2017 Great American Beer Festival
This past weekend saw the 2017 Great American Beer Festival come together and celebrate all that is craft beer. Now, in speaking with some local brewers through the years recently, not many of them put stock in the awards that are handed out annually, but as a beer drinker, there’s a measure of pride in your state pulling in a few medals.
For those of you that like to brag a little in favor of your favorite local brewery, here are the five that you now have license to do so for, at least for the next year.
Virginia
- American Stout, Wild Wolf Brewing Co.
Silver American-Style Stout - Powers of Observation, Ocelot Brewing Co.
Bronze Baltic-Style Porter - Mermaid’s Scorn, Benchtop Brewing Co.
Gold Leipzig-Style Gose or Contemporary Gose - The Ferguson, Studio Brew
Silver Oatmeal Stout
Washington, D.C.
- Hefeweizen, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant – Navy Yard
Gold South German-Style Hefeweizen