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GABF 2002 awards

Small Brewing Company of the Year: Sweetwater Brewing Company
Small Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year: Kevin McNerney

Mid-Size Brewing Company of the Year: Widmer Brothers Brewing
Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year: Kurt Widmer

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

Small Brewpub of the Year: Hub City Brewing
Small Brewpub Brewmaster of the Year: Jason Courtney

Large Brewpub of the Year: BJ�s Restaurant & Brewery, Portland, OR
Large Brewpub Brewmaster of the Year: Dan Pedersen

Non-Alcoholic (Beer) Malt Beverages
4 Entries
Gold: O'Doul's Amber, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. � Fort Collins, CO
Silver: Old Milwaukee NA, Stroh Brewery Company - San Antonio, TX
Bronze: No Medal Awarded

American-Style Lager/Ale or Cream
25 Entries
Gold: Red Dog, Plank Road - Milwaukee, WI
Silver: Hamm's, Hamm's Brewing Company - Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: Genesee Cream Ale, High Falls Brewing Company - Rochester, NY

American-Style Wheat Beer
46 Entries
Gold: County Seat Wheat, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant - Topeka, KS
Silver: Desert Wheat, P.H. Woods Restaurant & Brewery - Moreno Valley, CA
Bronze: Shiner Winter Ale, The Spoetzl Brewery - San Antonio, TX

Fruit And Vegetable Beer
37 Entries
Gold: Magnolia's Peach, BJ's Restaurant & Brewery - Boulder, CO
Silver: Belgian Red, New Glarus Brewing Company - New Glarus, WI
Bronze: Little Pookie's Old Ale, Steelhead Brewing Co - Eugene, OR

Herb and Spice Beer
35 Entries
Gold: Upland Wheat Ale, Upland Brewing Company - Bloomington, IN
Silver: Mocha Joe, Sports City Caf� & Brewery - La Jolla, CA
Bronze: Lemongrass Wheat, Outer Banks Brewing Co. - Kill Devil Hills, NC

Coffee Flavored Beer
15 Entries
Gold: Maxwell's Dry Stout, Basil T's Brew Pub & Italian Grill - Red Bank, NJ
Silver: Cambridge Espresso Stout, John Harvard's Brew House - Cambridge, MA
Bronze: Jamaican Blue Porter, Big Rock Chop & Brew House � Birmingham, MI

Specialty Beer
9 Entries
Gold: Ashman's Abbaye Dubbel, Flossmoor Station Brewing - Flossmoor, IL
Silver: Ginger Shandy, McCoys Public House & BrewKitchen - Kansas City, MO
Bronze: Maplenut Brown Ale, Tommyknocker Brewery - Idaho Springs, CO

Rye Beer
14 Entries
Gold: Rock Chuck Rye, Snake River Brewing of Lander - Lander, WY
Silver: Tailwind Rye, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant - Topeka, KS
Bronze: Catcher in the Rye, Rock Bottom Brewery - Arlington, VA

Specialty Honey Beer
20 Entries
Gold: Star Spangled Ale, Hops Restaurant, Bar and Brewery - Tampa, FL
Silver: Honey Blonde, SLO Brewing Company - Paso Robles, CA
Bronze: Ray's Honey Rye, Boscos Brewing Company - Memphis, TN

Experimental Beer
32 Entries
Gold: Berliner Weisse, Southampton Publick House - Southampton, NY
Silver: Juniper Rye, BJ's Restaurant & Brewery - Chandler, AZ
Bronze: Raspberry Tart, New Glarus Brewing Company - New Glarus, WI

Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer
26 Entries
Gold: Terminal Bourbon Stout, Rock Bottom Brewery - Chicago, IL
Silver: Dragon's Milk, New Holland Brewing Company - Holland, MI
Bronze: Old Conundrum Barley Wine - J.D. � Flossmoor Station Brewing Company - Flossmoor, IL

Smoke-Flavored Beer
12 Entries
Gold: BJ's Rauchbier, BJ's Restaurant & Brewery - Portland, OR
Silver: Pelican Smoked Porter, Redfish New Orleans Brewhouse - Boulder, CO
Bronze: Alaskan Smoked Porter, Alaskan Brewing Company - Juneau, AK

German-Style Pilsener
35 Entries
Gold: Hops Pilsener, Hops Restaurant, Bar and Brewery - Tampa, FL
Silver: Goose Island Pils, Goose Island Beer Company - Chicago, IL

Bohemian-Style Pilsener
38 Entries
Gold: Cleveland Chophouse Bohemian Pilsener, Cleveland Chophouse & Brewery - Cleveland, OH
Silver: Barmen Pilsener, Sandlot Brewery at Coors Field - Denver, CO
Bronze: BoHo Pilsner, Nodding Head Brewing Company � Philadelphia, PA

Münchner-Style Helles
25 Entries
Gold: Helles in a Handbasket, Hub City Brewery - Lubbock, TX
Silver: Helles Lager, Firestone Walker Brewing - Paso Robles, CA
Bronze: French Creek Helles, Sly Fox Brewhouse & Eatery � Phoenixville, PA

European-Style Pilsener
21 Entries
Gold: Tenaya Creek Pilsner, Tenaya Creek - Las Vegas, NV
Silver: Hermanbra�, Sandlot Brewery at Coors Field - Denver, CO
Bronze: Henry Weinhard's Private Reserve, Henry Weinhard's Brewing - Milwaukee, WI

American-Style Light Lager
27 Entries
Gold: Lone Star Light, Lone Star Brewing Company - San Antonio, TX
Silver: Schaefer Light, Schaefer Brewing Company - San Antonio, TX
Bronze: Rainier Light, Rainier Brewing Company - San Antonio, TX

American-Style Lager
28 Entries
Gold: Busch, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. � Fort Collins, CO
Silver: Budweiser, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. - Fort Collins, CO
Bronze: Old Style, Heileman Brewing Company - San Antonio, TX

American-Style Premium Lager
21 Entries
Gold: Schlitz Malt Liquor, Schlitz Brewing Company - San Antonio, TX
Silver: Monterey Lager, Spanish Peaks Brewing Company - King City, CA
Bronze: Coors Original, Coors Brewing Company - Golden, CO

American-Style Specialty Lager
21 Entries
Gold: Schmidt's Ice, Rainier Brewing Company - San Antonio, TX
Silver: Red Bull, Schlitz Brewing Company - San Antonio, TX
Bronze: St. Ides Malt Liquor, St. Ides Brewing Company - San Antonio, TX

Vienna-Style Lager
29 Entries
Gold: Dos Czechies, Hub City Brewery - Lubbock, TX
Silver: Dos Rios, Glenwood Canyon Brewing - Glenwood , CO
Bronze: Dockside Amber Lager, Wagner Brewing Company - Lodi, NY

American-Style Amber Lager
34 Entries
Gold: Über Brau, Big Horn Brewing Company - Lakewood, WA
Silver: Wilhelm Sebald's Oktoberfest Bier, Spanish Springs Brewing - The Villages, FL
Bronze: August Schell Firebrick, August Schell Brewing Company - New Ulm, MN

German-Style Märzen/Oktoberfest
45 Entries
Gold: Octoberfest, Empire Brewing Company of Rochester - Rochester, NY
Silver: Trout Brook Octoberfest Lager, Trout Brook Brewing Company - Hartford, CT
Bronze: Great Dane Oktoberfest, The Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co - Madison, WI

European-Style Dark/Münchner Dunkel
13 Entries
Gold: Voodoo's Child, Red Star Brewery & Grille - Greensburg, PA
Silver: Dunkel, Moosejaw Pizza and Brewing - Wisconsin Dells, WI
Bronze: Obscura, Mammoth Brewing Company - Mammoth, CA

American Dark Lager
10 Entries
Gold: Henry Saxer Dark Lager, Portland Brewing Company - Portland, OR
Silver: Leinenkugel's Creamy Dark, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing - Chippewa Falls, WI
Bronze: Shiner Bock, The Spoetzl Brewery - San Antonio, TX

German-Style Schwarzbier
14 Entries
Gold: Schwarzbier, Empire Brewing Company of Syracuse - Syracuse, NY
Silver: Black Forest Schwarzbier, Squatters Pub Brewery - Salt Lake City, UT
Bronze: Springfield Schwarzbier, John Harvard's Brew House - Springfield, PA

Bock
27 Entries
Gold: Saxer Bock, Portland Brewing Company - Portland, OR
Silver: Get Off My Bock, Blue Corn Caf� And Brewery - Albuquerque, NM
Bronze: Mactavish's Excellent Barvarian Adventure, Sandlot Brewery at Coors Field - Denver, CO

German-Style Doppelbock
14 Entries
Gold: Samuel Adams Double Bock, Samuel Adams Brewing Company - Boston, MA
Silver: Liberator Doppelbock, Angelic Brewing Company - Madison, WI
Bronze: Broken Keg Icebock, Pizza Port Brewing - Carlsbad, CA

Golden or Blonde Ale
47 Entries
Gold: Goose Island Summertime, Goose Island Beer Company - Chicago, IL
Silver: Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale, Sweetwater Brewing Company - Atlanta, GA
Bronze: Alaskan Pale, Alaskan Brewing Company - Juneau, AK

German-Style Kölsch / K�ln-Style Kölsch
39 Entries
Gold: Capitol Kolsch, Capitol City Brewing Company - Washington, DC
Silver: # 10 Kolsch, Wolf Pack Brewing Company - West Yellowstone, MT
Bronze: Golden Arm, Piece Brewing - Chicago, IL

Classic English-Style Pale Ale
38 Entries
Gold: Annadel Pale Ale, Third Street Aleworks - Santa Rosa, CA
Silver: Urban Wilderness, Sleeping Lady Brewing Company - Anchorage, AK
Bronze: Denver Pale Ale, Great Divide Brewing Company - Denver, CO

English-Style India Pale Ale
25 Entries
Gold: IPA, Firestone Walker Brewing - Paso Robles, CA
Silver: SLO Progress, SLO Brewing Company - San Luis Obispo, CA
Bronze: Newcomb's IPA, McCoys Public House and BrewKitchen - Kansas City, MO

American-Style Pale Ale
93 Entries
Gold: Rye Pale Ale, Terrapin Beer Company - Athens, GA
Silver: Piranha Pale Ale, BJ's Restaurant & Brewery - Portland, OR
Bronze: IPA, SLO Brewing Company - San Luis Obispo, CA

American-Style India Pale Ale
94 Entries
Gold: Drake's IPA, Drake's Brewing - San Leandro, CA
Silver: Ponderosa IPA, Prescott Brewing Company - Prescott, AZ
Bronze: Scarlet Fire, Big Time Brewing Company - Seattle, WA

American-Style Amber/Red Ale
72 Entries
Gold: Hoptown Paint the Town Red, Hoptown Brewing Company - Pleasanton, CA
Silver: Ruedrich's Red Seal Ale, North Coast Brewing Company - Fort Bragg, CA
Bronze: Amber Waves Ale, Capitol City Brewing Company - Washington, DC

Bitter
23 Entries
Gold: Full Suspension Pale Ale, Utah Brewers Cooperative - Salt Lake City, UT
Silver: 8th Street Ale, Four Peaks Brewing Company - Tempe, AZ
Bronze: Blue Heron Pale Ale, Bridge Port Brewing Company - Portland, OR

(Extra Special) Strong Bitter
46 Entries
Gold: Crooked River ESB, Frederick Brewing Company - Frederick, MD
Silver: Best Bitter, Boundary Bay Brewery - Bellingham, WA
Bronze: Sweetwater Tavern Pale Ale, Sweetwater Tavern & Brewery - Centreville, VA

Scottish-Style Ale
24 Entries
Gold: McAllister's Ale, Smiling Moose Brewpub & Grill - Greeley, CO
Silver: Laughing Lab Scottish Ale, Bristol Brewing Company - Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze: Hope & King Scotch Ale, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery - Minneapolis, MN

Irish-Style Red Ale
29 Entries
Gold: Henry Weinhard's Amber Ale, Henry Weinhard's Brewing - Milwaukee, WI
Silver: Lumberjack Red Ale, Rock Bottom Brewery - Bellevue, WA
Bronze: Irish Red, Hub City Brewery - Lubbock, TX

English-Style Brown Ale
40 Entries
Gold: Grog, Nodding Head Brewing Company - Philadelphia, PA
Silver: Old Elk Brown Ale, Walnut Brewery - Boulder, CO
Bronze: Buster Nut Brown, SKA Brewing Company - Durango, CO

American-Style Brown Ale
31 Entries
Gold: Kick-Ass Brown, C.H. Evans Brewing Company - Albany, NY
Silver: Bailey's American Brown, Hub City Brewery - Lubbock, TX
Bronze: Slow Down Brown, Il Vicino Brewing Company - Albuquerque, NM

German-Style Brown Ale
24 Entries
Gold: Widmer Alt, Widmer Brothers Brewing - Portland, OR
Silver: Old Town Brown, Chicago Brewing Company - Las Vegas, NV
Bronze: Southampton Secret Ale, Southampton Publick House - Southampton, NY

German-Style Wheat Ale
65 Entries
Gold: DeGroen's Weizen, Baltimore Brewing Co/DeGroen�s Beer- Baltimore, MD
Silver: Barley's Boulder Gold Hefeweizen , Barley's Casino & Brewing Company � Henderson, NV
Bronze: Penn Weizen, Pennsylvania Brewing Company - Pittsburgh, PA

Belgian- & French-Style Ale
38 Entries
Gold: Allagash White, Allagash Brewing Company - Portland, ME
Silver: Artisan Saison, Rocky River Brewing Company - Rocky River, OH
Bronze: Spring Saison, Engine House #9 Restaurant & Brewery - Tacoma, WA

Belgian-Style Sour Ale
13 Entries
Gold: La Folie, New Belgium Brewing Company - Fort Collins, CO
Silver: Lip Burner Lamb-Beak, Bitter End Bistro & Brewery - Austin, TX
Bronze: Flanders Red Ale, Southampton Publick House - Southampton, NY

Belgian-Style Abbey Ale
33 Entries
Gold: Double 02 Bear, Big Bear Brewing Company - Coral Springs, FL
Silver: Daisy Chain, Chicago Brewing Company - Las Vegas, NV
Bronze: Tripel, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - West Chester, PA

Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ales
27 Entries
Gold: Temptation, Russian River Brewing Company - Guerneville, CA
Silver: Millenium Grand Cru, BJ's Restaurant & Brewery - Portland, OR
Bronze: Trouble, Rock Bottom Brewery - Bethesda, MD

Robust Porter
51 Entries
Gold: Edmund Fitzgerald Porter, Great Lakes Brewing Company - Cleveland, OH
Silver: Cutthroat Porter, Odell Brewing - Fort Collins, CO
Bronze: Pig Iron Porter, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Media, PA

Brown Porter
33 Entries
Gold: Sweetwater Exodus Porter, Sweetwater Brewing Company - Atlanta, GA
Silver: Pioneer Porter, Fredericksburg Brewing Company - Fredericksburg, TX
Bronze: Black Butte Porter, Deschutes Brewery - Bend, OR

Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout
21 Entries
Gold: Blarney Sister's Dry Irish Stout, Third Street Aleworks - Santa Rosa, CA
Silver: McDoogin's Irish Stout, Thirsty Dog Grille and Brewery - Akron/Canton, OH
Bronze: Lord Stanley, Steelhead Brewing Co - Irvine, CA

Foreign-Style Stout
20 Entries
Gold: Black Hole XXX Stout, Chelsea Brewing Company - New York, NY
Silver: Zonker Stout, Snake River Brewing Company - Jackson, WY
Bronze: Gaston's Swollen Delta Stout, Redfish New Orleans Brewhouse - Boulder, CO

Sweet Stout
14 Entries
Gold: Collaborator Milk Stout, Widmer Brothers Brewing - Portland, OR
Silver: Cream Stout, Redwood Brewing Co - Flint, MI
Bronze: Subjugator Stout, P.H. Woods Restaurant & Brewery - Moreno Valley, CA

Oatmeal Stout
26 Entries
Gold: Sinner's Stout, Angelic Brewing Company - Madison, WI
Silver: Black Seal Stout, Rock Bottom Brewery - Long Beach, CA
Bronze: Wild Goose Oatmeal Stout, Frederick Brewing Company - Frederick, MD

Imperial Stout
29 Entries
Gold: Old Rasputin, North Coast Brewing Company - Fort Bragg, CA
Silver: Raven Maniac Stout, Prescott Brewing Company - Prescott, AZ
Bronze: No Disput'n Putin Russian Imperial Stout, Michigan Brewing Co. - Webberville, MI

Old Ale/Strong Ale

26 Entries
Gold: Merry Prankster, Rock Bottom Brewery - Portland, OR
Silver: Celebration Brown, Island Brewing Company - Carpinteria, CA
Bronze: Cabin Fever, Boundary Bay Brewery - Bellingham, WA

Strong Scotch Ale
18 Entries
Gold: Fat Bastard, Silver City Brewing Company - Silverdale, WA
Silver: Prescott's Wee Heavy, Bitter End Bistro & Brewery - Austin, TX
Bronze: Wee Heavy Ale, Capitol City Brewing Company - Arlington, VA

Other Strong Ale or Lager
29 Entries
Gold: Decade, Big Time Brewing Company - Seattle, WA
Silver: Dragonstooth Stout, Elysian Brewing Company & Public House - Seattle, WA
Bronze: Hopasaurus Rex, Steelhead Brewing Co - Eugene, OR

Barley Wine-Style Ale
35 Entries
Gold: Auld Gnarley Head Barleywine, Wild Duck Brewery & Restaurant - Eugene, OR
Silver: Old Bounder, Boundary Bay Brewery - Bellingham, WA
Bronze: Old Herb Barleywine, Southampton Publick House - Southampton, NY

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