 The California Fermentation Society is proud to announce the results of the 2004 Los Angeles County Fair Commercial Beer Competition. |
Best of Show | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Thumper Extra Special Ale | Shipyard Brewing Co. | (Extra Special) Strong Bitter | |
American Lager/Ale | |||
| Gold | Taps Cream Ale | Taps Fish House and Brewery | Cream Ale |
| Silver | Searchlight Golden Ale | Alcatraz Brewing Co | Blonde Ale |
| Bronze | Widmer Blonde | Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. | Blonde Ale |
American-Style Wheat/Rye Beer | |||
| Gold | Hefe Weizen | Capistrano Brewing Co | Light Am Wheat Ale or Lager with Yeast |
| Silver | Lemon Heights Hefewzizen | Tustin Brewing Co. | Light Am Wheat Ale or Lager with Yeast |
| Bronze | Samuel Adams Summer Ale | Boston Beer Company | Light Am Wheat Ale or Lager without Yeast |
Fruit and Vegetable Beer | |||
| Gold | Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat | Boston Beer Company | Fruit Wheat Beer |
| Silver | Quelque Chose | Unibroue | Fruit Beer |
| Bronze | Sea Dog Blue Berry | Shipyard Brewing Co. | Fruit Wheat Beer |
Herb and Spice Beer | |||
| Gold | Samuel Adams Chocolate | Boston Beer Company | Chocolate/Cocoa flavored Beer |
| Silver | Samuel Adams Old Fezziwig | Boston Beer Company | Herb and Spice Beer |
| Bronze | Mosimoto Soba Ale | Rogue Ales Brewery | Herb and Spice Beer |
Specialty/Experimental Beer | |||
| Gold | Honey Pale | Capistrano Brewing Co | Specialty Honey Beer |
| Silver | King Krab Honey Brew | Bayhawk Ales Inc | Specialty Honey Beer |
| Bronze | Samuel Adams Utopias | Boston Beer Company | Wood- and Barrel-aged Beer |
Smoke-Flavored Beer | |||
| Gold | Alaskan Smoked Porter | Alaskan Brewing Company | Smoke-Flavored Beer (Lager or Ale) |
German-Style Pilsener | |||
| Gold | Pacifico | Grupo Modelo Brewery (Barton Beers) | German-Style Pilsener |
| Silver | Corona Light | Grupo Modelo Brewery (Barton Beers) | German-Style Pilsener |
| Bronze | Lager | Angel City Brewing | German-Style Pilsener |
Bohemian-Style Pilsener | |||
| Silver | Samuel Adams Boston Lager | Boston Beer Company | Bohemian-Style Pilsener |
| Bronze | Cesky Pilsner | BJs Restaurant and Brewery | Bohemian-Style Pilsener |
Munchner-Style Helles | |||
| Silver | Memorial Munich | Huntington Beach Beer Company | Munchner-Style Helles |
| Bronze | Firestone Lager | Firestone Walker Brewing Co. | Munchner-Style Helles |
European-Style Pilsener | |||
| Gold | Sierra Nevada Summerfest | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. | European-Style Pilsener |
| Silver | Kona Long-Board Lager | Kona Brewing Co. | Dortmunder/European-Style Export |
American-Style Lager | |||
| Gold | Tecate-Golden Lager | Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma S.A. | American-Style Lager |
| Silver | Coors Original | Coors Brewing Co. | American-Style Premium Lager |
| Silver | Killians | Coors Brewing Co. | American Dark Lager |
American-Style Light Lager | |||
| Gold | Miller Lite | Miller Brewing Company | American-Style Light Lager |
| Silver | Sam Adams Light | Boston Beer Company | American-Style Light Amber Lager |
| Silver | Coors Light | Coors Brewing Co. | American-Style Light Lager |
American-Style Specialty Lager | |||
| Gold | Luau Lager | Waimea Brewing Company | American-Style Pilsener |
| Silver | Samurai Malt Liquor | Rock Bottom Long Beach | American-Style Malt Liquor |
German-Style Amber Lager | |||
| Gold | Left Coast Una Mas | Left Coast Brewing Co. | Vienna-Style Lager |
| Silver | Negra Modelo | Grupo Modelo Brewery (Barton Beers) | Vienna-Style Lager |
| Bronze | Samuel Adams Octoberfest | Boston Beer Company | Vienna-Style Lager |
American-Style Amber Lager | |||
| Gold | Widmer Oktoberfest | Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. | AmericanStyle Mdrzen/Oktoberfest |
| Silver | Abita Amber | Abita Brewing Co | American-Style Amber Lager |
| Bronze | Goose Island Oktoberfest | Goose Island Beer Co. | AmericanStyle Mdrzen/Oktoberfest |
European-Style Dark Lager | |||
| Gold | California Black Beer | Dale Bros. Brewery | German-Style Schwarzbier |
Bock | |||
| Gold | Samuel Adams Double Bock | Boston Beer Company | German-Style Strong Dopplebock |
| Silver | No. 119 | Riverside Brewing Co. | German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock |
| Bronze | Samuel Adams Winter Lager | Boston Beer Company | Traditional German-Style Bock |
German-Style Kolsch/Koln-Style Kolsch | |||
| Gold | Yellowtail Pale Ale | Ballast Point Brewing Company | German-Style Kolsch/Koln-Style Kolsch |
| Silver | Alaskan Summer Ale | Alaskan Brewing Company | German-Style Kolsch/Koln-Style Kolsch |
| Bronze | Hollywood Blonde | The Great Beer Co. | German-Style Kolsch/Koln-Style Kolsch |
Classic English-Style Pale Ale | |||
| Gold | Samuel Adams Pale Ale | Boston Beer Company | Classic English-Style Pale Ale |
English-Style India Pale Ale | |||
| Gold | Goose Island Beer Co. | English-Style India Pale Ale | |
| Silver | IPA Nectar | Firestone Walker Brewing Co. | English-Style India Pale Ale |
| Bronze | Shipyard IPA | Shipyard Brewing Co. | English-Style India Pale Ale |
American-Style Pale Ale | |||
| Gold | Signal Hill Gold | Rock Bottom Long Beach | American-Style Pale Ale |
| Silver | Mt. Tam Pale Ale | Marin Brewing Company | American-Style Pale Ale |
| Bronze | Left Coast XPA | Left Coast Brewing Co. | American-Style Pale Ale |
American-Style India Pale Ale | |||
| Gold | Indica India Pale Ale | Lost Coast Brewery | American-Style India Pale Ale |
| Silver | Racers IPA | Bear Republic Brewing | American-Style India Pale Ale |
| Bronze | Intimidator I.P.A | Wolf Creek Brewing Company | American-Style India Pale Ale |
American-Style Amber/Red Ale | |||
| Gold | Red Rocket | Bear Republic Brewing | American-Style Amber/Red Ale |
| Silver | Calico Amber Ale | Ballast Point Brewing Company | American-Style Amber/Red Ale |
| Bronze | Stone Levitation Ale | Stone Brewing Co | American-Style Amber/Red Ale |
Bitter | |||
| Gold | Old Thumper Extra Special Ale | Shipyard Brewing Co. | (Extra Special) Strong Bitter |
| Silver | BJs ESB | BJs Restaurant and Brewery | (Extra Special) Strong Bitter |
| Bronze | IPA | Redhook Ale Brewing | Ordinary Bitter |
Scottish-Style Ale | |||
| Gold | McGarveys Scottish Ale | Oggis Pizza and Brewing Co. | Scottish-Style Export Ale |
Irish-Style Red Ale | |||
| Gold | Taps Irish Red | Taps Fish House and Brewery | Irish-Style Red Ale |
English-Style Brown Ale | |||
| Gold | Birdman Brown Ale | Alcatraz Brewing Co | English-Style Brown Ale |
| Silver | Downtown Brown | Lost Coast Brewery | English-Style Brown Ale |
| Bronze | Albion Amber | Marin Brewing Company | English-Style Brown Ale |
American-Style Brown Ale | |||
| Gold | Sierra Nevada Brown Ale | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. | American-Style Brown Ale |
| Silver | Nut Brown Ave | Redhook Ale Brewing | American-Style Brown Ale |
| Bronze | Nut Brown Ale | Island Brewing Co. | American-Style Brown Ale |
German-Style Brown Ale/Dusseldorf-Style | |||
| Gold | Alaskan Amber | Alaskan Brewing Company | German-Style Brown Ale/Dusseldorf-Style Altb |
| Silver | Samuel Adams Boston Ale | Boston Beer Company | German-Style Brown Ale/Dusseldorf-Style Altb |
German-Style Wheat Ale | |||
| Gold | Green Flash Hefeweizen | Green Flash Brewing Co. | Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier |
| Silver | Howlin Hefeweizen | Wolf Creek Brewing Company | Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier |
| Bronze | Harvest Hefeweizen | BJs Restaurant and Brewery | Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier |
Belgian- and French-Style Ale | |||
| Gold | Craftsman Wit | Craftsman Brewing Co. | Belgian-Style White (or Wit) / Belgian-Style |
| Silver | Craftsman Saison | Craftsman Brewing Co. | French- and Belgian-Style Saison |
| Bronze | Whitecap Witbier | BJs Restaurant and Brewery | Belgian-Style White (or Wit) / Belgian-Style |
Belgian-Style Abbey Ale | |||
| Gold | La Fin Du Monde | Unibroue | Belgian-Style Tripel |
| Silver | Goose Island Pere Jacques | Goose Island Beer Co. | Belgian-Style Dubbel |
| Bronze | Edition 2004 | Unibroue | Belgian-Style Dubbel |
Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale | |||
| Gold | Maudite | Unibroue | Belgian-Style Spiced Strong Ale |
Porter | |||
| Gold | Black Marlin Porter | Ballast Point Brewing Company | Robust Porter |
| Silver | Chocolate Porter | Bayhawk Ales Inc | Brown Porter |
| Bronze | Blimp Hangar Porter | Tustin Brewing Co. | Brown Porter |
Stout | |||
| Gold | Eight-Ball Stout | Lost Coast Brewery | Oatmeal Stout |
| Silver | Reaper Ale Mortality Stout | Green Flash Brewing Co. | Foreign-Style Stout |
| Bronze | Samuel Adams Cream Stout | Boston Beer Company | Sweet Stout |
Imperial Stout/Barley Wine | |||
| Gold | Stone Imperial Russian Stout | Stone Brewing Co | Imperial Stout |
| Silver | Old Crustacean | Rogue Ales Brewery | Barley Wine-Style Ale |
| Bronze | Old Dipsea Barleywine | Marin Brewing Company | Barley Wine-Style Ale |
Old Ale/Strong Ale | |||
| Gold | Dorado Double IPA | Ballast Point Brewing Company | Other Strong Ale or Lager |
| Silver | Caber Tossed | Oggis Pizza and Brewing Co. | Strong Scotch Ale |
| Bronze | Jubilee Ale | Island Brewing Co. | Old Ale |