2011 Great American Beer Festival Awards Announced

This years GABF awards are out.  Congratulations to all of the winners!  You can find the full list here.  Here are some of my favorites from this years winners:

Category: 3 Fruit Beer – 56 Entries: Gold: Raspberry Tart, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI

Category: 4 Fruit Wheat Beer – 48 Entries: Gold: 5 Lizard, 5 Rabbit Cerveceria, Chicago, IL

Category: 7 Chocolate Beer – 30 Entries: Bronze: Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

Category: 11 Specialty Honey Beer – 32 Entries: Bronze: Midas Touch, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE

Category: 21 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer – 118 Entries: Bronze: Barrel Aged Naked Evil BBW, Hoppin’ Frog Brewing Co., Akron, OH

Category: 26 Smoke Beer – 43 Entries: Bronze: Alaskan Smoked Porter 2010, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK

Category: 48 International-Style Pale Ale – 20 Entries- Silver: Intercontinental Pale Ale, Flossmoor Station Brewing Co., Flossmoor, IL

Category: 80 Imperial Stout – 56 Entries: Gold: BORIS The Crusher Oatmeal-Imperial Stout, Hoppin’ Frog Brewing Co., Akron, OH

Category: 81 Scotch Ale – 39 Entries: Bronze: Old Chub Scotch Ale, Oskar Blues Brewery, Longmont, CO

Tags: 5 Rabbit, Alaskan, Boston Beer, Dogfish Head, Flossmoor, Hoppin' Frog, New Glarus, Oskar Blues