Congratulations to all the winners! The Great American Beer Festival is one of the most prestigious beer competitions in the world. Medals won at the GABF are highly coveted. You probably don’t need me to tell you that.
Winners of the 2015 Great American Beer Festival awards were announced today. Below I share the winners from Washington. Pictured at right, Brewmaster Don Spencer of Silver City Brewery hoists his shiny, new gold medal.
Our brewers did quite well again this year, bringing home 13 medals in all.
- Chuckanut Brewery always kills it at the GABF and this year was no different–they brought home two medals.
- Reuben’s Brews also brought home two more medals to add to the collection.
- Also of note, Ghostfish Brewing brought home the gold and the bronze in the Gluten Free Beer category. In other words, of the 34 gluten-free beers submitted, the judges thought two of the best were from Ghostfish Brewing.
The complete list of all GABF medal winners is also below.
Washington Gold Medal Winners:
Immersion Amber Ale
Two Beers Brewing Co., Seattle
American-Style Amber/Red Ale (94 entries)
Chuckanut Kolsch
Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham
German-Style Kölsch (111 entries)
Gose
Reuben’s Brews, Seattle
German-Style Sour Ale (111 entries)
Watchstander Stout
Ghostfish Brewing Co. Seattle
Gluten-Free Beer (24 entries)
Old Scrooge
Silver City Brewery, Bremerton
Old Ale or Strong Ale (39 entries)
Wild Warehouse
Wander Brewing, Bellingham
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer (69 entries)
Silver Medal Winners:
Spitfire Best Bitter
Flyers Restaurant and Brewery, Oak Harbor
Ordinary or Special Bitter (43 entries)
Bronze Medal Winners:
Boulder Bend Dunkelweizen
Fish Brewing Co. Olympia
American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast (41 entries)
Old Skook
Three Magnets Brewing, Olympia
Barley Wine-Style Ale (56 entries)
Dry Stout,
Reuben’s Brews, Seattle
Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout (36 entries)
Helles Lager
Lucky Envelope Brewing, Seattle
Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest (48 entries)
Chuckanut Dunkel
Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham
European-Style Dark/Münchner Dunkel (34 entries)
Ghostfish Grapefruit IPA
Ghostfish Brewing Co., Seattle
Gluten-Free Beer (34 entries)
THE COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS
Congrats to all! On another note is 13 medals a good number for the state ranking 2nd for most breweries (not per capita)?
Why does one gluten-free beer winner (in gold) say 24 entries and the other (bronze) says 34?
BTW – congrats, Ghostfish