39 Colorado 2017 GABF Medal winners!

Congratulations to the 2017 Great American Beer festival medal winners from Colorado!

39 medals were awarded to 38 Colorado* Breweries!

Lone Tree Brewing won two medals –  a Gold and a Silver!

There were 14 Colorado Gold Medal winners!

C.B. & Potts*	Highlands Ranch	South German-Style Hefeweizen	Big Horn Hefeweizen
CooperSmith’s Pub & Brewing	Fort Collins	English-Style India Pale Ale	Punjabi
Copper Club Brewing Co.	Fruita	American-Style Amber/Red Ale	F-Town Amber
Finkel & Garf Brewing Co.	Boulder	Sweet Stout or Cream Stout	Oatmeal Milk Stout
Funkwerks	Fort Collins	Classic Saison	Saison
Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant	Broomfield	South German-Style Hefeweizen	Hefeweizen
Jessup Farm Barrel House	Fort Collins	Brett Beer	Fancy Pants
Little Machine	Denver	American-Style Fruit Beer	Razz Against the Machine
Lone Tree Brewing Co.	Lone Tree	American-Style Lager or Malt Liquor	Mexican Lager
Rockyard American Grill & Brewing Co.	Castle Rock	Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer	Plum Creek Sour
Square Peg Brewerks	Alamosa	Historical Beer	Waverly Tulip
The Sandlot Brewery at Coors Field	Denver	Smoke Beer	So long and thank’s for all the (smoked) fish!
WeldWerks Brewing Co.	Greeley	Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout	Medianoche
Wiley Roots Brewing Co.	Greeley	Mixed-Culture Brett Beer	Galaxy Dry Hopped Funk Yo Couch

There were 13 Colorado Silver Medal winners!

105 West Brewing Co.	Castle Rock	American-Style Wheat Beer	Lemon Rye
Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales	Denver	Experimental Beer	Roswell: Grudge
Cannonball Creek Brewing Co.	Golden	American-Style Black Ale	Black 28
Cellar West Artisan Ales	Boulder	Specialty Saison	Make Hay
Dry Dock Brewing Co. – South Dock	Aurora	German-Style Pilsener	Pilsner
Ironworks Brewery & Pub	Lakewood	Historical Beer	Hilltopper’s Pride Kentucky Common Ale
Launch Pad Brewery	Aurora	Session Beer	Peacekeeper
Lone Tree Brewing Co.	Lone Tree	Imperial Red Ale	Hop Zombie
New Terrain Brewing Co.	Golden	Belgian-Style Witbier	Suntrip
Odyssey Beerwerks	Arvada	Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer	Woods Monk
Our Mutual Friend Brewing	Denver	Brett Beer	Saison Trystero
Twisted Pine Brewing Co.	Boulder	Session India Pale Ale	Patio Pounder
Wibby Brewing	Longmont	Munich-Style Dunkel or European-Style Dark Lager	Moondoor Dunkel

There were 9 Colorado Bronze medal winners!

Baere Brewing Co.	Denver	Berliner-Style Weisse	Blackberry Table Sour
Breckenridge Brewery	Littleton	Bock	Mountain Series: Maibock
Broken Plow Brewery	Greeley	Herb and Spice Beer	India Spring Honey Cream Ale
Bull & Bush Brewery	Denver	Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer	Woody Pils
CO-Brew	Denver	Specialty Saison	Farmhouse Saison
Elk Mountain Brewing Co.	Parker	German-Style Koelsch	Downhill Kölsch
Grimm Brothers Brewhouse	Loveland	German-Style Altbier	Little Red Cap
Loveland Aleworks	Loveland	Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer	5th Anniversary Tequila Sour
Pug Ryan’s Brewing Co.	Dillon	Munich-Style Dunkel or European-Style Dark Lager	Dunkel

Colorado SWEPT the Pro-Am competition!

Just Another Pretty Face
	Brewing Company: Denver Beer Company
	Brewmaster: Jason Buehler and Denver Beer Company Brewing Team
	AHA Member: Doug Thiel

Lichtenhainer
	Brewing Company: Black Bottle Brewery
	Brewmaster: Black Bottle Scuba Squad
	AHA Member: Daniel Tomkins

Eluxansis
	Brewing Company: Odell Brewing Co.
	Brewmaster: Odell Brew Team
	AHA Member: Mark Boelman

*Update:  While RAM Restaurant & Brewery in Lakewood, WA officially won the Gold for the Hefeweizen, it was actually done by their C.B. & Potts location here in Highlands so we have updated our list to reflect this.  See their press release here recognizing the local credit.

See the full list of Great American Beer Festival winners here