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Oktoberfest Munich Infographic

September 27, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is still yet another poster about Oktoberfest, which began six days ago in Munich, Germany. This one is titled simply Oktoberfest Munich and was created by Destination, a travel website. It features several factoids and then compares two other prominent Oktoberfests, one in Brazil and the other in Cincinnati.

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Get Ready … For Oktoberfest

September 26, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is yet another poster about Oktoberfest, which began five days ago in Munich, Germany. This one is called Get Ready … For Oktoberfest and was created by Wimdu, a house and apartment rental website.

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How To Survive Oktoberfest

September 25, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is still another poster about Oktoberfest, which began four days ago in Munich, Germany. This one is called How To Survive Oktoberfest with Your Liver Intact and was created by Accredited Online Colleges. It features a brief history of Oktoberfest and some tips for navigating the festival.

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Filed Under: Beers, Events, Just For Fun Tagged With: Beer Festivals, Germany, Infographics, Oktoberfest

The Great American Beer Fest Rap

September 24, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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This is a pretty funny video, JDirty and BIG Trox — GABF “Great American Beer Fest Rap”, made at last year’s Great American Beer Festival, which Charlie Papazian just tweeted. Enjoy.

Filed Under: Beers, Breweries, Events, Just For Fun Tagged With: GABF, Humor, Music, Video

The Down-Low On Oktoberfest

September 23, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is another poster about Oktoberfest, which began two days ago in Munich, Germany. This one is called the Down-Low on Oktoberfest and was created by Travel Insurance, which is an “online resource for travelers and people looking for more information on travel insurance.”

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Filed Under: Beers, Events, Just For Fun Tagged With: Beer Festivals, Germany, Infographics, Oktoberfest

Tapping In On Oktoberfest

September 21, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is a poster entitled “O Zapft Is!” and showed various factoids about Oktoberfest, which begins today in Munich, Germany. It was created by Visible, a social media monitor company.

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Filed Under: Beers, Events, Just For Fun Tagged With: Beer Festivals, Germany, Infographics, Oktoberfest

Porter’s Porter Day

September 8, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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My son Porter turns 12 this coming Tuesday. In his dozen years, he’s visited more breweries than the average adult. He’s listened to countless tour guides, brewers, Daddy’s beer friends, and me ramble on about beer and brewing for his entire life. Apparently it started to sink in. A few years ago, he began asking me if we could homebrew together. A casual question initially, but his desire intensified over time and earlier this year I promised him we could start homebrewing when he turned twelve.

Regular readers will no doubt know at least a little about Porter. By age three, he barely spoke. We visited numerous specialists and eventually he was diagnosed as being autistic. I quit my job as the General Manager of the Celebrator Beer News to stay home and do whatever we could to help our son. We found a special pre-school, hired tutors, took him to physical therapy, worked with endless flashcards, and basically did anything we could in the hopes of changing Porter’s fate; we read so many horror stories about worst case scenarios that we were committed to preparing him for a best possible future, at least. Happily, he responded magnificently, and by the end of the first year he was doing well-enough that I started freelancing. That’s also when I started the Brookston Beer Bulletin. Porter’s progress continued, but we decided to hold him back from starting kindergarten for a year (primarily because we’d been convinced that all boys tended to do better in school the later they started). Whatever it was we did, at least some of it worked. Academically, Porter flourished. His math and science (scores and grades) were off the chart. And perhaps more importantly, he caught up in language. When people meet him now, they’re astonished to learn he once didn’t talk. He’s certainly made up for lost time. In his last round of state-mandated testing, he scored perfects on four out of the five math sections, and even managed three perfects in language skills.

His autism mostly manifests itself these days in social awkwardness — but then he has me (and Sarah) for parents, so that’s not too surprising. We notice little things because we’re hyper-attuned to him from years of closely monitoring his behavior and progress. But most people don’t, and he appears more and more like a typical middle-schooler each year. He plays in band, loves Minecraft and was an all-star in little league baseball, where his team won the league championship this year. He even has a girlfriend and several good friends, something we thought impossible as recently as five years ago. The other way that his autism manifests itself is that he’s incredibly detail oriented. Some might say anal retentive. He often takes things literally, missing the nuance of humor or sarcasm. But I’m working on him. But that attention to detail I also thought would serve him well in homebrewing. A lot of brewing is precision and consistency.

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I’d been eyeing Russian River Brewing’s pilot brewery — a 20-gallon brew sculpture from MoreBeer — and over time had asked brewer Vinnie Cilurzo how he liked it. I wanted to recreate commercial brewing at home, as best we could, for Porter to learn the brewing process along with the chemistry and science behind it. I spoke to Chris Graham, COO at MoreBeer, about getting a slightly smaller 10-gallon system for Porter and me to brew on. In anticipation of homebrewing, Chris recommended that Porter read John Palmer’s How to Brew. He made it through 18 chapters before he decided it was getting too complicated and felt overwhelmed. Chris and I lamented the fact that there were no books on “homebrewing for kids,” and suggested I work on the problem.

Because the last time I homebrewed was over twenty years ago (when I was a messy carboy homebrewer at best), I thought I’d ask a few friends if they would be willing to help. To my delight, everybody I asked enthusiastically agreed and we set a date, September 7. Vinnie Cilurzo, from Russian River Brewing, agreed to come and brew with Porter for his first time, and we concluded that his first beer most certainly had to be a porter. I thought we’d use one of Vinnie’s old porter recipes, but he surprised us by creating a brand new porter recipe, which he named “Porter’s Porter.” We also got some help from Rich Norgrove, from Bear Republic, Sean Paxton — the Homebrew Chef — and Dave Keene, owner of the Toronado.

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Since we were going to do all-malt brewing, our first job was milling the barley, which Porter’s sister Alice seemed to love doing. Along with some friends, she ran the mill and got ready about twice as much of the base malt as we needed, just because she was enjoying herself so much. She’s now talking about becoming a maltster when she grows up.

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The next step was weighing and measuring out the base malt and specialty malts needed to start the brewing. Porter weighed it out and kept track of the grain build.

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Then Vinnie and Porter started the homebrew and got things really going. If you noticed that camera in the corner, my friend Justin Crossley, from the Brewing Network, brought a film crew to record Porter’s brew day. He interviewed father and son, along with all of the helpers, and is planning on creating a short film about families brewing. After the beer is finished, we’ll take some to the Brewing Network studio, and everyone except Porter will try the beer for the first time on the Sunday show. Should be fun.

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Vinnie watching the numbers, while Porter measures the kettle, getting ready to move the wort for the hop additions.

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Porter making the first hop addition.

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Porter trying the sweet wort for the first time.

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Getting everything set up to transfer the wort to the fermenter using a counterflow chiller, while Vinnie and Rich lamented the fact that we had no glycol.

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Brewmaster Porter and his intern/assistant Vinnie Cilurzo posing for a photo after the brewing was done.

After a six-hour brew day, the wort was in the fermenter and we had to wait for the temperature to drop so we could pitch the yeast. In between, we drank some great beer, ate some tasty food, and enjoyed a beautiful day in Sonoma County. We can’t thank Vinnie and Natalie Cilurzo enough for making Porter’s first brew day such a special one. He was thrilled and excited the entire day. In addition to Vinnie and Natalie, it was great seeing (and having the help of) Rich, Tami and Sam Norgrove, Dave and Jennifer Keene, and Sean, Arlene and Olivia Paxton. Five families getting together to eat, drink and brew. And thanks to Justin Crossley for recording it all for posterity. What a day!

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Porter’s Porter fermenting. Stay tuned to see how it all turned out in a couple of weeks.

Filed Under: Beers, Birthdays, Events, Just For Fun, News, Related Pleasures Tagged With: Bay Area, California, Family, Homebrewing, Northern California, Personal

Beers The Ladies Love

August 26, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic was originally created for Valentine’s Day earlier this year, by Save on Brew. I picked today to feature it because it’s Women’s Equality Day. Entitled Beers The Ladies Love, it gives tips for beers to give to the lady or ladies in your life. I’m not sure about their list of “10 Top Rated Craft Beer,” and especially the three that are imports, but they’re pretty good beers, at least. And there’s not a fruit beer in the bunch. It’s certainly better than many other attempts at this sort of thing I’ve seen.

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Filed Under: Beers, Events, Just For Fun Tagged With: Infographics, Women

July 4 Infographic

July 4, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s bonus infographic, since this is the only day I can really use it, is about all things “4th of July.” It was created by DegreeSearch.org, and includes a mention o beer as one of the historical factoids in the infographic.

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The Best Beers In California: 2013 California State Fair Winners

June 28, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Last week, the judging took place for the 18th annual California State Fair Craft Beer Competition in West Sacramento. This year’s entries came from 83 of the state’s breweries, with roughly 700 beers judged.

From the press release:

Some 40 beer experts from all over the state judged the various panels with blind tastings of the entries considering beers by style and classification. The judging panels were selected by Head Judge Tom Dalldorf, publisher of Celebrator Beer News, a national beer magazine.

The Best of Show tasting panel consisted of five of our top judges who were confronted with an unprecedented 47 entries all gold medal winners in previous rounds of judging. After a lengthy judging session, the panel agreed on giving Best of Show honors to a stunning Vienna Lager called Una Mas from Left Coast Brewing Company in San Clemente, Calif. A new award, Best of Show Session Beer (under 5% alcohol) was awarded to a wood-aged saison called Ocho Barril from Half Moon Bay Brewing Company in Half Moon Bay, Calif.

Beer enthusiasts can taste the award winning beers from the State Fair’s Craft Brew Competition on Saturday, July 20, from 3 pm–6 pm at Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd., Sacramento, Calif.

Full disclosure, I was privileged to be one of the dozens of judges who tasted all of the beers over three days, and even was on the panel of five that tasted all 47 of the winners of each category to pick the “best of show,” this year’s choice for the best beer in California. It was a very hard decision, as there were some unbelievably great beers on the table, in a breathtaking variety of styles. Best of show judging is harder than regular judging, because you’re not comparing like styles against one another. Instead, your looking for intangible qualities that make one beer stand out over another, made doubly difficult because every beer was already an award winner. But we persevered, and after a few hours emerged with a unanimous decision.

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Below are all of the award winners. 1 is a Gold medal, 2 is Silver, 3 is Bronze, and 4 is an Honorable Mention.

Category 1: Light Lager — Dortmunder/Premium American

  1. Auburn Export Lager, Auburn Ale House (Auburn)
  2. Local Lager, Tahoe Mountain Brewing (Tahoe City)
  3. Dead Canary, Ol’ Republic Brewing (Nevada City)

Category 1: Light Lager — Munich Helles

  1. Blue Eyed Blonde, Solvang Brewing (Solvang)
  2. Helles Lager, Hangar 24 Brewing (Redlands)
  3. Lager, Sudwerk Privatbrauerei Hubsch (Davis)

Category 2: Pilsner — German Pils

  1. Brainfood, Monkey Paw Brewing (San Diego)
  2. Longshoreman Lager, San Pedro Brewing (San Pedro)
  3. Pivo Pils, Firestone Walker Brewing (Paso Robles)
  4. Honorable Mention: Port Town Pilsner, Port Town Brewing (Los Angeles)

Category 2: Pilsner — Bohemian/Classic American Pils

  1. Summerfest, Sierra Nevada Brewing (Chico)
  2. None awarded
  3. Gold Country Pilsner, Auburn Ale House (Auburn)

Category 3: Amber Lager

  1. Una Mas, Left Coast Brewing (San Clemente)
  2. Marzen, Sudwerk Privatbrauerei Hubsch (Davis)
  3. Sullydunkel, 21st Amendment Brewery (San Francisco)

Category 4: Dark Lager

  1. Tatoo Black Lager, San Pedro Brewing (San Clemente)
  2. Bavarian Black Lager, Ol’ Republic Brewing (Nevada City)
  3. California Black Beer, Dale Bros. Brewery (Upland)

Category 5: Bock

  1. Welke Bock, San Pedro Brewing (San Pedro)
  2. Mai Bock, Sudwerk Privatbrauerei Hubsch (Davis)
  3. Doppelbock, Sudwerk Privatbrauerei Hubsch (Davis)

Category 6: Light Hybrid Beer — Cream Ale

  1. American Cream Ale, Schooner’s Grille & Brewery (Antioch)
  2. None awarded
  3. None awarded

Category 6: Light Hybrid Beer — Blonde Ale

  1. Common Sense, Berryessa Brewing (Winters)
  2. 805, Firestone Walker Brewing (Paso Robles)
  3. California Blonde, Eel River Brewing (Fortuna)

Category 6: Light Hybrid Beer — Kolsch

  1. Kalifornia Kolsch, Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery (San Francisco)
  2. Kolsch, Faultline Brewing (Sunnyvale)
  3. Bruin Blonde, San Pedro Brewing (San Pedro)
  4. Mission Blonde, Mission Brewery (San Diego)

Category 6: Light Hybrid Beer — American Wheat/Rye

  1. Lucille’s Hefeweizen, Bayhawk Ales (Irvine)
  2. Gramarye, Heretic Brewing (Fairfield)
  3. None awarded

Category 7: Amber Hybrid

  1. Alt-bier Ale, Hangar 24 Brewing (Redlands)
  2. California Amber Lager, Ol’ Republic Brewing (Nevada City)
  3. Anaheim 1889, Anaheim Brewing (Anaheim)

Category 8: English Pale Ale — Standard/Ordinary Bitter

  1. Freewheel Bitter, Freewheel Brewing (Redwood City)
  2. Freewheel Pale Ale, Freewheel Brewing (Redwood City)
  3. None awarded

Category 8: English Pale Ale — Special/Best/Premium Bitter

  1. Bonnie Lee’s Best Bitter, Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery (San Francisco)
  2. None awarded
  3. Freewheel Special Bitter, Freewheel Brewing (Redwood City)

Category 8: English Pale Ale — Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)

  1. Drake’s Amber, Drake’s Brewing (San Leandro)
  2. Blue Bell Bitter, Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery (San Francisco)
  3. SBC Bitter, Solvang Brewing (Solvang)

Category 9: Scottish/Irish Ale — Scottish Heavy 70/-

  1. None awarded
  2. Maltopia, Hermitage Brewing (San Jose)
  3. None awarded

Category 9: Scottish/Irish Ale — Irish Red Ale

  1. Conner’s Pride, Old Hangtown Beer Works (Placerville)
  2. Rimpau Red, Main Street Brewery/Lamppost Pizza (Corona)
  3. Red Trolly Ale, Karl Strauss Brewing (San Diego)

Category 10: American Ale — American Pale Ale

  1. Grand Am, Bear Republic Brewing (Healdsburg)
  2. Pintail Pale Ale, Karl Strauss Brewing (San Diego)
  3. American River Pale Ale, Auburn Ale House (Auburn)

Category 10: American Ale — American Amber Ale

  1. Mission Amber, Mission Brewery (San Diego)
  2. Rubicon Amber, Rubicon Brewing (Sacramento)
  3. Danske, Solvang Brewing (Solvang)

Category 10: American Ale — American Brown Ale

  1. Coloma Brown, American River Brewing (Rancho Cordova)
  2. Roasted American, 21st Amendment Brewery (San Francisco)
  3. Farmer’s Flannel Maple Brown, Anacapo Brewing (Ventura)

Category 11: English Brown Ale

  1. Ironwood Dark, Tied House Brewing (Mt. View)
  2. Downtown Brown, Lost Coast Brewing (Eureka)
  3. Whippersnapper, Berryessa Brewing (Winters)

Category 12: Porter — Brown Porter

  1. None awarded
  2. None awarded
  3. Double Nut Brown, Mammoth Brewing (Mammoth)
  4. Honorable Mention: Devil’s Peak Porter, Tahoe Mountain Brewing (Tahoe City)

Category 12: Porter — Robust Porter

  1. Oil Piers Porter, Surf Brewery (Ventura)
  2. None awarded
  3. Black Robusto Porter, Drake’s Brewing (San Leandro)

Category 12: Porter — Baltic Porter

  1. Badland’s Baltic Porter, Dale Bros. Brewery (Upland)
  2. Recession Ale, Loomis Basin Brewing (Loomis)
  3. None awarded

Category 13: Stout — Dry Stout

  1. Organic Chocolate Stout, Bison Brewing (Berkeley)
  2. Dragoons Dry Irish Stout, Moylan’s Brewing (Novato)
  3. Black Hawk Stout, Mendocino Brewing (Ukiah)

Category 13: Stout — Sweet Stout

  1. None awarded
  2. None awarded
  3. Black Jack Sweet Stout, Feather Falls Casino & Brewery (Oroville)

Category 13: Stout — Oatmeal Stout

  1. Oatmeal Stout, Sudwerk Privatbrauerei Hubsch (Davis)
  2. Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout, Anderson Valley Brewing (Boonville)
  3. None awarded
  4. Honorable Mention: Shanghai Stout, Auburn Ale House (Auburn)

Category 13: Stout — Foreign Export Stout

  1. Homeland Stout, New Helvetia Brewing (Sacramento)
  2. Crude, Belmont Brewing (Long Beach)
  3. None awarded

Category 13: Stout — American Stout

  1. None awarded
  2. Export Stout, Ol’ Republic Brewing (Nevada City)
  3. Roxanne Red, Main Street Brewery/Lamppost Pizza (Corona)

Category 13: Stout — Russian Imperial Stout

  1. Sunken City Imperial Stout, San Pedro Brewing (San Pedro)
  2. Imperial Stout, Mendocino Brewing (Ukiah)
  3. Ryan Sullivan’s Imperial Stout, Moylan’s Brewing (Novato)
  4. Honorable Mention: Parabola, Firestone Walker Brewing (Paso Robles)

Category 14: India Pale Ale — English IPA

  1. English IPA, Ol’ Republic Brewing (Nevada City)
  2. Organic IPA, Eel River Brewing (Fortuna)
  3. White Hawk IPA, Mendocino Brewing (Ukiah)

Category 14: India Pale Ale — American IPA

  1. Union Jack, Firestone Walker Brewing (Paso Robles)
  2. Torpedo, Sierra Nevada Brewing (Chico)
  3. Hop Daddy IPA, Main Street Brewery/Lamppost Pizza (Corona)

Category 14: India Pale Ale — Imperial IPA

  1. Double Up, Oggi’s Pizza & Brewery (Del Mar)
  2. Evil Cousin, Heretic Brewing (Fairfield)
  3. Denogginizer, Drake’s Brewing (San Leandro)

Category 14: India Pale Ale — Other IPA

  1. Evil Twin, Heretic Brewing (Fairfield)
  2. Our Dark Secret, Moylan’s Brewing (Novato)
  3. Boardwalk Black IPA, Karl Strauss Brewing (San Diego)

Category 15: German Wheat/Rye Beer

  1. Thunderweizen Ale, Lightning Brewery (Poway)
  2. Dancing Trees Hefeweizen, Feather Falls Casino & Brewery (Oroville)
  3. Orgasmica 4-grain Hefeweizen, Pizza Orgasmica (San Rafael)
  4. Honorable Mention: Windandsea Wheat, Karl Strauss Brewing (San Diego)

Category 16: Belgian and French Ale — Wit Beer

  1. Wit’s End, Ritual Brewing (Redlands)
  2. Wahoo Wheat Beer, Ballast Point Brewing (San Diego)
  3. None awarded

Category 16: Belgian and French Ale — Belgian Pale Ale

  1. Summer Honey Citrus, Monkey Paw Brewing (San Diego)
  2. None awarded
  3. None awarded

Category 16: Belgian and French Ale — Belgian Pale Ale

  1. Le Merle, North Coast Brewing (Fort Bragg)
  2. First Conversation, Discretion Brewing (Soquel)
  3. Saison, Berryessa Brewing (Winters)
  4. Honorable Mention: Fields Ablaze, Valiant Brewing (Orange)

Category 16: Belgian and French Ale — Biere de Garde

  1. None awarded
  2. Farmer’s Daughter, 21st Amendment Brewing (San Francisco)
  3. None awarded

Category 16: Belgian and French Ale — Belgian Specialty Ale

  1. Solace, Firestone Walker Brewing (Paso Robles)
  2. None awarded
  3. None awarded

Category 16: Belgian and French Ale — Flavored Saison

  1. Saison Savoureuse, Tahoe Mountain Brewing (Tahoe City)
  2. None awarded
  3. None awarded

Category 17: Sour Ale

  1. 24th Anniversary Flanders-style Ale, Karl Strauss Brewing (San Diego)
  2. Saison Tart, Green Flash Brewing (San Diego)
  3. Le Petit Diablotin, High Water Brewing (San Leandro)

Category 18: Belgian Strong Ale

  1. Axiom, Valiant Brewing (Orange)
  2. Dipsea Triple, Marin Brewing (Larkspur)
  3. Rio d’Oro, High Water Brewing (San Leandro)

Category 19: Strong Ale — Old Ale

  1. Good Faith, Discretion Brewing (Soquel)
  2. Triple Exultation, Eel River Brewing (Fortuna)
  3. Old Stock, North Coast Brewing (Fort Bragg)

Category 19: Strong Ale — English Barleywine

  1. Old Diablo, Schooner’s Grille & Brewery (Antioch)
  2. Barrel of Monkeys, Devil’s Canyon Brewing (Belmont)
  3. None awarded

Category 19: Strong Ale — American Barleywine

  1. Imperial Barleywine, Mendocino Brewing (Ukiah)
  2. Fat Hog, Ritual Brewing (Redlands)
  3. Beacon St. Barleywine, San Pedro Brewing (San Pedro)

Category 20: Fruit Beer

  1. Blueberry Ale, Marin Brewing (Larkspur)
  2. Golden Eagle Wheat, Loomis Basin Brewing (Loomis)
  3. Strawberry Wheat, Six Rivers Brewing (McKinleyville)

Category 21: Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer — Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

  1. Platypus Venom Imperial Stout Star Anise, Marin Brewing (Larkspur)
  2. Blue Bridge Coffee Stout, Coronado Brewing (San Diego)
  3. Organic Honey Basil, Bison Brewing (Berkeley)

Category 21: Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer — Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer

  1. Stumpkin, Old Hangtown Beer Works (Placerville)
  2. Hoppy Holidaze, Marin Brewing (Larkspur)
  3. Movetta a Trois, Karl Strauss Brewing (San Diego)

Category 22: Smoke-Flavored/Wood-Aged Beer

  1. Ocho Barril, Half Moon Bay Brewing (Half Moon Bay)
  2. Bourbon Barrel-aged Island Pale Ale, Island Brewing (Carpinteria)
  3. Pugacheu’s Cobra, Hangar 24 Brewing (Redlands)
  4. Honorable Mention: Sucaba, Firestone Walker Brewing (Paso Robles)

Category 23: Specialty Beer

  1. IPA 395, Mammoth Brewing (Mammoth)
  2. Barrel-aged Kriek, Island Brewing (Carpenteria)
  3. 4th Anniversary Ale, Hangar 24 Brewing (Redlands)
  4. Honorable Mention: Campfire Stout, High Water Brewing (San Leandro)

A few statistics: Firestone Walker, Karl Strauss and San Pedro Brewing won the most medals, six apiece. Ol’ Republic Brewing and Sudwerk Privatbrauerei Hubsch each won five. And Auburn Ale House, Heretic Brewing, Marin Brewing and Mendocino Brewing each won four medals. Eleven more breweries won three medals each.

BEST OF SHOW

  1. Una Mas, Left Coast Brewing (San Clemente)

BEST OF SHOW SESSION BEER

  1. Ocho Barril, Half Moon Bay Brewing (Half Moon Bay)

Congratulations to all the winners.

Filed Under: Beers, Breweries, Events, News Tagged With: Awards, California

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