The American that is great Beer Honors Best Breweries In America

Great American Beer Festival awards are on display in a tap room. (Photo By Karl Gehring/The Denver … [+] Post via Getty Images)

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The Brewers Association, the trade association representing America’s small and independent brewers, has announced the 263 breweries that won the 303 medals at the 2023 Great American Beer Festival, the largest beer competition in America.

The annual competition is open to America’s craft breweries. The winners are announced on the last day of the annual three-day Great American Beer Festival, one of the largest beer festivals in America.

This year, 2,033 breweries from all 50 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico entered 9,298 beers into the competition. The beers were entered among 99 categories, ranging from Abbey Ale to Zwickelbier. The enormity of they are required by the competition to get evaluated over days by a huge selection of alcohol judges and specialists from ten nations.

A full variety of champions is obtainable on the Brewers Association website.

In inclusion into the beer that is individual, the Great American Beer Festival awards “Brewery of the Year” honors to breweries of different sizes, based on their success in the competition. The 2023 Great American Beer Festival Brewery of the Year Winners are:

• 0-250 Barrels Brewery of the Year: Shred Beer Company – Rocklin, CA
• 251–500 Barrels Brewery of the Year: The Big Friendly – Oklahoma City, OK
• 501–1,000 Barrels Brewery of the Year: Balter Beerworks – Knoxville, TN
• 1,001–2,000 Barrels Brewery of the Year: Third Eye Brewing Co. – Sharonville, OH
• 2,001–5,000 Barrels Brewery of the Year: Liquid Gravity Brewing – San Luis Obispo, CA
• 5,001–15,000 Barrels Brewery of the Year: Wibby Brewing – Longmont, CO
• 15,001–100,000 Barrels Brewery of the Year: Saint Arnold Brewing Co. – Houston, TX
• Brewery of the Year: Allagash Brewing Co. – Portland, ME

The most-medaled brewery was Third Eye Brewing Co. of Sharonville, OH, which won two gold medals (Herb and Spice Beer, and beer that is chocolate and two gold medals (Pumpkin Beer and venture opposition).