Just in case you missed it, the results have been posted here.

As always, many of these could have been predicted, however, there were several surprises.

California brweries had a strong showing in all the Pale Ale categories, taking nearly every medal except Gold and Bronze in the American-Style Strong Pale Ale category, which went to Hop Bomb, Rock Bottom Brewing, Louisville, CO and the Organic IPA from Hopworks in Portland respectively. It was great to see the Hop 15 take Bronze in the Imperial IPA category, though I was surprised not to see a selection from Moylens make the top three - wonder if they entered any beer. . .

Oh, and wow what a nail-biter in the America-Style Light Lager Category where Coors Light narrowly beat out Old Milwaukee and Keystone in a who-cares-they-taste-like-piss-anyway grudge match.

Other WTF notables are Hurricane from Anheuser-Busch winning gold in American-Style Specialty Lager - anyone out there had a hurricane? Good God, its a 40oz of paint thinner. I think they go for like $1.15 a piece. Hurricane beat out Natty Ice and Busch Ice - glad I didn’t have to judge that one.

Russian River and Dogfish Head both had strong showings placing in several categories. It was also good to see Jolly Pumpkin, Victory, and the timeless Alaskan Smoked Porter make the charts. Several Colorado favorites also made a strong showing, most notably, Sweet George’s Brown from Dillon receiving a gold in English Style Brown Ale and the Fifteen from Avery pulling in Silver in the Experimental Beer category.

I was disappointed that Southern Sun didn’t win anything, but oh well, there’s always next year and despite the lack of medals they remain a local favorite.