Congratulations to the 2015 Great American Beer Festival Winners !

Every year the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) celebrates United States breweries. The GABF is not only about sampling quality beer but is also a beer competition. Breweries enter their beers to be judged by the festival’s Professional Judge Panel.

The GABF invites industry professionals from around the world to sit together in small groups and, without knowing the brand name, taste beers in each of 90 specified style categories. The goal of the Great American Beer Festival Judge Panel is to identify the three beers that best represent each beer-style category as described and adopted by the GABF.

Click here for the complete list of beer competition medal winners.

My home state of California won 67 medals this year as well as three brewery/brewer of the year awards.