Great American-Beer Festival medal winners

Modern Brewery Age, Dec 31, 2001

Here is the listing of 2001 Great American Beer Festival medal winners. The GABF took place in October, so we're running a little late, but we wanted to make sure to publicize the accomplishments of these brewers in producing all these exceptional beers.

Category 1: Non-Alcoholic (Beer)

Malt Beverages-5 Entries

Gold: O'Doul's Amber, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. - St Louis, MO

Silver: Kingsbury NA, Rainier Brewing Co. - Tumwater, WA

Bronze: Pigs Eye NA, Minnesota Brewing - St. Paul, MN

Category 2: American-Style Lager / Ale or Cream Ale - 29 Entries

Gold: Taps Cream Ale, Taps Fish House and Brewery - Brea, CA

Silver: Holy Cow's Cream Ale, Holy Cow! Casino, Cafe & Brewery - Las Vegas, NV

Bronze: Iowa City Light, Fitzpatrick's - Iowa City, IA

Category 3: American-Style Wheat Ale or Lager - 53 Entries

Gold: Grassfire Wheat, Hook & Ladder Brewing Company, Oakland, CA

Silver: Shiner Winter Ale, The Spoetzl Brewery - San Antonio, TX

Bronze: Widmer Hefeweizen, Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. - Portland, OR

Category 4: Rye Beer - 13 Entries

Gold: Road Rage Rye, Desert Edge Brewery - Salt Lake City, UT

Silver: Chazz Cat Rye, Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery - Boulder, CO

Bronze: Catcher in the Rye, Rock Bottom Brewery - South Denver - Englewood, CO

Category 5: Fruit Beer - 40 Entries

Gold: Raspberry Tart, New Glarus Brewing Co. - New Glanis, WI

Silver: Belgian Style Red, New Glarus Brewing Co. - New Glarus, WI

Bronze: Railway Razz, The Willoughby Brewing Co., Willoughby, OH

Category 6: Chocolate / Cocoa Flavored Beer - 13 Entries

Gold: Darth Delirium, Moose's Tooth Brewing Co. - Anchorage, AK

Silver: Chocolate Stout, Rogue Ales, Newport, OR

Bronze: Oompa Loompa, Rocky River Brewing Co., Rocky River, OH

Category 7: Herb and Spice Beer - 29 Entries

Gold: Orange Infusion, Elliott Bay Brewing Company - Seattle, WA

Silver: Holiday Spiced Ale, 21st Amendment Brewery Cafe - San Francisco, CA

Bronze: Cambridge Espresso Stout, John Harvard's Brew House Braintree, MA

Category 8: Specialty Beer - 17 Entries

Gold: Big Bad Bourbon Brown, Big Horn Brewing Company - Dallas, TX

Silver: Pullman Brown Ale, Flossmoor Station - Flossmoor, IL

Bronze: Ginger Shandy, McCoy's Public House and BrewKitchen-Kansas City, MO

Category 9: Specialty Honey Beer - 27 Entries

Gold: Countdown Honey Brown, Thunder Canyon Brewery, Tucson, AZ

Silver: Jarre Creek Ranch Brewery Honey Brown Ale, Jarre Creek Ranch Brewery - Castle Rock, CO

Bronze: Honey Rye Dopplebock, Flossmoor Station - Flossmoor, IL

Category 10: Experimental Beer - 35 Entries

Gold: Czar Jack Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery - Minneapolis, MN

Silver: Cuvee de Tomme, Pizza Port - Solana Beach Brewery - Solana Beach, CA

Bronze: Special Brew Lemon Lime, St. Ides Brewing Co. - Milwaukee, WI

Category 11: Smoke-Flavored Beer - 15 Entries

Gold: No medal awarded

Silver: Smokey the Beer, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant - Topeka, KS

Bronze: Stewart's Smoked Porter, Stewart's Brewing Co. - Bear, DE

Category 12: German-Style Pilsener - 34 Entries

Gold: Tuppers' Hop Pocket Pils, Old Dominion Brewing Company - Ashburn, VA

Silver: Hanalei Lager, Honolulu Brewing Company LLC, Honolulu, HI

Bronze: Blue Paddle Pilsner, New Belgium Brewing Company - Fort Collins, CO

Category 13: Bohemian-Style Pilsener -36 Entries

Gold: Cleveland Chophouse Bohemian Pilsner, Cleveland ChopHouse and Brewery, Cleveland, OH

Silver: Pillage Pilsner, Valhalla Microbrewery & Restaurant - Pittsburgh, PA

Bronze: Czech Mate Pils, Brew Moon Restaurant & Microbrewery - Brookline, MA

Category 14: Munchner-Style Helles - 21 Entries

Gold: Penn Gold, Pennsylvania Brewing Co. - Pittsburgh, PA

Silver: Lucknow Munich-Style Lager, Castle Springs Brewing Company - Moultonborough, NH

Bronze: Ghost Pony Helles, Trap Rock Restaurant and Brewery - Berkeley Heights, NJ

Category 15: European-Style Pilsener - 14 Entries

Gold: Michelob, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. - St Louis, MO

Silver: Import/Export Buis, Brewzzi - Boca Raton, FL

Bronze: Pinch Hit Pilsner, Sandlot Brewery - Denver, CO

Category 16: American-Style Light Lager -32 Entries

Gold: Schaefer Light, Schaefer Brewing Co. - Fogelsville, PA

Silver: Stroh Light, Stroh Brewery Co. - Fogelsville, PA

Bronze: Lone Star Light, Lone Star Brewing Co. - Milwaukee, WI

Category 17: American-Style Lager - 22 Entries

Gold: Stag Beer, Pearl Brewing Co. Fort Worth, TX

Silver: Red Dog, Plank Road Brewery - Milwaukee, WI

Bronze: Pearl Lager, Pearl Brewing Co. - Fort Worth, TX

Category 18: American-Style Premium Lager - 22 Entries

Gold: Empire Lager, P.H. Woods Restaurant & Brewery - Moreno Valley, CA

Silver: Original Coors, Coors Brewing Co. - Golden, CO

Bronze: Stroh, Stroh Brewery Co. - Fogelsville, PA

Category 19: American-Style Specialty Lager - 24 Entries

Gold: New South Lager, New South Brewing - Myrtle Beach, SC

Silver: Old Milwaukee Ice, Stroh Brewery Co. - Fogelsville, PA

Bronze: St Ides Malt Liquor, St Ides Brewing Co. - Fogelsville, PA

Category 20: Vienna-Style Lager - 29 Entries

Gold: Snake River Lager, Snake River Brewing Co. - Jackson, WY

Silver: Dam Straight Lager, Dillon Dam Brewery - Dillon, CO