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GABF 1999 awards

Small Brewing Company of the Year: Russian River Brewing Co., Guerneville, CA.
Small Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year: Vinnie Cilurzo.

Mid-Size Brewing Company of the Year: The Lion Brewery, Inc., Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year: Leo Orlandini.

Large Brewing Company of the Year: The Stroh Brewery Company, Fogelsville, PA.
Large Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year: Dan Malideo.

Small Brewpub of the Year: Elk Grove Brewing Company, Elk Grove, CA.
Small Brewpub Brewmaster of the Year: Bill Wood.

Large Brewpub of the Year: Elysian Brewing Company & Public House, Seattle, WA.
Large Brewpub Brewmaster of the Year: Dick Cantwell.

Non-Alcoholic (Beer) Malt Beverages - 6 Entries
Gold: Old Milwaukee NA, The Stroh Brewery Company - Fogelsville, PA
Silver: No Medal Awarded
Bronze: O'Doul's, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. - St. Louis, MO

American Lager / Ale or Cream Ale - 29 Entries
Gold: Liebotschaner Cream Ale, The Lion Brewery, Inc. - Wilkes-Barre, PA
Silver: Brew 22, Mill Creek Brewpub - Walla Walla, WA
Bronze: Gotham City Gold, Commonwealth Brewing Company NY - New York, NY

American-Style Wheat Ale or Lager - 50 Entries
Gold: Diamondback Wheat, Elk Grove Brewing Company - Elk Grove, CA
Silver: Shiner Honey Wheat, Spoetzl Brewery - Shiner, TX
Bronze: Stoddard's American Wheat, Stoddard's Brewhouse and Eatery - Sunnyvale, CA

Fruit Beers (other than raspberry) - 26 Entries
Gold: No Medal Awarded
Silver: Oasis Blueberry Ale, Oasis Brewery - Boulder, CO
Bronze: Black Cherry Stout, Main Street Station - Las Vegas, NV

Raspberry Beers - 20 Entries
Gold: Widmer Widberry, Widmer Brothers Brewing Company - Portland, OR
Silver: Railway Razz, Willoughby Brewing Company - Willoughby, OH
Bronze: Blackberry Beauty, Bill's Tavern and Brewhouse - Cannon Beach, OR

Chocolate / Cocoa Flavored Beers - 3 Entries
Gold: No Medal Awarded
Silver: No Medal Awarded
Bronze: Chocolate Thunder Porter, Watch City Brewing Company - Waltham, MA

Herb and Spice Beers - 33 Entries
Gold: Cerveza Chilibeso, Great Basin Brewing Company - Sparks, NV
Silver: Special B, Brew Moon Enterprises Inc. - Boston, MA
Bronze: Great Pumpkin Spiced Ale, Cottonwood Brewery - Boone, NC

Specialty Beers - 26 Entries
Gold: Island City Wild Rice Lager, Minocqua Brewing Company - Minocqua, WI
Silver: Erie Nights Pumpkin Brew, Crooked River Brewing Company - Cleveland, OH
Bronze: Captain Smith's Rye, Titanic Brewing Company - Coral Gables, FL

Specialty Honey Lagers or Ales - 28 Entries
Gold: Nayati's Honey Ale, Wolf Canyon Brewing Company - Santa Fe, NM
Silver: Gandy Dancer Honey Ale, Flossmoor Station Brewing Company - Flossmoor, IL
Bronze: Garden Party Elixir, Bill's Tavern and Brewhouse - Cannon Beach, OR

Experimental Beer (Lager or Ale) - 33 Entries
Gold: Hempen-Roggen, Diamondback Brewery - Cleveland, OH
Silver: Old Conundrum Barley Wine, Flossmoor Station Brewing Company - Flossmoor, IL
Bronze: Burghead Pict Heather Ale, Alameda Brewing Company - Portland, OR

Smoke-Flavored Beers - 17 Entries
Gold: DeGroen's Rauchbock, Baltimore Brewing Company - Baltimore, MD
Silver: Georgia Smoke, John Harvard's Brew House, Wayne - Wayne, PA
Bronze: Watson's Smoked Porter, Watson Brothers Brewhouse - Cincinnati, OH

German-Style Pilsener - 38 Entries
Gold: Smooth Talker Pilsner, Local Color Brewing Company - Novi, MI
Silver: Stoudt's Pilsner, Stoudt Brewing Company, Adamstown - Adamstown, PA
Bronze: Hometown Blonde, New Glarus Brewing Company - New Glarus, WI

Bohemian-Style Pilsener - 40 Entries
Gold: Royal Bohemian Pilsner Hoppers Brooker Creek Grille and Tap Room - Palm Harbor, FL
Silver: Samuel Adams Boston Lager, Boston Beer Company - Boston, MA
Bronze: Pillage Pilsner, Valhalla Microbrewery and Restaurant - Pittsburgh, PA

M�nchner-Style Helles - 29 Entries
Gold: Velas Helles, Calhoun's Tennessee Microbrewery - Knoxville, TN
Silver: Lucknow Munich-style Lager, Castle Springs Brewing Company - Moultonborough, NH
Bronze: Penn Gold, Pennsylvania Brewing Company - Pittsburgh, PA

European-Style Pilsener - 20 Entries
Gold: Pilsner 500, Prescott Brewing Company - Prescott, AZ
Silver: Das Dort, Bob's House of Brews - Grand Rapids, MI
Bronze: Ybor Gold, Ybor City Brewing Company - Tampa, FL

American-Style Light Lager - 27 Entries
Gold: Old Milwaukee Light, The Stroh Brewery Company - Fogelsville, PA
Silver: Schlitz Light, Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company - Fogelsville, PA
Bronze: Schmidt's Light, G. Heileman Brewing Company - Fogelsville, PA

American-Style Lager - 24 Entries
Gold: Old Milwaukee, The Stroh Brewery Company - Fogelsville, PA
Silver: Schmidt's, G. Heileman Brewing Company - Fogelsville, PA
Bronze: Miller High Life, Miller Brewing Company - Milwaukee, WI

American-Style Premium Lager - 16 Entries
Gold: Miller Genuine Draft, Miller Brewing Company - Milwaukee, WI
Silver: Dundee's Classic Lager, High Falls Brewing Company - Rochester, NY
Bronze: Henry Weinhard's Private Reserve, Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Company, Tumwater, WA

American-Style Specialty Lager - 15 Entries
Gold: Brewery Hill Pocono Pilsner, The Lion Brewery, Inc. - Wilkes-Barre, PA
Silver: Mickey's Ice, Mickey's Brewing Company - Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: St. Ides Malt Liquor, St. Ides Brewing Company - Fogelsville, PA

Vienna-Style Lager - 25 Entries
Gold: Iron Range Amber Lager, James Page Brewing Company - Minneapolis, MN
Silver: Snake River Lager, Snake River Brewing Company - Jackson, WY
Bronze: Vienna, Iron Hill Restaurant and Brewery - West Chester, PA

American-Style Amber Lager - 22 Entries
Gold: New South Oktoberfest, New South Brewing - Myrtle Beach, SC
Silver: Auburn, Mad Anthony Brewing Company - Ft. Wayne, IN
Bronze: Oktoberfest, T-Bonz Homegrown Ales - Myrtle Beach, SC

German-Style M�rzen / Oktoberfest - 51 Entries
Gold: Black Forest Oktoberfest, Black Forest Brew Haus LLC. - Farmingdale, NY
Silver: Atwater Blocktoberfest, Atwater Block Brewery - Detroit, MI
Bronze: Tabernash Oktoberfest, Tabernash Brewing Company - Longmont, CO

European-Style Dark / M�nchner Dunkel - 13 Entries
Gold: Atwater Dunkel, Atwater Block Brewery - Detroit, MI
Silver: Black Forest Dark, HofbrauHaus Brewery and Biergarten at Station Casino - Kansas City, MO
Bronze: Penn Dark, Pennsylvania Brewing Company - Pittsburgh, PA

American Dark Lager - 10 Entries
Gold: No Medal Awarded
Silver: Boiler Room Dark Lager, Colorado Belle - Laughlin, NV
Bronze: Black Star Black Lager, Great Northern Brewing Company - Whitefish, MT
Honorable Mention: Michelob Amber Bock, Specialty Brewing Group of Anheuser-Busch - St. Louis, MO

German-Style Schwarzbier - 16 Entries
Gold: Black Hole Lager, Brew Moon South Shore Mall Ventures - Braintree, MA
Silver: Kings Peak, Uinta Brewing Company - Salt Lake City, UT
Bronze: Schwarzbier, Three Needs - Burlington, VT

Bock - 25 Entries
Gold: Maibock, Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant, Newark - Newark, DE
Silver: Mad Brewer Maibock, Church Brew Works - Pittsburgh, PA
Bronze: Native Dark, Native Brewing Company - Alexandria, VA

German-Style Dopplebock - 23 Entries
Gold: Hogback Doppelbock, Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery - Boulder, CO
Silver: No Medal Awarded
Bronze: Dopplebock, H.C. Berger Brewing Company - Fort Collins, CO

Golden Ale/Canadian-Style Ale - 53 Entries
Gold: Blonde Ale, Goose Island Brewing Company - Chicago, IL
Silver: Golden Wheat Ale, Russian River Brewing Company Dry Creek Valley - Guerneville, CA
Bronze: Blonde Ale, Powerhouse Brewing Company - Sebastopol, CA

German-Style K�lsch/K�ln-Style K�lsch - 46 Entries
Gold: Skinny Atlas Light, Empire Brewery of Rochester - Rochester, NY
Silver: Osage Golden Wheat, Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery - Dallas, TX
Bronze: Red Lodge Reserve, Red Lodge Ales/H & H Brewing Company - Red Lodge, MT

Classic English-Style Pale Ale - 38 Entries
Gold: Denver Pale Ale, Great Divide Brewing Company - Denver, CO
Silver: Flying Dog Doggie Style, Broadway Brewing - Denver, CO
Bronze: London Bridge Pale Ale, Arizona Roadhouse and Brewery - Tempe, AZ

India Pale Ale - 118 Entries
Gold: Racer 5 IPA, Bear Republic Brewing Company - Healdsburg, CA
Silver: Marin IPA, Marin Brewing Company - Larkspur, CA
Bronze: Lucknow India Pale Ale, Castle Springs Brewing Company - Moultonborough, NH

American-Style Pale Ale - 108 Entries
Gold: Igniter Pale Ale, Pumphouse Brewery - Longmont, CO
Silver: BridgePort India Pale Ale, BridgePort Brewing Company - Portland, OR
Bronze: Sharptail Pale Ale, Montana Brewing Company - Billings, MT

American-Style Amber / Red Ale - 95 Entries
Gold: Red Nectar, Humboldt Brewing Company - Arcata, CA
Silver: Capstone ESB, Oasis Brewery Annex - Boulder, CO
Bronze: Believer's Bitter, Angelic Brewing Company - Madison, WI

English-Style Bitter - 34 Entries
Gold: No Medal Awarded
Silver: Dergy's Amber, Wilmington Brewing Company - Wilmington, NC
Bronze: Red Butte Bitter, Desert Edge Brewery - Salt Lake City, UT

English-Style (Extra Special) Strong Bitter - 46 Entries
Gold: Extra Special Bitter, Russian River Brewing Company - Guerneville, CA
Silver: Settlers Ale, Crooked River Brewing Company - Cleveland, OH
Bronze: Saint Arnold Amber Ale, Saint Arnold Brewing Company - Houston, TX

Scottish-Style Ale - 37 Entries
Gold: No Medal Awarded
Silver: Tilted Kilt, Pyramid Breweries - Seattle, WA
Bronze: Kilt Lifter Scottish Amber, Four Peaks Brewing Company - Tempe, AZ

Irish-Style Red Ale - 27 Entries
Gold: Scarab Red, Oasis Brewery Annex - Boulder, CO
Silver: Fatty Rice Irish Ale, Il Vicino Brewing Company, Colorado Springs - Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze: Badger Red Ale, J.T. Whitney's Pub and Brewery - Madison, WI

English-Style Brown Ale - 61 Entries Gold: Offshore Nut Brown, Offshore Ale Company - Oak Bluffs, MA
Silver: Nut Brown Ale, Park Slope Brewing Company, Brooklyn, NY
Bronze: Old Elk Brown, Walnut Brewery - Louisville, CO

American-Style Brown Ale - 38 Entries
Gold: Doryman's Dark Ale, Pelican Pub and Brewery - Pacific City, OR
Silver: Emerald Irish Ale, Steelhead Brewing Company, Burlingame - Burlingame, CA
Bronze: Burly Brown Ale, James Page Brewing Company - Minneapolis, MN

German-Style Brown Ale / D�sseldorf-Style Altbier - 27 Entries
Gold: Otis Alt, Elk Grove Brewing Company - Elk Grove, CA
Silver: Spalty Alt, Red Rock Brewing Company - Salt Lake City, UT
Bronze: Old 8444, Union Colony Brewery - Greeley, CO

German-Style Wheat Ale - 77 Entries
Gold: Hoffbrau Hefeweizen, Arizona Roadhouse and Brewery - Tempe, AZ
Silver: Double Play Dunkel Weizen, Leinenkugel's Ballyard Brewery - Phoenix, AZ
Bronze: Wild Pitch Hefeweizen, Sandlot Brewery at Coors Field - Denver, CO

Belgian-Style Ales - 39 Entries
Gold: Damnation Belgian-Style Ale, Russian River Brewing Company - Guerneville, CA
Silver: Trident Tripel, Angelic Brewing Company - Madison, WI
Bronze: Saison, Brasserie Monx Ltd. - Seattle, WA

Belgian and French-Style Specialty Ales - 33 Entries
Gold: Waterloo Grand Cru, Waterloo Brewing Company - Austin, TX
Silver: Western Reserve Cloud Nine, Western Reserve Brewing - Cleveland, OH
Bronze: La Conner Red, La Conner Brewing Company - La Conner, WA

Robust Porter - 64 Entries
Gold: Perseus Porter, Elysian Brewing Company and Public House - Seattle, WA
Silver: Muddy River Porter, Boston Beer Works - Boston, MA
Bronze: Lazy Jake Porter, Long Valley Pub and Brewery - Long Valley, NJ

Brown Porter - 40 Entries
Gold: Puget Sound Porter, Harmon Pub and Brewery - Tacoma, WA
Silver: Trout Creek Porter, Trout Creek Brewing Company - Boulder, CO
Bronze: St. Charles Porter, Blackstone Restaurant and Brewery - Nashville, TN

Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout - 24 Entries
Gold: Dark Starr, Starr Hill - Charlottesville, VA
Silver: Iron House Stout, Red Star Brewery and Grille - Greensburg, PA
Bronze: Reverend Sandi's Sinful Stout, Oskar Blues - Lyons, CO

Foreign-Style Stout - 26 Entries
Gold: Zonker Stout, Snake River Brewing Company - Jackson, WY
Silver: Obsidian Stout, Deschutes Brewery, Inc. #2 - Bend, OR
Bronze: West Brothers Stout, West Brothers Brewery - Eugene, OR

Sweet Stout - 21 Entries
Gold: No Medal Awarded
Silver: Kickstart Stout, Barley Brothers Brewery and Grill - Lake Havasu City, AZ
Bronze: A Beer Named Bob, Bitter Creek Brewing - Rock Springs, WY

Oatmeal Stout - 47 Entries
Gold: Blast Furnace Stout, Church Brew Works - Pittsburgh, PA
Silver: Farmer Jon's Oatmeal Stout, Heartland Brewery - New York, NY
Bronze: Ohio City Oatmeal Stout, Great Lakes Brewing Company - Cleveland, OH

English Old Ale / English Strong Ale - 21 Entries
Gold: Anniversary Ale, Steelhead Brewing Company, Eugene - Eugene, OR
Silver: Cabin Fever Winter Ale, Boundary Bay Brewing Company - Bellingham, WA
Bronze: Special Old Ale, Commonwealth Brewing Company - Boston, MA

Strong Scotch Ale - 31 Entries
Gold: MacSpootin Scotch, Back Bay Brewing Company - Boston, MA
Silver: Winterfest Ale, Rocky River Brewing Company - Sevierville, TN
Bronze: Prescott's Wee Heavy, Bitter End Bistro and Brewery - Austin, TX

Imperial Stout - 22 Entries
Gold: Old Rasputin, North Coast Brewing Company - Fort Bragg, CA
Silver: John Wayne Imperial Stout, Newport Beach Brewing Company - Newport Beach, CA
Bronze: Fat Cat, Liberty Street Brewing Company - Akron, OH

Other Strong Ales or Lagers - 38 Entries
Gold: Dragontooth Stout, Elysian Brewing Company and Public House - Seattle, WA
Silver: Ricardo's Red Rocket, Bear Republic Brewing Company - Healdsburg, CA
Bronze: Bell's Expedition Stout, Kalamazoo Brewing Company , Inc. - Kalamazoo, MI

Barley Wine-Style Ale - 46 Entries
Gold: Old Gander Barley Wine Ale, Snow Goose Restaurant and Sleeping Lady Brewing Company - Anchorage, AK
Silver: Full Sail Boardhead Barleywine Ale, Full Sail Riverplace - Portland, OR
Bronze: Old Scratch's Wicked Stepmother, Great Dane Pub and Brewing CO. - Madison, WI

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