Even though some of the luster has worn off it is still important to take time to see who won what medals at this years Great American Beer Festival awards.
And boy did L.A. come up gold in some mighty big ways. Highland Park Brewery was the big winner taking home a brewery of the year award for their brewery size as well as gold for Baseball Lager, Timbo Pils, DDH Pillow and Competition IPA, that last one is huge because it is one of the largest categories, American IPA.
Trademark Brewing in Long Beach snared gold in the equally big West Coast IPA category for Codebreaker and earlier in the ceremony picked up silver for A La Playa in the fruit beer category. Fellow Long Beach winners were ISM Brewing with a bronze and Beachwood with a silver.
Another important win came in the Hazy IPA category where Ambitious Ales took the top prize for Professional Human Being IPA.
DTLA got some medals two with Angel City getting a second win for their Apple Pomace Puncheon and Audiograph getting a second too for Bas Clef Strong Ale.
Other fun notes:
Wayfinder Beer won the Krispy King Lager crown for their Hell and Bearded Tang in Orange County won the Alpha King Hoppy crown.
This was a first year for cider medals but it seemed a little weird since there are already great cider competitions out there.
Heard two great beer names during the broadcast: Animals Strike Curious Poses and Polterweiss
Other SoCal brewery of the year winners were Everywhere Beer and Riip Beer.
