San Diego Results for The L.A. County Fair 2006
English Summer Ale
American-Style Amber/Red Ale
Belgian-Style White (WIT)/Belgian-Style
Robust Porter
American-Style India Pale Ale
Smoke Beers
Imperial or Double India Pale Ale
Other Strong Ales
German-Style Marzen/Oktoberfest
Bock Beers
Silver Gordon-Biersch Brewery Restaurant Gordon-Biersch Blonde Bock
2006 Great American Beer Festival Facts & Figures
September 28 – Sept. 30, 2006
Colorado Convention Center, Hall F, Downtown Denver
Festival Floor
25th Festival
Guinness World Record Holder for most beers tapped in one location
1,650 beers on tap. It will be one of the largest array of beers ever at the GABF, and the biggest selection of American beers ever gathered together on the globe.
47 States Represented + District of Columbia (states not represented on the festival floor are ND, RI, WV)
Approx. 18,000 gallons of beer total.
Expected attendance of 30,000 +
More than 380 U.S. breweries on the festival floor
Beer Judging Competition
449 breweries representing most every state have entered the judging competition.
2,443 beers are being judged in the Great American Beer Festival competition.
69 styles of beer featured in the competition.
100 judges from the U.S. and abroad.
Judging takes place September 27, 28 and 29th before the public sessions open.
Festival History
The 1st festival was held in 1982 at the Harvest House Hotel in Boulder. There were 22 breweries, 40 beers and 800 attendees.
The festival moved to Denver in 1984.
The 10th festival was held at the Denver Merchandise Mart, there were 150 breweries, 500 beers and 7,000 attendees.
SAN DIEGO BREWERS GUILD MEDAL WINNERS 2006
Category: 30 German-Style Strong Bock - 12 Entries
Bronze: Procrastinator, Back Street Brewery - Vista, Vista, CA
Category: 36 English-Style India Pale Ale - 26 Entries
Silver: Beech Street Bitter, Pizza Port - Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
Category: 40 Imperial or Double India Pale Ale - 57 Entries
Silver: Poor Man’s IPA, Pizza Port - Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
Category: 41 American-Style Amber / Red Ale - 62 Entries
Bronze: Sharkbite Red Ale, Port Brewing Co., San Marcos, CA
Category: 42 Imperial or Double Red Ale - 24 Entries
Silver: Shark Attack, Pizza Port - Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA
Category: 44 Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter - 45 Entries
Bronze: Stone Pale Ale, Stone Brewing Co., Escondido, CA
Category: 48 American-Style Brown Ale - 45 Entries
Silver: Great American Brown, Pizza Port - Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
Category: 62 American-Style Stout - 20 Entries
Gold: Sticky Stout, Pizza Port - Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
WORLD BEER CUP 2006
Category: 49 English-Style Summer Ale - 19 Entries
Silver: Green Flash Extra Pale Ale, Green Flash Brewing Co., Vista, CA
Category: 57 English-Style Brown Ale - 37 Entries
Silver: Green Flash Nut Brown Ale, Green Flash Brewing Co., Vista, CA
Category: 62 Imperial Stout - 41 Entries
Silver: Night Rider Imperial Stout, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
Category: 79 American-Style India Pale Ale - 67 Entries
Bronze: Stone Ruination IPA, Stone Brewing Co., Escondito, CA
Category: 80 Imperial or Double India Pale Ale - 30 Entries
Silver: Pure Hoppiness, Alpine Beer Co., Alpine, CA
Bronze: Dorado Double IPA, Ballast Point Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
Category: 81 American-Style Amber/Red Ale - 48 Entries
Gold: Sharkbite Red Ale, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
Category: 82 Imperial or Double Red Ale - 18 Entries
Gold: Shark Attack, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA
California had 25 medals.
CALIFORNIA (17),
WI (14), CO (12), WA (12), OR (11), IL (10), SAN DIEGO (8), UT (7), DE (6), NY (6), TX (6), MI (5), AK (4), AZ (4), MO (4), NV (4), PA (3), HI (2), MA (2), MD (2), MS (2), MT (2), NC (2), OH (2), WY (2), AR (1), FL (1), GA (1), IN (1), NE (1), NJ (1), NM (1), TN (1), VA (1), VT (1)
If San Diego was a state, we came in 7th.
USA (151), Germany (28), Belgium (15), Australia (10), Japan (10), San Diego (8), England (6), Canada (5), Czech Republic (2), Italy (2), Argentina (1), Dominican Republic (1), El Salvador (1), Iceland (1), Lithuania (1), Netherlands (1), Paraguay (1), Romania (1), Russia (1), Trinidad (1)
If San Diego was a country, we came in 6th.
32% of California medals went to San Diego. 8 out of 25.
15 Medals at the Great American Beer Festival
The three-day event brings record number of beer connoisseurs from around the world to Denver, Colo. (a city dubbed "the Napa Valley of beer" by many of the world's beer experts) to sample more than 1,600 different American beers.
The roster of beers at the GABF is the biggest collection of American beers ever presented in one location.
| 2005 |
2005 |
| Breweries at the Fest |
380 |
| Beers at the Fest |
1,669 |
| Breweries in the Competition |
461 |
| Beers in the Competition |
2,358 |
| Medals Awarded |
207 |
| Medals Awarded to San Diego |
15 (7.25%) |
California
24 Breweries won medals 6 were from San Diego (25%)
38 Medals awarded to California 15 to San Diego (15%)
- AleSmith Brewing Co. Wee Heavy CA Silver Strong Scotch Ale
- AleSmith Brewing Co. I.P.A. CA Bronze  American-Style India Pale Ale
- Ballast Point Brewing Co. Tongue Buckler CA Silver  Imperial or Double Red Ale
- Ballast Point Brewing Co. Hout CA Bronze  Wood- and Barrel-aged Beer
- Green Flash Brewing Co. Green Flash Extra Pale Ale CA Bronze
- English-Style Summer Ale
- Green Flash Brewing Co. Green Flash Ruby Red Ale CA Silver
- German-Style Brown Ale / D ¼sseldorf-Style Altbier
- Oggi`s Pizza and Brewing Co. Torrey Pines IPA CA Silver
- American-Style India Pale Ale
- Oggi`s Pizza and Brewing Co. Sunset Amber Ale CA Silver
- American-Style Amber / Red Ale
- Oggi`s Pizza and Brewing Co. Black Magic Stout CA Silver  American-Style Stout
- Oggi`s Pizza and Brewing Co. Caber Tossed Wee Heavy CA Bronze  Strong Scotch Ale
- Pizza Port Carlsbad Dawn Patrol Dark CA Bronze English-Style Brown Ale
- Pizza Port Solana Beach Shark Attack CA Gold Imperial or Double Red Ale
- Pizza Port Solana Beach Seaside Stout CA Silver Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout
- Pizza Port Solana Beach Hop 15 CA Silver Imperial or Double India Pale Ale
- Stone Brewing Co. Double Bastard Ale CA Silver Other Strong Ale or Lager
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