2014 Great American Beer Festival: Maryland, D.C. and Virginia Winners
Well, this past weekend’s GABF awards ceremony was a bit of a mixed bag for the DelMarVa brewers. Virginia saw our medal list drop by half as compared to the year prior, but both Maryland and D.C. both added to their medal count.
The surprising thing — or maybe not all that surprising — is that Devils Backbone won the Mid-Size Brewing Company and Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewer of the Year award this year. The company just proves that they know how to craft some good beer, having moved up from winning the Small Brewing Company award the past two years.
Below, you’ll find results of this years event and how well the immediate area did with some of their products:
Maryland
- Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant (Rockville) Belgian IPA
Silver American-Belgo-Style Ale - DuClaw Brewing Co. Sweet Baby Jesus!
Bronze Chocolate Beer - Union Craft Brewing Old Pro Gose
Silver German-Style Sour Ale - Heavy Seas Beer Gold
Bronze Golden or Blonde Ale - Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant (Annapolis) Rauchbier
Gold Smoke Beer
D.C.
- DC Brau Brewing Co. The Citizen
Silver Belgian- and French-Style Ale
Virginia
- Capitol City Brewing Co. Amber Waves Ale
Silver American-Style Amber/Red Ale - Devils Backbone Brewing Co. Old Virginia Dark
Silver American-Style Dark Lager - Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Raspberry Stout
Gold American-Style Fruit Beer - Devils Backbone Brewing Co. Turbo Cougar
Silver Bock - Devils Backbone Brewing Co. Alt Bier
Bronze German-Style Altbier - Devils Backbone Brewing Co. Schwartz Bier
Gold German-Style Schwarzbier - Three Notch’d Brewing Co. “Hydraulion” Red
Bronze Irish-Style Red Ale
View all of this year’s winners here. Congrats everyone!