The 18th Annual
Great American Beer Festival

State Beer Brewers Tapped for
Excellent Ales, Porters

by Dick Kreck
Denver Post Staff Writer
Sunday October 10, 1999


 
Colorado brewers won 15 medals, including four golds,
at the 18th annual Great American Beer Festival that
ended Saturday night at Currigan Exhibition Hall.

Medals were awarded in 54 categories.  The competition
drew more than 1,700 beers submitted by more than 400
breweries nationwide.

The Stroh Brewery Co., defunct as an independent
national brand, nevertheless bounced back to be named
the nation's large brewing company of the year for
gold-medal victories by its Old Milwaukee brands in the
lager and light lager categories.  It also won a gold in the
non-alcoholic category.

 Colorado Medalists:
     Fruit Beers (other than raspberry)
           Silver Medal - Oasis Blueberry Ale, Oasis Brewey
                                Boulder
     German-Style Marzen/Oktoberfest
           Bronze Medal - Tabernash Oktoberfest, Tabernash
                                  Brewing, Longmont
     German-Style Dopplebock
          Gold Medal - Hogback Dopplebock, Mountain Sun
                               Pub & Brewery, Boulder
           Bronze Medal - Dopplebock, H.C. Berger Brewing,
                                  Fort Collins
     Classic English-Style Pale Ale
          Gold Medal - Denver Pale Ale, Great Divide Brewing,
                              Denver
          Silver Medal - Flying Dog Doggie Style Broadway
                              Brewing, Denver
    American-Style Pale Ale
          Gold Medal - Igniter Pale Ale, Pumphouse Brewery,
                             Longmont
     American-Style Amber/Red Ale
          Silver Medal - Capstone ESB, Oasis Brewery,
                               Boulder Irish-Style Red Ale
          Gold Medal - Scarab Red, Oasis Brewery, Boulder
          Silver Medal - Fatty Rice Irish Ale, II Vicino Brewing,
                               Colorado Springs
     English-Style Brown Ale
          Bronze Medal - Old Elk Brown, Walnut Brewery,
                                 Louisville
     German-Style Brown Ale
          Bronze Medal - Old 8444, Union Colony Brewery,
                                 Greeley
     German-Style Wheat Ale
          Bronze Medal - Wild Pitch Hefeweizen, Sandlot
                                 Brewery at Coors Field, Denver
     Brown Porter
          Silver Medal - Trout Creek Porter, Trout Creek
                               Brewing, Boulder
     Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout
          Bronze Medal - Reverend Sandi's Sinful Stout, Oskar
                                 Blues Brewing, Lyons

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