Oregon Breweries Take Home 15 Medals At The 2011 Great American Beer Festival

PORTLAND, Ore. (October 3, 2011) – Oregon breweries claimed a total of 15 medals at the 2011 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) held September 29 – October 1 in Denver, CO. Oregon Breweries brought home four gold medals, four silver medals and seven bronzes, placing the state third for the total number of medals won. Breweries in six of Oregon’s seven regions earned medals. The city of Bend led the way with six medals, followed by Portland with three medals, Baker City and Newport with two each and Hood River and Eugene with one each.

The GABF is the world’s largest beer competition and recognizes the most outstanding beers produced in the United States today. The top three medalists in each of the competition’s 83 beer-style categories were announced October 1st at the 30th Great American Beer Festival Awards Ceremony held at the Colorado Convention Center. The 2011 Great American Beer Festival Competition winners were selected by an international panel of 167 brewing experts from an impressive field of 3,930 entries received from 526 U.S. breweries.

Medal winners at the 2011 GABF from Oregon

Category: 1 American-Style Wheat Beer – 20 Entries
Silver: Shredders Wheat, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City

Category: 9 Specialty Beer – 24 Entries
Gold: Hazelnut Brown Nectar, Rogue Ales, Newport, OR

Category: 18 American-Style Sour Ale – 21 Entries
Bronze: Ching Ching, Bend Brewing Co., Bend

Category: 20 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer – 40 Entries
Bronze: Pinot Jubel, Deschutes Brewery, Bend

Category: 22 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout – 74 Entries
Gold: Bourbon Murder, Deschutes Brewery, Bend

Category: 26 Smoke Beer – 43 Entries
Gold: Smoke Ale, Rogue Ales, Portland

Category: 27 American-Style or International-Style Pilsener – 31 Entries
Bronze: Legacy Lager, Silver Moon Brewing, Bend

Category: 38 American-Style Dark Lager – 16 Entries
Silver: Session Black, Full Sail Brewing Co., Hood River

Category: 46 Classic English-Style Pale Ale – 25 Entries
Silver: MacTarnahan’s Amber Ale, MacTarnahan’s Brewing Co., Portland

Category: 47 English-Style India Pale Ale – 46 Entries
Bronze: Down ‘n’ Dirty IPA, Deschutes Brewery, Bend

Category: 48 International-Style Pale Ale – 20 Entries
Bronze: Radiant, Ninkasi Brewing Co., Eugene

Category: 54 Imperial Red Ale – 57 Entries
Bronze: Organic Deranger, Laurelwood Brewing Co., Portland

Category: 75 Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout – 24 Entries
Silver: Breakside Dry Stout, Breakside Brewery, Portland

Category: 76 Foreign-Style Stout – 23 Entries
Gold: Dark Side Stout, Silver Moon Brewing, Bend

Category: 77 American-Style Stout – 37 Entries
Bronze: Disorder Stout, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City

The Oregon Brewers Guild will be pouring all hoppy beers at our booth in the Support Your Local Brewery Pavillion.
See the schedule below and stop by and meet the brewer we are at booth space 12/13. There are 33 Oregon breweries at the GABF in 2011
Thursday, September 29
Hopworks Urban Brewery Pig War American IPA
Standing Stone Brewing I ? Oregon Ale American Pale Ale
Rogue Ales Brutal IPA
Laurelwood Brewing Gearhead IPA
Oakshire Brewing Watershed IPA
Silver Moon Brewing Hoptagon Imperial IPA

Friday, September 30
Ninkasi Brewing Maiden the Shade Summer IPA
Full Sail Brewing Lupulin Fresh Hop Ale
Pelican Pub & Brewery India Pelican Ale IPA
Deschutes Brewery Wet Hopt Trip Fresh Hop Ale

Saturday, October 1-Afternoon
Pyramid Breweries Hop’nautic American Pale Ale
Widmer Brothers Brewing Rotator IPA Series: Falconer’s IPA

Saturday, October 1-Evening
10 Barrel Brewing Crosby Fresh Hop Harvest Ale
Logsdon Farmhouse Ales Fresh Hop Seizoen met Brett
BridgePort Brewing Hop Harvest Fresh Hop IPA

Stop by our booth and pick up a I HEART OREGON BEER button.

2010 GABF Medalists from Oregon

Read the press release here

Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City

Gold-Turmoil, Category: 58 American-Style India Black Ale – 53 Entries
Silver-Shredders Wheat, Category: 1 American-Style Wheat Beer – 23 Entries
Silver-Disorder Stout, Category: 73 American-Style Stout – 27 Entries

Bend Brewing Co., Bend

Silver-Cherry Baltic, Category: 21 Aged Beer – 30 Entries
Bronze-Outback X, Category: 78 Old Ale or Strong Ale – 38 Entries

Deschutes Brewery, Bend

Gold-Mirror Pond Pale Ale, Category: 43 Classic English-Style Pale Ale – 29 Entries
Silver-Gluten Free, Category: 14 Gluten Free Beer – 13 Entries
Silver-Wowzenbock, Category: 62 German-Style Wheat Ale – 29 Entries
Bronze-Bachelor ESB, Category: 53 Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter – 42 Entries

Laurelwood Brewing Co., Portland

Bronze, Deranger, Category: 50 Imperial Red Ale – 43 Entries

Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City

Gold-Kiwanda Cream Ale, Category: 40 Golden or Blonde Ale – 55 Entries
Bronze, Tsunami Stout, Category: 72 Foreign-Style Stout – 33 Entries
Bronze-MacPelican’s Wee Heavy Ale, Category: 77 Scotch Ale – 34 Entries

Ram Restaurant & Brewery, Salem
Bronze-Maibock, Category: 37 Bock – 36 Entries

Rogue Ales, Newport

Bronze, Hazelnut Brown Nectar, Category: 7 Specialty Beer – 23 Entries
Bronze, Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout, Category: 73 American-Style Stout – 27 Entries

Silver Moon Brewing, Bend

Bronze-Bridge Creek Pilsner, Category: 26 Bohemian-Style Pilsener – 42 Entries

Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., Portland

Bronze-Hefeweizen, Category: 2 American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast – 43 Entries
Bronze-Drop Top, Category: 52 Ordinary or Special Bitter – 47 Entries

2010 OBG Medal Winners

2010 Oregon Brewers Guild Members Booths

Beers being poured at the Oregon Brewers Guild booth during the GABF
Support Your Local Brewery Pavilion- Booth 21 + 22

Thursday, September 16 – 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm
NINKASI BREWING Total Domination IPA Dry Hopped in Pinot Noir Casks
CASCADE BREWING Sang Royale
ROGUE ALES John John Hazelnut
BEND BREWING Raven Baltic Porter aged for 1 year in Evan Williams Barrel

Friday, September 17 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm
WIDMER BROTHERS BREWING CO. Barrel Aged Brrrbon
FULL SAIL BREWING Bourbon Barrel Wassail
OAKSHIRE BREWING Transformation Barrel Aged Barleywine

Saturday, September 18 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm
DESCHUTES BREWERY Black Butte XXII
HOPWORKS URBAN BREWERY For Those About to Bock Beer Aged in Bourbon Barrels
LAURELWOOD BREWING CO. Framboise

Saturday, September 18 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm -
MAC TARNAHAN’S BREWING CO. Bourbon Barrel Aged Goose Bump Imperial Stout

Participating Oregon Breweries

10 Barrel Brewing Co. – Bend
Alameda Brewhouse – Portland
Barley Brown’s Brew Pub – Baker City
Bend Brewing Co. – Bend
Cascade Brewing Co. – Portland
Cascade Lakes Brewing Co. – Redmond
Deschutes Brewery – Bend
Full Sail Brewing Co. – Hood River
Full Sail Brewing Co. – Portland Brewery
Hopworks Urban Brewery – Portland
Laurelwood Brewing Co. – Portland
MacTarnahan’s Brewing Co. – Portland
Mt. Emily Ale House – La Grande
Ninkasi Brewing Co. – Eugene
Oakshire Brewing – Eugene
Pelican Pub & Brewery – Pacific City
Ram Restaurant & Brewery – Happy Valley
Ram Restaurant & Brewery – Salem
Rogue Ales – Newport
Silver Moon Brewing – Bend
Southern Oregon Brewing – Medford
Steelhead Brewing Co. – Eugene
Track Town Ales – Eugene
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. – Portland

For a press release and a list of all OBG GABF Medalists-click here

2009 GABF Medal Winning Beers Made in Oregon
10 Barrel Brewing, Bend
• Bronze: S1NISTOR Black Ale

Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City
• Silver: Shredders Wheat
• Bronze: Tumble Off Pale Ale

Bend Brewing Co., Bend
• Silver: Outback X

Cascade Brewing Co., Portland
• Gold: Bourbonic Plague
• Silver: Vlad the Imp Aler

Deschutes Brewery, Bend
• Silver: Mirror Pond Pale Ale
• Bronze: Deschutes Brewery Quad
• Bronze: Black Butte Porter

Full Sail Brewing Co., Hood River
• Gold: Session Black Premium Lager

Hopworks Urban Brewery, Portland
• Gold: Organic Ace of Spades Imperial IPA
• Gold: Organic Rise Up Red

Laurelwood Brewing Co., Portland
• Bronze: Organic Deranger Imperial Red
• Gold: Space Stout

MacTarnahan’s Brewing Co., Portland
• Gold: MacTarnahan’s Amber

Oakshire Brewing, Eugene
• Silver: Overcast Espresso Stout

Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City
• Silver: Kiwanda Cream Ale
• Silver: Surfer’s Summer Ale
• Bronze: MacPelican’s Wee Heavy Ale

Pyramid Breweries, Portland
• Gold: Haywire Hefeweizen

Rogue Ales, Newport
• Silver: Imperial Chocolate Stout
• Silver: Mocha Porter

Widmer Brother’s Brewing, Portland
• Silver: Hefeweizen
• Gold: W’10

GABF Medal Winners Videos
Interview with Cascade Brewings Art Larrance and Ron Gansberg


GABF Medal Winner Videos – Interview with Chad Kennedy of Laurelwood Brewing Co.

2009 GABF Awards Ceremony Photos