2006 Great American Beer Festival Tasting Results

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Category: 1 American Cream Ale or Lager - 24 Entries
Gold: Red Dog, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI
Silver: Lone Star, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL
Bronze: Henry Weinhard Private Reserve, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Category: 2 American-Style Wheat Beer - 23 Entries
Gold: Pyramid Crystal Weizen, Pyramid Breweries, Seattle, WA
Silver: William Jones Wheat Beer, El Toro Brewing Co., Morgan Hill, CA
Bronze: Shiner Dunkelweizen, The Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX

Category: 3 American-Style Hefeweizen - 37 Entries
Gold: Hefeweizen, Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., Portland, OR
Silver: American Wheat, Opa-Opa Brewing Co., Southampton, MA
Bronze: Mueller Unfiltered Wheat, Springfield Brewing Co., Springfield, MO

Category: 4 Fruit and Vegetable Beer - 46 Entries
Gold: Belgian Red, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI
Silver: Blue Moon Chardonnay Blonde, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Golden, CO
Bronze: Patty’s Chile Beer, Wynkoop Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Category: 5 Herb and Spice Beer - 64 Entries
Gold: The Wind Cried Mari, Cambridge Brewing Co., Cambridge, MA
Silver: Leinenkugel’s Sunset Wheat, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI
Bronze: Fred Miller’s Classic Chocolate Lager, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Category: 6 Coffee Flavored Beer - 28 Entries
Gold: Fuel, Capitol City Brewing Co., Arlington, VA
Silver: Black Magic Java Stout, Barley Island Brewing Co., Noblesville, IN
Bronze: Arctic Rhino Coffee Porter, Midnight Sun Brewing Co., Anchorage, AK

Category: 7 Specialty Beer - 16 Entries
Gold: Smokin’ Mesquite Ale, Humperdinks Restaurant and Brewery, Dallas, TX
Silver: Pullman Brown Ale, Flossmoor Station Brewing Co., Flossmoor, IL
Bronze: Maple Nut Brown Ale, Tommyknocker Brewery, Idaho Springs, CO

Category: 8 Rye Beer - 22 Entries
Gold: Worryin’ Ale, Piece Brewery, Chicago, IL
Silver: Sun Rye, Redhook Ale Brewery, Portsmouth, NH
Bronze: Surfer in the Rye, Huntington Beach Beer Co., Huntington Beach, CA

Category: 9 Specialty Honey Lager or Ale - 26 Entries
Gold: Blue Moon Honeymoon, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Golden, CO
Silver: Ray’s Honey Rye, Boscos, Memphis, TN
Bronze: Hummingbird Ale, Mountain Sun/Southern Sun Pub & Brewery, Boulder, CO

Category: 10 Experimental Beer - 37 Entries
Gold: New Grist, Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee, WI
Silver: Angry Mike’s Stoudt Creek, Flossmoor Station Brewing Co., Flossmoor, IL
Bronze: Samuel Adams Utopias 2003, The Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

Category: 11 Wood- and Barrel-aged Beer - 29 Entries
Gold: Cherry Stout, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI
Silver: Barrel 001, Santa Barbara Brewing Co., Santa Barbara, CA
Bronze: Bourbon Ivan, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - West Chester,
West Chester, PA

Category: 12 Wood- and Barrel-aged Strong Beer - 58 Entries
Gold: Bourbon Cherry Stout, Central Waters Brewing Co., Junction City, WI
Silver: Full Sail Black Gold Imperial Stout, Full Sail Brewing at River Place, Portland, OR
Bronze: Wooden Hell, Flossmoor Station Brewing Co., Flossmoor, IL

Category: 13 Aged Beer (Ale or Lager) - 28 Entries
Gold: Triple Exultation - 2004, Eel River Brewing Co., Fortuna, CA
Silver: Hibernation Ale 2005, Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver, CO
Bronze: World Wide Stout, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE

Category: 14 Cellar or Unfiltered Beer - 18 Entries
Gold: Kellerbier, Herkimer Pub and Brewery, Minneapolis, MN
Silver: U.C.I.P.A., Steelhead Brewery - Irvine, Irvine, CA
Bronze: Wild West Fest, Great American Restaurants, Centreville, VA

Category: 15 Smoke-Flavored Beer - 20 Entries
Gold: Smoke Creek Rauchbier, Great Basin Brewing Co., Sparks, NV
Silver: Smokestack Porter, Rocky River Brewing Co., Rocky River, OH
Bronze: Stewart’s Smoked Porter, Stewart’s Brewing Co., Bear, DE

Category: 16 German-Style Pilsener - 40 Entries
Gold: Organic Pilsner, Butte Creek Brewing Co., Chico, CA
Silver: Eagle Pride Pilsener, Elk Grove Brewery and Restaurant, Elk Grove, CA
Bronze: Dog Day’s Pils, Big Buck Brewery and Steakhouse - Auburn Hills,
Auburn Hills, MI

Category: 17 Bohemian-Style Pilsener - 33 Entries
Gold: Schtolen Pils, SandLot Brewery at Coors Field, Denver, CO
Silver: La Plata Pils, Carver Brewing Co., Durango, CO
Bronze: Papa’s Pilsner, 75th Street Brewery - Lawrence, Lawrence, KS

Category: 18 Münchner-Style Helles - 32 Entries
Gold: Sunfest Lager, Ham’s Restaurant & Brewhouse, Greenville, NC
Silver: 6X Golden Lager, C.B. & Potts Big Horn Brewery - Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO
Bronze: Gordon Biersch Golden Export, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group, Chattanooga, TN

Category: 19 European-Style Pilsener - 23 Entries
Gold: Gold Mt. Pilsner, Silver City Brewing Co., Silverdale, WA
Silver: Schell Pilsner, August Schell Brewing, New Ulm, MN
Bronze: Widmer Export Lager, Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Category: 20 American-Style Light Lager - 29 Entries
Gold: Old Milwaukee Light, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL
Silver: Milwaukee’s Best Light, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: Southpaw Light, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Category: 21 American-Style Lager - 27 Entries
Gold: Pabst Blue Ribbon, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL
Silver: Miller High Life, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: Blatz, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL

Category: 22 American-Style Specialty Lager - 19 Entries
Gold: Mickey’s Malt Liquor, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI
Silver: Icehouse, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: HG 800, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Category: 23 Vienna-Style Lager - 20 Entries
Silver: Balto Marz Hon, Clipper City Brewing Co., Baltimore, MD
Bronze: Schild brau Amber, Millstream Brewing Co., Amana, IA

Category: 24 German-Style Märzen / Oktoberfest - 45 Entries
Gold: Samuel Adams Octoberfest, The Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA
Silver: Michelob Marzen, Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, MO
Bronze: Dominion Octoberfest, Old Dominion Brewing Co., Ashburn, VA

Category: 25 American-Style Amber Lager - 35 Entries
Gold: Steam Engine Lager, Steamworks Brewing Co., Durango/Bayfield, CO
Silver: Toasted Lager, Blue Point Brewing Co., Patchogue, NY
Bronze: Oktoberfist, Bluegrass Brewing Co., Louisville, KY

Category: 26 European-Style Dark / Münchner Dunkel - 21 Entries
Silver: Storm King, Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co., Glenwood Springs, CO
Bronze: Dunkel Rico, Stewart’s Brewing Co., Bear, DE

Category: 27 American-Style Dark Lager - 13 Entries
Gold: Leinenkugel’s Creamy Dark, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI
Silver: Freidafest, Humperdinks Restaurant and Brewery, Dallas, TX
Bronze: Ziegenbock, Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, MO

Category: 28 German-Style Schwarzbier - 21 Entries
Gold: Black Wolf Schwarzbier, Flossmoor Station Brewing Co., Flossmoor, IL
Silver: Schwarzbier, Rock Bottom Brewery - King of Prussia, King of Prussia, PA
Bronze: Iron Horse Lager, Great American Restaurants, Centreville, VA

Category: 29 Bock - 33 Entries
Gold: Maibock, Blind Tiger Brewery Pub & Play, Topeka, KS
Silver: Tröegenator Double Bock, Tröegs Brewing Co., Harrisburg, PA
Bronze: Fornicator Maibock, Piece Brewery, Chicago, IL

Category: 30 German-Style Strong Bock - 12 Entries
Gold: Autumnal Fire, Capital Brewery Co., Middleton, WI
Silver: Eisphyre, Capital Brewery Co., Middleton, WI
Bronze: Procrastinator, Back Street Brewery - Vista, Vista, CA

Category: 31 Baltic-Style Porter - 8 Entries
Silver: Raven, McKenzie Brew House, Glen Mills, PA
Bronze: Neptune’s Nemesis, Rocky River Brewing Co., Rocky River, OH

Category: 32 Golden or Blonde Ale - 41 Entries
Gold: Kiwanda Cream Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR
Silver: Korruption Kölsch, Bottoms Up Brewing Co., Pinedale, WY
Bronze: Aud Blonde, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA

Category: 33 German-Style Kölsch / Köln-Style Kölsch - 43 Entries
Gold: Chaser Pale, Blackstone Restaurant & Brewery, Nashville, TN
Silver: Clear Water Kolsch, RAM Restaurant and Big Horn Brewery - Boise, Boise, ID
Bronze: Saint Arnold Fancy Lawnmower Beer, Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX

Category: 34 English-Style Summer Ale - 25 Entries
Gold: 312 Urban Wheat Ale, Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL
Silver: Sandbagger Gold, Montana Brewing Co., Billings, MT
Bronze: True Blonde Ale, Ska Brewing Co., Durango, CO

Category: 35 Classic English-Style Pale Ale - 25 Entries
Gold: 5 Barrel Pale Ale, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO
Silver: Mac’s Ale, Pyramid Breweries, Seattle, WA
Bronze: Denver Pale Ale, Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Category: 36 English-Style India Pale Ale - 26 Entries
Gold: India Pale Ale, Carolina Brewery, Chapel Hill, NC
Silver: Beech Street Bitter, Pizza Port - Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
Bronze: Triumph Bengal Gold I.P.A., Triumph Brewing Co. of New Hope, New Hope, PA

Category: 37 American-Style Pale Ale - 83 Entries
Gold: Tumble Off Pale Ale, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR
Silver: Brewmasters’ Pale, Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., Portland, OR
Bronze: XP Pale Ale, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA

Category: 38 American-Style Strong Pale Ale - 66 Entries
Gold: Big Fish, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery - Chandler, Chandler, AZ
Silver: Racer’s, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA
Bronze: Hop Knot, Four Peaks Brewing Co., Tempe, AZ

Category: 39 American-Style India Pale Ale - 94 Entries
Gold: HopHead Imperial IPA, Bend Brewing Co., Bend, OR
Silver: Apex Ale, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA
Bronze: Taildragger IPA, RAM Restaurant and Big Horn Brewery - Boise, Boise, ID

Category: 40 Imperial or Double India Pale Ale - 57 Entries
Gold: Pliny the Elder, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA
Silver: Poor Man’s IPA, Pizza Port - Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
Bronze: Left Coast Hop Juice, Oggi’s Pizza & Brewing Co., San Clemente, CA

Category: 41 American-Style Amber / Red Ale - 62 Entries
Gold: Anniversary Ale, Amherst Brewing Co., Amherst, MA
Silver: Amber Waves Ale, Capitol City Brewing Co., Arlington, VA
Bronze: Sharkbite Red Ale, Port Brewing Co., San Marcos, CA

Category: 42 Imperial or Double Red Ale - 24 Entries
Gold: Organic Deranger, Laurelwood Brewing Co., Portland, OR
Silver: Shark Attack, Pizza Port - Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA
Bronze: Rock Opera Imperial IPA, Vino’s Pizza*Pub*Brewery, Little Rock, AR

Category: 43 Bitter - 33 Entries
Gold: Raccoon Red, Rock Bottom Brewery - Bethesda, Bethesda, MD
Silver: Alaskan Pale, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK
Bronze: Cutthroat Pale Ale, Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT

Category: 44 Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter - 45 Entries
Gold: Firestone Walker IPA, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
Silver: Autumn Ale, Short’s Brewing Co., Bellaire, MI
Bronze: Stone Pale Ale, Stone Brewing Co., Escondido, CA

Category: 45 Scottish-Style Ale - 20 Entries
Gold: Laughing Lab Scottish Ale, Bristol Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO
Silver: MacPelican’s Scottish Style Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR
Bronze: Kiltlifter Scottish Ale, Pug Ryan’s Brewery, Dillon, CO

Category: 46 Irish-Style Red Ale - 32 Entries
Gold: TAPS Irish Red, TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea, CA
Silver: Red Rocks Red, Rock Bottom Brewery - Westminster, Westminster, CO
Bronze: St. James Red Ale, Walnut Brewery, Boulder, CO

Category: 47 English-Style Brown Ale - 44 Entries
Gold: Dawn Patrol Dark, Pizza Port - San Clemente, San Clemente, CA
Silver: Old Town Brown, Natty Greene’s Brewing Co., Greensboro, NC
Bronze: Balboa Brown, Newport Beach Brewing Co., Newport Beach, CA

Category: 48 American-Style Brown Ale - 45 Entries
Gold: Doryman’s Dark Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR
Silver: Great American Brown, Pizza Port - Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
Bronze: Bear Tooth Ale, Moose’s Tooth Brewing Co., Anchorage, AK

Category: 49 German-Style Brown Ale / Düsseldorf-Style Alt Bier- 26 Entries
Gold: Otis Alt, Elk Grove Brewery and Restaurant, Elk Grove, CA
Silver: “Alt 45”, The Cambridge House Brewpub, Granby, CT
Bronze: Terrapin Alt, Rock Bottom Brewery - Bethesda, Bethesda, MD

Category: 50 South German-Style Hefeweizen / Hefeweissbier- 50 Entries
Gold: Mueller Hefeweizen, Springfield Brewing Co., Springfield, MO
Silver: Wapiti Wheat, Wolf Pack Brewing Co., West Yellowstone, MT
Bronze: In-Heat Wheat Hefeweizen, Flying Dog Brewery, Denver, CO

Category: 51 German-Style Wheat Ale - 34 Entries
Gold: Gordon Biersch Weizenbock, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group, Chattanooga, TN
Silver: Boscos Hefeweizen, Boscos, Memphis, TN
Bronze: Berliner Weiss, Bethlehem Brew Works, Bethlehem, PA

Category: 52 Belgian-Style White (or Wit) / Belgian Style Wheat- 36 Entries
Silver: Wits End, Great American Restaurants, Centreville, VA
Bronze: 35th Anniversary Ale, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO

Category: 53 French- Belgian-Style Saison - 44 Entries
Gold: Organic Farmhouse Ale, Bison Brewing Co., Berkeley, CA
Silver: Saison, Capitol City Brewing Co., Arlington, VA
Bronze: Hennepin Farmhouse Saison, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY

Category: 54 Belgian- and French-Style Ale - 14 Entries
Gold: Le Fleur Misseur, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO
Silver: Dim Wit, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery - Chandler, Chandler, AZ
Bronze: Belgian Double White Ale, Southampton Publick House, Southampton, NY

Category: 55 Belgian-Style Sour Ale - 24 Entries
Gold: La Folie, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO
Silver: Beatification, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA
Bronze: Festina Lente, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE

Category: 56 Belgian-Style Abbey Ale - 56 Entries
Gold: Tripel Ale, Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME
Silver: Adirondack Abbey Ale, Great Adirondack Brewing Co., Lake Placid, NY
Bronze: Bishop’s Tipple Tripel, Main Street Brewery, Corona, CA

Category: 57 Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale - 45 Entries
Gold: Golden Armor, C.B. & Potts Big Horn Brewery - Denver Tech Center, Englewood, CO
Silver: Interlude, Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME
Bronze: Reve II, Redrock Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT

Category: 58 Robust Porter - 71 Entries
Gold: Goddess Porter, Big Time Brewing Co., Seattle, WA
Silver: Pacemaker Porter, Flyers Restaurant and Brewery, Oak Harbor, WA
Bronze: Total Eclipse Black Ale, Hoppy Brewing Co., Sacramento, CA

Category: 59 Brown Porter - 29 Entries
Gold: Molly Titanic, Rock Bottom Brewery - Denver, Denver, CO
Silver: St. Charles Porter, Blackstone Restaurant & Brewery, Nashville, TN
Bronze: Peter Brown Tribute Ale, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA

Category: 60 Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout - 21 Entries
Gold: Maxwell’s Stout, Basil T’s Brewery & Italian Grill, Red Bank, NJ
Silver: Slapshot Stout, RAM Restaurant and Big Horn Brewery - Seattle, Seattle, WA
Bronze: Irish Stout, Schooner’s Grille & Brewery, Antioch, CA

Category: 61 Foreign (Export)-Style Stout - 19 Entries
Gold: Tsunami Stout, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR
Silver: Black Bear XX Stout, Alameda Brewhouse, Portland, OR
Bronze: San Quentin’s Breakout Stout, Marin Brewing Co., Larkspur, CA

Category: 62 American-Style Stout - 20 Entries
Gold: Sticky Stout, Pizza Port - Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
Silver: Oggi’s Black Majic Stout, Oggi’s Pizza & Brewing Co., San Clemente, CA
Bronze: Terminal Oatmeal Stout, Rock Bottom Brewery - Chicago, Chicago, IL

Category: 63 Sweet Stout - 18 Entries
Gold: Udder Goodness, Rock Bottom Brewery - Desert Ridge, Phoenix, AZ
Silver: Steel Toe Stout, Ska Brewing Co., Durango, CO
Bronze: The Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout, The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery, Farmville, NC

Category: 64 Oatmeal Stout - 37 Entries
Gold: Oatmeal Stout, Schooner’s Grille & Brewery, Antioch, CA
Silver: Seabright Oatmeal Stout, Seabright Brewery, Santa Cruz, CA
Bronze: Lasto’s Oatmeal Stout, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery - Portland, Portland, OR

Category: 65 Imperial Stout - 35 Entries
Gold: Russian Imperial Stout, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Media, Media, PA
Silver: TAPS Imperial Russian Stout, TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea, CA
Bronze: Siberian Night, Thirsty Dog Brewing Co., Independence, OH

Category: 66 Strong Scotch Ale - 25 Entries
Gold: Kilt Sniffer Strong Scotch Ale, Big Dog’s Brewing Co., Las Vegas, NV
Silver: Highland Scotch Reserve, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA
Bronze: Rambeaux, RAM Restaurant and Big Horn Brewery - Seattle, Seattle, WA

Category: 67 Old Ale / Strong Ale - 34 Entries
Gold: Vintage Ale, The Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co., Madison, WI
Silver: Tripel Exultation, Eel River Brewing Co., Fortuna, CA
Bronze: Curmudgeons Nip, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Category: 68 Other Strong Ale or Lager - 30 Entries
Gold: Winter Wheatwine, Rubicon Brewing Co., Sacramento, CA
Silver: Dragonstooth Stout, Elysian Brewing Co., Seattle, WA
Bronze: Pit Bull High Gravity Ice Malt Liquor, Pig’s Eye Brewing Co., St. Paul, MN

Category: 69 Barley Wine-Style Ale - 55 Entries
Gold: Old Ruffian Barley Wine, Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver, CO
Silver: Stormwatcher’s Winterfest, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR
Bronze: Arctic Devil Barley Wine, Midnight Sun Brewing Co., Anchorage, AK

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