Espresso Stout, Billy Chilles, Hop Zealot, and West Bound Braggot
American Pale Ale, Belgian Pale Ale, Brown Ale, Craft Lager, Pumpkin Ale, and Saison
American Bold Ale, Freedom Stout, Momentum Pal Ale, Premium Session Bold Ale, and Winchester Wheat
Angry Monk, Canniption Pale Ale, Saison Locale, Third Kingdom IPA, and Tres Rubias
Gin Barrel Treeline IPA, Honey Nut Blonde, Ponderosa Porter, Superflower, and Tropical Paradise IPA
You’ll have until the end of September 2015 to try these beers before the next Great American Beer Festival. Bottoms up!
