{"id":12421,"date":"2013-10-14T10:30:33","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T15:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=12421"},"modified":"2021-08-31T08:56:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T13:56:50","slug":"gabf-2013-midwestern-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/gabf-2013-midwestern-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Your GABF 2013 Midwest Winners Are…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Illinois didn’t do so hot this year, but the Midwest was still decently represented in the medal count<\/a> at the 2013 Great American Beer Festival.<\/p>\n

Here’s the list, distilled just to IL, IN, MO, MI and WI. (Sorry, MN. Had to draw the line somewhere.)<\/p>\n

Your GABF 2013 Midwest Winners are:<\/p>\n

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GOLD:<\/strong><\/p>\n

American-Belgo-Style Ale:<\/em>\u00a0BrickStone Belgo-APA, BrickStone Brewery<\/p>\n

Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer:<\/em>\u00a0Afternoon Delight, \u00a0Sun King Brewing Co.<\/p>\n

Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout:\u00a0<\/em>Blot Out the Sun, Three Floyds Brewing Co.<\/p>\n

Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer:<\/em>\u00a0Love Child No. 3, Boulevard Brewing Co.<\/p>\n

Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale:\u00a0<\/em>American Blackberry Sour Ale, New Glarus Brewing Co.<\/p>\n

Old Ale or Strong Ale:\u00a0<\/em>Pilgrim’s Dole, New Holland Brewing Co.<\/p>\n

German-Style K\u00f6lsch:<\/em>\u00a0Leinenkugel’s Canoe Paddler,\u00a0Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co.<\/p>\n

SILVER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fruit Beer:<\/em>\u00a0Serendipity, New Glarus Brewing Co.<\/p>\n

Field Beer or Pumpkin Beer:\u00a0<\/em>Anaheim IPA, Ram Restaurant and Brewery – Indianapolis<\/p>\n

Coffee Beer:<\/em>\u00a0Barrel-aged Sump Coffee Stout, Perennial Artisan Ales<\/p>\n

Experimental Beer:\u00a0<\/em>Dragon’s Milk Reserve – Smaug’s Breath, New Holland Brewing Co.<\/p>\n

Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer:\u00a0<\/em>Barrel-Aged Frostbite Lager, Ram Restaurant and Brewery – Illinois<\/p>\n

American-Style Dark Lager:\u00a0<\/em>Leinenkugel’s Creamy Dark, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co.<\/p>\n

Imperial India Pale Ale:\u00a0<\/em>Permanent Funeral, Three Floyds Brewing Co.<\/p>\n

German-Style Wheat Ale:\u00a0<\/em>Bavarian Sun, Ram Restaurant and Brewery – Illinois<\/p>\n

South German-Style Hefeweizen:<\/em> Ebel’s Weiss, Two Brothers<\/p>\n

BRONZE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fruit Beer:\u00a0<\/em>Sparkleberry Ale, Bell’s Brewery MI<\/p>\n

Other Strong Beer:\u00a0<\/em>XX Dwarf Detroit Beer Co. MI<\/p>\n

Side notes:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATE, 1:20 pm<\/em>: Whoops, forgot a couple. Added Leinie’s Kolsch and Ebel’s Weiss. END UPDATE<\/em><\/p>\n

Last year<\/a> the Chicago area ran the table in the American Pale Ale category. This year the whole Midwest got blanked.<\/p>\n

Sun King took first in one of the busiest categories — 117 entries for Wood and Barrel Aged Strong Beer — but even that paled in comparison to the American Style IPA category. 252 breweries<\/strong> entered their beer in that category, with all medals going to Western states.<\/p>\n

We gotta get our hands on some of that Golden Knot – Chardonnay from Blue Moon, if it trumped New Glarus’ Serendipity in the Fruit Beer category.<\/p>\n

Congrats to our friends at Scratch for earning inclusion into Draft Magazine’s list of GABF Beers We Love post here<\/a>. They called the carrot-ginger saison “a simply lovely, cohesive sip with hints of sweet, earthy carrot and tart ginger that you\u2019ll be glad you experienced.”<\/p>\n

Best named award-winning beers:\u00a0Elektrick Cukumbahh,\u00a0S.S. Minnow Mild,\u00a0Sparkle Party Berliner Weiss,\u00a0Splashing Pumpkin,\u00a0Kung Fu Elvis<\/p>\n

Worst named: “Amazeballs.”<\/p>\n

Oh, and Anheuser Busch took gold for Budweiser Select and Natty Ice. Take that for what it’s worth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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