Denver, Colorado • September 26, 2009 –The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Competition continued its record setting ways, crushing last year\'s entries by 16%. GABF remains the largest commercial beer competition in the world with 3,308 entries.
2009 GABF Quick Stats
49,000 Attendess (includes brewers, volunteers, and tick holders)
3,308 Beers in the GABF Competition
3,000 Volunteers
2,100 Beers served in the hall
495 Breweries in the competition
457 Breweries in the festival hall
132 Judges from 10 countries
78 Categories judged + Pro-Am category
72 Beers entered into the Pro-Am Competition
51 Breweries attending for the first time
The top five medal winning states were: CO (45), CA (39), OR (22), WA (13), PA (12).
The GABF competition attracted 132 international beer judges from ten countries. Award-winning brewers received prestigious gold, silver and bronze medals in 78 beer categories, establishing the best examples of each style in the US.
Winners are determined based on the results of the competitive beer judging held at the Great American Beer Festival. Breweries are awarded points based on medals won, and these points are tabulated to arrive at the results. The following criteria used to rank breweries and break ties by awarding points.
Large Brewpub and Large Brewpub Brewer of the Year
Pizza Port Carlsbad
Carlsbad, CA
Pizza Port Brew Guys
Point Brewing Co
Sculpin IPA
Silver
American-Style India Pale Ale
Breakwater Brewing Co.
Raspberry Creek
Gold
Fruit Beer or Field Beer
Green Flash Brewing Co.
Hop Head Red
Bronze
American Style Amber/Red Ale
Pizza Port Carlsbad
Beech Street Bitter
Gold
English-Style India Pale Ale
Pizza Port Carlsbad
Revelations
Gold
Belgian Style Strong Specialty Ale
Pizza Port Carlsbad
Cow Stout
Gold
Sweet Stout
Pizza Port Carlsbad
Reed\'s Wee Heavy
Gold
Scotch Ale
Pizza Port Carlsbad
547 Haight - The Toronado San Francisco\'s
20th Anniversary Imperial Red Ale Silver
Imperial Red Ale
Pizza Port Carlsbad
Good Grief Brown
Bronze
English Style Brown Ale
Pizza Port Carlsbad
Great American Brown
Bronze
American Style Brown Ale
Pizza Port Solana Beach
Shark Attack
Gold Imperial
Red Ale
Rock Bottom Brewery La Jolla
Longboard Brown
Gold
English Style Brown Ale
The Lost Abbey Carnevale
Gold
Belgian and French-Style Ale
The Lost Abbey
Duck Duck Gooze Gold
Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale
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