The California Fermentation Society is proud to announce the results of the 2005 L.A. County Fair Commercial Beer Competition.

Best of Show

Sprecher Brewing Co
Oktoberfest


Runner-Up

Drakes Brewing
Drakes Amber Ale


BRITISH ORIGIN ALES


Classic English-Style Pale Ale
Gold  Kona Brewing Co. Fire Rock Pale Ale 1A
Silver  Odell Brewing Co. 5 Barrel Pale Ale 1A
Bronze  Boston Beer Co. Samuel Adams Pale Ale 1A

English-Style India Pale Ale
Gold  Shipyard Brewing Co. Sea Dog Brewing Co. India Pale Ale 1B
Silver  Lost Coast Brewery Indica India Pale Ale 1B
Bronze  Tustin Brewing Co. Jackson's Double IPA 1B

Ordinary Bitter
Gold  Widmer Brothers Brewing Drop Top Amber 1C

Special Bitter or Best Bitter
Gold  Angel City Brewery Angel City Ale 1D
Silver  Odell Brewing Co. Levity 1D
Bronze  Laguna Beach Brew Co. John Bollington Special Bitter 1D

Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter
Gold  Drakes Brewing Drakes Amber Ale 1E
Silver  Shipyard Brewing Co. Old Thumper Extra Special Bitter 1E
Bronze  La Jolla Brewery Stingray E.S.B. 1E

English Summer Ale
Silver  Sprecher Brewing Co Micro Light 1F
Bronze  Green Flash Brewing Co. Green Flash Brewing Co. Extra Pale Ale 1F

Scottish-Style Export Ale
Gold  Boston Beer Co. Samuel Adams Scotch Ale 1I

English-Style Brown Ale
Gold  Deschutes Brewery Bond Street Brown Ale 1L
Silver  Sprecher Brewing Co Pub Ale 1L
Bronze  Lost Coast Brewery Downtown Brown 1L

Old Ale
Gold  EEL River Brewing Co. Triple Exultation 1M

Imperial Stout
Gold  EEL River Brewing Co. Ravens Eye Stout 1P
Silver  Newport Beach Brewing Co. Dead Cowboy Imperial Stout 1P

Imperial Brown
Gold  La Jolla Brewery Sundown Brown Ale 1Q
Silver  BJS Restaurant & Brewery Jeremiah Red 1Q

English-Style Barley Wine Ale
Gold  Marin Brewing Co. Old Dipsea Barleywine 1R

Robust Porter
Gold  EEL River Brewing Co. Certified Organic Porter 1S
Silver  Marin Brewing Co. Pt. Reyes Porter 1S
Bronze  Abita Brewing Company Abita Turbodog 1S

Brown Porter
Gold  Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Walkers Reserve 1T
Silver  Deschutes Brewery Black Butte Porter 1T
Bronze  Odell Brewing Co. Cutthroat Porter 1T

Sweet Stout
Silver  Belmont Brewing Co Long Beach Crude 1U

Oatmeal Stout
Gold  Lost Coast Brewery Eight-Ball Stout 1V
Silver  Boston Beer Co. Samuel Adams Cream Stout 1V
Bronze  Brew Bakers BrewBakers Oatmeal Wheat Stout 1V

IRISH ORIGIN ALES


Irish-Style Red Ales
Gold  Coors Brewing Co. Killians Red 2A

Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout
Silver  Third Street Ale Works Blarney Sister's Dry Irish Stout 2B

Foreign (Export)-Style Stout
Gold  Reaper Ale Reaper Ale Mortality Stout 2C
Silver  La Jolla Brewery Rowdy Prout Stout 2C
Bronze  Marin Brewing Co. San Quentin's Breakout Stout 2C

NORTH AMERICAN ORIGIN ALES


American-Style Pale Ale
Gold  Lagunitas Brewing Co. Lagunitas IPA 3A
Silver  Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Nectar Pale Ale 3A
Bronze  Taps Fish House & Brewery Taps California Gold 3A

American-Style India Pale Ale
Gold  Drakes Brewing Drakes IPA 3B
Silver  Lagunitas Brewing Co. Maximus Ale 3B
Bronze  Stone Brewing Co. Stone I.P.A. 3B

American-Style Strong Pale Ale
Gold  Reaper Ale Reaper Ale Deathly Pale Ale 3C
Silver  Third Street Ale Works Bodega Head I.P.A. 3C
Bronze  Marin Brewing Co. Mt. Tam Pale Ale 3C

Imperial or Double India Pale Ale
Gold  Ballast Point Dorado Double IPA 3D
Silver  Marin Brewing Co. White Knuckle Double IPA 3D
Bronze  Stone Brewing Co. Stone Ruination I.P.A. 3D

American-Style Amber/Red Ale
Gold  Reaper Ale Reaper Ale Redemption Red Ale 3E
Silver  Lengthwise Brewing Co. Lengthwise Triple Hop Red Ale 3E
Bronze  Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Red Nectar 3E

Imperial or Double Red Ale
Gold  Omaha Jacks Brewery Jacked Up Red 3F

American-Style Barley Wine Ale
Silver  Ballast Point Three Sheets Barley Wine 3G

Golden or Blonde Ale
Gold  Alcatraz Brewing Co. Searchlight Golden Ale 3H
Silver  Lengthwise Brewing Co. Lengthwiser Golden Ale 3H
Bronze  Redhook Ale Brewery Blonde 3H

American-Style Stout
Gold  Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Humboldt Hemp Ale 3J
Silver  Shipyard Brewing Co. Shipyard Brewing Co. 'Blue Fin' Stout 3J

GERMAN ORIGIN ALES


German-Style Kölsch/Köln-Style Kölsch
Gold  Huntington Beach Beer Co HB Blonde 4A
Silver  Alaskan Brewing Co Alaskan Summer Ale 4A
Bronze  Mammoth Brewing Co. Mammoth Gold 4A

German-Style Brown Ale/Düsseldorf-Style Altbier
Gold  Mammoth Brewing Co. Mammoth Amber 4B
Silver  Boston Beer Co. Samuel Adams Boston Ale 4B

South German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier
Gold  BJS Restaurant & Brewery Harvest Hefeweizen 4D
Silver  Laguna Beach Brew Co. Heisler Hefeweizen 4D
Bronze  Sprecher Brewing Co Hefe' Weiss 4D

German-Style Leichtes Weizen/Weissbier
Gold  Lengthwise Brewing Co. Lengthwise Harvest Moon Wheat Ale 4F

BELGIAN AND FRENCH ORIGIN ALES


Belgian-Style Flanders/Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ales
Silver  Full Circle Brewing Sour Mash Red 5A

Belgian-Style Dubbel
Gold  Rock Bottom Diabolicial Dubbel 5B

Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale
Gold  Unibroue Edition 2005 5F
Silver  Angel City Brewery Angel City Abbey 5F

Belgian-Style White (or Wit)/Belgian-Style Wheat
Gold  Taps Fish House & Brewery Taps Belgian White 5G
Bronze  Coors Brewing Co. Blue Moon 5G

Other Belgian-Style Ale
Gold  Unibroue Don De Dieu 5L

French-Style Bire de Garde
Gold  Craftsman Craftsman Biere de Garde 5M

French-Style Saison
Silver  BJS Restaurant & Brewery Kamalani Saison 5N

EUROPEAN-GERMANIC ORIGIN LAGERS


German-Style Pilsener
Gold  Grupo Modelo Brewery Pacifico 6A
Silver  Grupo Modelo Brewery Corona Light 6A

Bohemian-Style Pilsener
Gold  Lagunitas Brewing Co. Lagunitas Pilsner 6B
Silver  Boston Beer Co. Samuel Adams Boston Lager 6B
Bronze  Angel City Brewery Angel City Pilsner 6B

European-Style Pilsener
Gold  CCM Bohemia 6C
Silver  Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Sierra Nevada Summerfest 6C
Bronze  Craftsman Craftsman 1903 Lager 6C

Münchner-Style Helles
Gold  Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Firestone Lager 6E
Silver  Taps Fish House & Brewery Taps Helles 6E

Münchner-Style Helles
Gold  Third Street Ale Works Hell Export Lager 6F
Silver  Kona Brewing Co. Longboard Lager 6F

Vienna-Style Lager
Silver  Indian Wells Brewing Co. Mojave Red 6G

German-Style Märzen/Oktoberfest
Gold  Sprecher Brewing Co Oktoberfest 6H
Silver  Widmer Brothers Brewing Widmer Oktoberfest 6H

European-Style Dark/Münchner Dunkel
Gold  BJS Restaurant & Brewery Fiesta Especial 6I
Bronze  Dale Bros. Brewery California Black Beer 6I

German-Style Schwarzbier
Gold  Craftsman Craftsman Smoked Black Lager 6J
Silver  Boston Beer Co. Samuel Adams Black Lager 6J

Traditional German-Style Bock
Gold  Boston Beer Co. Samuel Adams Winter Lager 6L

German-Style Strong Doppelbock
Gold  Boston Beer Co. Samuel Adams Double Bock 6N

NORTH AMERICAN ORIGIN LAGERS


American Lager
Gold  CCM Tecate 7A
Silver  CCM Sol 7A
Bronze  Coors Brewing Co. Molson 7A

American-Style Light Lager
Gold  Miller Brewing Co. Miller Lite 7B
Silver  Coors Brewing Co. Coors Light 7B
Bronze  Inbev USA Rock Green Lt. 7B

American-Style Low-Carbohydrate Light Lager
Gold  Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Coastal Light Lager 7C

American-Style "Light" Amber Lager
Gold  Boston Beer Co. Sam Adams Light 7D

American-Style Premium Lager
Gold  Dale Bros. Brewery Pacific Daylight 7E
Silver  Coors Brewing Co. Coors Original 7E

American-Style Pilsener
Gold  Waimea Brewing Co Luau Lager 7F

American-Style Amber Lager
Gold  CCM Dos Equis Amber 7J
Silver  Abita Brewing Company Abita Amber 7J
Bronze  Mendocino Brewing Co. Red Tail Lager 7J

OTHER ORIGIN LAGER


Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lager
Gold  CCM XX Dos Equis 8B

OTHER ORIGIN HYBRID/MIXED STYLES


Light American Wheat Ale or Lager with Yeast
Gold  Alcatraz Brewing Co. Weiss Guy Wheat Ale 9D
Silver  Omaha Jacks Brewery Wheatfield Hefe 9D
Bronze  Pyramid Breweries Pyramid Hefeweizen 9D

Light American Wheat Ale or Lager without Yeast
Gold  La Jolla Brewery White Sands Wheat 9E
Bronze  Boston Beer Co. Samuel Adams Summer Ale 9E

Dark American Wheat Ale or Lager with Yeast
Silver  Pyramid Breweries Pyramid Amber Weizen 9F

Fruit Beers
Gold  Lost Coast Brewery Lost Coast Raspberry Brown 9J
Silver  Boston Beer Co. Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat 9J
Bronze  Shipyard Brewing Co. Sea Dog 'Blue Paw' Blueberry Wheat Ale 9J

Chocolate/Cocoa Flavored Beers (Lager or Ale)
Gold  Bison Brewing Co. Organic Chocolate Stout 9M

Herb and Spice Beers (Lager or Ale)
Gold  Shipyard Brewing Co. Sea Dog Brewing Co. Pumpkin Wheat Ale 9O
Silver  Lost Coast Brewery Great White 9O

Smoke Flavored Beers (Lager or Ale)
Gold  Alaskan Brewing Co Alaskan Smoked Porter 9T

Experimental Beers (Lager or Ale)
Gold  Boston Beer Co. Samuel Adams Utopia 9U
Silver  Brew Bakers MK Christmas Ale 9U

Wood- and Barrel-aged Beer (Lager or Ale)
Gold  Boston Beer Co. Samuel Adams Millenmum 9V