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September 21, 2010
Beer Diary:
Midwest Winners at the 2010 GABF
A rundown of the Midwest’s winners, placers, and showers at the 2009 Great American Beer Festival.by Eddie Glick
Once again none of us here at BeerDorks.com made it out to Colorado to attend the Great American Beer Fest. And, once again, I’ll express my (mostly slight) cynicism at this whole affair of picking out three beers among dozens of incredible beers and doling out medals for the three “best” entries in oftentimes arbitrary style categories. (Not to mention, one must question the validity of any contest that gives a non-sarcastic gold medal to Hamm’s.)
BUT, I don’t want my cynicism to take anything away from the accomplishments of the brewers that received medals (and even those that didn’t). They do, in fact, deserve recognition for their beers (except 312 Urban Wheat—blech), and we at BeerDorks.com would like to congratulate this year’s winners. For the next five minutes, drinks are on me.
Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, WI
Point Horizon Wheat, Gold—American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast
Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL
312 Urban Wheat Ale, Gold—English-Style Summer Ale
New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI
Raspberry Tart, Bronze—Fruit Beer
Summit Brewing Co., Saint Paul, MN
Summit Extra Pale Ale, Silver—Classic English-Style Pale Ale
Hoppin’ Frog Brewing Co., Akron, OH
Frog’s Hollow Double Pumpkin Ale, Gold—Field Beer
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales, Dexter, MI
Belipago, Gold—Specialty Beer
Fat Head’s Brewery & Saloon, North Olmsted, OH
Head Hunter IPA, Silver—American-Style India Pale Ale
Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
Endurance IPA Jr., Silver—Session Beer
The Brew Kettle Production Works, Strongsville, OH
Red Eye PA, Silver—Imperial Red Ale
Short’s Brewing Co., Bellaire, MI
Key Lime Pie, Gold—Experimental Beer
Kuhnhenn Brewing Co., Warren, MI
Simcoe Silly, Silver—American-Belgo-Style Ale
Big Rock Chop House & Brewery, Birmingham, MI
American Brown Ale, Bronze—American-Style Brown Ale
Big Rock Chop House & Brewery, Birmingham, MI
Go Figure, Silver—American-Style India Black Ale
Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL
Bourbon County Brand Stout, Bronze—Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout
Bell’s Brewery, Inc., Galesburg, MI
Bell’s Expedition Stout, 1995, Bronze—Aged Beer
Columbus Brewing Co., Columbus, OH
Summer Teeth, Bronze—Kellerbier/Zwickelbier
Capital Brewery Co., Inc., Middleton, WI
Capital Weizen Doppelbock, Bronze—German-Style Wheat Ale
Two Brothers Brewing Co., Warrenville, IL
Domaine DuPage, Bronze—Belgian- and French-Style Ale
Titletown Brewing Co., Green Bay, WI
Boathouse Pilsner, Gold—Bohemian-Style Pilsener
Bastone Brewery, Royal Oak, MI
Nectar Des Dieux, Gold—Belgian-Style Abbey Ale
Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN
Golden Slumber, Silver—Belgian-Style Abbey Ale
Flossmoor Station, Flossmoor, IL
Pullman Brown, Bronze—Brown Porter
Three Floyds Brewing Co, LLC, Munster, IN
Munsterfest, Bronze—German-Style Märzen
August Schell Brewing Co., New Ulm, MN
Schell’s Oktoberfest, Silver—American-Style Amber Lager
Weasel Boy Brewing Co., Zanesville, OH
Anastasia Russian Imperial Stout—Bronze—American-Style Amber Lager
Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN
Dominator Dopplebock, Bronze—German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock
Kuhnhenn Brewing Co., Warren, MI
Fourth Dementia Olde Ale, Gold—Old Ale or Strong Ale
Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI Curmudgeon, Silver—Old Ale or Strong Ale
The Brew Kettle Production Works, Strongsville, OH
Jack Hammer, Bronze—Barley Wine-Style Ale