GABF Medal Winners, 2004

[Rich Pawlak]

Here is the list of Great American Beer Festival winners for the just concluded 2004 gathering in Denver this past weekend. As a side note, I am endlessly fascinated by the creativity displayed in some of the beer names, alwasy worth a good chuckle. My favorite this year: "The Legend of the Liquid Brain", from the Bull & Bush Brewery in Denver.

To wit:

Great American Beer Festival Awards 2004

Category: 1 Non-Alcoholic (Beer) Malt Beverage-5 Entries

Gold: Old Milwaukee NA, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX

Silver: Coors NA, Coors Brewing Company, Golden, CO

Bronze: Odoul's Amber, Anheuser-Busch Inc., St. Louis, MO

Category: 2 American Lager/Ale or Cream Ale-23 Entries

Gold: Red Dog, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI

Silver: Special Export, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX

Bronze: Genesee Cream Ale, High Falls Brewing Company, Rochester, NY

Category: 3 American-Style Wheat Beer-20 Entries

Gold: Summer Solstice Wheat, Chelsea Brewing Company, New York, NY

Silver: Bullfrog Ale, Issaquah Brewhouse-Rogue Ales, Issaquah, WA

Bronze: Shiner Winter Ale, The Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX

Category: 4 American-Style Hefeweizen-25 Entries

Gold: Hefeweizen, Pyramid Ales & Lagers, Seattle, WA

Silver: American Wheat, Upstream Brewing Company, Omaha, NE

Bronze: Mueller Unfiltered Wheat, Springfield Brewing Company, Springfield, MO

Category: 5 Fruit and Vegetable Beer-36 Entries

Gold: Raspberry Tart, New Glarus Brewing Company , New Glarus, WI

Silver: Chile Beer, Six Rivers Brewery, McKinleyville, CA

Bronze: Leinenkugel's Berry Weiss, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company, Chippewa Falls, WI

Category: 6 Herb and Spice Beer-49 Entries

Gold: Somer Gras Citrus Ale, Wynkoop Brewing Company, Denver, CO

Silver: Heather Ale, Amherst Brewing Company, Amherst, MA

Bronze: Santa's Lil' Helper, Newport Beach Brewing Company, Newport Beach, CA

Category: 7 Coffee Flavored Beer-18 Entries

Gold: "Cup of Mud" Java Porter, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant, Topeka, KS

Silver: Cup of Joe, CJ's Brewery & Grill, La Jolla, CA

Bronze: Double Espresso Stout, Barley Brothers Brewery & Grill, Lake Havasu City, AZ

Category: 8 Specialty Beer-13 Entries

Gold: Dubbel Down Brown, Santa Barbara Brewing Company, Santa Barbara, CA

Silver: Morimoto Soba Ale, Rogue Ales, Newport, OR

Bronze: Maple Wheaten, Pyramid Ales & Lagers, Seattle, WA

Category: 9 Rye Beer-12 Entries

Gold: Rye On, Chama River Brewing Company, Albuquerque, NM

Silver: Roggenbier, Rock Bottom Brewery-Des Moines, West Des Moines, IA

Bronze: Right on Rye, Rock Bottom Brewery-Bethesda, Bethesda, MD

Category: 10 Specialty Honey Lager or Ale-20 Entries

Gold: Midas Touch, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE

Silver: Thunderstorm, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN

Bronze: Orange Blossom Pilsner, Unique Beers, Orlando, FL

Category: 11 Experimental Beer-29 Entries

Gold: Samuel Adams Millennium, Boston Beer Company, Boston, MA

Silver: Benevolence, Cambridge Brewing Company, Cambridge, MA

Bronze: Palm Island Porter, Big Horn Brewing Co. @ The Ram 1, Tacoma, WA

Category: 12 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer-47 Entries

Gold: New Glarus Brown Ale, New Glarus Brewing Company, New Glarus, WI

Silver: 2002 Casked Barley Wine, Schooner's Grille & Brewery, Antioch, CA

Bronze: Bourbon Russian, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant #2, Wilmington, DE

Category: 13 Beer With Yeast-8 Entries

Gold: Triumph Kellerbier, Triumph Brewing Company of New Hope, New Hope, PA

Silver: Moonmen, SandLot Brewery at Coors Field, Denver, CO

Bronze: The Detroit Dwarf, Detroit Beer Company, Detroit, MI

Category: 14 Smoke-Flavored Beer-19 Entries

Gold: O'Fallon Smoked Porter, O'Fallon Brewery, O'Fallon, MO

Silver: Triumph Rauchbier, Triumph Brewing Company of Princeton, Princeton, NJ

Bronze: Alaskan Smoked Porter, Alaskan Brewing Company, Juneau, AK

Category: 15 German-Style Pilsener-37 Entries

Gold: Provo Girl Pilsner, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT

Silver: Ptarmigan Pilsner, Backcountry Brewery, Frisco, CO

Bronze: Sierra Nevada Summerfest, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico, CA

Category: 16 Bohemian-Style Pilsener-29 Entries

Gold: Gordon Biersch Czech Lager, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Chattanooga, TN

Silver: Pallavicini Pilsner, Pug Ryans Brewery, Dillon, CO

Bronze: La Plata Pils, Carver Brewing Company, Durango, CO

Category: 17 Münchner-Style Helles-25 Entries

Gold: B.S. Helles, SandLot Brewery at Coors Field, Denver, CO

Silver: Helles, The Cowboy Restaurant & Brewery, Scottsdale, AZ

Bronze: Augsburger Golden, Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, WI

Category: 18 European-Style Pilsener-25 Entries

Gold: Mueller Lager, Springfield Brewing Company, Springfield, MO

Silver: Pilsner 500, Prescott Brewing Company, Prescott, AZ

Bronze: Herman Brau, SandLot Brewery at Coors Field, Denver, CO

Category: 19 American-Style Light Lager-33 Entries

Gold: Rainier Light, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX

Silver: Old Milwaukee Light, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX

Bronze: Michelob Light, Anheuser-Busch Inc., St. Louis, MO

Category: 20 American-Style "Light" Amber Lager-9 Entries

Gold: MoJo Lager, Starr Hill, Charlottesville, VA

Silver: Henry Weinhard Amber Light, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI

Bronze: Coastal Light Pale, Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles, CA

Category: 21 American-Style Lager-14 Entries

Gold: Old Milwaukee, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX

Silver: Milwaukee's Best, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI

Bronze: Schlitz, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX

Category: 22 American-Style Premium Lager-14 Entries

Gold: Coors Original, Coors Brewing Company, Golden, CO

Silver: Miller High Life, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI

Bronze: Pabst Blue Ribbon, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX

Category: 23 American-Style Specialty Lager-19 Entries

Gold: Samurai Malt Liquor, Rock Bottom Brewery-Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Silver: Schlitz Malt Liquor, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX

Bronze: St. Ides Malt Liquor, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX

Category: 24 Vienna-Style Lager-25 Entries

Gold: Genesee Red Lager, High Falls Brewing Company, Rochester, NY

Silver: Schild brau Amber, Millstream Brewing Company, Amana, IA

Bronze: Vienna Lager, Squatters Pub Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT

Category: 25 German-Style Märzen/Oktoberfest-52 Entries

Gold: Oktoberfest, Sprecher Brewing Company, Glendale, WI

Silver: Octfest, Old Dominion Brewing Company, Ashburn, VA

Bronze: Oktoberfest, Stoudt's Brewing Company, Adamstown, PA

Category: 26 American-Style Amber Lager-31 Entries

Gold: Old Scratch, Flying Dog Brewery, Denver, CO

Silver: Extreme Amber, BJ's Restaurant & Brewery-Woodland Hills/Oxnard,

Huntington Beach, CA

Bronze: UBER BRAU, Big Horn Brewing Co. @ Humperdink's, Addison, TX

Category: 27 European-Style Dark/Münchner Dunkel-21 Entries

Gold: Dunkles Bock, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA

Silver: Dark Munich Lager, Rock Bottom Brewery-Desert Ridge, Phoenix, AZ

Bronze: Penn Dark, Pennsylvania Brewing Company, Pittsburgh, PA

Category: 28 American-Style Dark Lager-9 Entries

Gold: Beau Rivage Bock, Coast Brewing Company/Beau Rivage Resort, Biloxi, MS

Silver: Michelob Amber Bock, Anheuser-Busch Inc., St. Louis, MO

Bronze: Leinenkugel's Creamy Dark, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company, Chippewa Falls, WI

Category: 29 German-Style Schwarzbier-28 Entries

Gold: Black Forest Schwarzbier, Squatters Pub Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT

Silver: Kings Peak, Uinta Brewing Company, Salt Lake City, UT

Bronze: Goose Island Schwarzbier, Goose Island Beer Company, Chicago, IL

Category: 30 Bock-15 Entries

Gold: Butt Head Bock, Tommyknocker Brewery, Idaho Springs, CO

Silver: Hops 15th Anniversary Bock, Hops Grillhouse and Brewery, Madison, GA

Bronze: Mai Bock, Sprecher Brewing Company, Glendale, WI

Category: 31 German-Style Strong Bock-20 Entries

Gold: Capital Autumnal Fire, Capital Brewery Company, Inc., Middleton, WI

Silver: Broken Keg Ice Bock, Port Brewing Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

Bronze: Eisbock, New Glarus Brewing Company, New Glarus, WI

Category: 32 Golden or Blonde Ale-38 Entries

Gold: All Nighter, Chicago Brewing Company, Las Vegas, NV

Silver: Mother Lode Golden, Laurelwood Public House & Brewery, Portland, OR

Bronze: Big Horn Blonde, Big Horn Brewing Co. @ The Ram 2, Wheeling, IL

Category: 33 German-Style Kölsch/Köln-Style Kölsch-36 Entries

Gold: Guido's Kolnerbrau, Snake River Brewing Company, Jackson, WY

Silver: Biloxi Blonde, Coast Brewing Company/Beau Rivage Resort, Biloxi, MS

Bronze: Mammoth Gold, Mammoth Brewing Company, Mammoth Lakes, CA

Category: 34 Classic English-Style Pale Ale-22 Entries

Gold: Starr Hill Pale Ale, Starr Hill, Charlottesville, VA

Silver: Millennium Ale, Coast Brewing Company/Beau Rivage Resort, Biloxi, MS

Bronze: Pitchfork Pale Ale, Jarre Creek Ranch Restaurant and Brewing Company,

Castle Rock, CO

Category: 35 English-Style Summer Ale-26 Entries

Gold: Cascade Golden Ale, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR

Silver: Chasing Tail Ale, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT

Bronze: Surfer's Summer Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR

Category: 36 English-Style India Pale Ale-26 Entries

Gold: Squatters India Pale Ale, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT

Silver: Goose Island India Pale Ale, Goose Island Beer Company, Chicago, IL

Bronze: Newcomb's IPA, McCoy's Public House and Brew Kitchen, Kansas City, MO

Category: 37 American-Style Pale Ale-74 Entries

Gold: Duckdive Pale Ale, Bill's Tavern & Brewhouse, Cannon Beach, OR

Silver: New River Pale Ale, New River Brewing Company, Atlanta, GA

Bronze: Dillon DAM Extra Pale Ale, Dillon DAM Brewery, Dillon, CO

Category: 38 American-Style Strong Pale Ale-37 Entries

Gold: Avery India Pale Ale, Avery Brewing Company, Boulder, CO

Silver: Boss IPA, Laurelwood Public House & Brewery, Portland, OR

Bronze: Fairweather IPA, Moose's Tooth Brewing Company, Anchorage, AK

Category: 39 American-Style India Pale Ale-93 Entries

Gold: India Pelican Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR

Silver: Wipeout IPA, Port Brewing Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

Bronze: IPA, Schooner's Grille & Brewery, Antioch, CA

Category: 40 Imperial or Double India Pale Ale-48 Entries

Gold: DoHeny Double IPA, Pizza Port San Clemente, San Clemente, CA

Silver: Frank Double IPA, Port Brewing Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

Bronze: Pliny the Elder, Russian River Brewing Company, Santa Rosa, CA

Category: 41 American-Style Amber/Red Ale-67 Entries

Gold: Hoptown Paint the Town Red, Hoptown Brewing Company, Pleasanton, CA

Silver: Red Nectar, Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles, CA

Bronze: Arch Amber, Angelic Brewing Company, Madison, WI

Category: 42 Imperial or Double Red Ale-19 Entries

Gold: Hop Whompus, Oggi's Pizza and Brewing Company, San Clemente, CA

Silver: Hog Heaven, Avery Brewing Company, Boulder, CO

Bronze: Shark Attack, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA

Category: 43 Bitter-29 Entries

Gold: Drop Top Amber, Widmer Brothers Brewing, Portland, OR

Silver: Buckin' Bitter, Bottoms Up Brewing Company, Pinedale, WY

Bronze: Sunnyside Pale Ale, Snipes Mountain Brewing, Inc., Sunnyside, WA

Category: 44 Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter-41 Entries

Gold: The Wise ESB, Elysian Brewing Company, Seattle, WA

Silver: Alaskan ESB, Alaskan Brewing Company, Juneau, AK

Bronze: Bachelor ESB, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR

Category: 45 Scottish-Style Ale-20 Entries

Gold: Smokin Scottish Ale, Calhoun's Restaurant & Brewing Company of Harrisonburg, VA,

Harrisonburg, VA

Silver: Hope & King Scotch Ale, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN

Bronze: Charlie's Barley, Ham's Restaurant & Brewhouse, Greenville, NC

Category: 46 Irish-Style Red Ale-26 Entries

Gold: Fountain City Amber, 75th Street Brewery, Kansas City, MO

Silver: McIlhenney's Irish Red, Alpine Beer Company, Alpine, CA

Bronze: Casco Bay Riptide Red Ale, Casco Bay Brewing Company, Portland, ME

Category: 47 English-Style Brown Ale-42 Entries

Gold: Buster Nut Brown, SKA Brewing Company, Durango, CO

Silver: Nut Brown Ale, Island Brewing Company, Carpinteria, CA

Bronze: Nut Brown Ale, Long Valley Pub and Brewery, Long Valley, NJ

Category: 48 American-Style Brown Ale-37 Entries

Gold: Bitch Creek ESB, Grand Teton Brewing Company, Victor, ID

Silver: Bearcat Brown Ale, Big Horn Brewing Co. @ The Ram 1, Tacoma, WA

Bronze: Slow Down Brown, Il Vicino Brewing Company, Albuquerque, NM

Category: 49 German-Style Brown Ale/Düsseldorf-Style Altbier-26 Entries

Gold: Alt, Widmer Brothers Brewing, Portland, OR

Silver: Four Alarm Alt, Pumphouse Brewery & Restaurant, Longmont, CO

Bronze: Otis Alt, Elk Grove Brewery & Restaurant, Elk Grove, CA

Category: 50 South German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier-55 Entries

Gold: Hefeweizen, Yazoo Brewing Company, Nashville, TN

Silver: Weathervane Weissbier, Jarre Creek Ranch Restaurant and Brewing Company,

Castle Rock, CO

Bronze: Liquid X, Rock Bottom Brewery-Bethesda, Bethesda, MD

Category: 51 German-Style Wheat Ale-17 Entries

Gold: CBC Ultimate Weiss, Chicago Brewing Company, Las Vegas, NV

Silver: Nodding Head Berliner Weisse, Nodding Head Brewing Company, Philadelphia, PA

Bronze: Wasatch Hefeweizen, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT

Category: 52 Belgian-Style White (or Wit)/Belgian-Style Wheat-34 Entries

Gold: Nit Wit, BJ's Restaurant & Brewery-Boulder/Chandler/Clear Lake, Huntington Beach, CA

Silver: Katerina Wit, Main Street Brewery Lamppost Pizza, Corona, CA

Bronze: Celis White, Michigan Brewing Company, Webberville, MI

Category: 53 French- and Belgian-Style Saison-21 Entries

Gold: Cave Aged Hennepin, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY

Silver: Saison de Carbs, Rio Salado Brewing Company, Inc., Tempe, AZ

Bronze: Farm House Reserve, Fitgers Brewhouse, Duluth, MN

Category: 54 Belgian- and French-Style Ale-15 Entries

Gold: Oro De Calabaza, Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales, Dexter, MI

Silver: Grand Cru, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN

Bronze: Bavay, McKenzie Brew House, Glen Mills, PA

Category: 55 Belgian-Style Sour Ale-18 Entries

Gold: Le Woody, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA

Silver: Southampton Belgian Red Ale, Southampton Publick House, Southampton, NY

Bronze: Sour Prick, Bitter End Bistro & Brewery, Austin, TX

Category: 56 Belgian-Style Abbey Ale-38 Entries

Gold: Abbey Belgian Style Ale, New Belgium Brewing Company, Fort Collins, CO

Silver: Bishop's Tipple Trippel, Main Street Brewery Lamppost Pizza, Corona, CA

Bronze: Tripel, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant #1, Wilmington, DE

Category: 57 Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale-27 Entries

Gold: Sterk Wit, The Alchemist, Waterbury, VT

Silver: Damnation, Russian River Brewing Company, Santa Rosa, CA

Bronze: Cuvee De Tomme, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA

Category: 58 Robust Porter-48 Entries

Gold: Snipes Porter, Snipes Mountain Brewing, Inc., Sunnyside, WA

Silver: Black Sand Porter, Kona Brewing Company, Kailua-Kona, HI

Bronze: Edmund Fitzgerald, Great Lakes Brewing Company, Cleveland, OH

Category: 59 Brown Porter-41 Entries

Gold: Pete Brown Tribute Ale, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Inc., Healdsburg, CA

Silver: St. Charles Porter, Blackstone Restaurant & Brewery, Nashville, TN

Bronze: Pyramid Porter, Pyramid Ales & Lagers, Seattle, WA

Category: 60 Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout-25 Entries

Gold: Seaside Stout, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA

Silver: Boulevard Dry Stout, Boulevard Brewing Company, Kansas City, MO

Bronze: Blarney Sister's Dry Irish Stout, Third Street Aleworks, Santa Rosa, CA

Category: 61 Foreign (Export)-Style Stout-32 Entries

Gold: Custer's Last Stout, Montana Brewing Company, Billings, MT

Silver: Tsunami Stout, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR

Bronze: Obsidian Stout, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR

Category: 62 British Stout-49 Entries

Gold: Snowplow Milk Stout, Widmer Brothers Brewing, Portland, OR

Silver: Oatmeal Stout X, Rock Bottom Brewery-Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Bronze: Barney Flats, Anderson Valley Brewing Company, Booneville, CA

Category: 63 Imperial Stout-43 Entries

Gold: First Date Stout, Steelhead Brewing Company-Burlingame, Burlingame, CA

Silver: Imperial Stout, Silver City Brewing Company, Silverdale, WA

Bronze: The Legend of the Liquid Brain, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO

Category: 64 Strong Scotch Ale-23 Entries

Gold: Scotch Ale, Sprecher Brewing Company, Glendale, WI

Silver: Founders Margarets Scotch Ale, Founders Restaurant & Brewing Company,

Alexandria, VA

Bronze: AleSmith Wee Heavy, AleSmith Brewing Company, San Diego, CA

Category: 65 Old Ale/Strong Ale-31 Entries

Gold: Fat Tuesday Strong Ale, Redfish New Orleans Brewhouse, Boulder, CO

Silver: XXX Exultation, Eel River Brewing Company, Fortuna, CA

Bronze: Freeride, Big Horn Brewing Co. @ The Ram 1, Tacoma, WA

Category: 66 Other Strong Ale or Lager-26 Entries

Gold: Dragonstooth Stout, Elysian Brewing Company, Seattle, WA

Silver: Roggenbock, Il Vicino Brewing Company, Albuquerque, NM

Bronze: Small Craft, Clipper City Brewing Company, Baltimore, MD

Category: 67 Barley Wine-Style Ale-37 Entries

Gold: Big Woody, Glacier Brewhouse, Anchorage, AK

Silver: Old Bounder, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA

Bronze: Old Crustacean, Rogue Ales, Newport, OR

2004 Great American Beer Festival

Brewery and Brewer of the Year Awards:

Large Brewing Company and Large Brewing Company Brewer of the Year:

Miller Brewing Company

Dr. David S. Ryder

Mid-Size Brewing Company and Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewer of the Year:

Widmer Brothers Brewing

Kurt Widmer

Small Brewing Company and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year:

Sprecher Brewing Company

Craig Burge

Large Brewpub and Large Brewpub Brewer of the Year:

Elysian Brewery & Public House

Dick Cantwell

Small Brewpub and Small Brewpub Brewer of the Year:

Pizza Port Solana Beach

Tomme Arthur

[LJDolan]

Rich, locally I am glad to see Bill Madden continue his winning ways, this time at Founder's (silver, Wee Heavy).

Rock Bottom Bethesda picked up it's third and fourth medal, Clipper City it's first and Old Dominion it's eighth.

Starr Hill in Charlottesville is now the Virginia record holder with nine. 2 golds this year.

Calhoun's in Harrisonburg finally one it's first - Gold, regular scottish ale.

I am glad to see Dogfish Head win its first medal.

[Susan in FL]

It was Dogfish Head's first medal?! I had no idea! I see also in category 10 was an Orlando brewery I've never heard of... I'll have to check that out.

Iron Hill two, and this was Dogfish Head's first medal? I am surprised.

I'm very happy to see Goose-Island-anything win, but especially an IPA.

Wow, Dogfish Head never won a medal before?

You who know me and know of my previous love-hate relationship with Dogfish Head beers might think I'm trying to be sarcastic rather than facetious, but I am sincere in my surprise. Of course, this could mean that I've been right all along... it's been only in the past year or two that I have thought his beers are worthy of their fame. Finally, the different batches are consistent with each other and reliably good.

[LJDolan]

It was Dogfish Head's first medal?!  I had no idea!  I see also in category 10 was an Orlando brewery I've never heard of... I'll have to check that out.

Iron Hill two, and this was Dogfish Head's first medal?  I am surprised.

I'm very happy to see Goose-Island-anything win, but especially an IPA. 

Wow, Dogfish Head never won a medal before?

You who know me and know of my previous love-hate relationship with Dogfish Head beers might think I'm trying to be sarcastic rather than facetious, but I am sincere in my surprise.  Of course, this could mean that I've been right all along... it's been only in the past year or two that I have thought his beers are worthy of their fame.  Finally, the different batches are consistent with each other and reliably good.

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Sue, I never got to experience Dogfish Head that much during its early days, but I have heard the horror stories. Now with Andy Tveekum as head of brewing operations (or whatever his title is), the brewing quality can only go up.

Gosse Island has medaled before, but I think this is the first time in a couple of years.

I think the Iron Hill chain is closing in on the double digit range of GABF medals. (Correction: Iron Hill is already in the double digit range.}

If you and Russ are able to make it up here this winter, Old Dominion is bringing back their imperial stout for their winter seasonal this year.

Edited October 8, 2004 by LJDolan (log)

[Susan in FL]

I just found this post, Lloyd. I didn't get the usual email notification.

Yum, I would love to have some of that Imperial Stout from the tap in the brew pub! So far, we have no trips planned for coming up north, ever again. LOL. I'm sure something will come up, and if it's this winter, we will surely include some of that beer in the plans. Thanks!