Entrepreneurs / Small Business  September 28, 2015

Left Hand, Grimm Brothers lead region at Great American Beer Festival

Longmont-based Left Hand Brewing is finding 3 to be its lucky number at the Great American Beer Festival. For the third year in a row on Saturday, Left Hand took home a whopping three medals, one of just four breweries to do so this year.

Loveland-based Grimm Brothers, meanwhile, also took home multiple medals, winning both a silver and a bronze.

For Left Hand, the haul of a gold and two bronzes brings its total medal count to 28 over its 22-year history. The brewery took home gold for its Fade to Black Vol. 1 in the Export Stout category. Sawtooth Ale and Black Jack Porter, meanwhile, both won bronze in their respective categories.

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Grimm Brothers’ top finisher was its Fearless Youth, which took silver in the European-Style Dark/Munchner Dunkel, while its Snow Drop won a bronze.

Twelve breweries from the Boulder Valley and Northern Colorado regions in all won medals, the same count as last year. But the competition was much stiffer in 2015.

The GABF this year featured 6,647 competition entries, about 20 percent more than a year ago, from 1,552 breweries. The competition featured 92 categories.

The full list of breweries from the Boulder Valley and Northern Colorado that won medals at the Great American Beer Festival on Saturday includes:

Wiley Roots Brewing Co., Greeley, gold medal in the American-Style Wheat Beer category for its Super 77 Wheat.

WeldWerks Brewing Co., Greeley, silver medal in the American-Style Wheat Beer with Yeast category for its WeldWerks Hefeweizen.

Avery Brewing Co., Boulder, silver medal in the Belgian-Style Witbier category for its White Rascal.

Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, bronze medal in the Brown Porter category for its Black Jack Porter.

Fort Collins Brewery & Tavern, Fort Collins, gold medal in the Dortmunder or German-Style Octoberfest for its Oktoberfest.

Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, Loveland, silver medal in the European-Style Dark/Munchner Dunkel for its Fearless Youth.

Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, gold medal in the Export Stout category for its Fade to Black, Vol. 1.

Liquid Mechanics Brewing Co., Lafayette, bronze medal in the German-Style Altbier category for its Altbier.

Black Bottle Brewery, Fort Collins, bronze medal in the German-Style Kolsch category for its Friar Chuck.

Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, Loveland, bronze medal in the Historical Beer category for its Snow Drop.

Bootstrap Brewing Co., Niwot, silver medal in the Imperial Red Ale category for its Wreak Havoc.

Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, bronze medal in the Ordinary or Special Bitter category for its Sawtooth Ale.

City Star Brewing, Berthoud, bronze medal in the Robust Porter category for its Night Watchman.

Odd 13 Brewing, Lafayette, silver medal in the Pro-Am Competition for its Atahsaisa brewed with Mike Froehlich.

Fate Brewing Co., Boulder, bronze medal in the Pro-Am competition for its Citra IPA brewed with Ryan Lotter.

Longmont-based Left Hand Brewing is finding 3 to be its lucky number at the Great American Beer Festival. For the third year in a row on Saturday, Left Hand took home a whopping three medals, one of just four breweries to do so this year.

Loveland-based Grimm Brothers, meanwhile, also took home multiple medals, winning both a silver and a bronze.

For Left Hand, the haul of a gold and two bronzes brings its total medal count to 28 over its 22-year history. The brewery took home gold for its Fade to Black Vol. 1 in the Export Stout category. Sawtooth Ale…

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