Golden Breweries Win Gold Medals at 2018 Great American Beer Fest

GOLDEN, CO – Is it something in the water? Golden craft breweries know their stuff, the judges at Great American Beer Fest 2018 determined this week. Two Golden craft breweries took home gold medals at the GABF this year in Denver. It's Oktoberfest weather, and both breweries won in the German-style categories.

Golden City Brewery's German-style "Alt Bier" called Legendary Red won a gold medal. The 25-year-old brewery, set in a repurposed machine shop, bills itself as the "second-biggest" brewery in Golden (after Molsen-Coors?) has been perfecting Legendary Red since the early days.

Canonball Creek Brewing Company's "Netflix and Pils," a German-style Pilsner, also won the top prize. "We brew the beer that we like to drink," say owners Brian Hutchinson and Jason Stengl.

All in all, 32 Colorado breweries won medalsat the GABF.

More than 7,900 beers were entered in the competition in 98 categories, evaluated by 276 judges, the GABF said. The event is hosted by the non-profit Brewers Association.

Here are all 2018 Colorado winners:

Gold

• Apricot Saison — 105 Brewing Co., Castle Rock, Specialty Saison
• Drunkard’s Cloak — Banded Oak, Denver, Old Ale or Strong Ale
• BJ’s Quad — BJ’s Restaurant, Boulder, Belgian-style Dubbel or Quadrupel
• Sunshine Express — Butcherknife Brewing Co., Steamboat Springs, Australian-style India Pale Ale
• Netflix and Pils — Canonball Creek Brewing Co., Golden, German-style Pilsner
• Barrel-aged Japance Off — Denver Beer Co., Denver, Barrel-aged beer
• Graham Cracker Porter — Denver Beer Co., Denver, Specialty Beer
• Guten Bock — Gilded Goat Brewing Co., Fort Collins, Bock
• Shoshone Stout — Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co., Glenwood Springs, Oatmeal Stout
• Legendary Red — Golden City Brewery, Golden, German-style Alt Bier
• Bohemian Pilsner — Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Broomfield, Bohemian-style Pilsner
• Puckerberry — High Hops Brewery, Windsor, Gluten-free Beer
• Sawtooth Ale — Lefthand Brewing Co., Longmont, Ordinary or Specialty Bitter
• Transatlantic Kriek — New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, in collaboration with Oud Beersel, Beersel, Belgium
• Oktoberfest — Ska Brewing, Durango, Vienna-style Lager
• Colorado Kolsh — Steamworks Brewing Co., Durango, Kolsh Beer
• Jean Claud Van Blond — Wit’s End Brewing, Denver, Belgian Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale

Silver

• 1956 Golden Ale — Bootstrap Brewing, Niwot, Golden or Blonde Ale
• Little Red Cap — Grimm Brothers Brewing Co., Loveland, German-style Alt Bier
• Honeycomb Cream Ale — Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery, Denver, Honey Beer
• Citra Dry Hopped Funk Yo Couch — Wiley Roots Brewing, Greeley, Mixed Culture Brett Beer

Bronze

• Pro-Am Collaboration — Cheluna Brewing Co., Aurora
• Chips and Salsa Cream Ale — Cogstone Brewing, Colorado Springs, Experimental Beer
• Defcon Red — Comrade Brewing Co., Denver, Irish-style Red Ale
• Knee-Knocker Porter — Crow Hop Brewing Co., Loveland, Brown Porter
• Madame Psychosis — Fiction Beer Co., Denver, Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale
• St. Nigel’s Dopplebock — Front Range Brewing Co., Lafayette, German-style Doppelbock
• It Takes a Tribe Red Ale — Goat Patch Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, Scottish-style Ale
• Dayblazer Easygoing Ale — New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, American-style Cream Ale
• Blonde Betty — Smuggler’s Brewpub, Telluride, Belgian Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale
• Howdy Beer — The Post Brewing Co., Lafayette, American-style Pilsner
• Abby Blonde — Thirsty Monk Pub & Brewery, Denver, Belgian- and French-style Ale

The locals were celebrating on social media over the weekend.

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