Appalachian region breweries at GABF
October 7, 2019
Last Saturday, Appalachian region breweries took home some medals from the beer competition at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver. The region’s breweries did especially well in some of the German-style categories, taking all three medals in the German-Style Märzen category, which had 165 entries. They also scored well in the British, Irish, and Scottish ale categories.
Lagers
| BEER | BREWERY | CITY | CATEGORY | MEDAL |
| Oktoberfest | Bear Chase | Bluemont, VA | German-style Märzen | Gold |
| Rocktoberfest | Hutton & Smith | Chattanooga, TN | German-style Märzen | Silver |
| Festie | Starr Hill & Side Stage | Roanoke, VA | German-style Märzen | Bronze |
| Jomo | Starr Hill | Crozet, VA | German-style Vienna Lager | Gold |
| Pious Monk Dunkel | Church Brew Works | Pittsburgh, PA | German-style Dark Lagers | Gold |
| Eis Vienne | Devil’s Backbone | Roseland, VA | German-style Dopple/Eisbock | Bronze |
Ales
| BEER | BREWERY | CITY | CATEGORY | MEDAL |
| Sliding Rock | BearWaters | Canton, NC | English-style Mild Ale | Silver |
| Extra Special Bitter | Hillman | Asheville, NC | ESB | Gold |
| Outraged Daughters | Wise Man | Winston-Salem, NC | Irish-style Red | Gold |
| Red Molly | Pale Fire | Harrisonburg, VA | Irish-style Red | Bronze |
| Wee Heavy Metal | Hutton & Smith | Chattanooga, TN | Scotch Ale | Bronze |
| C’Mon Sunshine | Birds Fly South Ale Project | Greenville, SC | Brett Beer | Bronze |
Regional Wrap Up By State
Brilliant Stream is proud of our West Virginia breweries that entered beers in the competition this year. They entered a group of very solid brews. While no West Virginia brewery took home a medal, breweries in several larger states around us did okay.
| STATE | MEDAL COUNT |
| Ohio | 15 |
| Virginia | 13 |
| North Carolina | 12 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 |
| Kentucky | 1 |
| Maryland | 0 |
| West Virginia | 0 |
Brink Brewing strikes gold
Brink Brewing Company of Cincinnati won this year’s award for Very Small Brewery of the Year, which is awarded to the brewery that wins the most medals and that produced no more than 1,000 barrels of beer in 2018. Brink won two gold medals in the competition this year.
In the Collaboration Competition, Taft’s Brewing Co. of Cincinnati, OH,
won a Silver Medal for Are You Pricklish?, which is a collaboration brewed with Against the Grain Brewing of Louisville, KY.
Complete Listing of Medals
The annual competition judged 9,497 beer entries this year in 174 style categories. Only one gold, silver and bronze medal could be awarded in each category. At the awards ceremony on Saturday, a total of 283 breweries took home 318 medals, including 37 breweries that were first-time winners. The category with the highest number of entries was Juicy/Hazy IPA with 348.
The competition is the largest competition exclusively for American brewers. This was the 33rd edition of the GABF competition.
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