(Denver, CO) —The Brewers Affiliation (BA) revealed the highest beers and ciders of 2024 at an awards ceremony in the course of the Nice American Beer Competition (GABF®). In partnership with the American Cider Affiliation, the celebrated competitors bestowed awards in 5 new cider classes. With greater than 1,200 cider producers within the U.S., the GABF competitors retains shopper ingesting preferences and traits on the forefront of the occasion.
This yr, 273 breweries and cideries earned 326* medals. The Nice American Beer Competition choose panel evaluated noteworthy brews and ciders throughout 102 beer classes (together with 170 subcategories), 5 new cider classes, and the Professional-Am and Collaboration competitions.
The competitors was made doable due to greater than 250 volunteers who facilitated the multi-step judging course of and 285 beer consultants who evaluated 8,836 business beer entries, 233 business cider entries, 95 Collaboration entries, and 52 Professional-Am entries. Judging occurred in three phases over seven days and included brewery entries from all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.
“The Nice American Beer Competition continues its dedication to recognizing distinctive drinks from throughout the nation within the 2024 competitors,” mentioned Chris Williams, competitors director for the Brewers Affiliation. “With the addition of 5 new cider classes, we’re happy to acknowledge the most effective of the most effective in beer and past. Congratulations to this yr’s winners!”
The awards ceremony, reside streamed on The Brewing Community on Saturday, October 12, 2024, was held on the Bellco Theatre in Denver as a part of the Nice American Beer Competition.
GABF COMPETITION STATISTICS
- thirty eighth version of the GABF competitors
- 8,836 beers judged
- 1,869 breweries & cideries within the competitors from all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico
- 285 judges
- 250+ volunteers
- Common variety of beers entered in every class: 85
- Class with the best variety of entries: Class 102 – Juicy/Hazy IPA (349 entries)
- 326 whole medals awarded
- 273 medal-winning breweries
- 280 first-time GABF competitors entrants
- 25 first-time GABF competitors winners
- 5 new cider classes
TOP 5 MOST-ENTERED BEER STYLE CATEGORY WINNERS
Class 102 | Juicy/Hazy IPA (349 entries)
GOLD: Skilled Human Being | Bold Ales | Lengthy Seashore, CA
SILVER: Groundswell | Single Hill Brewing Co. | Yakima, WA
BRONZE: Crash of Rhinos | Motion Brewing Co. | Rancho Cordova, CA
Class 100: West Coast IPA (292 entries)
GOLD: Codebreaker | Trademark Brewing | Lengthy Seashore, CA
SILVER: Pacific Portal | Alma Mader Brewing | Kansas Metropolis, MO
BRONZE: IPA for Aliens | Masthead Brewing Co. | Cleveland, OH
Class 101: American-Type IPA (217 entries)
GOLD: Competitors | Highland Park Brewery – Chinatown | Los Angeles, CA
SILVER: One Means | Previous Caz Beer | Rohnert Park, CA
BRONZE: Lexical Hole | Pollyanna Brewing Co. | Lemont, IL
Class 50: Dortmunder or German-Type Oktoberfest (210 entries)
GOLD: Festbier | Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co. | Glenwood Springs, CO
SILVER: Festbier | Northwoods Brewing Co. | Northwood, NH
BRONZE: The Cushman | Morgan Territory Brewing | Tracy, CA
Class 52: German-Type Maerzen (195)
GOLD: Pleasantbräu Oktoberfest | Soul Brewing Co. | Pleasantville, NY
SILVER: Marchtoberfest | Galveston Island Brewing | Galveston, TX
BRONZE: Oktoberfest | Left Hand Brewing Co. | Longmont, CO
MOST-ENTERED CIDER CATEGORY WINNERS
Class 203: Fruited & Botanical Cider (74 entries)
GOLD: Blackberry Cider | McMenamins Breweries | Portland, OR
SILVER: Ozark Strawberry Rhubarb Cider | Ozark Beer Co. | Rogers, AR
BRONZE: Pacific Pineapple | 2 Cities Ciderhouse | Corvallis, OR
MOST-MEDALED BREWERIES
Apogee Brewing Firm | Grover Seashore, CA
Gold, Lucy Loves Rye, Class 76: Specialty Saison
Bronze, Aurora, Class 73: Belgian-Type Ale or French-Type Ale
Bronze, Monks on the Moon, Class 78: Belgian-Type Robust Specialty Ale
Bronze, Monks In House, Class 79: Belgian-Type Abbey Ale
Highland Park Brewery – Chinatown | Los Angeles, CA
Gold, Competitors, Class 101: American-Type India Pale Ale
Gold, Baseball, Class 40: Modern American-Type Lager
Gold, Timbo, Class 91: American-Type Pale Ale
Gold, DDH Pillow, Class 98: Juicy or Hazy Imperial India Pale Ale
COLLABORATION COMPETITION (95 entries) See standards right here.
GOLD: Twenty-Fold Sword | New Zealand-Type IPA | No Boat Brewing Firm and Obelisk Beer Co. | Snoqualmie, WA
SILVER: Silly Sticky Fingers | Wooden & Barrel Aged Imperial Stout | Werk Pressure Brewing Co. and Rocky Reef Brewing Co. | Plainfield, IL
BRONZE: Spudweiser | American Pilsner | Dwell Oak Brewing Firm and Maintain Out Brewing | Del Valle, TX
PRO-AM COMPETITION (52 entries) See standards right here. Sponsored by Briess Malt & Components Co. & White Labs
GOLD: Piwo Grodziskie | Kansas Metropolis Bier Co. and Mike & Stephanie
Butler | Kansas Metropolis, MO
SILVER: Rising Solar | Crooked Lane Brewing Co. and Matt Corridor | Auburn, CA
BRONZE: South of Helles | Starr Hill Beer Corridor & Rooftop – Richmond and Joel Miller | Richmond, VA
*Out of 327 doable awards, 326 had been conferred. Bronze was not awarded in Class 15 for Amber to Darkish Non-Alcohol Beer.
The 2024 Nice American Beer Competition was made doable partially by the beneficiant help of its sponsors and in partnership with the American Cider Affiliation.
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