FORT COLLINS, CO—New Belgium Brewing today announced that Tour de Fat, the traveling tour of philanthropic bicycle advocacy, raised $535,924 for local nonprofits this season, totaling more than $3 million in its 14-year stretch. This year’s total is up almost $40,000 from last year. The event is free, yet all proceeds from beer and merchandise sales and donations from parade participants go to nonprofit organizations focused on making communities a better place to ride a bike.
Tour de Fat celebrates the fun side of bicycle culture, kicking off each festival with a costumed bike parade through city streets. Upon the parade’s completion, thousands of friends rock the park all day with eclectic entertainment, New Belgium beer, bike-themed activities, delicious local food and so much more. The events also encouraged people to think twice about recycling, with an impressive 85 percent of waste diverted from landfills.

Tour de Fat traveled to 12 cities between May and October, attracting a total of 97,500 beer and bike enthusiasts and 57,359 bike parade participants (up 23,100 attendees and 8,096 riders from 2012). New Belgium’s hometown of Fort Collins, Colo. raised the most money ($90,000), and had the most festival-goers and parade riders, both totaling 25,000 people. To see how each city performed, a breakdown is included below.

Tour de Fat also hosted the seventh annual car-for-bike swap, where one brave role model in each city stepped on stage to trade in car keys and pledge to live car-free for one year. Each swapper received a $2,250 stipend to buy their own commuter bike in exchange for their car. Vehicles for Charity auctioned the swapped cars, with proceeds benefitting Tour De Fat’s local nonprofit partners. Each of the swappers is encouraged to blog about their adventures as a two-wheeled local rock star. To read their tales from the road, visit the car-for-bike trade blog at http://trademycarforabike.tumblr.com/.

“Each year just gets better as Tour de Fat extends its reach into communities to share bike love in the most colorful way possible,” said Matt Kowal, Tour De Fat Impresario. “It’s where you can find flamboyant costumes and entire families dancing in the park; it’s the look of communities raising money together alongside funky musicians and mind-blowing magicians.”

“We thank everyone who takes the time to make this kind of magic happen,” added Kowal. “It just feels good!”

To see photos, videos, and other highlights from some of the 2013 tour stops, visit https://www.facebook.com/TourDeFat. For more on New Belgium Brewing, go to http://www.newbelgium.com.

Tour de Fat Breakdown City-by-City

Grand Totals

• Total Funds Raised: $535,925 (not including auctioned car proceeds)
• Attendees: 97,500
• Parade Attendance: 57,359
• Average Waste Diversion Rate: 85%

Atlanta, GA – May 11

• Total Funds Raised: $15,415 (up $9,185 from 2012)
• Attendees: 2,500 (up 1,500 from 2012)
• Parade Attendance: 300 (up 100 from 2012)
• Waste Diversion Rate: 85%

Washington DC – June 1

• Total Funds Raised: $35,583 (up $14,673 from 2012)
• Attendees: 4,500 (up 2,000 from 2012)
• Parade Attendance: 500 (up 187 from 2012)
• Waste Diversion Rate: 85%

Durham, NC – June 15

• Total Funds Raised: $20,009 (up $3,966 from 2012)
• Attendees: 3,000 (up 800 from 2012)
• Parade Attendance: 1,000 (up 250 from 2012)
• Waste Diversion Rate: 87%

Nashville, TN – June 22

• Total Funds Raised: $34,687 (up $16,008 from 2012)
• Attendees: 5,000 (up 2,750 from 2012)
• Parade Attendance: 1,500 (up 750 from 2012)
• Waste Diversion Rate: 85%

Chicago, IL – July 13

• Total Funds Raised: $40,476 (up $13,940 from 2012)
• Attendees: 8,000 (up 3,500 from 2012)
• Parade Attendance: 1,100 (up 350 from 2012)
• Waste Diversion Rate: 84%

Minneapolis, MN – July 27

• Total Funds Raised: $23,658 (up $3,905 from 2012)
• Attendees: 3,000
• Parade Attendance: 800
• Waste Diversion Rate: 92%

Boise, ID – August 17

• Total Funds Raised: $55,019 (up $5,344 from 2012)
• Attendees: 7,500 (up 1,000 from 2012)
• Parade Attendance: 6,000 (up 1,000 from 2012)
• Waste Diversion Rate: 75%

Ft. Collins, CO – August 31 – Most Money Raised and Largest Attendance

• Total Funds Raised: $90,000 (up $10,943 from 2012)
• Attendees: 25,000 (up 4,000 from 2012)
• Parade Attendance: 25,000 (up 4,000 from 2012)
• Waste Diversion Rate: 80%

Denver, CO – September 7

• Total Funds Raised: $77,017 (up $5,563 from 2012)
• Attendees: 15,000 (up 4,000 from 2012)
• Parade Attendance: 11,000 (up 1,000 from 2012)
• Waste Diversion Rate: 86%

San Francisco, CA – September 21

• Total Funds Raised: $16,574
• Attendees: 3,000
• Parade Attendance: 159
• Waste Diversion Rate: 85%

San Diego, CA – September 28

• Total Funds Raised: $41,486 (up $11,152 from 2012)
• Attendees: 6,000 (up 2,500 from 2012)
• Parade Attendance: 2,000 (up 900 from 2012)
• Waste Diversion Rate: 87%

Tempe, AZ – October 5

• Total Funds Raised: $86,000
• Attendees: 15,000 (up 5,000 from 2012)
• Parade Attendance: 8,000 (up 3,000 from 2012)
• Waste Diversion Rate: 87%

About New Belgium Brewing Company
New Belgium Brewing, makers of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a host of Belgian-inspired beers, is recognized as one of Outside Magazine’s Best Places to Work and one of the Wall Street Journal’s Best Small Businesses. The 100% employee-owned brewery is a Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Business as designated by the League of American Bicyclists, and one of World Blu’s most democratic U.S. businesses, and a Certified B Corp. In addition to Fat Tire, New Belgium brews eight year-round beers; Ranger IPA, Rampant Imperial IPA, Shift Pale Lager, Sunshine Wheat, 1554 Black Ale, Blue Paddle Pilsener, Abbey Belgian Ale and Trippel. Learn more at www.newbelgium.com.

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LONGMONT, CO—Four weeks ago, 3 inches was all that remained between a flood disaster and a dodged bullet for Left Hand Brewing Company. On Saturday morning, the number 3 proved its good luck again for the brewery – this time with 3 Gold Medals for Sawtooth Ale, Milk Stout, and Fade to Black Volume 1 – Foreign Export Stout at this year’s Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Denver, CO. The brewery tied for the most Gold Medals taken home this year.

Back in September, the Longmont, CO brewery came close to destruction as the mighty St. Vrain River raged to epic levels during the 500 year flood. After plenty of hard work and cleanup, the brewery was back on its feet and fundraising over $60K for CO Flood Relief.  It was a tough month, and as VP of Operations Chris Lennert quipped “this wasn’t just another GABF for us – we needed to cut loose collectively, celebrate 20 years of making great beer, thank all of our customers for their support during the flood and tell the world we’re stronger than ever.” And did we ever – on the opening night of the Great American Beer Festival, Left Hand introduced two new Nitro beers in 12oz bottles – Sawtooth Nitro & Wake Up Dead Nitro – to an audience of over 1,500 friends and industry guests at the brewery’s 20th Anniversary party.

Two days later, Left Hand won the most medals in its 20th year since its first GABF in 1994. Sawtooth Ale, the brewery’s original flagship and still going strong, took Gold (just like ’94) for Ordinary / Special Bitter. Left Hand’s best seller, Milk Stout took Gold for Sweet Stout. Finally, in the first year Left Hand has brought back Fade to Black Volume 1 since its 2010 Gold win for Export Stout, FTB 1 took another Gold medal home Saturday for the same category. The latest hardware additions bring Left Hand’s GABF medal count to 22.

Gerald Wyman of Gella's Diner & Lb. Brewing Co. (Hays, KS) displays the silver and gold medals he won at the 2013 Great American Beer Festival. Photo by Jon Page

DENVER—The 2013 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition awarded 252 medals on Saturday to some of the best commercial breweries in the United States, including GABF Pro-Am medals. The competition is presented by the Brewers Association.

Winners were chosen from 4,809 competition entries from 745 breweries, hailing from 49 states, plus Washington, DC. Here is a complete list of award winners.

2013 BREWERY AND BREWER OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Small Brewpub and Small Brewpub Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by Briess Malt & Ingredients Co.

Gella’s Diner & Lb. Brewing Co., Hays, KS

Gerald Wyman

Mid-Size Brewpub and Mid-Size Brewpub Brewer of the Year

Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA

Julian Sarago and Ian McCall

Large Brewpub and Large Brewpub Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by Brewers Supply Group

Pelican Brewing Co., Pacific City, OR

Darron Welch and Steve Panos

Brewpub Group and Brewpub Group Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by Brewers Supply Group

Rock Bottom Brewery, Broomfield, CO

Team Rock Bottom

Very Small Brewing Company and Very Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year

Baker City Brewing Co., Baker City, OR

Marks Lanham & Eli Dickison

Small Brewing Company and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by Microstar Keg Management

Devils Backbone Brewing Co.—Basecamp, Roseland, VA

Jason Oliver

Mid-Size Brewing Company and Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by Brewers Supply Group

Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA

Matt Brynildson

Large Brewing Company and Large Brewing Company Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by Beer Institute

SandLot, Denver, CO

John, Tom, Bill & Addison

2013 MEDALISTS

Category 1: American-Style Wheat Beer (31 Entries)

Gold: Shredders Wheat, Baker City Brewing Co., Baker City, OR

Silver: American Wheat, Gella’s Diner & Lb. Brewing Co., Hays, KS

Bronze: Super 77 Wheat, Wiley Roots Brewing Co., Greeley, CO

Category 2: American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast (32 Entries)

Gold: American Hefeweizen, Gella’s Diner & Lb. Brewing Co., Hays, KS

Silver: Wheatfish, Great Northern Brewing Co., Whitefish, MT

Bronze: Helio Hefeweizen, Red Lodge Ales Brewing Co., Red Lodge, MT

Category 3: Fruit Beer (73 Entries)

Gold: Golden Knot—Chardonnay, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Silver: Serendipity, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI

Bronze: Sparkleberry Ale, Bell’s Brewery, Galesburg, MI

Category 4: Fruit Wheat Beer (48 Entries)

Gold: Peachy Peach, Pagosa Brewing & Grill, Pagosa Springs, CO

Silver: Bitchin’ Berry, Great Basin Brewing Co. – Reno, Reno, NV

Bronze: Lilikoi Kepolo, Avery Brewing Co., Boulder, CO

Category 5: Field Beer or Pumpkin Beer (91 Entries)

Gold: Elektrick Cukumbahh, Trinity Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO

Silver: Anaheim IPA, Ram Restaurant and Brewery—Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN

Bronze: Splashing Pumpkin, Great South Bay Brewery, Bay Shore, NY

Category 6: Herb and Spice Beer (134 Entries)

Gold: Bitterama, Namaste Brewing at the Whip In, Austin, TX

Silver: Chai Milk Stout, Yak & Yeti Restaurant & Brewpub, Arvada, CO

Bronze: Elba, Black Star Co-op Pub and Brewery, Austin, TX

Category 7: Chocolate Beer (39 Entries)

Gold: Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout, Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Silver: The Fix, Elysian Brewing Co., Seattle, WA

Bronze: Chocolate Meltdown, Pennsylvania Brewing Co., Pittsburgh, PA

Category 8: Coffee Beer (92 Entries)

Gold: Panama Joe’s Coffee Stout, Il Vicino Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM

Silver: Barrel-Aged Sump Coffee Stout, Perennial Artisan Ales, St. Louis, MO

Bronze: System of a Stout, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA

Category 9: Specialty Beer (31 Entries)

Gold: Warmer, Hangar 24 Craft Brewery, Redlands, CA

Silver: Fate Candy Bar Milk Stout, Fate Brewing Co.—Scottsdale, AZ, Scottsdale, AZ

Bronze: Pack Dog Peanut Butter Ale, Marley’s Brewery & Grille, Bloomsburg, PA

Category 10: Rye Beer (63 Entries)

Gold: LowRyeDer, SweetWater Brewing Co., Atlanta, GA

Silver: Rye Smile, Triple Rock Brewery, Berkeley, CA

Bronze: RastafaRye, Blue Point Brewing Co., Patchogue, NY

Category 11: Specialty Honey Beer (40 Entries)

Gold: Buzzed Bee Honey Ale, High Sierra Brewing Co., Carson City, NV

Silver: Midas Touch, Dogfi sh Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE

Bronze: West Bound Braggot, Twisted Pine Brewing Co., Boulder, CO

Category 12: Session Beer (56 Entries)

Gold: Beer Hunter, Pizza Port Ocean Beach, Ocean Beach, CA

Silver: MCA, 21st Amendment Brewery, San Francisco, CA

Bronze: Torque, Kinetic Brewing Co., Lancaster, CA

Category 13: Other Strong Beer (51 Entries)

Gold: Mass Rising, Jack’s Abby Brewing, Framingham, MA

Silver: Power Wagon, Big Sky Brewing Co., Missoula, MT

Bronze: XX Dwarf, Detroit Beer Co., Detroit, MI

Category 14: Experimental Beer (66 Entries)

Gold: Hops n’ Roses, Captain Lawrence Brewing Co., Elmsford, NY

Silver: Dragon’s Milk Reserve—Smaug’s Breath, New Holland Brewing Co., Holland, MI

Bronze: Redrock Paardebloem, Redrock Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT

Category 15: Fresh Hop Ale (46 Entries)

Gold: Cent’s and Censability, Old Town Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Silver: Trail Head, Fat Heads Brewery, Middleburg Heights, OH

Bronze: Fresh Hop Pallet Jack, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR

Category 16: Indigenous Beer (28 Entries)

Gold: Vinland 2, Mystic Brewery, Chelsea, MA

Silver: Sage Fight Imperial IPA, Deschutes Brewery Bend Public House, Bend, OR

Bronze: Poor Richard’s Tavern Spruce, Yards Brewing Co., Philadelphia, PA

Category 17: Gluten-Free Beer (14 Entries)

Gold: Harvester Brewing IPA No. 1, Harvester Brewing, Portland, OR

Silver: Gluten Free, Deschutes Brewery Bend Public House, Bend, OR

Bronze: Gluten-Free Brown Ale, New Planet Beer Co., Boulder, CO

Category 18: American-Belgo-Style Ale (81 Entries)

Gold: BrickStone Belgo-APA, BrickStone Brewery, Bourbonnais, IL

Silver: Belgo Hoptologist, Knee Deep Brewing Co., Lincoln, CA

Bronze: Little Green, Flat Tail Brewing Co., Corvallis, OR

Category 19: American-Style Sour Ale (31 Entries)

Gold: Ching Ching, Bend Brewing Co., Bend, OR

Silver: Myrtle, The Commons Brewery, Portland, OR

Bronze: Red Poppy, The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA

Category 20: American-Style Brett Beer (38 Entries)

Gold: Serenity, Wicked Weed Brewing, Asheville, NC

Silver: Sanctification, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA

Bronze: HopSavant, Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, Denver, CO

Category 21: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer (49 Entries)

Gold: Hellshire III, Oakshire Brewing, Eugene, OR

Silver: Barrel-Aged Frostbite Lager, Ram Restaurant and Brewery—Illinois, Wheeling, IL

Bronze: Rum Barrel Belgian Dubbel Style Ale, Three Brothers Brewing, Harrisonburg, VA

Category 22: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer (117 Entries)

Gold: Afternoon Delight, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN

Silver: Twisted Trace, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN

Bronze: Barrel-Aged Full Malted Jacket, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA

Category 23: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout (89 Entries)

Gold: Blot Out the Sun, Three Floyds Brewing Co., Munster, IN

Silver: Barrel-Aged Narwhal, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA

Bronze: Barrel Aged BORIS The Crusher, Hoppin’ Frog Brewing Co., Akron, OH

Category 24: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer (76 Entries)

Gold: Love Child No. 3, Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO

Silver: Dark and Stormy, McKenzie Brew House, Glen Mills, PA

Bronze: Pentagram, Surly Brewing Co., Brooklyn Center, MN

Category 25: Aged Beer (31 Entries)

Gold: Lovely, Bend Brewing Co., Bend, OR

Silver: 2009 Big Black Voodoo Daddy, Voodoo Brewery, Meadville, PA

Bronze: COLOSSAL ONE, Port City Brewing Co., Alexandria, VA

Category 26: Kellerbier or Zwickelbier (30 Entries)

Gold: Keller Pils, Prost Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Silver: Surfliner Lager, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., Santa Barbara,

Santa Barbara, CA

Bronze: Progress Pilsner, Market Garden Brewery, Cleveland, OH

Category 27: Smoke Beer (79 Entries)

Gold: Second Hand Smoke, SandLot, Denver, CO

Silver: Smokin’ Handsome, Yellow Springs Brewery, Yellow Springs, OH

Bronze: COLOSSAL TWO, Port City Brewing Co., Alexandria, VA

Category 28: American-Style or International-Style Pilsener (29 Entries)

Silver: Gold Leaf Lager, Devils Backbone Brewing Co.—Basecamp, Roseland, VA

Bronze: Gold Country Pilsner, Auburn Alehouse, Auburn, CA

Category 29: German-Style Pilsener (56 Entries)

Gold: Pivo, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA

Silver: Pilsner, Marble Brewery, Albuquerque, NM

Bronze: Sunshine Pils, Tröegs Brewing Co., Hershey, PA

Category 30: Bohemian-Style Pilsener (53 Entries)

Gold: Bohemian Pilsner, Ninkasi Brewing Co., Eugene, OR

Silver: Czech Pilsner, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Broomfield, CO

Bronze: Bohemian Pilsner, Mother Earth Brewing, Kinston, NC

Category 31: Munich-Style Helles (42 Entries)

Gold: Helles Festbier, Hoppers Grill & Brewing Co., Midvale, UT

Silver: Saint Arnold Summer Pils, Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX

Bronze: TAPS Helles, TAPS Fish House & Brewery—Brea, Brea, CA

Category 32: Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest (29 Entries)

Gold: Move Back, SandLot, Denver, CO

Silver: Oktoberfest, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.—Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

Bronze: Thunder from Dortmunder, Marble Brewery, Albuquerque, NM

Category 33: American-Style Lager or Light Lager (42 Entries)

Gold: Budweiser Select, Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, MO

Silver: Miller High Life, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Bronze: Special Export, Pabst Brewing Co., Los Angeles, CA

Category 34: American-Style Cream Ale (37 Entries)

Gold: Natural Ice, Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, MO

Silver: Old Style, Pabst Brewing Co., Los Angeles, CA

Bronze: Rainier, Pabst Brewing Co., Los Angeles, CA

Category 35: Vienna-Style Lager (30 Entries)

Gold: Churchville Lager, Neshaminy Creek Brewing, Croydon, PA

Silver: Oktoberfest, Port City Brewing Co., Alexandria, VA

Bronze: Octoberfest, Sly Fox Brewing Co., Pottstown, PA

Category 36: German-Style Märzen (51 Entries)

Gold: Rhinofest, Lost Rhino Brewing Co., Ashburn, VA

Silver: Octoberfest, Great American Restaurants, Centreville, VA

Bronze: Dogtoberfest, Flying Dog Brewery, Frederick, MD

Category 37: American-Style Amber Lager (61 Entries)

Gold: Rod’s Steam Bitter, Second Street Brewery, Santa Fe, NM

Silver: OktoberFish, Flying Fish Brewing Co., Somerdale, NJ

Bronze: Schell’s Oktoberfest, August Schell Brewing Co., New Ulm, MN

Category 38: European-Style Dunkel (19 Entries)

Gold: Munich Dunkel, Carver Brewing Co., Durango, CO

Silver: Heart of Darkness Dunkel, Springfield Brewing Co., Springfield, MO

Bronze: The Fearless Youth, Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, Loveland, CO

Category 39: American-Style Dark Lager (22 Entries)

Gold: Old Virginia Dark, Devils Backbone Brewing Co.—Basecamp, Roseland, VA

Silver: Leinenkugel’s Creamy Dark, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI

Bronze: Black Diamond, Bend Brewing Co., Bend, OR

Category 40: German-Style Schwarzbier (26 Entries)

Gold: Black Thunder, Austin Beerworks, Austin, TX

Silver: Black Knight, Fat Heads Brewery & Saloon, North Olmsted, OH

Bronze: TAPS Schwarzbier, TAPS Fish House & Brewery – Corona, Corona, CA

Category 41: Bock (28 Entries)

Gold: Troegenator Double Bock, Tröegs Brewing Co., Hershey, PA

Silver: Andygator, Abita Brewing Co., Abita Springs, LA

Bronze: Goat Rancher, SandLot, Denver, CO

Category 42: German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock (32 Entries)

Gold: Samuel Adams Double Bock, Samuel Adams—Cincinnati Brewery,

Cincinnati, OH

Silver: Christian Moerlein Emancipator, Christian Moerlein Brewing Co., Cincinnati, OH

Bronze: Resurrection Doppelbock, Red Lodge Ales Brewing Co., Red Lodge, MT

Category 43: Baltic-Style Porter (16 Entries)

Gold: Black Eagle Baltic Porter, Black Tooth Brewing Co., Sheridan, WY

Silver: The Hammer, Rock Bottom Brewery, Broomfield, CO

Bronze: Danzig, Devils Backbone Brewing Co.—Basecamp, Roseland, VA

Category 44: Golden or Blonde Ale (69 Entries)

Gold: Foam Top, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA

Silver: Steelhead Extra Pale Ale, Mad River Brewing Co., Blue Lake, CA

Bronze: Kiwanda Cream Ale, Pelican Brewing Co., Pacific City, OR

Category 45: German-Style Kölsch (60 Entries)

Gold: Leinenkugel’s Canoe Paddler, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI

Silver: Tailgater Kölsch, Flat Tail Brewing Co., Corvallis, OR

Bronze: Potential Blonde, Kinetic Brewing Co., Lancaster, CA

Category 46: English-Style Summer Ale (27 Entries)

Gold: True Blonde Ale, Ska Brewing, Durango, CO

Silver: Hanging Lake, Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co., Glenwood Springs, CO

Bronze: Sum’r, Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT

Category 47: Classic English-Style Pale Ale (29 Entries)

Gold: 5 Barrel Pale Ale, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Silver: Extra Pale Summer Ale, Dry Dock Brewing Co.—North Dock, Aurora, CO

Bronze: Breakside ESB, Breakside Brewery – Pub Brewery, Portland, OR

Category 48: English-Style India Pale Ale (31 Entries)

Gold: Taproom IPA, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA

Silver: Silverspot IPA, Pelican Brewing Co., Pacific City, OR

Bronze: Enterprise IPA, Dry Dock Brewing Co.—North Dock, Aurora, CO

Category 49: International-Style Pale Ale (30 Entries)

Gold: Hand Truck, Baker City Brewing Co., Baker City, OR

Silver: Amazeballs, Peekskill Brewery, Peekskill, NY

Bronze: IPL, AC Golden, Golden, CO

Category 50: American-Style Pale Ale (124 Entries)

Gold: Lumberyard American Pale Ale, Lumberyard Brewing Co., Flagstaff, AZ

Silver: Featherweight Pale, Cannonball Creek Brewing Co., Golden, CO

Bronze: Citra Rye Pale Ale, Joseph James Brewing Co., Henderson, NV

Category 51: American-Style Strong Pale Ale (120 Entries)

Gold: Bonobos, Monkey Paw Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Silver: Hop Knot, Four Peaks Brewing Co., Tempe, AZ

Bronze: Kung Fu Elvis, Pizza Port Ocean Beach, Ocean Beach, CA

Category 52: American-Style India Pale Ale (252 Entries)

Gold: Pallet Jack IPA, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR

Silver: Union Jack, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA

Bronze: Project Dank: Operation Pharoah’s Return, La Cumbre Brewing Co.,

Albuquerque, NM

Category 53: Imperial India Pale Ale (149 Entries)

Gold: Hop JuJu, Fat Heads Brewery, Middleburg Heights, OH

Silver: Permanent Funeral, Three Floyds Brewing Co., Munster, IN

Bronze: Notch 9 Double IPA, Smartmouth Brewing Co., Norfolk, VA

Category 54: American-Style Amber/Red Ale (89 Entries)

Gold: Prohibition Ale, Speakeasy Ales & Lagers, San Francisco, CA

Bronze: Red Rock, Triple Rock Brewery, Berkeley, CA

Category 55: Imperial Red Ale (56 Entries)

Silver: Rhino Chaser, Pizza Port Ocean Beach, Ocean Beach, CA

Bronze: Bombay Rouge Red IPA, Third Street Aleworks, Santa Rosa, CA

Category 56: English-Style Mild Ale (35 Entries)

Gold: S.S. Minnow Mild, Dry Dock Brewing Co.—South Dock, Aurora, CO

Silver: Brawler, Yards Brewing Co., Philadelphia, PA

Bronze: Ale of Fergus, Devils Backbone Brewing Co.—Basecamp, Roseland, VA

Category 57: Ordinary or Special Bitter (37 Entries)

Gold: Sawtooth Ale, Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, CO

Silver: HMS Victory Amber, Dry Dock Brewing Co.—North Dock, Aurora, CO

Bronze: Men’s Room Original Red, Elysian Brewing Co., Seattle, WA

Category 58: Extra Special Bitter (56 Entries)

Gold: Public Ale, Community Beer Co., Dallas, TX

Silver: True Brit IPA, Summit Brewing Co., Saint Paul, MN

Bronze: Fed, White & Brew, American Brewing Co., Edmonds, WA

Category 59: Scottish-Style Ale (42 Entries)

Gold: Scottish Ale, Campbell Brewing Co., Campbell , CA

Silver: Kilt Lifter, Four Peaks Brewing Co., Tempe, AZ

Bronze: Redhawk Ale, Rockyard Brewing Co., Castle Rock, CO

Category 60: Irish-Style Red Ale (48 Entries)

Gold: Red Trolley Ale, Karl Strauss Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Silver: Colorado Boy Irish Ale, Colorado Boy Brewing Co., Ridgway, CO

Bronze: Ragtop Red, Rock Bottom Brewery, Broomfield, CO

Category 61: English-Style Brown Ale (41 Entries)

Gold: Bandit Brown, City Star Brewing, Berthoud, CO

Silver: Sierra Blanca Nut Brown Ale, Sierra Blanca Brewing Co., Moriarty, NM

Bronze: Longboard Brown, Rock Bottom Brewery, Broomfield, CO

Category 62: American-Style Brown Ale (66 Entries)

Gold: Davy Brown Ale, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.—Buellton, Buellton, CA

Silver: End Of The Trail Brown Ale, Blue Corn Brewery, Santa Fe, NM

Bronze: Doryman’s Dark Ale, Pelican Brewing Co., Pacific City, OR

Category 63: American-Style Black Ale (73 Entries)

Gold: Wookey Jack, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA

Silver: Black Sails, Coronado Brewing Company Brewpub, Coronado, CA

Bronze: Oxymoron, Oceanside Ale Works, Oceanside, CA

Category 64: German-Style Altbier (32 Entries)

Gold: Tree Hugger, Terrapin Beer Co., Athens, GA

Silver: Brewers Cut Altbier, Real Ale Brewing Co., Blanco, TX

Bronze: Echo Amber, Echo Brewing Co., Frederick, CO

Category 65: German-Style Sour Ale (46 Entries)

Gold: German Sparkle Party Berliner Weiss, 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Bend, OR

Silver: Berliner Metro Weiss, Devils Backbone Brewing Co.—Basecamp, Roseland, VA

Bronze: Passionfruit Sour, Breakside Brewery—Milwaukie Brewery, Milwaukie, OR

Category 66: South German-Style Hefeweizen (77 Entries)

Gold: Big Horn Hefeweizen, CB and Potts Restaurant and Brewery—Highlands Ranch,

Highlands Ranch, CO

Silver: Ebel’s Weiss, Two Brothers Brewing Co., Warrenville, IL

Bronze: Brooklyner Weisse, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY

Category 67: German-Style Wheat Ale (28 Entries)

Gold: Slam Dunkel, Steamworks Brewing Co., Durango, CO

Silver: Bavarian Sun, Ram Restaurant and Brewery—Illinois, Wheeling, IL

Bronze: Saint Arnold Weedwacker, Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX

Category 68: Belgian-Style Witbier (66 Entries)

Gold: Optimal Wit, Port City Brewing Co., Alexandria, VA

Silver: Wasatch White Label, Utah Brewers Co-op, Salt Lake City, UT

Bronze: ZON, Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO

Category 69: French & Belgian-Style Saison (119 Entries)

Gold: Liopard Oir Farmhouse Saison, Lavery Brewing Co., Erie, PA

Silver: Urban Farmhouse Ale, The Commons Brewery, Portland, OR

Bronze: Maggie’s Farmhouse Ale, Crossroads Brewing Co., Athens, NY

Category 70: Belgian- and French-Style Ale (71 Entries)

Gold: Azreal, Devils Backbone Brewing Co.—Outpost, Lexington, VA

Silver: Grisette, Sly Fox Brewing Co., Pottstown, PA

Bronze: California Ale, Telegraph Brewing Co., Santa Barbara, CA

Category 71: Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale (47 Entries)

Gold: American Blackberry Sour Ale, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI

Silver: Squatters Fifth Element, Squatters and Wasatch Beers, Salt Lake City, UT

Bronze: Atrial Rubicite, Jester King Brewery, Austin, TX

Category 72: Belgian-Style Abbey Ale (88 Entries)

Gold: Cedar Creek Belgian Style Dubbel, Cedar Creek Brewery, Seven Points, TX

Silver: AleSmith Decadence 2012 Quadrupel, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Bronze: Ommegang Three Philosophers, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown , NY

Category 73: Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale (80 Entries)

Gold: Stumblin’ Monk, Stewart’s Brewing Co., Bear, DE

Silver: Quad Damn It, Chicago Brewing Co., Las Vegas, NV

Bronze: The Twelve—Belgian Quad, Black Diamond Brewing Co., Concord, CA

Category 74: Brown Porter (30 Entries)

Gold: Old Tom Porter, Piney River Brewing Co., Bucyrus, MO

Silver: St. Charles Porter, Blackstone Brewing Co., Nashville, TN

Bronze: Blind Jake, Pinthouse Pizza, Austin, TX

Category 75: Robust Porter (74 Entries)

Gold: Moonlight Porter, Rock Bottom Brewery, Broomfield, CO

Silver: Black Robusto Porter, Drake’s Brewing Co., San Leandro, CA

Bronze: Genuine Oatmeal Porter, Carolina Brewery, Pittsboro, NC

Category 76: Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout (31 Entries)

Gold: Blarney Sisters Dry Irish Stout, Third Street Aleworks, Santa Rosa, CA

Silver: Stearns Stout, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.—Santa Barbara,

Santa Barbara, CA

Bronze: Dragoon’s Dry Irish Stout, Moylan’s Brewing Co., Novato, CA

Category 77: Foreign-Style Stout (31 Entries)

Gold: Fade to Black Volume 1, Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, CO

Silver: Don Vanuchi “The Killer”, Baker City Brewing Co., Baker City, OR

Bronze: Tsunami Stout, Pelican Brewing Co., Pacific City, OR

Category 78: American-Style Stout (40 Entries)

Gold: Kilgore Stout, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA

Silver: Battlecat Stout, Cannonball Creek Brewing Co., Golden, CO

Bronze: Stumpy Ridge Stout, Black Tooth Brewing Co., Sheridan, WY

Category 79: Sweet Stout or Cream Stout (39 Entries)

Gold: Milk Stout, Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, CO

Silver: Udder Love, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA

Bronze: Dark Lightning Milk Stout, Thunder Canyon Brewery, Tucson, AZ

Category 80: Oatmeal Stout (48 Entries)

Gold: Stagecoach Stout, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.—Buellton, Buellton, CA

Silver: Gold Medal Stout, Blue Corn Brewery, Santa Fe, NM

Bronze: Oats., Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA

Category 81: Imperial Stout (59 Entries)

Gold: Ale Epeteios, Left Coast Brewing Co., San Clemente, CA

Silver: Russian Imperial Stout, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Wilmington, DE

Bronze: Hammer and Sickle, Renegade Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Category 82: Scotch Ale (44 Entries)

Gold: Wee Heavy, Dry Dock Brewing Co.—South Dock, Aurora, CO

Silver: Loose Lucy Scotch Ale, Seabright Brewery, Santa Cruz, CA

Bronze: Heritage, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA

Category 83: Old Ale or Strong Ale (41 Entries)

Gold: Pilgrim’s Dole, New Holland Brewing Co., Holland, MI

Silver: Irish Walker, Olde Hickory Brewery, Hickory, NC

Bronze: Mule Kick, City Star Brewing, Berthoud, CO

Category 84: Barley Wine-Style Ale (55 Entries)

Gold: AleSmith Old Numbskull, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Silver: Old Bounder, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA

Bronze: Release the Hounds Barley Wine, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO

2013 Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition

Sponsored by Briess, Country Malt Group, Hopunion & White Labs

Gold: Poblano, Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, FL

Brewmaster: Wayne Wambles, AHA Member: Jeff Gladish

Silver: Charlie’s Brown, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Brewmaster: Peter Bouckaert/Grady Hull, AHA Member: Mike Formisan

Bronze: Oatmeal Stout, Upslope Brewing Co., Boulder, CO

Brewmaster: Alex Violette, AHA Member: Derek Ordway

DENVER—After years of consumer requests, the beers of Utah’s original craft brewers, Wasatch and Squatters, are now available in Colorado. Colorado beer lovers can now purchase award-winning beers from Squatters (including IPA, Full Suspension, Chasing Tail and Hop Rising) and Wasatch (including Polygamy Porter, Devastator, Ghostrider and Apricot Hefeweizen).

“I’m a Colorado native,” says Dan Burick, Squatters and Wasatch head brewer and a 24-year veteran of the craft beer trade. “I’ve been taking our beers backpacking and fishing in the Colorado high country for years, and carrying them over the Rockies to the Great American Beer Festival since 1992 when we won our first GABF medal. Many beers and medals later, we’re finally responding to beer-lover demand and bringing our beers to my home state.”

Wasatch founder Greg Schirf says the move to Colorado also hinged on the state’s highly educated beer populace. “We were looking to expand our reach,” Schirf says. “So why not jump into one of the country’s savviest beer states? Especially when it’s right next door and people there have been drinking and asking for our beer for over 20 years. Now Coloradoans can enjoy their Polygamy legally.”

Since 1992, Squatters and Wasatch have won 17 World Beer Cup awards and 26 GABF medals. In 2010, Wasatch and Squatters Craft Beers (aka Utah Brewers Cooperative) was named Mid-Size Brewery of the Year by the Brewers Association. The two breweries were founded by fun-loving beer pioneers who literally helped write the rules for Utah craft beer.

Their award winning beers will be served at the Great American Beer Festival, October 10-12 at the Colorado Convention Center at booths M17 (Squatters) and M18 (Wasatch).

From Wasatch Beers –

• Polygamy Porter Nitro (4% ABV Brown Porter on Nitro) — A Gold and Silver Medal World Beer Cup winner, this dark, medium-bodied but super-drinkable ale has inviting chocolate and malt flavors that fade into a slightly dry, silky-smooth finish. DRAFT magazine rating: 94

• Devastator (8% ABV Double Bock) — This dark amber lager has a rich malty body and a creamy white head. Its strong bready aroma, tied in with a hint of caramel aroma and flavor, makes this beer deceptively smooth and delicious.

• Ghostrider (6% ABV White India Pale Ale) — A twist on a traditional American IPA, this brew uses extra-pale malted barley and wheat to keep the color very light (almost white – like a ghost). Quaffable and refreshing with a huge citrus note and a touch of coriander.

• Apricot Hefeweizen (4% ABV Apricot Hefeweizen) — A three-time North American Brewers Association winner, this traditional German-style unfiltered wheat beer is brewed with a hybridized Bavarian yeast that lends flavor notes of licorice, clove, and banana.

From Squatters Beers –

• Hop Rising (9% ABV Double India Pale Ale) — Strong and complex, this luscious beer uses hefty amounts of three different malts and three varieties of hops, including a hearty dose of dry hops. It’s brewed with two pounds of hops per barrel. The hop farmer on the beer’s label is award-winning Squatters brewmaster Jason Stock. Ratebeer.com rating: 96

• IPA (6.5% ABV American India Pale Ale) — This classic American IPA has a copper color, an intense hop aroma and a distinctly crisp bitterness on its finish. In its 16-year history it has been recognized with a World Beer Cup Gold Medal and four Great American Beer Festival medals.  DRAFT magazine rating: 95

• Full Suspension Pale Ale (4% ABV English Pale Ale) — This double-gold-winning Northwest style pale ale has great balance between the malty English barley and aromatic hops from Washington’s Yakima Valley. Unfiltered and dry-hopped.

• Chasing Tail Golden Ale (4% ABV English-style Summer Ale) — A two-time GABF medalist, this inviting golden ale is brewed with premium English barley and English Golding and Fuggles hops. The result is a superb session beer with subtle malts and delicate bitterness and aroma.

About Utah Brewers Cooperative

In 1986, Greg Schirf opened Utah’s first microbrewery, Wasatch Beers and Brewpub, in the resort town of Park City. A few years later, Jeff Polychronis and Peter Cole opened Squatters, Salt Lake’s original brewpub in 1989; they currently operate five restaurants. In 2000, Wasatch and Squatters merged their microbrewery operations for draft and bottle production, creating the Utah Brewers Cooperative. To date, Squatters and Wasatch beers have won 17 World Beer Cup Awards; a number surpassed by only three other U.S. craft brewers on the Brewers Association’s Top 50 list. Squatters and Wasatch bottled and draft beers are available in liquor stores, restaurants, clubs, hotels, resorts, grocery and convenience stores throughout Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oregon, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Colorado. For more information, please visit www.squatters.com and www.wasatchbeers.com.

LONGMONT, CO—Jake Smith, A.K.A, The White Buffalo, took a break from promoting his new album, “Shadows, Greys & Evil Ways,” to stop by the original Oskar Blues brewery in Lyons, CO to brew a batch of “The White Buffalo West Coast IPA”—a sessionable, hop-filled collaboration brew concocted after the California-based musician’s favorite style of beer.

“I’m a beer drinker,” said Smith, who together with a team of Oskar Blues brewers created a light-bodied, heavily-hopped West Coast-style White IPA featuring Centennial, Simcoe, and Galaxy hops. “I mostly drink IPAs, that’s why I wanted to create something light but hoppy. As a beer drinker, that’s what I’m drawn to.”

Fans of both The White Buffalo and Oskar Blues can stop by the brewery’s website for a FREE exclusive download of “Don’t You Want It” from the Buffalo’s latest album. Fans can also check out behind-the-scenes footage from Smith’s brew day in August, which ended with a surprise performance at the Tasty Weasel tap room.  Check out the behind the scenes video via the Oskar Blues YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19bMOuPSVjE and visithttp://www.oskarblues.com/dont-you-want-it-the-white-buffalo to for the exclusive FREE download.

Fresh off of his latest album release on September 10, Smith will get the chance to drink a pint of his collaborative brewing efforts when he lands in Colorado to headline Oskar Blues’ two-day beer and music-centric festival happening in downtown Denver. FBAG – Fuh-CAN Beer and Guitars (www.fbagblowout.com ) will take over Sculpture Park all dayFriday (Oct. 11) and all day Saturday (Oct. 12) of the Great American Beer Festival where “The White Buffalo West Coast IPA” will be served with a slew of Oskar Blues beers as well a variety of craft brews from a handful of other local breweries.

FBAG – a joint party hosted by Oskar Blues Brewery and Denver-based non-profit—Love, Hope, Strength will feature full-day line-ups of a mix of local and national bands currently rockin’ the live music circuit. Smith, with full band in tow, will headline festivities on Friday night, following performances by local bands—Interstate Stash Express, Bonnie and the Clyde’s, Musketeer Gripweed and Jeff Brinkman. Kyle Hollingsworth of The String Cheese Incident will close the party down on Saturday night after Denver favorites, The Congress, and other local bands hit the outdoor stage.

Craft beer lovers in town for the Great American Beer Festival can listen to some tunes while they drink ColoRADo-made craft beers and munch on a range of menu items from three of Oskar Blues’ restaurant locations—the original Lyons-based Grill & Brew, and Longmont’s CHUBurger and soon-to-be-opened CyclHops—a bike cantina and home of REEB Cycles retail location set to open at the end of the year.

And if drinking beers and catching some killer live music isn’t enough—a portion of the ticket sales from the event will be split between the Love, Hope, Strength Foundation (www.lovehopestrength.org )and the Oskar Blues CAN’d Aid Foundation’s Colorado Flood Relief Fund. (http://foundation.oskarblues.com/.)

“The White Buffalo West Coast IPA” will be flowing both days at FBAG – Fuh-CAN Beer and Guitars, but craft beer lovers roaming the streets of downtown Denver next week can also grab a pint at the following locations:

Stoney’s Bar and Grill
Lucky Pie Pizza and Taphouse
Rackhouse Pub
Freshcraft
Historians Ale House
Ale House at Amato’s
The Hornet
Blake Street Tavern
Star Bar

For more information visit: http://www.oskarblues.com/ or http://fbagblowout.com/.

About Oskar Blues Brewery
Founded by Dale Katechis in 1997 as a brewpub and grill, Oskar Blues Brewery launched its craft-brewed beer canning operations in 2002 in Lyons, CO. It was the first American craft brewery to brew and hand-can its beer. Today there are more than 200 craft breweries canning beer. The original crew used a hand-canning line on a tabletop machine that sealed one can at a time. Oskar Blues Brewery in Longmont packaged 59,000 in 2011 and grew to 85,750 in 2012 while opening an additional brewery in Brevard, NC, in late 2012.

FORT COLLINS, CO—With fall officially here and pumpkin beers flying off the shelves, New Belgium decided to challenge other pumpkin-beer-making, craft brewers to a carving contest. New Belgium and six craft breweries have put their knife skills to the test and the final pumpkins for The Big Craft CarveOff are on display atNewBelgium.com/CraftCarveOff. Public voting for the favorite begins October 3 and runs through October 15 at Eater.com. New Belgium will donate $5,000 to a charity of the winner’s choice.

“There’s a proud tradition of pumpkin beer brewing every fall among craft brewers and we figured a great way to celebrate the change of seasons is a good old-fashioned carving contest” said New Belgium Spokesperson, Bryan Simpson. “Several of our brewing buddies jumped on board and did amazing, magical feats to transform simple gourds into works of art.”
New Belgium’s carved entry celebrates its current seasonal release, Pumpkick Ale. Pumpkick is brewed with plenty of pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice, but it is the healthy dose of cranberries that really makes it stand out.

Other breweries participating in the carving contest include: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Brooklyn Brewery, Cigar City Brewing, Cambridge Brewing Company, Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales, Saint Arnold Brewing and Schlafly Beer.

“It was a little tricky for some breweries to find pumpkins this early in the season, so we actually had to ship some from Fort Collins,” added Simpson. “The results speak volumes as to how many creative folks we have in our industry. Pretty inspiring. ”

To keep up with the contest, you can follow the hashtag #CraftCarveOff on Twitter and Instagram. New Belgium will also post updates at http://www.newbelgium.com/CraftCarveoff, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/newbelgium and on Twitter @NewBelgium. If you have a pumpkin you’d like to show off, use #CraftCarveOff to post your pumpkin pictures on Twitter and Instagram.

About New Belgium Brewing Company
New Belgium Brewing, makers of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a host of Belgian-inspired beers, is recognized as one of Outside Magazine’s Best Places to Work and one of the Wall Street Journal’s Best Small Businesses. The 100% employee-owned brewery is a Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Business as designated by the League of American Bicyclists, and one of World Blu’s most democratic U.S. businesses, and a Certified B Corp. In addition to Fat Tire, New Belgium brews eight year-round beers; Ranger IPA, Rampant Imperial IPA, Shift Pale Lager, Sunshine Wheat, 1554 Black Ale, Blue Paddle Pilsener, Abbey Belgian Ale and Trippel. Learn more at www.newbelgium.com.

LONGMONT, CO—Since their inception in 1997, the folks at Oskar Blues have been committed to giving back to the communities in which their businesses grow and thrive. Over the years, the Oskar Blues Brewery and restaurants have provided support to those in need by organizing a variety of solutions like canned food and clothing drives at each of their locations during the holidays, to making monetary donations to local organizations.  “With just one point-in-time donation to our organization, Oskar Blues fed 5,000 people. Successful businesses can make a huge difference to the communities they live in,” said Edwina Salazar, executive director of the OUR Center.

For Oskar Blues’ owner/founder, Dale Katechis, helping people and giving back to the community is something that Oskar Blues has always been engaged in. In September of 2013, Katechis created the “Oskar Blues CAN’d Aid Foundation” to allow that engagement to expand at a local and national level.  “It’s been a 15 year mission for me to organize a way to give back to the communities that helped build our businesses,” Katechis said.

Although the “CAN’d Aid Foundation” will develop national partnerships in a variety of focus areas including outdoor recreation, arts and music, and environmental sustainability, the foundation’s immediate focus will be on maximizing fundraising efforts for the expedited distribution of monies to the communities of Lyons and Longmont, CO; two areas that recently experienced massive devastation during severe flooding that struck the Front Range of Colorado. Many Oskar Blues employees, friends and family of the company were severely impacted by the floods, and Katechis’ main goal is to support immediate recovery efforts for those affected in both communities.

Diana Ralston, the executive director of the “CAN’d Aid Foundation” echoed Katechis’ sentiments about flood relief efforts, stating, “at Oskar Blues, our community is our family, and the recent massive flooding along the Front Range left a lot of our Colorado family members without homes, without towns, and in desperate need of help getting back on their feet. Fast-tracking our 501(c)(3) allows us to be a part of a long-term strategy to provide help to areas damaged by the flooding.”

With Ralston at the helm, several Oskar Blues fundraising opportunities are in place to support flood relief efforts at the local level.

Put a CAN’d Aid on it. Monetary donations can be made in the form of a check or online at http://www.foundation.oskarblues.com

Oskar Blues CAN’d Aid Foundation
Attn: Oskar Blues Flood Relief Fund
1800 Pike Road
Longmont, CO 80501

Through the week of the Great American Beer Festival (September 22 through October 13), all Oskar Blues locations including Homemade Liquids and Solids, CHUBurger, and the Tasty Weasel tap rooms (Colorado and North Carolina) are donating $1 from every Oskar Blues brew purchased.

REEB Cycles, Oskar Blues’ bike company, is donating $200 from every frame or complete bike sold during the month of October.

Oskar Blues will also hype up flood relief fundraising efforts during the week of the Great American Beer Festival by donating a portion of the proceeds from the FBAG- Beer and Guitars, two-day festival in Sculpture Park in downtown Denver to the Oskar Blues Flood Relief Fund. The festival thrown in collaboration with the Love, Hope, Strength Foundation, will feature live music by 18 bands including The White Buffalo, The Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Bonnie and the Clyde’s, The Congress, and many more to be announced via http://fbagblowout.com/

(Press Release)

FORT COLLINS, CO—In late September, Odell Brewing will release Fernet Aged Porter, a robust imperial porter aged in emptied Fernet barrels from Colorado distiller, Leopold Bros.

“We have always been huge fans of Leopold Bros.,” said Brent Cordle pilot brew and barrel aging manager at Odell Brewing. “We’ve experimented with a variety of barrels, but Leopold’s Fernet was by far the most unique oak we’ve had the pleasure of working with.”

Fernet is a dark minty liqueur made with herbs & spices and aged in oak barrels. Leopold Bros. has crafted their own unique recipe which includes lavender, honeysuckle, ginger root, bitter aloe, dandelion root, rose petals, chamomile, and peppermint.

“Our Fernet is the most bitter type of Amaro (Italian word for bitter) that is prepared by steeping various botanicals, with a large proportion of bitter roots, in spirit,” said distiller Todd Leopold, “so far as we are aware, it is the first of its kind produced in America since well before Prohibition.”

Odell Brewing began collecting the emptied Fernet barrels, as they became available over the past year, and filled them with a rich porter. The herb-soaked oak has a remarkable effect on the beer. With an 9.8% ABV, the roasty chocolate malt character is infused with hints of mint and licorice creating a decadent aroma and flavor.

Odell Brewing and Leopold Bros. will celebrate their partnership with a special release party on September 26^th at7:00 p.m. at Freshcraft in Denver, and in the brewery’s Tap Room on September 28^th and 29^th. Fernet Aged Porter will be available in limited quantities throughout the brewery’s ten state distribution footprint.

About Odell Brewing – Founded in 1989, Odell Brewing was started by Doug Odell, his wife Wynne, and his sister Corkie. Twenty-four years later, the culture of family and collaboration still thrives fostering a brewery full of beer-centric people. It is this passion for beer that inspires Odell Brewing to create quality, hand-crafted, innovative brews. As a regional craft brewery, Odell Brewing is committed to serving the communities in which it distributes by minimizing its environmental impact, sourcing local raw materials, and through its charitable giving program known as Odell Outreach. Odell Brewing was named a “Best Company to Work For” in 2013 by ColoradoBiz Magazine and is an award winning brewery, nationally and internationally: 2012 Brewers Association Recognition Award, 2011 Great American Beer Festival® – gold medal for Friek, 2008 World Beer Cup® – gold for IPA. 2007 Great American Beer Festival® – gold medal for IPA.

About Leopold Bros. - Leopold Bros. is a family owned and operated small batch distillery located in Denver, Colorado.  Founded in 1999.Todd Leopold got his start in distilling after he received his Diploma in Malting and Brewing from the Siebel Institute of Technology in Chicago in 1996. After graduation, he trained at the Doemens School in Munich, focusing on the production of lager beers. He then apprenticed at several breweries and distilleries throughout Germany. Scott Leopold began his career in manufacturing after receiving a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University and a Masters in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University.  He spent the early part of his career engineering environmentally sustainable manufacturing processes for Fortune 500 companies, as well as designing waste water treatment systems for both industry and municipalities. Together, the Leopold Brothers designed and developed a unique distillery in which environmental sustainability is a daily practice, and the art and science of fermentation and distillation is practiced at the highest possible level.

BOULDER, CO—This Sunday, Sept. 22^nd, the Avery Brewing Company will host The Great Rumpkin Raffle benefitting the Foothills Flood Relief Fund to help those in Boulder and Broomfield Counties who suffered losses from the recent floods. Raffle tickets will be sold for $10 during the Rumpkin Release Party at the Avery Tap Room. Each ticket will include a free pint. The raffle’s Grand Prize will be an entire case of Rumpkin ($288 value) and other prizes include 6-packs of Rumpkin, two pairs of IPA Fest tickets, and some Avery gear. Raffle tickets will be on sale from 2-5:45pm. Prizes will be announced at 6pm and you must be present to win.