The winners at the 2011 Great American Beer Festival have been announded (PDF) and six medals were awarded to Wisconsin brewers.
Fruit Beer
Gold: Raspberry Tart, New Glarus Brewing Co.
Gluten-Free Beer
Silver: New Grist, Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee, WI
German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock
Gold: Autumnal Fire, Capital Brewery Co.
Bronze: Eisphyre, Capital Brewery Co.
American-Style Black Ale
Gold: Blacktop IPA, New Glarus Brewing Co.
Scotch Ale
Silver: Wee Heavy, Vintage Brewing Co.
Moving over to the macro side:
American-Style Lager or Cream Ale or Lager
Gold: Red Dog, Miller Brewing Co.
What is Red Dog? I've never heard of it. New Glarus always seems to get the gold in the fruit beer category. Raspberry Tart and Belgian Red just seem to alternate. On the other hand, I was very surprised to see them get the gold for Blacktop. I am highly unsurprised that Capital kicked ass in the doppelbock category. And congrats to my friend Scotty for Wee Heavy's silver medal.
It was also nice to see 5 Rabbit Cerveceria's 5 Lizard get a gold for best Fruit Wheat beer. I had the stuff at the Great Taste this year and liked it a lot. A great summer brew. 5 Rabbit hasn't been open that long and I think this is their first year in competition so to bring home the gold is quite an accomplishment.
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