The Brewers Association (BA) awarded 290 medals to 265 breweries across the country during the 35th annual Great American Beer Festival (GABF). The awards ceremony was held in Denver on Friday evening during the Craft Brewers Conference which concluded yesterday.
To allow for the fall hop harvest and beer production, and to include Fresh Hop beers in this prestigious competition, 78 Fresh Hop Beer category entries will compete in early October, with winners announced Friday, October 15.
“Despite being forced to cancel the festival portion of GABF, our brewing community rallied together to make this year’s GABF competition one for the books—our largest competition judged to date,” said Chris Swersey, competition director, Great American Beer Festival.
See the BA press release here and the full list of medal winners here.