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GABF 2000 awards

Small Brewing Company of the Year: Snake River Brewing Co.
Small Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year: Chris Erickson

Mid-Size Brewing Company of the Year: New Belgium Brewing Co.
Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year: Jeff Lebesch

Large Brewing Company of the Year: Anheuser - Busch, Inc.
Large Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year: George Reisch

Small Brewpub of the Year: Pelican Pub & Brewery
Small Brewpub Brewmaster of the Year: Darron Welch

Large Brewpub of the Year: John Harvard's Brew House - Boston
Large Brewpub Brewmaster of the Year: Tim Morse

Non-Alcoholic (Beer) Malt Beverages
5 Entries
Gold: No Medal Awarded
Silver: Pabst NA, Pabst Brewing Co.- Fogelsville, PA
Bronze: O'Doul's Amber, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. - St. Louis, MO

American-Style Lager/Ale or Cream Ale
16 Entries
Gold: California Gold, Stuft Pizza & Brewing Co. - San Diego, CA
Silver: Lodgepole Light, Prescott Brewing Co. - Prescott, AZ
Bronze: Lucknow Blonde Ale, Castle Springs Brewing Co. - Moultonborough, NH

American-Style Wheat Ale or Lager
49 Entries
Gold: High Rollers Wheat Beer, Anderson Valley Brewing Co. - Boonville, CA
Silver: Weiss Guy Wheat, Alcatraz Brewing Co., - Littleton, CO
Bronze: Choc, Pete's Place - Krebs, OK

Fruit Beers (Other than Raspberry)
27 Entries
Gold: Fuzzy Buzz Peach Ale, Copper Tank Brewing Co. - Dallas, TX
Silver: Orange Grove Ale, Craftsman Brewing Co. - Pasadena, CA
Bronze: One Ton Blackberry Ale, Third Street Aleworks - Santa Rosa, CA

Raspberry Beers
24 Entries
Gold: Raspberry Leghumper, Thirsty Dog Brewing Co. - Canton, OH
Silver: Raspberry Weiss, Water Street Brewery - Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: Railway Razz, Willoughby Brewing Co. - Willoughby, OH

Chocolate/Cocoa Flavored Beers
10 Entries
Gold: Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Stout, Steelhead Brewing Co. - Burlingame, CA
Silver: Chocolate Stout, Rogue Ales - Newport, OR
Bronze: Jurupa Valley Stout, Jurupa Valley Brewing Co. - Riverside, CA

Herb and Spice Beers
44 Entries
Gold: Cambridge Espresso Stout, John Harvard's Brew House - Boston, MA
Silver: Santa's Lil' Helper, Rocky River Brewing Co. - Rocky River, OH
Bronze: Stumblin Monk, Alesmith Brewing Co. - San Diego, CA

Specialty Beers
28 Entries
Gold: Aztec Amaranth Ale, Bulldog Brewing Co. - Fresno, CA
Silver: Captain Smith's Rye, Titanic Brewing Co. - Coral Gables, FL
Bronze: Pullman Brown Ale, Flossmoor Station Brewing Co. - Flossmoor, IL

Specialty Honey Lagers or Ales
22 Entries
Gold: Bumble Beer, Rock Bottom Brewery - La Jolla, CA
Silver: Honey Bee Damned Ale, P.H. Woods - Moreno Valley, CA
Bronze: Countdown Honey Brown, Thunder Canyon Brewery - Tucson, AZ

Experimental Beer (Lager or Ale)
34 Entries
Gold: Boscos Juniper Stone Beer, Boscos Brewing Co. - Memphis, TN
Silver: Cuvee de Tomme, Pizza Port - Solana Beach, CA
Bronze: Juniper Rye, BJ's Pizza, Grill & Brewery - Brea, CA

Smoke-Flavored Beers
18 Entries
Gold: DeGroen's Rauchbock, Baltimore Brewing Co. - Baltimore, MD
Silver: Smoke, Rogue Ales - Newport, OR
Bronze: Alaskan Smoked Porter, Alaskan Brewing Co. - Juneau, AK

German-Style Pilsener
36 Entries
Gold: Perkiomen Pils, New Road Brew House - Collegeville, PA
Silver: This Is The Pilsner, Hoppers Grill & Brewery - Midvale, UT
Bronze: Blue Paddle Pilsner, New Belgium Brewing Co. - Fort Collins, CO

Bohemian-Style Pilsener
32 Entries
Gold: No Medal Awarded
Silver: Czech Mate Pils, Brew Moon Restaurant & Microbrewery - Needham, MA
Bronze: Full Sail Pilsner, Full Sail Brewing Company - Hood River, OR

Munchner-Style Helles
25 Entries
Gold: Golden Eagle Lager, Rocky River Brewing Co. - Sevierville, TN
Silver: Helles or High Water, Brewzzi - Boca Raton, FL
Bronze: Lodestone Lager, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Media, PA

European-Style Pilsener
23 Entries
Gold: Olde Buzzard Lager, Buzzards Bay Brewing - Westport, MA
Silver: Pinch Hit Pilsner, Sandlot Brewery at Coors Field - Denver, CO
Bronze: Dortmunder, The Powerhouse Brewing Co. - Sebastopol, CA

American-Style Light Lager
22 Entries
Gold: Bud Light, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. - St. Louis, MO
Silver: Stroh Light, Stroh Brewery Co. - Fogelsville, PA
Bronze: Schaefer Light, Schaefer Brewing Co. - Fogelsville, PA

American Lager
26 Entries
Gold: Rainer, G. Heileman Brewing Co. - Fogelsville, PA
Silver: Miller Genuine Draft, Miller Brewing Co. - Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: Red Dog, Plank Road Brewery - Milwaukee, WI

American-Style Premium Lager
17 Entries
Gold: Stroh Lager, Stroh Brewery Co. - Fogelsville, PA
Silver: Schlitz Malt Liquor, Schlitz Brewing Co. - Fogelsville, PA
Bronze: New South Lager Beer, New South Brewing - Myrtle Beach, SC

American-Style Specialty Lager
18 Entries
Gold: Bull Ice, Schlitz Brewing Co. - Fogelsville, PA
Silver: St. Ides Malt Liquor, St. Ides Brewing Co. - Fogelsville, PA
Bronze: Scrimshaw Beer, North Coast Brewing Co. - Fort Bragg, CA

Vienna-Style Lager
26 Entries
Gold: Snake River Lager, Snake River Brewing Co. - Jackson, WY
Silver: Sunset Amber, Coast Brewing Co. - Biloxi, MS
Bronze: Stoudt's Fest, Stoudt's Brewing Co. - Adamstown, PA

American-Style Amber Lager
24 Entries
Gold: Steam Engine Steam, Steamworks Brewing Co. - Durango, CO
Silver: No Medal Awarded
Bronze: No Medal Awarded

German-Style Marzen/Oktoberfest
52 Entries
Gold: Red Oktober, Salem Beer Works - Salem, MA
Silver: Great Dane Oktoberfest, The Great Dane Pub & Brewing - Madison, WI
Bronze: Bittings Bad Boy, J.J. Bitting Brewing Co. - Woodbridge, NJ

European-Style Dark/Munchner
20 Entries
Gold: Black Forest, Valhalla Microbrewery & Restaurant - Pittsburgh, PA
Silver: Slam Dunkel, Great Basin Brewing Co. - Sparks, NV
Bronze: No Medal Awarded

American-Style Dark Lager
13 Entries
Gold: H. Saxer Dark Lager, Portland Brewing Co. - Portland, OR
Silver: Henry Weinhard's Dark, Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Co. - Tumwater, WA
Bronze: Michelob Amber Bock, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. - St. Louis, MO

German-Style Schwarzbier
12 Entries
Gold: King's Peak, Uinta Brewing Co. - Salt Lake City, UT
Silver: Red Rock Black Bier, Red Rock Brewing Co. - Salt Lake City, UT
Bronze: Black Forest Schwarzbier, Squatters Beer - Salt Lake City, UT

Bock
26 Entries
Gold: Framingham Bock, John Harvard's Brew House - Boston, MA
Silver: Mad Brewer Maibock, Church Brew Works - Pittsburgh, PA
Bronze: Maibock, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Newark, DE

German-Style Doppelbock
13 Entries
Gold: Hog Back Doppel Bock, Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery - Boulder, CO
Silver: Symposium Ice Bock, New Glarus Brewing Co. - New Glarus, WI
Bronze: Mueller Doppelbock, Springfield Brewing Co. - Springfield, MO

Golden Ale/Canadian-Style Ale
47 Entries
Gold: Kiwanda Cream Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery - Pacific City, OR
Silver: Alpine Gold, Tied House Caf� & Brewery - Mountain View, CA
Bronze: Clipper City Chesapeake Gold Ale, Clipper City Brewing Co. - Baltimore, MD

German-Style Kolsch/Koln-Style Kolsch
47 Entries
Gold: Alcatraz Kolsch, Alcatraz Brewing Co. - Indianapolis, IN
Silver: Triple Screw Light Ale, Titanic Brewing Co. - Coral Gables, FL
Bronze: Saint Arnold Fancy Lawnmower Beer, Saint Arnold Brewing Co. - Houston, TX

Classic English-Style Pale Ale
34 Entries
Gold: Custer's Last Ale, Snake River Brewing Co. - Jackson, WY
Silver: Pick Axe Pale Ale, Tommyknocker Brewery - Idaho Springs, CO
Bronze: New South Pale Ale, New South Brewing - Myrtle Beach, SC

English-Style India Pale Ale
27 Entries
Gold: Goose Island IPA, Goose Island Beer Co. - Chicago, IL
Silver: Hop Daddy IPA, Main Street Brewery - Corona, CA
Bronze: Renegade IPA, Buckhead Brewery & Grill - Stockbridge, GA

American-Style Pale Ale
104 Entries
Gold: "Telemark" IPA, Backcountry Brewery & Restaurant - Frisco, CO
Silver: Mad Hatter Ale, New Holland Brewing Co. - Holland, MI
Bronze: New River Pale Ale, New River Brewing Co. - Blacksburg, VA

American-Style India Pale Ale
89 Entries
Gold: IPA, SLO Brewing Co. Brew Pub - San Luis Obispo, CA
Silver: Torrey Pines IPA, Stuft Pizza & Brewing Co. - San Diego, CA
Bronze: Hoptown IPA, Hoptown Brewing Co. - Pleasanton, CA

American-Style Amber/Red Ale
69 Entries
Gold: Ruedrich's Red Seal Ale, North Coast Brewing Co. - Fort Bragg, CA
Silver: Shark Bite Red, Pizza Port - Carlsbad, CA
Bronze: Ragtop Red, Rock Bottom Brewery - La Jolla, CA

English-Style Bitter
31 Entries
Gold: Cutthroat Ale, Uinta Brewing Co. - Salt Lake City, UT
Silver: 8th Street Ale, Four Peaks Brewing Co. - Tempe, AZ
Bronze: Long Valley Best Bitter, Long Valley Pub & Brewery - Long Valley, NJ

English-Style (Extra Special) Strong Bitter
41 Entries
Gold: Alembic Pale, Elliott Bay Brewing Co. - Seattle, WA
Silver: Special Old Bitter, Hyde Park Brewing Co. - Hyde Park, NY
Bronze: Brown's Point Bitter, Harmon Restaurant & Brewery - Tacoma, WA

Scottish-Style Ale
29 Entries
Gold: Laughing Lab Scottish Ale, Bristol Brewing Co. - Colorado Springs, CO
Silver: Caber Tossing Scottish Ale, Fox River Brewing Co. - Oshkosh, WI
Bronze: Saint Arnold Oktoberfest, Saint Arnold Brewing Co. - Houston, TX

Irish-Style Red Ale
29 Entries
Gold: Jurupa Valley Red Ale, Jurupa Valley Brewing Co. - Riverside, CA
Silver: Raptor Red, Rock Bottom Brewery - Phoenix, AZ
Bronze: Badger Red Ale, J.T. Whitney's Pub & Brewery - Madison, WI

English-Style Brown Ale
60 Entries
Gold: Ghost Town Brown, 5280 Roadhouse Brewery - Littleton, CO
Silver: Little Bandit Brown Ale, Northwoods Brewing Corp. - Eau Claire, WI
Bronze: Twisted Brown Ale, Twisted Pine Brewing Co. - Boulder, CO

American-Style Brown Ale
39 Entries
Gold: American Brown, C. H. Evans at the Albany Pump Station - Albany, NY
Silver: Hogans Park Ave. Ale, Custom Brew Crafters - Honeoye Falls, NY
Bronze: Brooklyn Brown Ale, Brooklyn Brewery - Brooklyn, NY

German-Style Brown Ale/Dusseldorf-Style Altbier
30 Entries
Gold: Boca Alt, Brewzzi - Boca Raton, FL
Silver: Alt, Who Goes There?, General Lafayette Inn & Brewery - Lafayette Hill, PA
Bronze: Dornbusch Alt, Dornbusch Brewing Co. - Ipswich, MA

German-Style Wheat Ale
76 Entries
Gold: Penn Weizen, Pennsylvania Brewing Co. - Pittsburgh, PA
Silver: Brewmaster Select Hefeweizen, Station Casinos Breweries/Barley's Casino & Brewing Company - Henderson, NV
Bronze: Double Play Dunkelweizen, Leinenkugel's Ballyard Brewery - Phoenix, AZ

Belgian-Style Ales
38 Entries
Gold: Abbey Belgian Style Ale, New Belgium Brewing Co. - Fort Collins, CO
Silver: Victoria's Triple Belgian, Humboldt Brewing Co. - Arcata, CA
Bronze: Bridal Veil Ale, BJ's Pizza, Grill & Brewery - Brea, CA

Belgian- & French-Style Specialty Ales
27 Entries
Gold: Cherry Lambic, Commonwealth Brewing Co. - New York, NY
Silver: Saison L' Ete, Willoughby Brewing Co. - Willoughby, OH
Bronze: La Folie, New Belgium Brewing Co. - Fort Collins, CO

Robust Porter
58 Entries
Gold: Lazy Jake Porter, Long Valley Pub & Brewery - Long Valley, NJ
Silver: Robust Porter, Crooked River Brewing Co. - Cleveland, OH
Bronze: Lucknow Porter, Castle Springs Brewing Co. - Moultonborough, NH

Brown Porter
38 Entries
Gold: Black Jack Porter, Left Hand Brewing Co. - Longmont, CO
Silver: Sweetwater Exodus Porter, Sweetwater Brewing Co. - Atlanta, GA
Bronze: Sierra Nevada Porter, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. - Chico, CA

Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout
27 Entries
Gold: Murphy's Dry Stout, Humperdinks Big Horn Brewing - Lakewood, WA
Silver: Black Magic Stout, Empire Brewing Co. of Rochester - Rochester, NY
Bronze: Dark Starr Stout, Starr Hill - Charlottesville, VA

Foreign-Style Stout
21 Entries
Gold: Tsunami Stout, Pelican Pub & Brewery - Pacific City, OR
Silver: Moose Juice Stout, Otto Brothers Brewing Co. - Victor, ID
Bronze: Swollen Delta Stout, Redfish New Orleans Brewhouse - Boulder, CO

Sweet Stout
18 Entries
Gold: Black Pearl Stout, Main Street Brewery - Corona, CA
Silver: Saint Arnold Winter Stout, Saint Arnold Brewing Co. - Houston, TX
Bronze: Iron Horse Stout, Big River Grille & Brewing Works - Chattanooga, TN

Oatmeal Stout
40 Entries
Gold: Main Line Oatmeal Stout, John Harvard's Brew House - Framingham, MA
Silver: Oatmeal Stout, SLO Brewing Co. - San Luis Obispo, CA
Bronze: Black H20 Oatmeal Stout, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery - Minneapolis, MN

English Old Ale/English & American Strong Ales
23 Entries
Gold: Old Charleywine, Mammoth Brewing Co. - Mammoth, CA
Silver: Powerhouse Ale, The Powerhouse Brewing Co. - Sebastopol, CA
Bronze: Old Hand, Colorado Brewery & Trading Co. - Danbury, CT

Strong Scotch Ale
19 Entries
Gold: Winter Ale, Buckhead Brewery & Grill - Stockbridge, GA
Silver: Prescott's Wee Heavy, Bitter End Bistro & Brewery - Austin, TX
Bronze: McGilligan's Scotch Ale, Steelhead Brewing Co., Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco, CA

Imperial Stout
25 Entries
Gold: Stone House Imperial Stout, Gilded Otter Brewing Co. - New Paltz, NY
Silver: Hoptown Old Yeltsin Imperial Stout, Hoptown Brewing Co. - Pleasanton, CA
Bronze: Imperial Stout, Two Rows Restaurant & Brewery - Dallas, TX

Other Strong Ales & Lagers
27 Entries
Gold: Double Ice Bock, Southampton Publick House - Southampton, NY
Silver: Wee Heavy Scotch Ale, Steelhead Brewing Co. - Eugene, OR
Bronze: Thunderhead Schwarzbier, Rio Salado Brewing Company, Inc. - Tempe, Arizona

Barley Wine-Style Ale
65 Entries
Gold: Old No. 27 Barley Wine, Delafield Brewhaus - Delafield, WI
Silver: Stone Old Guardian, Stone Brewing Co. - San Marcos, CA
Bronze: Blunderbuss Barleywine, Cambridge Brewing Co. - Cambridge, MA

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