2009 Great American Beer Festival Award Winners

Local breweries brought home a few awards from this past weekend’s 2009 Great American Beer Festival in Denver.

Durango Brewing Company took the gold metal in the American Style Amber Lager for their fall seasonal Durango Colorfest. At 6.2% ABV and 21 IBU it’s not your typical lager. I drank it for the first time yesterday and really enjoyed it. Perfect for the Indian Summer weather we had this past weekend.

Ska Brewing Company won three awards. They look the silver in the English Style Brown Ale for Buster Nut Brown and bronze in the English-Style Summer Ale and Sweet Stout categories for True Blonde Ale and Steel Toe Stout respectively.

Colorado breweries and brewpubs took the most awards out of any state with a total of 45 (California was second in total awards with 39).

Click here to see a full list of winners.

Tags: buster nut brown, durango colorfest, gabf, gabf 2009 awards, great american beer festival, steel toe stout, true blonde ale

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