Nearly 50 medals were awarded to Los Angeles County Brewers Guild members in the 2024 Brewers Cup of CA on Tuesday, March 21 2024.
The competition, organized by Sacramento Area Brewers Guild with support from the Central Coast, Central Valley, Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego brewers guilds, recognizes the best craft beers in the state of California.
Winning beers were determined by a panel of 65 expert judges, who determined the winning beers in 83 categories. The competition had a total of 1,300 entries from 197 independent craft breweries.
The LA Brewers Guild was also awarded Brewers Guild of the Year!
Congratulations to all the winners!
Absolution Brewing Co: 1st Place for Rector / Style Category: Specialty Honey Lager or Ale
Alosta Brewing Co.: 3rd Place for Elias / Style Category: Classic English-Style Pale Ale
Angel City Brewery: 1st Place for LA Blonde / Style Category: American-Style Cream Ale or Lager
Angel City Brewery: 1st Place for Nothing At All / Style Category: Belgian-Style Flanders Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ales
Angel City Brewery: 2nd Place for Trois Annees Cuvee / Style Category: Traditional Belgian-Style Gueuze
Angel City Brewery: 3rd Place for Kinda Krieky / Style Category: Belgian-Style Fruit Lambic
Angel City Brewery: 2nd Place for Baltic Porter / Style Category: Baltic-Style Porter
Angel City Brewery: 3rd Place for Apple Caramel Gose / Style Category: Contemporary-Style Gose
Arts District Brewing Company: 1st Place for Norm / Style Category: American-Style Stout
Arts District Brewing Company: 2nd Place for Kindling / Style Category: Bamberg-Style Weiss (Smoke) Rauchbier (Dunkel or Helles)
Audio Graph Beer Co: 3rd Place for Bass Clef / Style Category: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Dark Beer
Audio Graph Beer Co: 2nd Place for Fuzz Box / Style Category: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer
Bravery Brewing: 2nd Place for Vanilla Bourbon Barrel-Aged The Shroud / Style Category: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Dark Beer
Bravery Brewing: 2nd Place for The Lost Diner / Style Category: Chocolate / Cocoa-Flavored Beer
Brown Soul Brewing Co.: 2nd Place for Quiero Maiz / Style Category: Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lager
Cerveceria del Pueblo: 1st Place for Guayabana / Style Category: Fruit Beer
Claremont Craft Ales: 2nd Place for Baldy / Style Category: American-Style Pilsener
Claremont Craft Ales: 3rd Place for Pepper & Peaches / Style Category: Herb and Spice Beer
Claremont Craft Ales: 3rd Place for Jacaranda / Style Category: Rye Ale or Lager with or without Yeast
EL SEGUNDO BREWING COMPANY: 1st Place for Break Of Dawn / Style Category: Belgian-Style Blonde Ale
EL SEGUNDO BREWING COMPANY: 2nd Place for Harvest Legend / Style Category: American-Style Light Lager
EL SEGUNDO BREWING COMPANY: 2nd Place for Mayberry IPA / Style Category: Experimental India Pale Ale
Far Field Beer Company: 2nd Place for Sound Of Space / Style Category: American-Style India Pale Lager
Frogtown Brewery: 3rd Place for Lites Out / Style Category: Bohemian-Style Pilsener
HopSaint Brewing Company: 3rd Place for HopSaint IPA / Style Category: American-Style India Pale Ale
HopSaint Brewing Company: 3rd Place for Happy Pils / Style Category: German-Style Pilsener
ISM Brewing: 1st Place for Amberlite Firemist / Style Category: Vienna-Style Lager
ISM Brewing: 3rd Place for Gulp Of Mexico / Style Category: Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lager
ISM Brewing: 3rd Place for Stable Trestles / Style Category: Belgian-Style Session Ale
ISM Brewing: 3rd Place for Lifted Camaro / Style Category: Imperial or Double India Pale Ale
ISM Brewing: 2nd Place for Plough & Harrow / Style Category: French & Belgian-Style Saison
Lawless Brewing Company: 2nd Place for Blacklight / Style Category: European-Style Dark / Münchner Dunkel
Los Angeles Ale Works: 1st Place for Palmera Pils / Style Category: American-Style Pilsener
Lucky Luke Brewing Co.: 3rd Place for The 14 To The 5 / Style Category: American-Style India Pale Lager
Lucky Luke Brewing Co.: 2nd Place for Luke’s Original / Style Category: Golden or Blonde Ale
Malibu Brewing Company: 3rd Place for Happy Days Honey Blonde Ale / Style Category: Specialty Honey Lager or Ale
Malibu Brewing Company: 3rd Place for Canyon Rose Lager / Style Category: Experimental Beer (Lager or Ale)
Malibu Brewing Company: 1st Place for Hatch Lager / Style Category: Chili Pepper Beer
Ogopogo Brewing LLC: 1st Place for Boeman / Style Category: Belgian-Style White (or Wit) / Belgian-Style Wheat
Ogopogo Brewing LLC: 3rd Place for Nachtkrapp / Style Category: German-Style Schwarzbier
Ogopogo Brewing LLC: 3rd Place for Harmonia / Style Category: Fruit Wheat Ale or Lager with or without Yeast
OLD STUMP BREWING CO: 3rd Place for Summer IPA / Style Category: Experimental India Pale Ale
Old Stump Brewing Co.: 3rd Place for Rusty Gasket / Style Category: Irish-Style Red Ale
Project Barley Brewing Co.: 2nd Place for Cerveza Lomita / Style Category: International-Style Pilsener
Project Barley Brewing Co.: 1st Place for Penrod’s Percolator / Style Category: Coffee-Flavored Beer
Project Barley Brewing Co.: 1st Place for Good Boy (2023) / Style Category: American-Style Barley Wine Ale
San Fernando Brewing Company: 1st Place for O’Melveny Red Ale / Style Category: Double Red Ale
San Fernando Brewing Company: 2nd Place for RedRum / Style Category: American-Style Barley Wine Ale
Santa Monica Brew Works: 2nd Place for Santa Monica Brew Works Red Ale / Style Category: American-Style Amber/Red Ale
34 LA breweries win at the 2024 CA State Fair Beer Competition
LA Brewers Guild members took home 33 medals from the California State Fair Commercial Craft Beer Competition 2024. Audio Graph Beer Co. was also awarded Best of Show for Bass Clef in the Wood and Barrel Aged category.
Congratulations to all!
Absolution Brewing Co 3rd Place for Rector 2024 in the Other malt/grain/sugar category
Absolution Brewing Co: 3rd Place for Cruisin’ South in the Standard American Lager category
Angel City Brewery: 1st Place for Biere De Mars in the Fruit/Spice, Veg, Spice, and Herb category
Angel City Brewery: 1st Place for Black Lager in the European-Style Dark Lager category
Angel City Brewery: 2nd Place for Goldline Pilsner in the International-Style Pilsner category
Audio Graph Beer Co: 1st Place for 1313 Imperial Stout in the Imperial Stouts category
Audio Graph Beer Co: 1st Place for Bass Clef in the Barrel-Aged beers category
Audio Graph Beer Co: 3rd Place for Fuzzbox in the American Wild Ale category
Brewyard Beer Company: 2nd Place for Jewel City in the Amber mixed fermentation category
Brewyard Beer Company: 3rd Place for Yasuke in the American Porter & Stout category
Burning Bridge Brewing: 2nd Place for This Stout Rules in the Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout category
Cellador Ales: 1st Place for Revealed Truth in the Experimental Beer category
Cellador Ales: 1st Place for Saison Du Rosier in the Specialty Saison category
Cellador Ales: 2nd Place for The Smoke in the Session Beer category
Cerveceria Del Pueblo: 3rd Place for Melosa in the Berliner-Style Weisse category
Claremont Craft Ales: 2nd Place for Pepper & Peaches in the Fruit/Spice, Veg, Spice, and Herb category
Claremont Craft Ales: 3rd Place for Happy Days in the Specialty category
Common Space Brewery: 2nd Place for Hammock Street Blonde in the European Pale Lager category
El Segundo Brewing Company: 1st Place for Harvest Legend in the Standard American Lager category
El Segundo Brewing Company: 1st Place for Porto Pils in the Kellerbier or Zwickelbier category
El Segundo Brewing Company: 3rd Place for Break Of Dawn in the Belgian & French-Style Ale category
Frogtown Brewery: 3rd Place for Prince George in the Barrel-Aged beers category
Hermosa Brewing: 3rd Place for Ollie in the Kölsch category
Lucky Luke Brewing Co. : 1st Place for Mas O Menos in the American-Style Cream Ale category
Lucky Luke Brewing Co. : 2nd Place for Luke’s Original in the Blonde or Golden Ale category
Malibu Brewing Company: 2nd Place for Canyon Rosé Lager in the Experimental Beer category
Malibu Brewing Company: 3rd Place for Hatch Chili Lager in the Chili Beer category
Old Stump Brewing Co: 3rd Place for Rusty Gasket in the Irish Red Ale category
Party Beer Co. : 1st Place for Rad Dood in the Gose category
Pedals and Pints Brewing: 2nd Place for Little Red Rider in the American Amber & Brown Ales category
Pedals and Pints Brewing: 3rd Place for Hummingbird in the German/Vienna-Style Märzen category
Santa Monica Brew Works: 2nd Place for Santa Monica Brew Works Wit Beer in the Belgian-Style Witbier category
LA Brewers took home 49 medals in the 2024 CA Brewers Cup
Nearly 50 medals were awarded to Los Angeles County Brewers Guild members in the 2024 Brewers Cup of CA on Tuesday, March 21 2024.
The competition, organized by Sacramento Area Brewers Guild with support from the Central Coast, Central Valley, Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego brewers guilds, recognizes the best craft beers in the state of California.
Winning beers were determined by a panel of 65 expert judges, who determined the winning beers in 83 categories. The competition had a total of 1,300 entries from 197 independent craft breweries.
The LA Brewers Guild was also awarded Brewers Guild of the Year!
Congratulations to all the winners!
Absolution Brewing Co: 1st Place for Rector / Style Category: Specialty Honey Lager or Ale
Alosta Brewing Co.: 3rd Place for Elias / Style Category: Classic English-Style Pale Ale
Angel City Brewery: 1st Place for LA Blonde / Style Category: American-Style Cream Ale or Lager
Angel City Brewery: 1st Place for Nothing At All / Style Category: Belgian-Style Flanders Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ales
Angel City Brewery: 2nd Place for Trois Annees Cuvee / Style Category: Traditional Belgian-Style Gueuze
Angel City Brewery: 3rd Place for Kinda Krieky / Style Category: Belgian-Style Fruit Lambic
Angel City Brewery: 2nd Place for Baltic Porter / Style Category: Baltic-Style Porter
Angel City Brewery: 3rd Place for Apple Caramel Gose / Style Category: Contemporary-Style Gose
Arts District Brewing Company: 1st Place for Norm / Style Category: American-Style Stout
Arts District Brewing Company: 2nd Place for Kindling / Style Category: Bamberg-Style Weiss (Smoke) Rauchbier (Dunkel or Helles)
Audio Graph Beer Co: 3rd Place for Bass Clef / Style Category: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Dark Beer
Audio Graph Beer Co: 2nd Place for Fuzz Box / Style Category: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer
Bravery Brewing: 2nd Place for Vanilla Bourbon Barrel-Aged The Shroud / Style Category: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Dark Beer
Bravery Brewing: 2nd Place for The Lost Diner / Style Category: Chocolate / Cocoa-Flavored Beer
Brown Soul Brewing Co.: 2nd Place for Quiero Maiz / Style Category: Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lager
Cerveceria del Pueblo: 1st Place for Guayabana / Style Category: Fruit Beer
Claremont Craft Ales: 2nd Place for Baldy / Style Category: American-Style Pilsener
Claremont Craft Ales: 3rd Place for Pepper & Peaches / Style Category: Herb and Spice Beer
Claremont Craft Ales: 3rd Place for Jacaranda / Style Category: Rye Ale or Lager with or without Yeast
EL SEGUNDO BREWING COMPANY: 1st Place for Break Of Dawn / Style Category: Belgian-Style Blonde Ale
EL SEGUNDO BREWING COMPANY: 2nd Place for Harvest Legend / Style Category: American-Style Light Lager
EL SEGUNDO BREWING COMPANY: 2nd Place for Mayberry IPA / Style Category: Experimental India Pale Ale
Far Field Beer Company: 2nd Place for Sound Of Space / Style Category: American-Style India Pale Lager
Frogtown Brewery: 3rd Place for Lites Out / Style Category: Bohemian-Style Pilsener
HopSaint Brewing Company: 3rd Place for HopSaint IPA / Style Category: American-Style India Pale Ale
HopSaint Brewing Company: 3rd Place for Happy Pils / Style Category: German-Style Pilsener
ISM Brewing: 1st Place for Amberlite Firemist / Style Category: Vienna-Style Lager
ISM Brewing: 3rd Place for Gulp Of Mexico / Style Category: Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lager
ISM Brewing: 3rd Place for Stable Trestles / Style Category: Belgian-Style Session Ale
ISM Brewing: 3rd Place for Lifted Camaro / Style Category: Imperial or Double India Pale Ale
ISM Brewing: 2nd Place for Plough & Harrow / Style Category: French & Belgian-Style Saison
Lawless Brewing Company: 2nd Place for Blacklight / Style Category: European-Style Dark / Münchner Dunkel
Los Angeles Ale Works: 1st Place for Palmera Pils / Style Category: American-Style Pilsener
Lucky Luke Brewing Co.: 3rd Place for The 14 To The 5 / Style Category: American-Style India Pale Lager
Lucky Luke Brewing Co.: 2nd Place for Luke’s Original / Style Category: Golden or Blonde Ale
Malibu Brewing Company: 3rd Place for Happy Days Honey Blonde Ale / Style Category: Specialty Honey Lager or Ale
Malibu Brewing Company: 3rd Place for Canyon Rose Lager / Style Category: Experimental Beer (Lager or Ale)
Malibu Brewing Company: 1st Place for Hatch Lager / Style Category: Chili Pepper Beer
Ogopogo Brewing LLC: 1st Place for Boeman / Style Category: Belgian-Style White (or Wit) / Belgian-Style Wheat
Ogopogo Brewing LLC: 3rd Place for Nachtkrapp / Style Category: German-Style Schwarzbier
Ogopogo Brewing LLC: 3rd Place for Harmonia / Style Category: Fruit Wheat Ale or Lager with or without Yeast
OLD STUMP BREWING CO: 3rd Place for Summer IPA / Style Category: Experimental India Pale Ale
Old Stump Brewing Co.: 3rd Place for Rusty Gasket / Style Category: Irish-Style Red Ale
Project Barley Brewing Co.: 2nd Place for Cerveza Lomita / Style Category: International-Style Pilsener
Project Barley Brewing Co.: 1st Place for Penrod’s Percolator / Style Category: Coffee-Flavored Beer
Project Barley Brewing Co.: 1st Place for Good Boy (2023) / Style Category: American-Style Barley Wine Ale
San Fernando Brewing Company: 1st Place for O’Melveny Red Ale / Style Category: Double Red Ale
San Fernando Brewing Company: 2nd Place for RedRum / Style Category: American-Style Barley Wine Ale
Santa Monica Brew Works: 2nd Place for Santa Monica Brew Works Red Ale / Style Category: American-Style Amber/Red Ale
Ten Wins for L.A. Brewers at 2023 Great American Beer Festival
Eight brewery members of the Los Angeles County Brewers Guild will be bringing home medals from the 2023 Great American Beer Festival in Colorado. Brewers flocked to Denver this week for the annual beer festival where the GABF Awards Ceremony was held. The L.A. County wins this year were spread amongst eight unique breweries including two double winners in Highland Park Brewery and Angel City Brewery.
Beachwood Brewing: Silver for Hoppa Emeritus / Style Category: American Black Ale or American Stout
Space Brewery: Gold for Sonrisa / Style Category: Common American-Style Lager
Angel City Brewery: Bronze for Trois Années Cuvée / Style Category: Belgian-Style Sour Ale
Angel City Brewery: Silver for Apple Pomace Puncheon / Style Category: Experimental Beer
HiDef Brewing Co.: Bronze for Spring Reverb / Style Category: Fruited Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer
Claremont Craft Ales: Gold for Triple IPA / Style Category: Imperial India Pale Ale
Highland Park Brewery: Gold for Hand of Josh / Style Category: International-Style Pale Ale
Highland Park Brewery: Gold for DDH Pillow / Style Category: Juicy or Hazy Imperial India Pale Ale
Firestone Walker Brewing Co. – The Propagator: Bronze for Extra Pale Ale / Style Category: International-Style Pale Ale
HopSaint Brewing Co.: Bronze for Random Acts of Greatness / Style Category: Other Strong Beer
More about this year’s GABF competition:
The Brewers Association awarded 303 medals to 263 breweries across the country during the 2023 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) awards ceremony. The best beers in 99 beer categories covering 175 different beer styles (including all subcategories) were awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals. The total number of beers entered into the competition was an impressive 9,298.
Click here for a full list of winners.
Highlight of LA Beer in Business Journal
The LA Business Journal talked to some of our breweries – here’s what they had to say:
Business Journal
LA named one of America’s Best Beer Cities
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Five Wins for L.A. Brewers at 2021 Great American Beer Festival
Five brewery members of the Los Angeles County Brewers Guild will be bringing home medals from the 2021 Great American Beer Festival in Colorado. While the annual craft beer festival was canceled for a second time this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, brewers flocked to Denver this week for the annual Craft Brewers Conference where the GABF Awards Ceremony was held. The L.A. County wins this year were spread amongst five unique breweries including two silver medals for Beachwood Blendery and Highland Park Brewery and three bronze medals for All Season Brewing, Arts District Brewing Company, and Claremont Craft Ales.
* A special note goes out to LABG newcomer All Season Brewing which opened in 2020 for their Bronze in the American IPA category which was the second largest category in the competition with a whipping 404 total entries! All Season Brewing is part of a family of local independent brewpubs which include fellow winner Arts District Brewing and Imperial Western Brewing located in the historic Union Station. Congrats to the Pouring With Heart Hospitality Group!
More about this year’s GABF competition:
The Brewers Association awarded 290 medals to 265 breweries across the country during the 2021 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) awards ceremony in the largest competition to date.
The best beers in 97 beer categories covering 175 different beer styles (including all subcategories) were awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals during the 35th edition of the celebrated competition.
Judging took place in 34 sessions over 17 days with strict health and safety measures in place. A total of 170 judges evaluated 9,680 entries from 2,192 breweries from all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. The awards ceremony was held at the Bellco Theatre in Denver on Friday evening during the Craft Brewers Conference® and was livestreamed on The Brewing Network.
Click here for a full list of winners.
L.A. Brewers bring home 35 medals at California Craft Brewers Cup 2021
AUGUST 2021 — The Los Angeles County Brewers Guild is proud to announce that L.A. brewers took home 35 medals at the 2021 California Craft Brewers Cup competition held in Sacramento, CA. The competition and awards ceremony were coordinated by the Sacramento Area Brewers Guild in conjunction with the California Craft Brewers Association and all of the other regional brewers guilds in the state and is the second year the collaborative competition has brought California’s independent craft breweries together for friendly competition while also helping support the regional and state guilds. The break down of LABG breweries who took home hardware this year include 11 Gold medals, 12 silver, and 12 Bronze distributed amongst 23 unique breweries. *Beachwood Blendery and Beachwood BBQ & Brewing are listed as two separate entities. A previous post did not attribute the Beachwood Blendery wins as they were listed erroneously as Beachwood Brewing (Huntington Beach).
Congratulations to all!
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