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GABF 2001 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: SLO Brewing Company-San Luis Obispo
Small Brewpub Brewmaster of the Year: Matthew Brynildson

Large Brewpub of the Year: Big Horn Brewing Co.-Dallas
Large Brewpub Brewmaster of the Year: Jarrod Totman

Non-Alcoholic (Beer) Malt Beverages
5 Entries

Gold: O'Doul's Amber, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. - St. Louis, MO
Silver: Kingsbury NA, Rainier Brewing Co. - Tumwater, WA
Bronze: Pigs Eye NA, Minnesota Brewing - St. Paul, MN

American-Style Lager / Ale or Cream Ale
29 Entries

Gold: Taps Cream Ale, Taps Fish House and Brewery - Brea, CA
Silver: Holy Cow's Cream Ale, Holy Cow! Casino, Caf� & Brewery - Las Vegas, NV
Bronze: Iowa City Light, Fitzpatrick's - Iowa City, IA

American-Style Wheat Ale or Lager
53 Entries

Gold: Grassfire Wheat, Hook & Ladder Brewing Company - Oakland, CA
Silver: Shiner Winter Ale, The Spoetzl Brewery - San Antonio, TX
Bronze: Widmer Hefeweizen, Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. - Portland, OR

Rye Beer
13 Entries

Gold: Road Rage Rye, Desert Edge Brewery - Salt Lake City, UT
Silver: Chazz Cat Rye, Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery - Boulder, CO
Bronze: Catcher in the Rye, Rock Bottom Brewery - South Denver - Englewood, CO

Fruit Beer
40 Entries

Gold: Raspberry Tart, New Glarus Brewing Co. - New Glarus, WI
Silver: Belgian Style Red, New Glarus Brewing Co. - New Glarus, WI
Bronze: Railway Razz, The Willoughby Brewing Co. - Willoughby, OH

Chocolate / Cocoa Flavored Beer
13 Entries

Gold: Darth Delirium, Moose's Tooth Brewing Co. - Anchorage, AK
Silver: Chocolate Stout, Rogue Ales - Newport, OR
Bronze: Oompa Loompa, Rocky River Brewing Co. - Ohio - Rocky River, OH

Herb and Spice Beer
29 Entries

Gold: Orange Infusion, Elliott Bay Brewing Company - Seattle, WA
Silver: Holiday Spiced Ale, 21st Amendment Brewery Caf� - San Francisco, CA
Bronze: Cambridge Espresso Stout, John Harvard's Brew House - Braintree, MA

Specialty Beer
17 Entries

Gold: Big Bad Bourbon Brown, Big Horn Brewing Company - Dallas, TX
Silver: Pullman Brown Ale, Flossmoor Station - Flossmoor, IL
Bronze: Ginger Shandy, McCoy's Public House and BrewKitchen- Kansas City, MO

Specialty Honey Beer
27 Entries

Gold: Countdown Honey Brown, Thunder Canyon Brewery - Tucson, AZ
Silver: Jarre Creek Ranch Brewery Honey Brown Ale, Jarre Creek Ranch Brewery - Castle Rock, CO
Bronze: Honey Rye Dopplebock, Flossmoor Station - Flossmoor, IL

Experimental Beer
35 Entries

Gold: Czar Jack Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery - Minneapolis, MN
Silver: Cuvee de Tomme, Pizza Port - Solana Beach Brewery - Solana Beach, CA
Bronze: Special Brew Lemon Lime, St. Ides Brewing Co. - Milwaukee, WI

Smoke-Flavored Beer
15 Entries

Gold: No medal awarded
Silver: Smokey the Beer, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant - Topeka, KS
Bronze: Stewart's Smoked Porter, Stewart's Brewing Co. - Bear, DE

German-Style Pilsener
34 Entries

Gold: Tuppers' Hop Pocket Pils, Old Dominion Brewing Company - Ashburn, VA
Silver: Hanalei Lager, Honolulu Brewing Company LLC - Honolulu, HI
Bronze: Blue Paddle Pilsner, New Belgium Brewing Company - Fort Collins, CO

Bohemian-Style Pilsener
36 Entries

Gold: Cleveland Chophouse Bohemian Pilsner, Cleveland ChopHouse and Brewery - Cleveland, OH
Silver: Pillage Pilsner, Valhalla Microbrewery & Restaurant - Pittsburgh, PA
Bronze: Czech Mate Pils, Brew Moon Restaurant & Microbrewery - Brookline, MA

Münchner-Style Helles
21 Entries

Gold: Penn Gold, Pennsylvania Brewing Co. - Pittsburgh, PA
Silver: Lucknow Munich-Style Lager, Castle Springs Brewing Company - Moultonborough, NH
Bronze: Ghost Pony Helles, Trap Rock Restaurant and Brewery � Berkeley Heights, NJ

European-Style Pilsener
14 Entries

Gold: Michelob, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. - St. Louis, MO
Silver: Inport/Export Buis, Brewzzi - Boca Raton, FL
Bronze: Pinch Hit Pilsner, Sandlot Brewery - Denver, CO

American-Style Light Lager
32 Entries

Gold: Schaefer Light, Schaefer Brewing Co. - Fogelsville, PA
Silver: Stroh Light, Stroh Brewery Co. - Fogelsville, PA
Bronze: Lone Star Light, Lone Star Brewing Co. - Milwaukee, WI

American-Style Lager
22 Entries

Gold: Stag Beer, Pearl Brewing Co. - Fort Worth, TX
Silver: Red Dog, Plank Road Brewery - Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: Pearl Lager, Pearl Brewing Co. - Fort Worth, TX

American-Style Premium Lager
22 Entries

Gold: Empire Lager, P.H. Woods Restaurant & Brewery - Moreno Valley, CA
Silver: Original Coors, Coors Brewing Co. - Golden, CO
Bronze: Stroh, Stroh Brewery Co. - Fogelsville, PA

American-Style Specialty Lager
24 Entries

Gold: New South Lager, New South Brewing - Myrtle Beach, SC
Silver: Old Milwaukee Ice, Stroh Brewery Co. - Fogelsville, PA
Bronze: St. Ides Malt Liquor, St. Ides Brewing Co. - Fogelsville, PA

Vienna-Style Lager
29 Entries

Gold: Snake River Lager, Snake River Brewing Co. - Jackson, WY
Silver: Dam Straight Lager, Dillon Dam Brewery - Dillon, CO
Bronze: Sunset Amber, Coast Brewing Company - Biloxi, MS

American-Style Amber Lager
30 Entries

Gold: Killians Irish Red, Coors Brewing Co. - Golden, CO
Silver: OKT-OBER-FEST, Big Horn Brewing Company - Dallas, TX
Bronze: Pete's Wicked Red Rush, Pete's Brewing Company - San Antonio, TX

German-Style Märzen / Oktoberfest
49 Entries

Gold: Uncle Otto's Oktoberfest, Portland Brewing - Portland, OR
Silver: Mueller Marzen, Springfield Brewing Company - Springfield, MO
Bronze: Tabernash Oktoberfest, Tabernash Brewing Co. - Longmont, CO

European-Style Dark / Münchner Dunkel
23 Entries

Gold: Damsel in Distress Dunkel, Mammoth Brewing Company � Mammoth Lakes, CA
Silver: Dunkles, Powerhouse Brewing Co. - Sebastopol, CA
Bronze: Pious Monk Dunkel, Church Brew Works - Pittsburgh, PA

American-Style Dark Lager
8 Entries

Gold: Henry Weinhard's Dark, Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Co. - Tumwater, WA
Silver: Freidobrau Oktoberfest, Big Horn Brewing Company - Dallas, TX
Bronze: Shiner Bock, The Spoetzl Brewery - San Antonio, TX

German-Style Schwarzbier
22 Entries

Gold: Black Forest Schwarzbier, Squatters Pub Brewery - Salt Lake City, UT
Silver: Springfield Schwarz Beer, John Harvard's Brew House - Wayne, PA
Bronze: King's Peak, Uinta Brewing Company - Salt Lake City, UT

Bock
34 Entries

Gold: Dunkles Bock, Boundary Bay Brewery - Bellingham, WA
Silver: Hell's Bock, Big Horn Brewing Company - Denver, CO
Bronze: Mad Brewer Maibock, Church Brew Works - Pittsburgh, PA

German-Style Doppelbock
20 Entries

Gold: Scapegoat Doppelbock, Mickey Finn's Brewery - Libertyville, IL
Silver: Liberator Doppelbock, Angelic Brewing Co. - Madison, WI
Bronze: Bell's Consecrator Dopplebock, Kalamazoo Brewing - Kalamazoo, MI

Golden or Blonde Ale
61 Entries

Gold: Golden Wheat Ale, Russian River Brewing Company - Guerneville, CA
Silver: Old Faithful Ale, Grand Teton Brewing Co. - Victor, ID
Bronze: Kiwanda Cream Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery - Pacific City, OR

German-Style K�lsch / K�ln-Style Kölsch
42 Entries

Gold: Pete's Wicked Helles Lager, Pete's Brewing Company - San Antonio, TX
Silver: Capitol Kolsch, Capitol City Brewing Company - Arlington, VA
Bronze: Skinny Atlas Light, Empire Brewing Co. of Rochester - Rochester, NY

Classic English-Style Pale Ale
31 Entries

Gold: Custer's Last Ale, Snake River Brewing Co. - Jackson, WY
Silver: Breckenridge Pale Ale, Breckenridge Brewery - Denver, CO
Bronze: Annadel Pale Ale, Third Street Ale Works - Santa Rosa, CA

English-Style India Pale Ale
24 Entries

Gold: SLO Progress, SLO Brewing Company - San Luis Obispo - San Luis Obispo, CA
Silver: Hoppyhour IPA, The Mash House Restaurant & Brewing Company - Fayetteville, NC
Bronze: India 31, Goose Island Beer Co. - Chicago, IL

American-Style Pale Ale
105 Entries

Gold: SLO Brewing Co Extra Pale Ale, SLO Brewing - Paso Robles - Paso Robles, CA
Silver: Emmett's Pale Ale, Emmett's Tavern Brewing Co. - West Dundee, IL
Bronze: Mad Hatter Ale, New Holland Brewing Company - Holland, MI

American-Style India Pale Ale
98 Entries

Gold: Tumbleweed IPA, Sleeping Giant Brewing Company - Billings - Billings, MT
Silver: Wipeout IPA, Pizza Port Carlsbad Brewery / Port Brewing Co. - Carlsbad, CA
Bronze: India Pelican Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery - Pacific City, OR

American-Style Amber / Red Ale
71 Entries

Gold: Calico Copper Ale, Ballast Point Brewing Co. - San Diego, CA
Silver: Hoppus Maximus, Thirsty Dog Grille and Brewery - N. Canton, OH
Bronze: Woody's Hophead Red, Elk Grove Brewery Restaurant - Elk Grove, CA

Bitter
26 Entries

Gold: Full Suspension Pale Ale, Utah Brewers Cooperative - Salt Lake City, UT
Silver: Dostal's Best Bitter, Dostal Alley BrewPub & Casino - Central City, CO
Bronze: Cascade Ale, Deschutes Brewery - Bend, OR

(Extra Special) Strong Bitter
34 Entries

Gold: Bachelor ESB, Deschutes Brewery - Bend, OR
Silver: The Tower ESB, Bull & Bush Pub & Brewery - Denver, CO
Bronze: Alaskan ESB, Alaskan Brewing & Bottling Co. - Juneau, AK

Scottish-Style Ale
27 Entries

Gold: Caber Tossing Scottish Ale, Fox River Brewing Company - Oshkosh, WI
Silver: Laughing Lab Scottish Ale, Bristol Brewing Company � Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze: Saint Arnold Oktoberfest, Saint Arnold Brewing - Houston, TX

Irish-Style Red Ale
29 Entries

Gold: 3A - Abigail Adams Amber, Quincy Ships Brewing Company - Quincy, MA
Silver: Thoroughbred Red, Aiken Brewing Company - Aiken, SC
Bronze: Starr Hill Amber Ale, Starr Hill - Charlottesville, VA

English-Style Brown Ale
44 Entries

Gold: Sweet Georgia Brown, Sweetwater Brewing Co. - Atlanta, GA
Silver: Nut Brown Ale, Blackstone Restaurant & Brewery - Nashville, TN
Bronze: Thunderbolt Brown, Pony Express Brewing - Olathe, KS

American-Style Brown Ale
46 Entries

Gold: American Brown, Hub City Brewery - Lubbock, TX
Silver: Nut Brown, Red Rock Brewing Co. - Salt Lake City, UT
Bronze: Midtown Brown, Boscos Brewing Company - Memphis, TN

German-Style Brown Ale / Düsseldorf-Style Altbier
36 Entries

Gold: Boca Alt, Brewzzi - Boca Raton, FL
Silver: Otis Alt, Elk Grove Brewery Restaurant - Elk Grove, CA
Bronze: Dusseldorf Altbier, Gilded Otter Brewing Co. - New Paltz, NY

German-Style Wheat Ale
84 Entries

Gold: Gudenteit Hefe-Weizen, Mickey Finn's Brewery - Libertyville, IL
Silver: Glockenspiel Weizenbock, Great Lakes Brewing - Cleveland, OH
Bronze: Heidelberg Hefeweizen, Rocky River Brewing Co. - Tennessee - Sevierville, TN

Belgian-Style Ale
50 Entries

Gold: Trippel Belgian Style Ale, New Belgium Brewing Company - Fort Collins, CO
Silver: Damnation, Russian River Brewing Company - Guerneville, CA
Bronze: Abbey Belgian Style Ale, New Belgium Brewing Company - Fort Collins, CO

Belgian- & French-Style Specialty Ale
45 Entries

Gold: La Folie, New Belgium Brewing Company - Fort Collins, CO
Silver: Liquid Sunshine, Rock Bottom - Westminster - Westminster, CO
Bronze: Artisian Saison, Rocky River Brewing Co. - Ohio - Rocky River, OH

Robust Porter
65 Entries

Gold: Robust Porter, Smuttynose Brewing Company - Portsmouth, NH
Silver: Total Eclipse Black Ale, Hoppy Brewing Company - Sacramento, CA
Bronze: Mocha Porter, Rogue Ales - Newport, OR

Brown Porter
32 Entries

Gold: MacTarnahan's Black Watch Cream Porter, Portland Brewing - Portland, OR
Silver: Molly's Titanic Brown Ale, Rock Bottom Brewery - Denver - Denver, CO
Bronze: Paradise Lost Porter, Angelic Brewing Co. - Madison, WI

Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout
17 Entries

Gold: Lord Stanley, Steelhead Brewing Co. - Irvine - Irvine, CA
Silver: Celtic Stout, Fitzpatrick's - Iowa City, IA
Bronze: Dark Starr Stout, Starr Hill - Charlottesville, VA

Foreign-Style Stout
28 Entries

Gold: Sofa King Stout, West Bros Brewery - Eugene, OR
Silver: Irish Stout, The Bellows Brew Crew - Watertown, WI
Bronze: Space Stout, Laurelwood Public House & Brewery - Portland, OR

Sweet Stout
18 Entries

Gold: Sweetness Stout, America's Brewing Company - Aurora, IL
Silver: Chocolate Stout, H.C. Berger Brewing - Fort Collins, CO
Bronze: Chelsea Cream Stout, Chelsea Brewing Company - New York, NY

Oatmeal Stout
40 Entries

Gold: Lasto's Oatmeal Stout, BJ's Grill & Brewery - Portland, OR
Silver: Oatmeal Stout, SLO Brewing Company - San Luis Obispo - San Luis Obispo, CA
Bronze: No medal awarded

Imperial Stout
36 Entries

Gold: Raven Maniac Stout, Prescott Brewing Company - Prescott, AZ
Silver: High Desert Imperial Stout, Sweetwater Tavern - Centreville, VA
Bronze: Old Rasputin, North Coast Brewing Co. - Fort Bragg, CA

Old Ale/Strong Ale
26 Entries

Gold: Southampton Old Ale, Southampton Publick House - Southampton, NY
Silver: Old Stock Ale, North Coast Brewing Co. - Fort Bragg, CA
Bronze: Wee Huey's Heavy, Big Horn Brewing Company - Tacoma, WA

Strong Scotch Ale
25 Entries

Gold: No medal awarded
Silver: Wee Heavy Ale, Capitol City Brewing Company - Arlington, VA
Bronze: Wee Heavy, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Media, PA

Other Strong Ale or Lager
34 Entries

Gold: Hopasaurus Rex Imperial IPA, Steelhead Brewing Co. - Eugene - Eugene, OR
Silver: Hearthside Wheatwine, Steelhead Brewing Co. - Eugene - Eugene, OR
Bronze: Cardiff, Glenwood Canyon Brewing Company - Glenwood Springs, CO

Barley Wine-Style Ale
48 Entries

Gold: Lost Coast Barleywine, Lost Coast Brewery - Eureka, CA
Silver: Bombshell Barleywine, Pizza Port Carlsbad Brewery / Port Brewing Co. - Carlsbad, CA
Bronze: Barley Wine, Rohrbach Brewing Co. - Rochester, NY

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