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| (Cover Photo by Brewers Association and Great American Beer Festival) |
Congrats to the OC Breweries on this 40th GABF, 36 years of competition! We took 11 medals this year, 2 more than last year.
This year’s GABF had 9,904 entries by 2,154 breweries, judged by 235 judges, aided by 300+ volunteers, over 9 days.
OC’s Barrel-aged juggernauts, Bottle Logic and The Bruery, shared the two top stops this year, reclaiming what made them a household name in the category.
California taking the cream ale and strong hazy categories in a sweep. Flashpoint and Brewery X win their first GABF medals, Docent shows their poise with coffee, Beachwood HB keeps up their streak, and Radiant keeps reminding us to not overlook the Haze.
RIIP places once again for Black the Riiper and remain OC’s IPA king by also taking hardware in the most entered category. Likewise, Bearded Tang shows they still got it by taking two medals as well.
To add more to it, OC swept the Alpha King Challenge held at Rock Bottom Brewery in Denver, CO yesterday, Oct 7th, 2022. First Place to Radiant's Dig This Crazy Scene Double IPA, Second to Santa Ana River's More Hops Than Brains Double IPA, and Third to Brewery X's Slap & Tumble Double IPA.
Here’s the complete list of OC GABF winners. Let’s hear it for OC!
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Gold (3)
Coffee Stout or Porter (76 Entries): Super Tonic, Docent Brewing, San Juan Capistrano
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer (133 Entries): Flesh to Stone, Bottle Logic Brewing, Anaheim CA
Scotch Ale (44 Entries): Full Malted Jacket, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Huntington Beach
Silver (5)
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer (133 Entries): Ivoire, The Bruery, Placentia
American Cream Ale (115 Entries): Carlos Danger, Bearded Tang, Stanton
Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ale (153 Entries): So Into You, Radiant, Anaheim
German Wheat Ale (209 Entries): Kristal Weizen, Bearded Tang, Stanton
American-Style India Pale Ale (423 Entries): Dankster Squad, RIIP, Huntington Beach
Bronze (3)
Historical Beer (59 Entries): Churchill Browns, Flashpoint, Huntington Beach
Bohemian-Style Pilsener (186 Entries): Battlesnakes, Brewery X, Anaheim
American Black Ale or American Stout (62 Entries): Black the Riipper, RIIP, Huntington Beach
(Cover Photo by Brewers Association and Great American Beer Festival)
Full list of winners here.
