11 Breweries took home 14 Medals at the 2026 GABF
LA craft beer showed up in a big way at GABF 2026! 11 member breweries took home an impressive 14 medals, including:
🥇 Gold: Claremont Craft Ales, Ogopogo Brewing
🥈 Silver: HopSaint Brewing, Syncopated Brewing, Figueroa Mountain
🥉 Bronze: Beachwood Blendery, Claremont Craft Ales, Frogtown Brewery, Hermosa Brewing, Highland Park Brewery, HopSaint Brewing, Ikasu Brewing, Smog City Brewing, Figueroa Mountain
Congratulations to our Final Table finalists: Claremont Craft Ales, Long Beach Beer Lab, Absolution Brewing Co, and Firestone Walker Propagator.
A Wrap Battle award also went to Paperback Brewing for Baby Bunny With a Chainsaw.
Behind every one of these is a team that shows up every day for the craft. Congratulations to all of you!
- Claremont Craft Ales: Gold – Happy Days – Strong Red Ale
- Claremont Craft Ales: Bronze – Pepper and Peaches – Specialty India Pale Ale
- Ogopogo Brewing: Gold – Nachtkrapp – German-Style Schwarzbier
- Figueroa Mountain: Silver – Big Cone – Specialty India Pale Ale
- HopSaint Brewing: Silver – Las Olas – Mexican-Style Light Lager
- Syncopated Brewing (Dutch’s/Syncopated): Silver – This Must Be The Place – Brett Beer
- Beachwood Blendery: Bronze – Funk Yeah Montmorency Cherry – Belgian-Style Fruit Beer
- Figueroa Mountain: Bronze – Serpent Sun Strong Red Ale
- Frogtown Brewery: Bronze – Twin Suns – German-Style Koelsch
- Hermosa Brewing: Bronze – Czech Your Head – Czech-Style Pale Lager
- Highland Park Brewery: Bronze – DDH Pillow – Juicy or Hazy Imperial India Pale Ale
- HopSaint Brewing: Bronze – Pure Intention – American Pale Ale
- Ikasu Brewing: Bronze – Matcha Tart – Gose
- Smog City Brewing: Bronze – Lunch Time! – Pro-Am Comp
