CALIFORNIA BREWERIES RECEIVE 79 MEDALS AT 2022 GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL, MORE THAN ANY OTHER STATE
The Great American Beer Festival celebrated it’s 40th anniversary this year. Back in person for the first time since the Pandemic, this year’s awards ceremony took place at the Bellco Theatre in Denver on Saturday, October 8th. A total of 235 judges evaluated 9,904 entries from 2,154 breweries from all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. The Brewers Association awarded 300 medals to 268 breweries across the country during the 2022 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) awards ceremony in the largest competition to date.
California took home the most impressive haul with a total of 79 medals awarded.
You can find the full list of 2022 GABF award winners here.
Congratulations to the CCBA Member medal winners below!
- Almanac Beer Co.
- Alvarado Street Brewery & Grill
- Bagby Beer Co.
- Bartlett Hall
- Beachwood BBQ & Brewing
- Bearded Tang Brewing
- Bottle Logic Brewing
- BNS Brewing & Distilling Co.
- Brewery X
- Buck Wild Brewing
- COLD Coast Brewing Company
- Danville Brewing Co.
- Docent Brewing
- Donner Creek Brewing Co.
- Eureka Brewing Co.
- Faction Brewing
- Feather Falls Brewing Co.
- Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.
- Flashpoint Brewing Co.
- Flatland Brewing Co.
- Ghost Town Brewing
- Gravity Heights
- Highland Park Brewery
- Kilowatt Brewing
- Laughing Monk Brewing
- Lincoln Beer Co.
- Liquid Gravity Brewing Co.
- MadeWest Brewing Co.
- Mad Fritz
- Malibu Brewing Co.
- Moksa Brewing Co.
- Moonlight Brewing Co.
- Morgan Territory Brewing
- North Park Beer Co.
- Oakland United Beerworks
- Original Pattern Brewing Co.
- Pizza Port Brewing Company
- Radiant Beer Co.
- Riip Beer Co.
- Rouleur Brewing Co.
- Russian River Brewing Co.
- Secret Trail Brewing Co.
- Societe Brewing Co.
- Sudwerk Brewing Co.
- Ten Mile Brewing Co.
- The Bruery
- Third Street Aleworks
- Topa Topa Brewing Co.
- Wild Fields Brewhouse
The 2022 Champion Breweries are:
501-1,000 Barrels Brewery and Brewer of the Year:
Wild Fields Brewhouse, Atascadero, CA
Kayla Marrow
2,001-5,000 Barrels Brewery and Brewer of the Year
North Park Beer Co.
North Park Beer Co. Brew Team
5,001-15,000 Barrels Brewery and Brewer of the Year
Ghost Town Brewing, Oakland, CA
Ghost Town Brewing Team