2004 Great American Beer Festival Winners List

Large Brewing Company of the Year:
Miller Brewing Company
Milwaukee, WI
Large Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year:
Dr. David S. Ryder

Mid-Size Brewing Company of the Year:
Sponsored by Yakima Chief
Widmer Brothers Brewing
Portland, OR
Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year:
Kurt Widmer

Small Brewing Company of the Year:
Sponsored by MicroStar Keg Management
Sprecher Brewing Company
Glendale, WI
Small Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year:
Craig Burge

Large Brewpub of the Year:
Sponsored by Brewers Supply Group
Elysian Brewery & Public House
Seattle, WA
Large Brewpub Brewmaster of the Year:
Dick Cantwell

Small Brewpub of the Year:
Sponsored by Brewers Supply Group
Pizza Port Solana Beach
Solana Beach, CA
Small Brewpub Brewmaster of the Year:
THE Tomme Arthur

Category: 1 Non-Alcoholic (Beer) Malt Beverage-5 Entries
Gold: Old Milwaukee NA, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX
Silver: Coors NA, Coors Brewing Company, Golden, CO
Bronze: Odoul's Amber, Anheuser-Busch Inc., St. Louis, MO

Category: 2 American Lager/Ale or Cream Ale-23 Entries
Gold: Red Dog, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI
Silver: Special Export, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX
Bronze: Genesee Cream Ale, High Falls Brewing Company, Rochester, NY

Category: 3 American-Style Wheat Beer-20 Entries
Gold: Summer Solstice Wheat, Chelsea Brewing Company, New York, NY
Silver: Bullfrog Ale, Issaquah Brewhouse-Rogue Ales, Issaquah, WA
Bronze: Shiner Winter Ale, The Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX

Category: 4 American-Style Hefeweizen-25 Entries
Gold: Hefeweizen, Pyramid Ales & Lagers, Seattle, WA
Silver: American Wheat, Upstream Brewing Company, Omaha, NE
Bronze: Mueller Unfiltered Wheat, Springfield Brewing Company, Springfield, MO

Category: 5 Fruit and Vegetable Beer-36 Entries
Gold: Raspberry Tart, New Glarus Brewing Company, New Glarus, WI
Silver: Chile Beer, Six Rivers Brewery, McKinleyville, CA
Bronze: Leinenkugel's Berry Weiss, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company,
Chippewa Falls, WI

Category: 6 Herb and Spice Beer-49 Entries
Gold: Somer Gras Citrus Ale, Wynkoop Brewing Company, Denver, CO
Silver: Heather Ale, Amherst Brewing Company, Amherst, MA
Bronze: Santa's Lil' Helper, Newport Beach Brewing Company, Newport Beach, CA

Category: 7 Coffee Flavored Beer-18 Entries
Gold: "Cup of Mud" Java Porter, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant, Topeka, KS
Silver: Cup of Joe, CJ's Brewery & Grill, La Jolla, CA
Bronze: Double Espresso Stout, Barley Brothers Brewery & Grill, Lake Havasu City, AZ

Category: 8 Specialty Beer-13 Entries
Gold: Dubbel Down Brown, Santa Barbara Brewing Company, Santa Barbara, CA
Silver: Morimoto Soba Ale, Rogue Ales, Newport, OR
Bronze: Maple Wheaten, Pyramid Ales & Lagers, Seattle, WA

Category: 9 Rye Beer-12 Entries
Gold: Rye On, Chama River Brewing Co, Albuquerque, NM
Silver: Roggenbier, Rock Bottom Brewery-Des Moines, West Des Moines, IA
Bronze: Right on Rye, Rock Bottom Brewery-Bethesda, Bethesda, MD

Category: 10 Specialty Honey Lager or Ale-20 Entries
Gold: Midas Touch, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE
Silver: Thunderstorm, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN
Bronze: Orange Blossom Pilsner, Unique Beers, Orlando, FL

Category: 11 Experimental Beer-29 Entries
Gold: Samuel Adams Millennium, Boston Beer Company, Boston, MA
Silver: Benevolence, Cambridge Brewing Company, Cambridge, MA
Bronze: Palm Island Porter, Big Horn Brewing Co.@The Ram 1, Tacoma, WA

Category: 12 Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer-47 Entries
Gold: New Glarus Brown Ale, New Glarus Brewing Company, New Glarus, WI
Silver: 2002 Casked Barley Wine, Schooner's Grille & Brewery, Antioch, CA
Bronze: Bourbon Russian, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant #2, Wilmington, DE

Category: 13 Beer With Yeast-8 Entries
Gold: Triumph Kellerbier, Triumph Brewing Company of New Hope, New Hope, PA
Silver: Moonmen, SandLot Brewery at Coors Field, Denver, CO
Bronze: The Detroit Dwarf, Detroit Beer Company, Detroit, MI

Category: 14 Smoke-Flavored Beer-19 Entries
Gold: O'Fallon Smoked Porter, O'Fallon Brewery, O'Fallon, MO
Silver: Triumph Rauchbier, Triumph Brewing Company of Princeton, Princeton, NJ
Bronze: Alaskan Smoked Porter, Alaskan Brewing Company, Juneau, AK

Category: 15 German-Style Pilsener-37 Entries
Gold: Provo Girl Pilsner, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT
Silver: Ptarmigan Pilsner, Backcountry Brewery, Frisco, CO
Bronze: Sierra Nevada Summerfest, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico, CA

Category: 16 Bohemian-Style Pilsener-29 Entries
Gold: Gordon Biersch Czech Lager, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Chattanooga, TN
Silver: Pallavicini Pilsner, Pug Ryans Brewery, Dillon, CO
Bronze: La Plata Pils, Carver Brewing Company, Durango, CO

Category: 17 Munchner-Style Helles-25 Entries
Gold: B.S. Helles, SandLot Brewery at Coors Field, Denver, CO
Silver: Helles, The Cowboy Restaurant & Brewery, Scottsdale, AZ
Bronze: Augsburger Golden, Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, WI

Category: 18 European-Style Pilsener-25 Entries
Gold: Mueller Lager, Springfield Brewing Company, Springfield, MO
Silver: Pilsner 500, Prescott Brewing Company, Prescott, AZ
Bronze: Herman Brau, SandLot Brewery at Coors Field, Denver, CO

Category: 19 American-Style Light Lager-33 Entries
Gold: Rainier Light, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX
Silver: Old Milwaukee Light, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX
Bronze: Michelob Light, Anheuser-Busch Inc., St. Louis, MO

Category: 20 American-Style "Light" Amber Lager-9 Entries
Gold: MoJo Lager, Starr Hill, Charlottesville, VA
Silver: Henry Weinhard Amber Light, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: Coastal Light Pale, Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles, CA

Category: 21 American-Style Lager-14 Entries
Gold: Old Milwaukee, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX
Silver: Milwaukee's Best, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: Schlitz, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX

Category: 22 American-Style Premium Lager-14 Entries
Gold: Coors Original, Coors Brewing Company, Golden, CO
Silver: Miller High Life, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: Pabst Blue Ribbon, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX

Category: 23 American-Style Specialty Lager-19 Entries
Gold: Samurai Malt Liquor, Rock Bottom Brewery-Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Silver: Schlitz Malt Liquor, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX
Bronze: St. Ides Malt Liquor, Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX

Category: 24 Vienna-Style Lager-25 Entries
Gold: Genesee Red Lager, High Falls Brewing Company, Rochester, NY
Silver: Schild brau Amber, Millstream Brewing Company, Amana, IA
Bronze: Vienna Lager, Squatters Pub Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT

Category: 25 German-Style Märzen/Oktoberfest-52 Entries
Gold: Oktoberfest, Sprecher Brewing Company, Glendale, WI
Silver: Octfest, Old Dominion Brewing Company, Ashburn, VA
Bronze: Oktoberfest, Stoudt's Brewing Company, Adamstown, PA

Category: 26 American-Style Amber Lager-31 Entries
Gold: Old Scratch, Flying Dog Brewery, Denver, CO
Silver: Extreme Amber, BJ's Restaurant & Brewery-Woodland Hills/Oxnard,
Huntington Beach, CA
Bronze: UBER BRAU, Big Horn Brewing Co.@Humperdink's, Addison, TX

Category: 27 European-Style Dark/Münchner Dunkel-21 Entries
Gold: Dunkles Bock, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA
Silver: Dark Munich Lager, Rock Bottom Brewery-Desert Ridge, Phoenix, AZ
Bronze: Penn Dark, Pennsylvania Brewing Company, Pittsburgh, PA

Category: 28 American-Style Dark Lager-9 Entries
Gold: Beau Rivage Bock, Coast Brewing Company/Beau Rivage Resort, Biloxi, MS
Silver: Michelob Amber Bock, Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, MO
Bronze: Leinenkugel's Creamy Dark, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company,
Chippewa Falls, WI

Category: 29 German-Style Schwarzbier-28 Entries
Gold: Black Forest Schwarzbier, Squatters Pub Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT
Silver: Kings Peak, Uinta Brewing Company, Salt Lake City, UT
Bronze: Goose Island Schwarzbier, Goose Island Beer Company, Chicago, IL

Category: 30 Bock-15 Entries
Gold: Butt Head Bock, Tommyknocker Brewery, Idaho Springs, CO
Silver: Hops 15th Anniversary Bock, Hops Grillhouse and Brewery, Madison, GA
Bronze: Mai Bock, Sprecher Brewing Company, Glendale, WI

Category: 31 German-Style Strong Bock-20 Entries
Gold: Capital Autumnal Fire, Capital Brewery Company, Inc., Middleton, WI
Silver: Broken Keg Ice Bock, Port Brewing Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
Bronze: Eisbock, New Glarus Brewing Company, New Glarus, WI

Category: 32 Golden or Blonde Ale-38 Entries
Gold: All Nighter, Chicago Brewing Company, Las Vegas, NV
Silver: Mother Lode Golden, Laurelwood Public House & Brewery, Portland, OR
Bronze: Big Horn Blonde, Big Horn Brewing Company @The Ram 2, Wheeling, IL

Category: 33 German-Style Kölsch/Köln-Style Kölsch-36 Entries
Gold: Guido's Kolnerbrau, Snake River Brewing Company, Jackson, WY
Silver: Biloxi Blonde, Coast Brewing Company/Beau Rivage Resort, Biloxi, MS
Bronze: Mammoth Gold, Mammoth Brewing Company, Mammoth Lakes, CA

Category: 34 Classic English-Style Pale Ale-22 Entries
Gold: Starr Hill Pale Ale, Starr Hill, Charlottesville, VA
Silver: Millennium Ale, Coast Brewing Company/Beau Rivage Resort, Biloxi, MS
Bronze: Pitchfork Pale Ale, Jarre Creek Ranch Restaurant and Brewing Company,
Castle Rock, CO

Category: 35 English-Style Summer Ale-26 Entries
Gold: Cascade Golden Ale, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR
Silver: Chasing Tail Ale, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT
Bronze: Surfer's Summer Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR

Category: 36 English-Style India Pale Ale-26 Entries
Gold: Squatters India Pale Ale, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT
Silver: Goose Island India Pale Ale, Goose Island Beer Company, Chicago, IL
Bronze: Newcomb's IPA, McCoy's Public House and Brew Kitchen, Kansas City, MO

Category: 37 American-Style Pale Ale-74 Entries
Gold: Duckdive Pale Ale, Bill's Tavern & Brewhouse, Cannon Beach, OR
Silver: New River Pale Ale, New River Brewing Company, Atlanta, GA
Bronze: Dillon DAM Extra Pale Ale, Dillon DAM Brewery, Dillon, CO

Category: 38 American-Style Strong Pale Ale-37 Entries
Gold: Avery India Pale Ale, Avery Brewing Company, Boulder, CO
Silver: Boss IPA, Laurelwood Public House & Brewery, Portland, OR
Bronze: Fairweather IPA, Moose's Tooth Brewing Company, Anchorage, AK

Category: 39 American-Style India Pale Ale-93 Entries
Gold: India Pelican Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR
Silver: Wipeout IPA, Port Brewing Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
Bronze: IPA, Schooner's Grille & Brewery, Antioch, CA

Category: 40 Imperial or Double India Pale Ale-48 Entries
Gold: DoHeny Double IPA, Pizza Port San Clemente, San Clemente, CA
Silver: Frank Double IPA, Port Brewing Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
Bronze: Pliny the Elder, Russian River Brewing Company, Santa Rosa, CA

Category: 41 American-Style Amber/Red Ale-67 Entries
Gold: Hoptown Paint the Town Red, Hoptown Brewing Company, Pleasanton, CA
Silver: Red Nectar, Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles, CA
Bronze: Arch Amber, Angelic Brewing Company, Madison, WI

Category: 42 Imperial or Double Red Ale-19 Entries
Gold: Hop Whompus, Oggi's Pizza and Brewing Company, San Clemente, CA
Silver: Hog Heaven, Avery Brewing Company, Boulder, CO
Bronze: Shark Attack, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA

Category: 43 Bitter-29 Entries
Gold: Drop Top Amber, Widmer Brothers Brewing, Portland, OR
Silver: Buckin' Bitter, Bottoms Up Brewing Company, Pinedale, WY
Bronze: Sunnyside Pale Ale, Snipes Mountain Brewing, Inc., Sunnyside, WA

Category: 44 Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter-41 Entries
Gold: The Wise ESB, Elysian Brewing Company, Seattle, WA
Silver: Alaskan ESB, Alaskan Brewing Company, Juneau, AK
Bronze: Bachelor ESB, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR

Category: 45 Scottish-Style Ale-20 Entries
Gold: Smokin Scottish Ale, Calhoun's Restaurant & Brewing Co of Harrisonburg, VA, Harrisonburg, VA
Silver: Hope & King Scotch Ale, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN
Bronze: Charlie's Barley, Ham's Restaurant & Brewhouse, Greenville, NC

Category: 46 Irish-Style Red Ale-26 Entries
Gold: Fountain City Amber, 75th Street Brewery, Kansas City, MO
Silver: McIlhenney's Irish Red, Alpine Beer Company, Alpine, CA
Bronze: Casco Bay Riptide Red Ale, Casco Bay Brewing Company, Portland, ME

Category: 47 English-Style Brown Ale-42 Entries
Gold: Buster Nut Brown, SKA Brewing Company, Durango, CO
Silver: Nut Brown Ale, Island Brewing Company, Carpinteria, CA
Bronze: Nut Brown Ale, Long Valley Pub and Brewery, Long Valley, NJ

Category: 48 American-Style Brown Ale-37 Entries
Gold: Bitch Creek ESB, Grand Teton Brewing Company, Victor, ID
Silver: Bearcat Brown Ale, Big Horn Brewing Company @The Ram 1, Tacoma, WA
Bronze: Slow Down Brown, Il Vicino Brewing Company, Albuquerque, NM

Category: 49 German-Style Brown Ale/Düsseldorf-Style Altbier-26 Entries
Gold: Alt, Widmer Brothers Brewing, Portland, OR
Silver: Four Alarm Alt, Pumphouse Brewery & Restaurant, Longmont, CO
Bronze: Otis Alt, Elk Grove Brewery & Restaurant, Elk Grove, CA

Category: 50 South German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier-55 Entries
Gold: Hefeweizen, Yazoo Brewing Company, Nashville, TN
Silver: Weathervane Weissbier, Jarre Creek Ranch Restaurant and Brewing Company,
Castle Rock, CO
Bronze: Liquid X, Rock Bottom Brewery-Bethesda, Bethesda, MD

Category: 51 German-Style Wheat Ale-17 Entries
Gold: CBC Ultimate Weiss, Chicago Brewing Company, Las Vegas, NV
Silver: Nodding Head Berliner Weisse, Nodding Head Brewing Company, Philadelphia, PA
Bronze: Wasatch Hefeweizen, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT

Category: 52 Belgian-Style White (or Wit)/Belgian-Style Wheat-34 Entries
Gold: Nit Wit, BJ's Restaurant & Brewery-Boulder/Chandler/Clear Lake,
Huntington Beach, CA
Silver: Katerina Wit, Main Street Brewery Lamppost Pizza, Corona, CA
Bronze: Celis White, Michigan Brewing Company, Webberville, MI

Category: 53 French- and Belgian-Style Saison-21 Entries
Gold: Cave Aged Hennepin, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY
Silver: Saison de Carbs, Rio Salado Brewing Company, Inc., Tempe, AZ
Bronze: Farm House Reserve, Fitgers Brewhouse, Duluth, MN

Category: 54 Belgian- and French-Style Ale-15 Entries
Gold: Oro De Calabaza, Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales, Dexter, MI
Silver: Grand Cru, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN
Bronze: Bavay, McKenzie Brew House, Glen Mills, PA

Category: 55 Belgian-Style Sour Ale-18 Entries
Gold: Le Woody, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA
Silver: Southampton Belgian Red Ale, Southampton Publick House, Southampton, NY
Bronze: Sour Prick, Bitter End Bistro & Brewery, Austin, TX

Category: 56 Belgian-Style Abbey Ale-38 Entries
Gold: Abbey Belgian Style Ale, New Belgium Brewing Company, Fort Collins, CO
Silver: Bishop's Tipple Trippel, Main Street Brewery Lamppost Pizza, Corona, CA
Bronze: Tripel, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant #1, Wilmington, DE

Category: 57 Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale-27 Entries
Gold: Sterk Wit, The Alchemist, Waterbury, VT
Silver: Damnation, Russian River Brewing Company, Santa Rosa, CA
Bronze: Cuvee De Tomme, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA

Category: 58 Robust Porter-48 Entries
Gold: Snipes Porter, Snipes Mountain Brewing, Inc., Sunnyside, WA
Silver: Black Sand Porter, Kona Brewing Company, Kailua-Kona, HI
Bronze: Edmund Fitzgerald, Great Lakes Brewing Company, Cleveland, OH

Category: 59 Brown Porter-41 Entries
Gold: Pete Brown Tribute Ale, Bear Republic Brewing Company, Inc., Healdsburg, CA
Silver: St. Charles Porter, Blackstone Restaurant & Brewery, Nashville, TN
Bronze: Pyramid Porter, Pyramid Ales & Lagers, Seattle, WA

Category: 60 Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout-24 Entries
Gold: Seaside Stout, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA
Silver: Boulevard Dry Stout, Boulevard Brewing Company, Kansas City, MO
Bronze: Blarney Sister's Dry Irish Stout, Third Street Aleworks, Santa Rosa, CA

Category: 61 Foreign (Export)-Style Stout-32 Entries
Gold: Custer's Last Stout, Montana Brewing Company, Billings, MT
Silver: Tsunami Stout, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR
Bronze: Obsidian Stout, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR

Category: 62 British Stout-49 Entries
Gold: Snowplow Milk Stout, Widmer Brothers Brewing, Portland, OR
Silver: Oatmeal Stout X, Rock Bottom Brewery-Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Bronze: Barney Flats, Anderson Valley Brewing Company, Booneville, CA

Category: 63 Imperial Stout-43 Entries
Gold: First Date Stout, Steelhead Brewing Company-Burlingame, Burlingame, CA
Silver: Imperial Stout, Silver City Brewing Company, Silverdale, WA
Bronze: The Legend of the Liquid Brain, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO

Category: 64 Strong Scotch Ale-23 Entries
Gold: Scotch Ale, Sprecher Brewing Company, Glendale, WI
Silver: Founders Margarets Scotch Ale, Founders Restaurant & Brewing Company,
Alexandria, VA
Bronze: AleSmith Wee Heavy, AleSmith Brewing Company, San Diego, CA

Category: 65 Old Ale/Strong Ale-31 Entries
Gold: Fat Tuesday Strong Ale, Redfish New Orleans Brewhouse, Boulder, CO
Silver: XXX Exultation, Eel River Brewing Company, Fortuna, CA
Bronze: Freeride, Big Horn Brewing Co.@The Ram 1, Tacoma, WA

Category: 66 Other Strong Ale or Lager-26 Entries
Gold: Dragonstooth Stout, Elysian Brewing Company, Seattle, WA
Silver: Roggenbock, Il Vicino Brewing Company, Albuquerque, NM
Bronze: Small Craft, Clipper City Brewing Company, Baltimore, MD

Category: 67 Barley Wine-Style Ale-37 Entries
Gold: Big Woody, Glacier Brewhouse, Anchorage, AK
Silver: Old Bounder, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA
Bronze: Old Crustacean, Rogue Ales, Newport, OR

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