Squirrel's blog: "Baptised In Beer"

American-Style Cream Ale or Lager Gold: Lone Star, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL Silver: Hamm’s, MillerCoors, Milwaukee, WI Bronze: Henry Weinhard’s Blue Boar Pale Ale, MillerCoors, Milwaukee, WI American-Style Wheat Beer Gold: Pyramid Crystal Wheat Ale, Pyramid Breweries Inc., Seattle, WA Silver: Spanish Peak Crystal Weiss, Spanish Peaks Brewing Co., Stamford, CT Bronze: American Wheat, Gella’s Diner and Lb. Brewing Co., Hays, KS American-Style Hefeweizen Gold: Henry Weinhard’s Hefeweizen, MillerCoors, Milwaukee, WI Silver: Hefeweizen, Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., Portland, OR Bronze: Whitetail Wheat, Montana Brewing Co., Billings, MT Fruit or Vegetable Beer Gold: Pyramid Apricot Ale, Pyramid Breweries Inc., Seattle, WA Silver: Alaskan Raspberry Wheat Beer, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK Bronze: Sangre de Frambuesa, Santa Fe Brewing Co., Santa Fe, NM Herb and Spice or Chocolate Beer Gold: Russian Roulette, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN Silver: Pangaea, Dogfish Head Brewery, Milton, DE Bronze: State Beach Blonde, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA Coffee Flavored Beer Gold: Java the Hut, CB & Potts Restaurant & Brewery, Broomfield, CO Silver: Big Shot Espresso Stout, Twisted Pine Brewing Co., Boulder, CO Bronze: Double Espresso Stout, Barley Brothers Brewery and Grill, Lake Havasu City, AZ Specialty Beer Gold: Red & White, Dogfish Head Brewery, Milton, DE Silver: Hazelnut Brown Nectar, Rogue Ales, Portland, OR Bronze: Palo Santo Marron, Dogfish Head Brewery, Milton, DE Rye Beer Gold: Roggenbier, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Media, Wilmington, DE Silver: Right On Rye, Rock Bottom Brewery - Bethesda, Bethesda, MD Bronze: Ryeteous Red, Amherst Brewing Co., Amherst, MA Specialty Honey Beer Gold: Honey Lager, Capitol City Brewing Co. - Capitol Hill, Washington, DC Silver: Eye of the Storm, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN Bronze: Honey Moon Summer Ale, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Golden, CO Session Beer Gold: 3.2 Unfiltered Wheat Beer, Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO Silver: USS Minnow Mild Ale, Dry Dock Brewing, Aurora, CO Bronze: Blonde Bombshell, Cascade Lakes Brewing Co., Redmond, OR Other Strong Beer Gold: Derail Ale, Durango Brewing Co., Durango, CO Silver: Imperial Oatmeal Stout, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA Bronze: FiftyFifty Imperial Stout, FiftyFifty Brewing Co., Truckee, CA Experimental Beer Gold: Arquebus, Cambridge Brewing Co., Cambridge, MA Silver: Fifteen Avery Anniversary Ale, Avery Brewing Co., Boulder, CO Bronze: Le Pelican Brun, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR Gluten-Free Beer Gold: Redbridge, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St. Louis, MO Silver: New Grist, Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee, WI Bronze: Chinquapin Butte Golden Ale, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR American-Belgo Style Ale Gold: Xtra Gold, Captain Lawrence Brewing Co., Pleasantville, NY Silver: Brush Fire Ale, Pump House Restaurant & Brewery, Longmont, CO Bronze: Big Wednesday, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA American-Style or German-Style Sour Ale Gold: The Dissident, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR Silver: Brute, Ithaca Beer Co., Ithaca, NY Bronze: Fifth Element, Squatters Pub Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer Gold: Old Jack, Ram Restaurant & Brewery (Indianapolis), Indianapolis, IN Silver: Buffalo Bock, Ram Restaurant & Brewery (Indianapolis), Indianapolis, IN Bronze: Beastie Barrel Stout, Barley Island Brewing Co., Fishers, IN Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer Gold: Bourbon Barrel Barleywine, Central Waters Brewing Co., Amherst, WI Silver: The Legend of the Liquid Brain Imperial Stout, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO Bronze: Golden Delicious, Captain Lawrence Brewing Co., Pleasantville, NY Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer Gold: Beekeeper, Bullfrog Brewery, Williamsport, PA Silver: Cherry Dubbel, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Newark, Wilmington, DE Bronze: Cascade Kriek Ale, Cascade Brewing Co., Portland, OR Aged Beer Gold: Alaskan Smoked Porter 2006, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK Silver: Vintage Speedway Stout, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Bronze: Samuel Adams Utopias 2003, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA Kellerbier/Zwickelbier Gold: Helles Keller, Fredericksburg Brewing Co., Fredericksburg, TX Silver: Hell In Keller, Uncle Billy’s Brew & Que, Austin, TX Bronze: Zwickel, Chama River Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM Smoke-Flavored Beer Gold: Rauch Bier, Sly Fox Brewing Co., Royersford, PA Silver: Alaskan Smoked Porter 2007, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK Bronze: Second Hand Smoke, The SandLot, Denver, CO International-Style Pilsener Gold: Session Premium Lager, Full Sail Brewing Co., Hood River, OR Silver: Yep, Still Boneheads, The SandLot, Denver, CO Bronze: OE 800, MillerCoors, Milwaukee, WI German-Style Pilsener Gold: Kaiser Pilsner, Pennsylvania Brewing Co., Pittsburgh, PA Silver: Party Pants Pilsener, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA Bronze: Prima Pils, Victory Brewing Co., Downingtown, PA Bohemian-Style Pilsener Gold: Pleasantville Pils, Durango Brewing Co., Durango, CO Silver: Pallavicini Pilsner, Pug Ryans Brewery, Dillon, CO Bronze: Double Aught, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA Munich-Style Helles Gold: Himmelbrau Helles, Laurelwood Brewing Co., Portland, OR Silver: Saint Arnold Summer Pils, Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX Bronze: BS Helles, The SandLot, Denver, CO Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest Gold: Rolling Thunder Dortmunder, Snake River Brewing Jackson, Jackson, WY Silver: Westy Export, CB & Potts Restaurant & Brewery, Broomfield, CO Bronze: Penn Oktoberfest, Pennsylvania Brewing Co., Pittsburgh, PA America-Style Light Lager Gold: Coors Light, MillerCoors, Milwaukee, WI Silver: Old Milwaukee Light, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL Bronze: Keystone Light, MillerCoors, Milwaukee, WI American-Style Lager or Premium Lager Gold: Olympia, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL Silver: Blatz, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL Bronze: Henry Weinhard’s Private Reserve, MillerCoors, Milwaukee, WI American-Style Specialty Lager Gold: Hurricane High Gravity, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St. Louis, MO Silver: Natural Ice, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St. Louis, MO Bronze: Busch Ice, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St. Louis, MO Vienna-Style Lager Gold: Vienna Red Lager, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - West Chester, Wilmington, DE Silver: Oaktoberfest, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA Bronze: Clipper City MarzHon, Clipper City Brewing Co., Baltimore, MD German-Style Märzen Gold: Dogtoberfest, Flying Dog Brewery, Frederick, MD Silver: Saratoga Lager, Olde Saratoga Brewing Co., Saratoga Springs, NY Bronze: Munsterfest, Three Floyds Brewing Co., Munster, IN American-Style Amber Lager Gold: BJ’s Oktoberfest, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery - Chandler, Huntington Beach, CA Silver: Old Scratch Amber Lager, Flying Dog Brewery, Frederick, MD Bronze: El Oso, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA European-Style Dunkel Gold: Munich Dark, Redwood Brewing Co., Flint, MI Silver: Bastone Münchner Dunkel, Bastone Brewery, Royal Oak, MI Bronze: Michelob AmberBock, Michelob Brewing Co., St. Louis, MO American-Style Dark Lager Silver: Leinenkugel’s Creamy Dark, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI Bronze: Henry Weinhard’s Classic Dark, MillerCoors, Milwaukee, WI German-Style Schwarzbier Gold: B3K, Wynkoop Brewing Co., Denver, CO Silver: Cherny Bock, Bohemian Brewery, Midvale, UT Bronze: Black Noddy Lager, Buckbean Brewing Co., Reno, NV Bock Gold: Goat Rancher, The SandLot, Denver, CO Silver: Bock Lager, Elk Grove Brewery and Restaurant, Elk Grove, CA Bronze: Butt Head Bock, Tommyknocker Brewery, Idaho Springs, CO German-Style Strong Bock Gold: Capital Autumnal Fire, Capital Brewery Co., Inc., Middleton, WI Silver: Deep Water Dopplebock, Thomas Creek Brewery, Greenville, SC Bronze: Red Cock Doppel Bock, Maui Brewing Co., Lahaina, HI Baltic-Style Porter Gold: Kick in the Baltic Porter, Bluegrass Brewing Co., Louisville, KY Silver: Killer Kowalski, Flossmoor Station Brewing Co., Flossmoor, IL Bronze: SMP, Sixpoint Craft Ales, Brooklyn, NY Golden or Blonde Ale Gold: Steelhead Extra Pale Ale, Mad River Brewing Co., Blue Lake, CA Silver: Alaskan Summer Ale, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK Bronze: All Nighter, Chicago Brewing Co., Las Vegas, NV German-Style Kölsch Gold: Wind Blown Blonde, Stewart’s Brewing Co., Bear, DE Silver: Sierra Nevada Kolsch Style Ale, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA Bronze: Guido’s Kolner Brau, Snake River Brewing Jackson, Jackson, WY English-Style Summer Ale Gold: Surfer’s Summer Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR Silver: Montgomery Blonde, Montgomery Brewing Co., Montgomery, AL Bronze: 312 ‘Urban Wheat Ale’, Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL Classic English-Style Pale Ale Gold: Full Sail Pale Ale, Full Sail Brewing Co., Hood River, OR Silver: Clipper City Pale Ale, Clipper City Brewing Co., Baltimore, MD Bronze: Summit Extra Pale Ale, Summit Brewing Co., Saint Paul, MN English-Style India Pale Ale Bronze: Hop Daddy IPA, Main Street Brewery, Corona, CA American-Style Pale Ale Gold: Mission Street Pale, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA Silver: Drake’s 1500 Pale, Drake’s Brewing Co., San Leandro, CA Bronze: Firestone Pale 31, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA American-Style Strong Pale Ale Gold: Hop Bomb, Rock Bottom Brewing, Louisville, CO Silver: Nectar Pale, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA Bronze: Organic IPA, Hopworks Urban Brewery, Portland, OR American-Style India Pale Ale Gold: Union Jack IPA, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA Silver: Blind Pig IPA, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA Bronze: Hop Head, Bend Brewing Co., Bend, OR Imperial or Double India Pale Ale Gold: Hopnotic 2X IPA, San Diego Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Silver: Hip Hop Double IPA, Hollister Brewing Co., Goleta, CA Bronze: Hop 15, Port Brewing and The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA American-Style Amber/Red Ale Gold: Dry Hopped Red, Rogue Ales, Portland, OR Silver: CascaZilla, Ithaca Beer Co., Ithaca, NY Bronze: American Amber, Rogue Ales, Portland, OR Imperial or Double Red Ale Gold: Rock Hopera Imperial IPA, Vino’s Pizza • Pub • Brewery, Little Rock, AR Silver: Alpha Dog Double Red Ale, Big Dog’s Brewing Co., Las Vegas, NV Bronze: Weekender Red Ale, Amicas, Salida, CO Bitter or Pale Mild Ale Gold: Drop Top, Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., Portland, OR Silver: Hopsmith Pale Ale, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO Bronze: Sawtooth Ale, Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, CO Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter Gold: Bachelor ESB, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR Silver: Sweetwater Motorboat ESB, Sweetwater Brewing Co., Atlanta, GA Bronze: Standing Wave Pale Ale, Kannah Creek Brewing Co., Grand Junction, CO Scottish-Style Ale Gold: Highland Courage, Rock Bottom Brewery - Bethesda, Bethesda, MD Silver: Dells Chief Amber Ale, Dells Brewing Co., Wisconsin Dells, WI Bronze: Railbender Ale, Erie Brewing Co., Erie, PA Irish-Style Red Ale Gold: Red Rocks Red Ale, Rock Bottom Brewing, Louisville, CO Silver: Ragtop Red, Rock Bottom Brewery - La Jolla, La Jolla, CA Bronze: Eric The Red, Rock Bottom Brewery - Orland Park, Orland Park, IL English-Style Dark Mild Ale or Brown Ale Gold: Sweet George’s Brown, Dillon DAM Brewery, Dillon, CO Silver: Old Elk Brown Ale, Walnut Brewery, Boulder, CO Bronze: OB-1, Snake River Brewing Jackson, Jackson, WY American-Style Brown Ale Gold: Kick-Ass Brown, C.H. Evans Brewing at the Albany Pump Station, Albany, NY Silver: Bitch Creek ESB, Grand Teton Brewing Co., Victor, ID Bronze: Bad Dog Brown Ale, Elk Grove Brewery and Restaurant, Elk Grove, CA German-Style Altbier Gold: The Detroit Dwarf, The Detroit Beer Co., Detroit, MI Silver: Railyard Ale, Titletown Brewing Co., Green Bay, WI Bronze: All The Way Alt, Desert Edge Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT South German-Style Hefeweizen Gold: Wixa Weiss, Wynkoop Brewing Co., Denver, CO Silver: The Love, Starr Hill Brewing Co., Crozet, VA Bronze: Mueller Hefeweizen, Springfield Brewing Co., Springfield, MO German-Style Wheat Ale Gold: I’m Half the Beer I Used to Be, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery - Chandler, Huntington Beach, CA Silver: Dark-n-Curvy Dunkelweizen, Piece Brewery, Chicago, IL Bronze: Wasatch Hefeweizen, Wasatch Brew Pub, Park City, UT Belgian-Style Witbier Gold: Mothership Wit/Organic Wheat Beer, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO Silver: Belgian Wit, Redrock Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT Bronze: Squatters Wit, Utah Brewers Co-op, Salt Lake City, UT French- and Belgian-Style Saison Gold: Saison, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - West Chester, Wilmington, DE Silver: Saison, Nodding Head Brewing Co., Philadelphia, PA Bronze: Luciernaga, Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales, Dexter, MI Belgian- and French-Style Ale Gold: Redemption, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA Silver: Pride, Midnight Sun Brewing Co., Anchorage, AK Bronze: Rare Vos, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale Gold: Lambic de Hill, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Media, Wilmington, DE Silver: Upstream Gueuze-Lambic, Upstream Brewing Co., Omaha, NE Bronze: Cassis de Hill, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Newark, Wilmington, DE Belgian-Style Abbey Ale Gold: Bishop’s Tipple Trippel, Main Street Brewery, Corona, CA Silver: Abbey Dubbel, Flying Fish Brewing Co., Cherry Hill, NJ Bronze: 6th Glass, Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale Gold: Darth Delirium, Moose’s Tooth Brewing Co., Anchorage, AK Silver: Brother David’s Double, Anderson Valley Brewing Co., Boonville, CA Bronze: Golden Armor, CB & Potts Restaurant & Brewery (Highlands Ranch), Highlands Ranch, CO Brown Porter Gold: BlackWatch Cream Porter, Pyramid Breweries Inc., Seattle, WA Silver: FireHouse Porter, FireHouse Grill & Brewery, Sunnyvale, CA Bronze: Prospector Porter, Tommyknocker Brewery, Idaho Springs, CO Robust Porter Gold: Nolan’s Porter, Barrio Brewing Co., Tucson, AZ Silver: Sweet Sanderine Porter, Il Vicino Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM Bronze: Pacemaker Porter, Flyers Restaurant and Brewery, Oak Harbor, WA Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout Gold: Blarney Sisters Dry Irish Stout, Third Street Aleworks, Santa Rosa, CA Silver: Shaft House Stout, Dostal Alley Brewpub & Casino, Central City, CO Bronze: Port Truck Stout, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA Foreign-Style Stout Gold: Whiteface Black Diamond Stout, Great Adirondack Brewing Co., Lake Placid, NY Silver: Black Bear XX Stout, Alameda Brewhouse, Portland, OR Bronze: Black Hole XXX Stout, Chelsea Brewing Co., New York, NY American-Style Stout Gold: Terminal Stout, Rock Bottom Brewing, Louisville, CO Silver: Black Mocha Stout, Highland Brewing Co., Asheville, NC Bronze: Troegs Dead Reckoning, Troegs Brewery, Harrisburg, PA Sweet Stout Gold: Cream Stout, Redwood Brewing Co., Flint, MI Silver: Milk Stout, Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, CO Bronze: Cow Stout, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA Oatmeal Stout Gold: Oatmeal Stout, Gella’s Diner and Lb. Brewing Co., Hays, KS Silver: Velvet Merkin, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA Bronze: Oatmeal Stout, Schooner’s Grille & Brewery, Antioch, CA Imperial Stout Gold: BORIS The Crusher Oatmeal-Imperial Stout, Hoppin’ Frog Brewing Co., Akron, OH Silver: Night Rider Imperial Stout, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA Bronze: Yeti Imperial Stout, Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver, CO Strong Scotch Ale Gold: AleSmith Wee Heavy, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Silver: Way Heavy, Pizza Port San Clemente, Carlsbad, CA Bronze: Bag Pipe’s Scotch Ale, Allentown/Bethlehem Brew Works, Allentown, PA Old Ale or Strong Ale Gold: AleSmith Decadence Old Ale, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Silver: Old Scrooge, Silver City Restaurant & Brewery, Silverdale, WA Bronze: Old Scratch Barley Wine ‘99, Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co., Madison, WI Barley Wine-Style Ale Gold: Treblehook, Redhook Ales Brewery, Portland, OR Silver: AleSmith Old Numbskull, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Bronze: Scratch #4 “The Flying Mouflan”, Troegs Brewery, Harrisburg, PA