How Colorado Brewers Fared at the Great American Beer Festival
Colorado brewers took home 45 medals at the largest beer festival in the world---the Brewers Association's Great American Beer Festival---between last Thursday and Saturday in Denver.
That's the most medals for any state, including California, which bagged 39 awards for its 594 entries, reports the Denver Business Journal. Colorado brewers submitted just 459 entries, proving that quality, not quantity, mattered when it came to judging the festival's 3,308 entries.
Coors Brewing Company of Golden, part of Molson Coors Brewing Company, received top honors as large brewing company of the year. The small-brewing-company-of-the-year award went to the obscure Dry Dock Brewing Company of Aurora. Chalk up surprises such as Keystone Ice to judges who'd been drinking alcohol for three days.
Meanwhile, The Associated Press takes a look at Colorado's first microbrewery, Boulder Beer Company, which turned 30 during the festival.Comments
Submitted by Scholars and Rogues » Beer votes and rock quotes: Nota (not verified) on Tue, 2009-09-29 05:10.
[...] a hard-on?” … Carl Sagan croons from beyond the grave … And finally, an “obscure” little brewery in my obscure little town makes some of the best brews in the country—just [...]
Submitted by Mike Sheehan (not verified) on Mon, 2009-09-28 16:46.
Dry Dock "obscure?" Not if you live in Aurora. The place is a mecca for homebrewers and a godsend for craft beer enthusiasts. It's always packed when I go, and for good reason.
