2026 Great American Beer Festival Winners

American Brown Ale

Bronze: Brown Ale | Second Street Brewery | Santa Fe, NM

American India Pale Ale

Bronze: Green Battles | Pinthouse Pizza North | Austin, TX

• Uses: Citra®, Mosaic®, Simcoe®

American Pale Ale

Silver: Featherweight | Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. | Golden, CO

Bronze: Pure Intention | HopSaint Brewing Co. | Torrance, CA

American-Style Light Lager

Silver: Transmission Light | Transmission Brewing Co. | San Francisco, CA

American-Style Strong Pale Ale

Gold: Mindbender | Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. | Golden, CO

Belgian-Style Tripel

Bronze: Templin Family Albion Tripple | Templin Family Brewing | Salt Lake City, UT

Bock

Gold: The Last Bockbuster | Flix Brewhouse – Mansfield | Mansfield, TX

Classic Gluten-Free Ale/Lager

Bronze: Favorite Blonde Ale | Holidaily Brewing Co. | Golden, CO

Contemporary American Lager

Bronze: Zona | 12 West Brewing Co. | Gilbert, AZ

Dortmunder or German-Style Festbier

Gold: Fastbier | Wren House Brewing Co. | Phoenix, AZ

English-Style Brown Ale

Gold: Beeria | Craft Coast | Oceanside, CA

English-Style ESB or IPA

Bronze: Central Time IPA | Third Space Brewing | Milwaukee, WI

• Uses: Simcoe® and Krush® T90

Experimental Beer

Silver: Picnic Party #4 | Meanwhile Brewing Co. | Austin, TX

Field Beer

Bronze: Migrating Coconuts | Roughtail Brewing Co. | OKC, OK

German-Style Pilsner

Silver: Templin Family Fass Bier | Templin Family Brewing | Salt Lake City, UT

Bronze: Pazific Coast Highway | Beachwood Brewing | Huntington Beach, CA

Golden or Blonde Ale

Gold: Brig Blonde | Ketch Brewing | San Diego, CA

Herb and Spice Beer

Silver: Saison Automne | Third Window Brewing | Santa Barbara, CA

Hoppy Gluten-Free Beer

Bronze: Fat Randy’s IPA | Holidaily Brewing Co. | Golden, CO

• Uses: Mosaic® and Centennial

Hoppy Non-Alcohol Beer

Silver: Zero Eddy | Big Grove Production Facility | Iowa City, IA

• Uses: Citra®, Mosaic®, Simcoe® Cryo®

Imperial India Pale Ale

Silver: Blah Blah Blah | Formula Brewing | Issaquah, WA

• Uses: Hyperboost® and Dynaboost®

Bronze: Chance Favors the Prepared Mind | Green Cheek Beer Co. | Orange, CA

International Dark Lager

Gold: Oscura | Craft Coast | Oceanside, CA

Silver: Puesto Negra | Puesto Cerveceria | San Diego, CA

International-Style Pilsner

Silver: Hi-Wire Lager | Hi-Wire Brewing – Big Top Production Facility | Asheville, NC

Juicy or Hazy Imperial India Pale Ale

Silver: NPBC10 Hazy Triple IPA | North Park Beer Co. | San Diego, CA

• Uses: Cryo® and Dynaboost®

Bronze: DDH Pillow | Highland Park Brewery | Los Angeles, CA

• Uses: Cryo® and Dynaboost®

Juicy Or Hazy Pale Ale

Gold: Stoop Kid | Corn Coast Brewing | Lincoln, NE

• Uses: Citra® Hyperboost®, Citra®, Mosaic®

Bronze: Waddle | Able Baker Brewing Co. | Las Vegas, NV

• Uses: Cryo® and Dynaboost

Mexican-Style Light Lager

Gold: Nueve Grados | Riip Beer Co. | Huntington Beach, CA

Silver: Las Olas | HopSaint Brewing | Torrance, CA

Munich-Style Helles

Silver: Clutch | Transmission Brewing Co. | Ventura, CA

New Zealand-Style India Pale Ale

Gold: No Fly Zone | 8 Bit Brewing Co. | Murrieta, CA

• Uses: T-90 and Cryo®

Silver: Dream Logic | Meanwhile Brewing Co. | Austin, TX

• Uses: Mosaic®, Krush®, and Idaho 7® Cryo®

New Zealand-Style Pale Ale

Gold: Southern Hemi | Transmission Brewing Co. | Ventura, CA

• Uses: NZ Hops

Bronze: Day Cruise | Ketch Brewing | San Diego, CA

• Uses: NZ Hops

Porter or Stout

Bronze: Barrio Nolan’s Porter | Barrio Brewing Co. | Tucson, AZ

• Uses: T-90

Session India Pale Ale

Bronze: Trump Hands | Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. | Golden, CO

• Uses: Mosaic®

Specialty India Pale Ale

Gold: Doom Sludge | Green Cheek Beer Co. | Costa Mesa, CA

• Uses Cryo® and Hyperboost®

Bronze: Pepper and Peaches | Claremont Craft Ales | Claremont, CA

• Uses: T90 and Cryo®

Specialty Non-Alcohol Beer

Silver: F**kin Pumpkin | Go Brewing | Naperville, IL

• Uses: YCH Hops

Bronze: New School | Go Brewing | Naperville, IL

• Uses: American Noble Citra®

Strong Red Ale

Gold: Happy Days | Claremont Craft Ales | Claremont, CA

Bronze: Serpent Sun | Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. | Buellton, CA

West Coast-Style India Pale Ale

Silver: Born Hoppy | TapRoom Beer Co. | San Diego, CA

• Uses: Cryo® Hops and Dynaboost®

West Coast-Style Pilsner

Bronze: Coral Crush | Alma Mader Brewing | Kansas City, MO

• Uses: Simcoe®, Mosaic®, and Krush®