Results for the 2012 Los Angeles International Commercial Beer Competition were posted yesterday, with San Diegan brewers taking home 23 medals — six gold, ten silver and seven bronze — plus one honorable mention. They are listed in order of awarding below. Congratulations brewers!
American-Style Wheat Beer
Gold: New English Brewing Company, Why Not American Wheat
Coffee Flavored Beer
Silver: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Wreck Alley Imperial Stout
Specialty Beer
Gold: Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, Indra Kunindra India-style Export Stout
Specialty Honey Beer
Silver: New English Brewing Company, Bees Knees Honey Wheat Ale
Other Strong Ale or Lager
Silver: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Off The Rails
Experimental Beer
Bronze: Monkey Paw Brewing Co. / Stone Brewing Co., Monkey Stones
German-style Pilsner
Bronze: Lightning Brewery, Elemental Pilsner
Vienna-Style Lager
Silver: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Amber Lager
English-Style Summer Ale
Bronze: Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, Pale Ale
Classic English Summer Ale
Bronze: Lightning Brewery, Fair Weather Pale Ale
English-Style India Pale Ale
Honorable Mention: New English Brewing Company, Troopers Tipple IPA
International-Style Pale Ale
Gold: Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits Sculpin IPA
American-Style Amber/Red Ale
Bronze: Rock Bottom Brewery Gaslamp, Fire Chief Ale
Extra Special Bitter, English-Style Extra Special Bitter
Gold: New English Brewing Company, Explorer ESB
Scottish-Style Heavy Ale
Silver: Back Street Brewery, Doon n’ Roon Scotch Ale
Irish-Style Red Ale
Gold: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Red Trolley Ale
Silver: Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, Calico Amber Ale
American-Style Black Ale
Gold: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Boardwalk Black Rye
Silver: Stone Brewing Co., Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
German-Style Sour Ale, Leipzig-Style Gose
Bronze: Lightning Brewery, Thunderweizen Ale
French-Style Biere de Garde
Silver: Lightning Brewery, Electrostatic Ale
Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout
Bronze: New English Brewing Company, Pacific Storm Stout
Imperial Stout, American-Style Imperial Stout
Silver: Mission Brewery, Dark Seas Russian Imperial Stout
Barley Wine Style Ale, American Style Barley Wine Ale
Silver: Mission Brewery, Shipwrecked Double IPA