Last week we posted the results of the LA International Commercial Beer Competition, where San Diegan brewers won six gold, ten silver and seven bronze medals. Since then, the results of two more competitions have come out: the 2012 San Diego International Beer Festival & Competition and the 2012 California State Fair Commercial Beer Competition. Here are those results, listed by category.
2012 San Diego International Beer Festival & Competition — Best of Show: The Lost Abbey, Carnevale
American Wheat Ale
Gold: Bay Bridge Brewing, Wolf Canyon Wheat
Bronze: Latitude 33 Brewing Co., Straw Horse Wheat
Unique Ingredient Beer
Gold: Pizza Port Carlsbad, Coffee Monster
Silver: Pizza Port San Clemente, Dusk Till Dawn
Bronze: Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, Indra Kunindra
Specialty Beer
Gold: Breakwater Brewing Co., Walkabout Stout
Silver: Port Brewing Co., Hot Rocks Lager
Rye Beer
Gold: Alpine Beer Co., Nelson
Silver: Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, Reef Rye Ale
Hybrid Belgian-Style Ale
Gold: Alpine Beer Co. & New Belgium Brewing, Gouden Vallei
Bronze: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Fullsuit Belgian Style Brown Ale
Wood and Barrel Aged Beer
Gold: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., 23rd Anniversary Old Ale
Wood and Barrel Aged Strong Beer
Gold: Port Brewing Co., Churchill’s Finest Hour 2012
Bronze: The Lost Abbey, Deliverance
Smoked Beer
Gold: Monkey Paw Brewery, Low and Slow
Silver: Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, Abandon Ship Smoked Lager
Bronze: Stone Brewing Co., Stone Smoked Porter
Pilsner
Gold: Mission Brewery, Bohemian Pilsner
Amber Lager
Gold: Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, Oktoberfest
Silver: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Amber Lager
Dark Lager
Bronze: Stumblefoot Brewing Co., Schwarz Be With You Black Lager
American-Style Pale Ale
Bronze: Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, Sculpin IPA
American-Style India Pale Ale
Gold: Pizza Port OB, Jetty IPA
Bronze: Stone Brewing Co., Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
American-Style Amber/Red Ale
Gold: Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, Calico Amber Ale
Imperial Red Ale
Bronze: Port Brewing Co., Shark Attack
Scottish-Style Ale
Gold: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Red Trolley Ale
English-Style Brown Ale
Gold: Pizza Port OB, Skidmark Brown
Bronze: Monkey Paw Brewery, Sweet Georgia Brown
American-Style Brown Ale
Gold: Manzanita Brewing Co., Gillespie Brown
Silver: Coronado Brewing Co., Nutter Brown
German-Style Ale
Gold: Aztec Brewing Co., Aztec Amber
German-Style Weiss
Gold: Stumblefoot Brewing Co., Bent Iron Dunkelweisen
Bronze: Lightning Brewery, Thunderweizen Ale
Belgian-Style Wit or White Ale
Gold: Rock Bottom Brewery Gaslamp, Rock Bottom White Ale
French & Belgian Style Ale
Gold: The Lost Abbey, Carnevale
Bronze: Lightning Brewery, Electrostatic Ale
Belgian-Style Pale Ale
Bronze: Green Flash Brewing Co., Rayon Vert
Belgian-Style Dark Ale
Bronze: The Lost Abbey, Lost And Found
Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale
Gold: Green Flash Brewing Co., Trippel
Silver: AleSmith Brewing Co., Horny Devil
Porter
Gold: Rock Bottom Brewery La Jolla, Moonlight Porter
Bronze: Lightning Brewery, Black Lightning Porter
Specialty Stout
Bronze: Port Brewing Co., Midnight Expression
Bold Stout
Gold: Pizza Port OB, A.B.L.E. Achievement Beyond Life’s Experiences American Stout
Bronze: Green Flash Brewing Co., Double Stout
Imperial Stout
Gold: AleSmith Brewing Co., Speedway Stout
Silver: The Lost Abbey, Serpent’s Stout
Bronze: Mission Brewery, Dark Seas Imperial Stout
British-Style Strong Ale
Gold: AleSmith Brewing Co., Wee Heavy
Barley Wine
Bronze: Stone Brewing Co., Stone Old Guardian Barleywine
Other Mead
Silver: Breakwater Brewing Co., Rasbiscus Mead
2012 California State Fair Commercial Beer Competition — Best of Show: Lightning Brewery, Old Tempestuous Ale
German Wheat & Rye
Silver: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Windansea Wheat
Specialty Beer
Silver: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Off The Rails
Russian Imperial Stout
Bronze: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Wreck Alley Imperial Stout
Imperial IPA
Silver: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Tower 20 Double IPA
American IPA
Silver: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Tower 10 IPA
American Pale Ale
Gold: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Pintail Pale Ale
Euro Amber Lager
Silver: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Karl Strauss Amber
Irish Red Ale
1st Gold: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Red Trolley Ale
Wood-Aged Beer
1st Gold: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., 23rd Anniversary Old Ale
Belgian Strong Ale
1st Gold: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Two Tortugas Belgian Quad
Belgian & French Ale
1st Gold: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Fullsuit Belgian Brown Ale
Specialty Beer
2nd Gold: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Boardwalk Black Rye
Pilsner
Bronze: Lightning Brewery, Elemental Pilsner
Sour Ale
Bronze: Lightning Brewery, Sauerstrom Ale
Porter – Robust/Baltic
Bronze: Lightning Brewery, Black Lightning Porter
English IPA
Silver: Lightning Brewery, Fair Weather Pale Ale
Amber Hybrid
1st Gold: Lightning Brewery, Amber Ale
German Wheat & Rye
1st Gold: Lightning Brewery, Thunderweizen Ale
Old Ale
1st Gold: Lightning Brewery, Old Tempestuous Ale
Belgian & French Ale
2nd Gold: Lightning Brewery, Electrostatic Ale