Colorado beer makers made a outstanding exhibiting on the 2023 U.S. Open Beer Championship, gathering 33 medals – greater than double the state’s haul in 2022.
In line with an announcement in early July, judges evaluated greater than 9,000 beers submitted from breweries throughout North America and awarded medals in additional than 100 totally different type classes.
The largest winner from the Centennial State was Bull & Bush Brewery, which scored 4 medals and positioned No. 5 general within the competitors. The Denver-based beer maker earned two gold medals for barrel-aged recipes – Royal Oil and its forty ninth Anniversary Ale – plus two silver medals for its 6 Hour Scotch Ale and Hucklesherry Hounds, a barrel-aged fruit beer.
Erik Peterson, co-owner of Bull & Bush Brewery, mentioned it was the corporate’s first time to enter the U.S. Open Beer Championship and his group was shocked by the outcomes. The competitors reaffirmed the brewery’s means to provide high-quality barrel-aged beers regardless of being a small outfit.
Bull & Bush Brewery produced about 1,300 barrels of beer in 2021, in response to information from the Brewers Affiliation. Comparatively, Toppling Goliath Brewing Co., which ranked as No. 1 brewery within the competitors, produced greater than 42,500 barrels of beer the identical 12 months.
“In the event that they’re the Goliath, we’re positively the David,” Peterson mentioned. “It was tremendous cool to see the highest 10 record and be No. 5., and being the one one from Colorado was a shock, too. There’s a lot nice beer in Colorado, to be talked about within the high 10 is actually an honor and humbling.”
The one native brewery to garner extra accolades was Los Dos Potrillos Cerveceria, based mostly in Parker, which earned 5 medals, together with three silver and two bronze. A number of others – together with Denver Beer Co., Sanitas Brewing Co., Echo Brewing Cask & Barrel, New Terrain Brewing Co., Cellar West Artisan Ales, Verboten Brewing & Barrel Venture and Residing the Dream Brewing Co. – received multiple accolade.
Additionally of word, the model new Kodiac Brewery Bar & Grill in Centennial earned a medal.
See a complete record of native winners under and go to the U.S. Open Beer Championship web site to see the complete outcomes.
Gold
American Fruit Beer (Tangerine) – Tangerine Yum Yum, Denver Beer Co., Denver
Barrel-Aged Robust Beer – Royal Oil, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver
Barrel-Aged Robust Stout/Porter – Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout, Residing the Dream Brewing Co., Littleton
Belgian Pale Ale – Belgian Pale Ale, Cellar West Artisan Ales, Lafayette
British Imperial Stout/Porter – Others in Darkness, Verboten Brewing & Barrel Venture, Loveland
English Bitter – Jim’s English Bitter, Sanitas Brewing Co., Boulder
French and Belgian Saison – Farmhouse Saison, Cellar West Artisan Ales, Lafayette
Herb and Spice Beer – Horchata Powder Run, Residing the Dream Brewing Co., Littleton
Pastry Stout – Peanut Butter Stout, Pumphouse Brewery, Longmont
Tea Beer – Earl’s Out!, Sanitas Brewing Co., Boulder
Wooden/Barrel-Aged Scotch Ale – forty ninth Anniversary Ale, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver
Silver
American Fruit Beer (Strawberry) – Fresa Loca, Los Dos Potrillos Cerveceria, Parker
Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-style Gentle Lager – Aurora, Launch Pad Brewery, Aurora
Barrel-Aged Fruit Beer – Hucklesherry Hounds, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver
Belgian-style Robust Specialty Ale – Kiidk’yaas, Blue Spruce Brewing Co., Littleton/Centennial
Blended Barrel-Aged Beer – Develop in Darkness, Verboten Brewing and Barrel Venture, Loveland
English Summer time Ale – Yampa Valley Blonde, Yampa Valley Brewing Co., Hayden
German Kolsch – Rise N Climb, New Terrain Brewing Co., Golden
India Pale Lager – Gil’s Pils, Los Dos Potrillos Cerveceria, Parker
Kentucky Widespread Beer – Offended Banjo, Verboten Brewing and Barrel Venture, Loveland
Mexican Lager/Pilsner – Mexican Lager, Los Dos Potrillos Cerveceria, Parker
Non-Alcoholic Beer (Fruit and Spices) – Grainwave, Ceria Brewing Co., Arvada
Scotch Ale – 6 Hour Scotch Ale, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver
Bronze
American Amber Lager – Amber Lager, Los Dos Potrillos Cerveceria, Parker
American Amber/Pink – Amber, Bent Barley Brewing Co., Aurora
American Fruit Beer (Passionfruit) – Ava’s Passionfruit Wheat, Los Dos Potrillos Cerveceria, Parker
American Fruit Beer (Tangerine) – Meandering Wheat, Gilded Goat Brewing Co., Fort Collins
Brett Beer – Towelie’s Hello-Dive, Kodiac Brewery Bar & Grill, Centennial
French Biere de Garde – Junebug Farmhouse Ale, Echo Brewing Cask & Barrel, Erie
Worldwide Pale Ale – Mi Vida, Denver Beer Co., Denver
Irish Pink Ale – Sockeye Pink, Echo Brewing Cask & Barrel, Erie
Gentle/Session IPA – Spot Hitter, Resolute Brewing Co., Centennial
Specialty IPA – Numb, New Terrain Brewing Co., Golden
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