Nothing shows how far organic beers have come like winning medals at the Great American Beer Festival in direct competition with non-organic brews. Here’s a six-pack of medal winners worthy of your attention:
Mothership Wit Organic Wheat Beer, New Belgium Brewing, CO: Bronze Medal 2007
Organic Farmhouse Ale, Bison Brewing, CA: Gold Medal 2006
Organic Pilsner, Butte Creek Brewing, CA: Gold Medal 2006
Organic Zwickelbier, Redrock Brewing, UT: Gold Medal 2007
Organic Deranger, Laurelwood Brewing, OR: Gold Medal 2006 & 2007
Squatters Organic Amber Ale, Utah Brewers Cooperative, UT: Silver Medal 2007
And here’s a sampling of just a few of the breweries making some of the best organic beers across the country:
Bison Brewing; Berkeley, CA
Blackfoot River Brewing; Helena, MT
Butte Creek Brewing; Chico, CA
Eel River Brewing; Fortuna, CA
Elliott Bay Brewing; Seattle, WA
Fish Brewing; Olympia, WA
Laurelwood Brewing; Portland, OR
North Coast Brewing; Fort Bragg, CA
Peak Organic Brewing; Portland, ME
Pisgah Brewing; Black Mountain, NC
Roots Organic Brewery; Portland, OR
Wolaver’s Certified Organic Ales; Middlebury, VT
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing; Santa Cruz, CA
Ukiah Brewing; Ukiah, CA
