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\"\"<\/a>Chicago area breweries placed in eight of the ten categories, took home five gold’s and a Best in Show at this past weekend’s Festival Of Barrel Aged Beer.<\/p>\n

Goose Island took home the most hardware with 4 medals and a Best in Show. Goose Island’s brewpubs also medaled as did Haymarket, Atlas Brewing, Solemn Oath, Flossmoor Station and Three Floyds.<\/p>\n

You can see the full list of FOBAB winners, by category, below.<\/p>\n

Category One: Classic Porter\/Stout<\/strong>
\nGold:<\/strong> Bourbon Stout, Oakshire Brewing (Eugene,\u00a0OR)
\nSilver:<\/strong> Pretty Brown Eyes, Goose Island Clybourn (Chicago,\u00a0IL)
\nBronze:<\/strong> Rye Barrel Aged Fuel Coffee Stout, Lakefront Brewery (Milwaukee,\u00a0WI)<\/p>\n

Category Two: Strong Porter\/Stout<\/strong>
\nGold:<\/strong>
Bourbon County Brand Stout<\/a>, Goose Island (Chicago,\u00a0IL)
\nSilver:<\/strong> Indignant, Haymarket Pub & Brewery (Chicago,\u00a0IL)
\nBronze:<\/strong> Acrimonious, Haymarket Pub & Brewery (Chicago,\u00a0IL)<\/p>\n

Category Three: Barleywine\/Wheatwine<\/strong>
\nGold:<\/strong> Fertile Crescent, Goose Island Wrigleyville (Chicago,\u00a0IL)
\nSilver:<\/strong> King Henry, Goose Island (Chicago,\u00a0IL)
\nBronze:<\/strong>
Bourbon Barrel Barleywine<\/a>, Central Waters Brewing (Amherst,\u00a0WI)<\/p>\n

Category Four: Classic Styles no higher than 7 percent alcohol <\/strong>
\nGold:<\/strong> Afternoon Delight, Sun King Brewing (Indianapolis,\u00a0IN)
\nSilver:<\/strong> Barrel-Aged Grand Saison, Grand Teton Brewing (Victor,\u00a0ID)
\nBronze:<\/strong> Oak-Aged Monadnock Rye Ale, Atlas Brewing (Chicago,\u00a0IL)<\/p>\n

Category Five: Strong\/Double\/Imperial Pale Beer <\/strong>
\nGold:<\/strong> Humidor IPA, Cigar City Brewing (Tampa,\u00a0FL)
\nSilver:<\/strong> Ultramegahighfrequency, Solemn Oath Brewery (Naperville,\u00a0IL)
\nBronze:<\/strong> Rillo Rye P.A., Shoreline Brewery (Michigan City,\u00a0IN)<\/p>\n

Category Six: Strong\/Double\/Imperial Dark Beer <\/strong>
\nGold:<\/strong> Imperial Schwartz, Flossmoor Station (Flossmoor,\u00a0IL)
\nSilver:<\/strong> Pappy Fog, Sun King Brewing (Indianapolis,\u00a0IN)
\nBronze:<\/strong> Charkoota Rye, New Holland Brewing (Holland,\u00a0MI)<\/p>\n

Category Seven: Fruit Beer <\/strong>
\nGold:<\/strong> Cherry Rye Bourbon County Brand Stout, Goose Island (Chicago,\u00a0IL)
\nSilver:<\/strong> Ronaldo, Three Floyds Brewing (Munster,\u00a0IN)
\nBronze:<\/strong> Radth, Solemn Oath Brewery (Naperville,\u00a0IL)<\/p>\n

Category Eight: Experimental Beer<\/strong>
\nGold:<\/strong> Track #8, the Lost Abbey (San Marcos,\u00a0CA)
\nSilver:<\/strong> Barrel Aged Abraxas, Perennial Artisan Ales (Saint Louis,\u00a0MO)
\nBronze:<\/strong> Track #10, the Lost Abbey (San Marcos,\u00a0CA)<\/p>\n

Category Nine: Wild Beer
\nGold:<\/strong> .357 Brett, Flossmoor Station (Flossmoor,\u00a0IL)
\nSilver:<\/strong> Biere de Peach Barrel, New Belgium Brewing (Fort Collins,\u00a0CO)
\nBronze:<\/strong> Madame Rose, Goose Island (Chicago,\u00a0IL)<\/p>\n

Category Ten: Wild Acidic Beer <\/strong>
\nGold:<\/strong> Track #9, the Lost Abbey (San Marcos,\u00a0CA)
\nSilver:<\/strong> Cuvee de Bubba, Bear Republic Brewing (Cloverdale,\u00a0CA)
\nBronze:<\/strong>
Eric’s Ale<\/a>, New Belgium Brewing (Fort Collins,\u00a0CO)<\/p>\n

Best in Show:<\/strong>
\nCherry Rye Bourbon County Brand Stout, Goose Island (Chicago,\u00a0IL)<\/p>\n

Best in Show, Runner-Up:<\/strong>
\nTrack #8, the Lost Abbey (San Marcos,\u00a0CA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[510,1029,287,770,935,944,619,448,501,101],"yoast_head":"\nChicago Area Breweries Have Strong Showing at FOBAB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/chicago-area-breweries-have-strong-showing-at-fobab\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chicago Area Breweries Have Strong Showing at FOBAB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/chicago-area-breweries-have-strong-showing-at-fobab\/\" 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