Breweries • Craft Beer • News • West Virginia
October 8, 2022
Big Timber Porter today became the first beer from a West Virginia brewery to win a medal at the Great American Beer Festival. BTB Porter took silver in the Robust Porter category. Big Timber Brewing is based in Elkins. The… Continue Reading…
Appalachia • Craft Beer • News
September 12, 2021
It wasn’t a great year for Appalachia’s small breweries at this year’s Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition. Breweries in our region took home only eight medals. Even though this was the largest beer competition ever, I suspect that we… Continue Reading…
October 6, 2017
Parkersburg Brewing Company brought West Virginia beer back to its rightful place at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver this week.
October 14, 2016
I’m sorry to report that there were no West Virginia breweries pouring beer at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF 2016) this year. Though several did enter beers in the medal competition, none received a medal.
October 27, 2015
West Virginia has a bunch of solid brewers who live here and work at its 14 breweries. But the most highly regarded and highly honored brewer that currently resides in the Mountain State actually brews his beer in Maryland. I’m talking about Dan Maerzluft,… Continue Reading…
September 26, 2015
While West Virginia brewers were again shut out of the medals at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF), eight other Appalachian-region breweries did manage to take home awards. GABF is the largest and most prestigious beer competition for breweries in the United… Continue Reading…
