Eight PA Brewers Win Medals at Great American Beer Festival

The 2015 Great American Beer Festival winners have been announced and eight Pennsylvania beers brought home awards while New Jersey and Delaware added another three to the medal count. Saucony Creek’s Peach and Ginger Saison won the only Gold medal in the three-state area and Mount Holly, NJ upstart, Spellbound Brewing won Silver in the Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer category. Iron Hill won two Silver medals. The Chestnut Hill location won in the Belgian-Strong category while Media can brag about their medal in the Russian Imperial Stout category.

Belgian- and French-Style Ale
Silver: Grisette, Sly Fox Brewing Co., Pottstown, PA

Belgian-Style Fruit Beer
Gold: xReserve Ale 05-15 Peach and Ginger Saison, Saucony Creek Brewing Co., Kutztown, PA

Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale
Silver: The Cannibal, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant – Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA

Belgian-Style Tripel
Bronze: Millennium Trippel, Church Brew Works – Lawrenceville Brewery, Pittsburgh, PA

Chocolate Beer
Bronze: Wonka Bar, Mispillion River Brewing, Milford, DE

Extra Special Bitter
Bronze: Red Fish, Flying Fish Brewing Co., Somerdale, NJ

Imperial Stout
Silver: Russian Imperial Stout, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant – Media, Media, PA

Munich-Style Helles
Bronze: Goldencold Lager, Susquehanna Brewing Co., Pittston, PA

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

Vienna-Style Lager
Silver: Oktoberfest, Stoudts Brewing Co., Adamstown, PA

Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer
Silver: Palo Santo Aged Porter, Spellbound Brewing, Mount Holly, NJ

UPDATE: The GABF originally credited the Iron Hill Brewery Silver medal for Imperial Stout to Lancaster. It was in fact won by the Media, PA location.

Great American Beer Festival Winners [Official]