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

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.  

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.

  • All Season Brewing Co.: Bronze for Bullitts / Style Category: American-Style India Pale Ale
  • Arts District Brewing Co.: Bronze for Summer Crush / Style Category: Specialty Berliner-Style Weisse
  • Beachwood Blendery: Silver for Coolship Chaos Balaton Cherry / Style Category: Belgian Fruit Beer
  • Claremont Craft Ales: Bronze for Happy Days / Style Category: Strong Red Ale
  • Highland Park Brewery – Chinatown: Silver for Fill Pils / Style Category: Kellerbier or Zwickelbier

* 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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