09 October, 2006

The Results Are In From the GABF

The results of the Great American Beer Festival are in and Wisconsin tops the list of winners from the Great Lakes region. Discounting Miller, our fair state took home 9 medals. Here's the breakdown by brewery:

Capital Brewery (1 gold, 1 silver)
Central Waters (1 gold)

Great Dane (1 gold)
Leinenkugel (1 gold, 1 silver)
Lakefront Brewery (1 gold)
New Glarus (2 gold)

And here's the winners from the Land of Cheese:

Fruit and Vegetable
Gold - New Glarus - Belgian Red

Herb and Spice
Silver - Leinenkugel - Sunset Wheat
Bronze - Miller - Frederick Miller's Classic Chocolate Lager

Experimental
Gold - Lakefront - New Grist

Wood/Barrel Aged
Gold - New Glarus - Cherry Stout

Wood/Barrel Aged Strong
Gold - Central Waters - Bourbon Cherry Stout

American Dark Lager
Gold - Leinenkugel - Creamy Dark

German Strong Bock
Gold - Capital - Autumnal Fire
Silver - Capital - Eisphyre

Old/Strong Ale
Gold - Great Dane - Vintage Ale

Man, Kirby over at Capital just doesn't fuck around when it comes to strong bocks. Everyone should now go out and try the winners.

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