Instructions on how to be taken off this Brewsletter list are at the bottom of this message. To talk to Owen, please send an email to owen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx BREWTOPIA EVENTS EMAIL BREWSLETTER Owen Ogletree (owen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) October 5, 2004 http://www.ClassicCityBrew.com phone (706) 254-BREW BEER EVENT REMINDERS 10/09/04 ? BRAMWELL OKTOBERFEST, Bramwell, WV. http://www.geocities.com/bramwelloktoberfest/ 10/16/04 -- DECATUR BEER FESTIVAL, Decatur Square, Decatur, GA. http://www.decatur-ga.com/cgs_citysvcs_ced_events.aspx 10/16/04 -- KNOXVILLE BREWERS JAM, Knoxville, TN. http://www.brewersjam.com/ 10/30/04 -- BLUEGRASS BEER FESTIVAL, Asheville, NC. http://www.brewgrassfestival.com/ 11/06/04 -- GEORGIA CRAFT BREW CHALLENGE, 5 Seasons Brewing Company, Atlanta, GA. http://www.worldclassbeer.org GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL 2004 WINNERS 2016 beers from all over the United States were judged in 67 categories at this year's Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. The winners were announced last Saturday night. (All you beer fans in Georgia should note that New River Brewing Company listed below is a contract brew that is made in Virginia, and the company has offices it Atlanta. Their beers are not available in Georgia.) This group of beers was judged to be the best in America... Category: 1 Non-Alcoholic (Beer) Malt Beverage-5 Entries Gold: Old Milwaukee NA, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX Silver: Coors NA, Coors Brewing Company, Golden, CO Bronze: Odoul's Amber, Anheuser-Busch Inc., St. Louis, MO Category: 2 American Lager/Ale or Cream Ale-23 Entries Gold: Red Dog, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI Silver: Special Export, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX Bronze: Genesee Cream Ale, High Falls Brewing Company, Rochester, NY Category: 3 American-Style Wheat Beer-20 Entries Gold: Summer Solstice Wheat, Chelsea Brewing Company, New York, NY Silver: Bullfrog Ale, Issaquah Brewhouse-Rogue Ales, Issaquah, WA Bronze: Shiner Winter Ale, The Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX Category: 4 American-Style Hefeweizen-25 Entries Gold: Hefeweizen, Pyramid Ales & Lagers, Seattle, WA Silver: American Wheat, Upstream Brewing Company, Omaha, NE Bronze: Mueller Unfiltered Wheat, Springfield Brewing Company, Springfield, MO Category: 5 Fruit and Vegetable Beer-36 Entries Gold: Raspberry Tart, New Glarus Brewing Company , New Glarus, WI Silver: Chile Beer, Six Rivers Brewery, McKinleyville, CA Bronze: Leinenkugel's Berry Weiss, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company, Chippewa Falls, WI Category: 6 Herb and Spice Beer-49 Entries Gold: Somer Gras Citrus Ale, Wynkoop Brewing Company, Denver, CO Silver: Heather Ale, Amherst Brewing Company, Amherst, MA Bronze: Santa's Lil' Helper, Newport Beach Brewing Company, Newport Beach, CA Category: 7 Coffee Flavored Beer-18 Entries Gold: "Cup of Mud" Java Porter, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant, Topeka, KS Silver: Cup of Joe, CJ's Brewery & Grill, La Jolla, CA Bronze: Double Espresso Stout, Barley Brothers Brewery & Grill, Lake Havasu City, AZ Category: 8 Specialty Beer-13 Entries Gold: Dubbel Down Brown, Santa Barbara Brewing Company, Santa Barbara, CA Silver: Morimoto Soba Ale, Rogue Ales, Newport, OR Bronze: Maple Wheaten, Pyramid Ales & Lagers, Seattle, WA Category: 9 Rye Beer-12 Entries Gold: Rye On, Chama River Brewing Company, Albuquerque, NM Silver: Roggenbier, Rock Bottom Brewery-Des Moines, West Des Moines, IA Bronze: Right on Rye, Rock Bottom Brewery-Bethesda, Bethesda, MD Category: 10 Specialty Honey Lager or Ale-20 Entries Gold: Midas Touch, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE Silver: Thunderstorm, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN Bronze: Orange Blossom Pilsner, Unique Beers, Orlando, FL Category: 11 Experimental Beer-29 Entries Gold: Samuel Adams Millennium, Boston Beer Company, Boston, MA Silver: Benevolence, Cambridge Brewing Company, Cambridge, MA Bronze: Palm Island Porter, Big Horn Brewing Co. @ The Ram 1, Tacoma, WA Category: 12 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer-47 Entries Gold: New Glarus Brown Ale, New Glarus Brewing Company, New Glarus, WI Silver: 2002 Casked Barley Wine, Schooner's Grille & Brewery, Antioch, CA Bronze: Bourbon Russian, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant #2, Wilmington, DE Category: 13 Beer With Yeast-8 Entries Gold: Triumph Kellerbier, Triumph Brewing Company of New Hope, New Hope, PA Silver: Moonmen, SandLot Brewery at Coors Field, Denver, CO Bronze: The Detroit Dwarf, Detroit Beer Company, Detroit, MI Category: 14 Smoke-Flavored Beer-19 Entries Gold: O'Fallon Smoked Porter, O'Fallon Brewery, O'Fallon, MO Silver: Triumph Rauchbier, Triumph Brewing Company of Princeton, Princeton, NJ Bronze: Alaskan Smoked Porter, Alaskan Brewing Company, Juneau, AK Category: 15 German-Style Pilsener-37 Entries Gold: Provo Girl Pilsner, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT Silver: Ptarmigan Pilsner, Backcountry Brewery, Frisco, CO Bronze: Sierra Nevada Summerfest, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico, CA Category: 16 Bohemian-Style Pilsener-29 Entries Gold: Gordon Biersch Czech Lager, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Chattanooga, TN Silver: Pallavicini Pilsner, Pug Ryans Brewery, Dillon, CO Bronze: La Plata Pils, Carver Brewing Company, Durango, CO Category: 17 Münchner-Style Helles-25 Entries Gold: B.S. Helles, SandLot Brewery at Coors Field, Denver, CO Silver: Helles, The Cowboy Restaurant & Brewery, Scottsdale, AZ Bronze: Augsburger Golden, Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, WI Category: 18 European-Style Pilsener-25 Entries Gold: Mueller Lager, Springfield Brewing Company, Springfield, MO Silver: Pilsner 500, Prescott Brewing Company, Prescott, AZ Bronze: Herman Brau, SandLot Brewery at Coors Field, Denver, CO Category: 19 American-Style Light Lager-33 Entries Gold: Rainier Light, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX Silver: Old Milwaukee Light, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX Bronze: Michelob Light, Anheuser-Busch Inc., St. Louis, MO Category: 20 American-Style "Light" Amber Lager-9 Entries Gold: MoJo Lager, Starr Hill, Charlottesville, VA Silver: Henry Weinhard Amber Light, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI Bronze: Coastal Light Pale, Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles, CA Category: 21 American-Style Lager-14 Entries Gold: Old Milwaukee, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX Silver: Milwaukee's Best, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI Bronze: Schlitz, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX Category: 22 American-Style Premium Lager-14 Entries Gold: Coors Original, Coors Brewing Company, Golden, CO Silver: Miller High Life, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI Bronze: Pabst Blue Ribbon, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX Category: 23 American-Style Specialty Lager-19 Entries Gold: Samurai Malt Liquor, Rock Bottom Brewery-Long Beach, Long Beach, CA Silver: Schlitz Malt Liquor, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX Bronze: St. Ides Malt Liquor, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX Category: 24 Vienna-Style Lager-25 Entries Gold: Genesee Red Lager, High Falls Brewing Company, Rochester, NY Silver: Schild brau Amber, Millstream Brewing Company, Amana, IA Bronze: Vienna Lager, Squatters Pub Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT Category: 25 German-Style Märzen/Oktoberfest-52 Entries Gold: Oktoberfest, Sprecher Brewing Company, Glendale, WI Silver: Octfest, Old Dominion Brewing Company, Ashburn, VA Bronze: Oktoberfest, Stoudt's Brewing Company, Adamstown, PA Category: 26 American-Style Amber Lager-31 Entries Gold: Old Scratch, Flying Dog Brewery, Denver, CO Silver: Extreme Amber, BJ's Restaurant & Brewery-Woodland Hills/Oxnard, Huntington Beach, CA Bronze: UBER BRAU, Big Horn Brewing Co. @ Humperdink's, Addison, TX Category: 27 European-Style Dark/Münchner Dunkel-21 Entries Gold: Dunkles Bock, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA Silver: Dark Munich Lager, Rock Bottom Brewery-Desert Ridge, Phoenix, AZ Bronze: Penn Dark, Pennsylvania Brewing Company, Pittsburgh, PA Category: 28 American-Style Dark Lager-9 Entries Gold: Beau Rivage Bock, Coast Brewing Company/Beau Rivage Resort, Biloxi, MS Silver: Michelob Amber Bock, Anheuser-Busch Inc., St. Louis, MO Bronze: Leinenkugel's Creamy Dark, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company, Chippewa Falls, WI Category: 29 German-Style Schwarzbier-28 Entries Gold: Black Forest Schwarzbier, Squatters Pub Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT Silver: Kings Peak, Uinta Brewing Company, Salt Lake City, UT Bronze: Goose Island Schwarzbier, Goose Island Beer Company, Chicago, IL Category: 30 Bock-15 Entries Gold: Butt Head Bock, Tommyknocker Brewery, Idaho Springs, CO Silver: Hops 15th Anniversary Bock, Hops Grillhouse and Brewery, Madison, GA Bronze: Mai Bock, Sprecher Brewing Company, Glendale, WI Category: 31 German-Style Strong Bock-20 Entries Gold: Capital Autumnal Fire, Capital Brewery Company, Inc., Middleton, WI Silver: Broken Keg Ice Bock, Port Brewing Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA Bronze: Eisbock, New Glarus Brewing Company, New Glarus, WI Category: 32 Golden or Blonde Ale-38 Entries Gold: All Nighter, Chicago Brewing Company, Las Vegas, NV Silver: Mother Lode Golden, Laurelwood Public House & Brewery, Portland, OR Bronze: Big Horn Blonde, Big Horn Brewing Co. @ The Ram 2, Wheeling, IL Category: 33 German-Style Kölsch/Köln-Style Kölsch-36 Entries Gold: Guido's Kolnerbrau, Snake River Brewing Company, Jackson, WY Silver: Biloxi Blonde, Coast Brewing Company/Beau Rivage Resort, Biloxi, MS Bronze: Mammoth Gold, Mammoth Brewing Company, Mammoth Lakes, CA Category: 34 Classic English-Style Pale Ale-22 Entries Gold: Starr Hill Pale Ale, Starr Hill, Charlottesville, VA Silver: Millennium Ale, Coast Brewing Company/Beau Rivage Resort, Biloxi, MS Bronze: Pitchfork Pale Ale, Jarre Creek Ranch Restaurant and Brewing Company, Castle Rock, CO Category: 35 English-Style Summer Ale-26 Entries Gold: Cascade Golden Ale, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR Silver: Chasing Tail Ale, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT Bronze: Surfer's Summer Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR Category: 36 English-Style India Pale Ale-26 Entries Gold: Squatters India Pale Ale, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT Silver: Goose Island India Pale Ale, Goose Island Beer Company, Chicago, IL Bronze: Newcomb's IPA, McCoy's Public House and Brew Kitchen, Kansas City, MO Category: 37 American-Style Pale Ale-74 Entries Gold: Duckdive Pale Ale, Bill's Tavern & Brewhouse, Cannon Beach, OR Silver: New River Pale Ale, New River Brewing Company, Atlanta, GA Bronze: Dillon DAM Extra Pale Ale, Dillon DAM Brewery, Dillon, CO Category: 38 American-Style Strong Pale Ale-37 Entries Gold: Avery India Pale Ale, Avery Brewing Company, Boulder, CO Silver: Boss IPA, Laurelwood Public House & Brewery, Portland, OR Bronze: Fairweather IPA, Moose's Tooth Brewing Company, Anchorage, AK Category: 39 American-Style India Pale Ale-93 Entries Gold: India Pelican Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR Silver: Wipeout IPA, Port Brewing Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA Bronze: IPA, Schooner's Grille & Brewery, Antioch, CA Category: 40 Imperial or Double India Pale Ale-48 Entries Gold: DoHeny Double IPA, Pizza Port San Clemente, San Clemente, CA Silver: Frank Double IPA, Port Brewing Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA Bronze: Heady Topper, The Alchemist, Waterbury, VT Category: 41 American-Style Amber/Red Ale-67 Entries Gold: Hoptown Paint the Town Red, Hoptown Brewing Company, Pleasanton, CA Silver: Red Nectar, Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles, CA Bronze: Arch Amber, Angelic Brewing Company, Madison, WI Category: 42 Imperial or Double Red Ale-19 Entries Gold: Hop Whompus, Oggi's Pizza and Brewing Company, San Clemente, CA Silver: Hog Heaven, Avery Brewing Company, Boulder, CO Bronze: Shark Attack, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA Category: 43 Bitter-29 Entries Gold: Drop Top Amber, Widmer Brothers Brewing, Portland, OR Silver: Buckin' Bitter, Bottoms Up Brewing Company, Pinedale, WY Bronze: Sunnyside Pale Ale, Snipes Mountain Brewing, Inc., Sunnyside, WA Category: 44 Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter-41 Entries Gold: The Wise ESB, Elysian Brewing Company, Seattle, WA Silver: Alaskan ESB, Alaskan Brewing Company, Juneau, AK Bronze: Bachelor ESB, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR Category: 45 Scottish-Style Ale-20 Entries Gold: Smokin Scottish Ale, Calhoun's Restaurant & Brewing Company of Harrisonburg, VA, Harrisonburg, VA Silver: Hope & King Scotch Ale, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN Bronze: Charlie's Barley, Ham's Restaurant & Brewhouse, Greenville, NC Category: 46 Irish-Style Red Ale-26 Entries Gold: Fountain City Amber, 75th Street Brewery, Kansas City, MO Silver: McIlhenney's Irish Red, Alpine Beer Company, Alpine, CA Bronze: Casco Bay Riptide Red Ale, Casco Bay Brewing Company, Portland, ME Category: 47 English-Style Brown Ale-42 Entries Gold: Buster Nut Brown, SKA Brewing Company, Durango, CO Silver: Nut Brown Ale, Island Brewing Company, Carpinteria, CA Bronze: Nut Brown Ale, Long Valley Pub and Brewery, Long Valley, NJ Category: 48 American-Style Brown Ale-37 Entries Gold: Bitch Creek ESB, Grand Teton Brewing Company, Victor, ID Silver: Bee Sting Brown Ale, Big Horn Brewing Co. @ The Ram 1, Tacoma, WA Bronze: Slow Down Brown, Il Vicino Brewing Company, Albuquerque, NM Category: 49 German-Style Brown Ale/Düsseldorf-Style Altbier-26 Entries Gold: Alt, Widmer Brothers Brewing, Portland, OR Silver: Four Alarm Alt, Pumphouse Brewery & Restaurant, Longmont, CO Bronze: Otis Alt, Elk Grove Brewery & Restaurant, Elk Grove, CA Category: 50 South German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier-55 Entries Gold: Hefeweizen, Yazoo Brewing Company, Nashville, TN Silver: Weathervane Weissbier, Jarre Creek Ranch Restaurant and Brewing Company, Castle Rock, CO Bronze: Liquid X, Rock Bottom Brewery-Bethesda, Bethesda, MD Category: 51 German-Style Wheat Ale-17 Entries Gold: CBC Ultimate Weiss, Chicago Brewing Company, Las Vegas, NV Silver: Nodding Head Berliner Weisse, Nodding Head Brewing Company, Philadelphia, PA Bronze: Wasatch Hefeweizen, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT Category: 52 Belgian-Style White (or Wit)/Belgian-Style Wheat-34 Entries Gold: Nit Wit, BJ's Restaurant & Brewery-Boulder/Chandler/Clear Lake, Huntington Beach, CA Silver: Katerina Wit, Main Street Brewery Lamppost Pizza, Corona, CA Bronze: Celis White, Michigan Brewing Company, Webberville, MI Category: 53 French- and Belgian-Style Saison-21 Entries Gold: Cave Aged Hennepin, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY Silver: Saison de Carbs, Rio Salado Brewing Company, Inc., Tempe, AZ Bronze: Farm House Reserve, Fitgers Brewhouse, Duluth, MN Category: 54 Belgian- and French-Style Ale-15 Entries Gold: Oro De Calabaza, Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales, Dexter, MI Silver: Grand Cru, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN Bronze: Bavay, McKenzie Brew House, Glen Mills, PA Category: 55 Belgian-Style Sour Ale-18 Entries Gold: Le Woody, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA Silver: Southampton Belgian Red Ale, Southampton Publick House, Southampton, NY Bronze: Sour Prick, Bitter End Bistro & Brewery, Austin, TX Category: 56 Belgian-Style Abbey Ale-38 Entries Gold: Abbey Belgian Style Ale, New Belgium Brewing Company, Fort Collins, CO Silver: Bishop's Tipple Trippel, Main Street Brewery Lamppost Pizza, Corona, CA Bronze: Tripel, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant #1, Wilmington, DE Category: 57 Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale-27 Entries Gold: Sterk Wit, The Alchemist, Waterbury, VT Silver: Damnation, Russian River Brewing Company, Santa Rosa, CA Bronze: Cuvee De Tomme, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA Category: 58 Robust Porter-48 Entries Gold: Snipes Porter, Snipes Mountain Brewing, Inc., Sunnyside, WA Silver: Black Sand Porter, Kona Brewing Company, Kailua-Kona, HI Bronze: Edmund Fitzgerald, Great Lakes Brewing Company, Cleveland, OH Category: 59 Brown Porter-41 Entries Gold: Pete Brown Tribute Ale, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Inc., Healdsburg, CA Silver: St. Charles Porter, Blackstone Restaurant & Brewery, Nashville, TN Bronze: Pyramid Porter, Pyramid Ales & Lagers, Seattle, WA Category: 60 Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout-25 Entries Gold: Seaside Stout, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA Silver: Boulevard Dry Stout, Boulevard Brewing Company, Kansas City, MO Bronze: Blarney Sister's Dry Irish Stout, Third Street Aleworks, Santa Rosa, CA Category: 61 Foreign (Export)-Style Stout-32 Entries Gold: Custer's Last Stout, Montana Brewing Company, Billings, MT Silver: Tsunami Stout, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR Bronze: Obsidian Stout, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR Category: 62 British Stout-49 Entries Gold: Snowplow Milk Stout, Widmer Brothers Brewing, Portland, OR Silver: Oatmeal Stout X, Rock Bottom Brewery-Long Beach, Long Beach, CA Bronze: Barney Flats, Anderson Valley Brewing Company, Booneville, CA Category: 63 Imperial Stout-43 Entries Gold: First Date Stout, Steelhead Brewing Company-Burlingame, Burlingame, CA Silver: Imperial Stout, Silver City Brewing Company, Silverdale, WA Bronze: The Legend of the Liquid Brain, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO Category: 64 Strong Scotch Ale-23 Entries Gold: Scotch Ale, Sprecher Brewing Company, Glendale, WI Silver: Founders Margarets Scotch Ale, Founders Restaurant & Brewing Company, Alexandria, VA Bronze: AleSmith Wee Heavy, AleSmith Brewing Company, San Diego, CA Category: 65 Old Ale/Strong Ale-31 Entries Gold: Fat Tuesday Strong Ale, Redfish New Orleans Brewhouse, Boulder, CO Silver: XXX Exultation, Eel River Brewing Company, Fortuna, CA Bronze: Freeride, Big Horn Brewing Co. @ The Ram 1, Tacoma, WA Category: 66 Other Strong Ale or Lager-26 Entries Gold: Dragonstooth Stout, Elysian Brewing Company, Seattle, WA Silver: Roggenbock, Il Vicino Brewing Company, Albuquerque, NM Bronze: Small Craft, Clipper City Brewing Company, Baltimore, MD Category: 67 Barley Wine-Style Ale-37 Entries Gold: Big Woody, Glacier Brewhouse, Anchorage, AK Silver: Old Bounder, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA Bronze: Old Crustacean, Rogue Ales, Newport, OR 2004 Great American Beer Festival Brewery and Brewer of the Year Awards: Large Brewing Company and Large Brewing Company Brewer of the Year: Miller Brewing Company Dr. David S. Ryder Mid-Size Brewing Company and Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewer of the Year: Widmer Brothers Brewing Kurt Widmer Small Brewing Company and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year: Sprecher Brewing Company Craig Burge Large Brewpub and Large Brewpub Brewer of the Year: Elysian Brewery & Public House Dick Cantwell Small Brewpub and Small Brewpub Brewer of the Year: Pizza Port Solana Beach Tomme Arthur ______________________ That's about all for now. Take care and remember to always drink responsibly and support homebrewing and craft-brewed beers whenever possible! To UNsubscribe to this Brewsletter, please send an email (from your email address that received this Brewsletter) to brewtopia-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with UNSUBSCRIBE in the SUBJECT field. To contact Owen about other matters, send an email to owen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx