The 2024 US Open Beer Championship just wrapped up in Ohio and they’ve announced this year’s winners and the breweries judged to be the best in America.
This competition is the only one to include beers from professional breweries as well as beers from gold medal winners from the 2021 National AHA Homebrew Competition. Judging in the beer championships is blind; judges know only the categories, not the names or locations of beers being judged.
Breweries from Luxembourg to Louisiana sent in more than 9,000 beers representing over 150 different styles for the 2024 US Open Beer Championship.
And several Colorado craft breweries took home Gold, Silver and Bronze medals this year.
Colorado brewers scored 39 wins overall according to the Colorado Hometown Weekly, including nine Gold medals, 18 Silver and 11 Bronze.
Gold
American fruit beer (tangerine) — Tangerine Yum Yum, Denver Beer Co., Denver
American-style pilsener — Blind Tiger, Denver Beer Co., Denver
Belgian pale ale — Belgian Pale Ale, Cellar West Brewery, Lafayette
Brut IPA — Like Falling Off a Bike, home brewer Christopher Burgess, Castle Rock
English barleywine — Grow Old With You, Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project, Loveland
Imperial pastry stout — Kauai Pie, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver
Imperial porter — Hello Darkness, River North Brewery, Denver
Kentucky Common — Angry Banjo, Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project, Loveland
Sweet stout or cream stout — Wired Greasy Grinder, Knuckle Puck Brewing, Longmont
Silver
American fruit (blueberry) — Blueberry Strudel, Downhill Brewing, Greenwood Village
American fruit (lime) — Cape Canaveral, Launch Pad Brewery, Aurora
Barrel-aged English barleywine — Magnificent Desolation (Russell 8 yr), Launch Pad Brewery, Aurora
Belgian and French ale — Junebug, Echo Brewing Co., Erie
Belgian-style fruit beer — Trippy G.O.A.T, LUKI Brewery, Arvada
Chocolate or cocoa beer — Midnight Hike, River North Brewery, Denver
Collaboration beer — Muncherwein, Liquid Mechanics Brewing (Lafayette) and Verboten Brewing & Barrel Project (Loveland)
Collaboration beer (IPA) — West Coast Cartel, Liquid Mechanics Brewing Co. (Lafayette) and Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. (Golden)
English dark mild — Squirrels & Scooters, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver
English summer ale — Blotter, Cellar West Brewery, Lafayette
International-style pale ale — Mi Vida, Denver Beer Co., Denver
Non-alcoholic NEIPA — Gruvi NA Juicy IPA, Gruvi, Denver
Oatmeal stout — Pure Imagination, Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project, Loveland
Old/strong ale — Bucket of Bolts, River North Brewery, Denver
Other kettle sours — Sippin’ on Stardust, Launch Pad Brewery, Aurora
Spirits barrel-aged beer — Gin Barrel-Aged Stay Classy, Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project, Loveland
Tea beer — Nappy Nap Time, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver
Zwickelbier/Kellerbier — Kneebone, Cellar West Brewery, Lafayette
Bronze
American barleywine — Soul of Time, River North Brewery, Denver
American fruit (general) — Sour Shakedown Party with Blackberry, Beyond the Mountain Brewing Co., Boulder
American single hop pale ale — Balloon Boys Big Adventure, Downhill Brewing, Greenwood Village
Australian-style pale ale — Polynesian Pale Ale, Cellar West Brewery, Lafayette
Barrel-aged strong beer — Royal Oil, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver
British/Russian imperial stout — Mr. Sandman, River North Brewery, Denver
International-style pale ale — Goldengrass, New Terrain Brewing Co., Golden
Rum barrel-aged beer — Ghoul Fuel: Rum Diaries, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver
Specialty pale ale — Purple Cobras, LUKI Brewery, Arvada
Strong bock — Illuminator, Launch Pad Brewery, Aurora
Wood/barrel-aged fruit beer — Hucklesherry Hounds, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver
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Congratulations to all of this year’s winners…Live long and prosper!
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