Congratulations to these Georgia based breweries that medaled at this year's Great American Beer Festival. A special thumbs up to the local brewery near me Cherry Street Brewing. Cheers! Gold: Classic City Lager Creature Comforts – Production Facility At Southern Mill Athens GA American Pilsener Silver: East of Line Kriek Awkward Brewing Fayetteville GA Belgian Fruit Beer Silver: River Delta Czech Pils Silver Bluff Brewing Co. Brunswick GA Bohemian-Style Pilsener Silver: College Dropout StillFire Brewing Suwanee GA Contemporary American-Style Lager Bronze: That Coconut Porter Cherry Street Brewing Cumming GA Field Beer Bronze: Beauty is in the Rye of the Beholder RockSolid Brewing Co. Ball Ground GA Rye Beers Silver: Madrigal Monday Night Brewing – Garage Atlanta GA Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer Bronze: 10th Anniversary Barleywine Creature Comforts Brewing Co. Athens GA Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer
Cheers to the GA Medalists but i also need to offer a toast to the NC medalists! I did have the pleasure of sampling the Sierra Weizenbock at my old neighborhood's tasting club and it was very good - hopefully they will have that on tap again. Gold: Down South Appalachian Mountain Brewery Boone NC American-Style Lager 2024 Silver: Elevated Summer Ale Goose And The Monkey Brewhouse Lexington NC English Ale 2024 Gold: Pub Ale Pilot Brewing Co. Charlotte NC Extra Special Bitter 2024 Gold: Weizenbock Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Mills River Mills River NC German Wheat Ale 2024 Bronze: Sixpoint Brewery Mimic Weisse Brewers At 4001 Yancey Charlotte NC German Wheat Ale 2024 Silver: HellFire Club Armored Cow Brewing Co. Charlotte NC Herb and Spice Beer 2024 Silver: Lupulin Lab Wicked Weed Brewing Pub Asheville NC Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ale 2024 Gold: NARC IPA Resident Culture Charlotte NC Pale Non-Alcohol Beer 2024 Cheers! Tom