Colorado breweries/cideries win 41 medals at revamped Great American Beer Festival

The Great American Beer Festival, which took place Saturday and Sunday, had an all-new look and feel this year as it downsized and moved from its longtime home at the Colorado Convention Center to the outdoor Levitt Pavilion.

But Colorado’s award winners were very familiar, as many of them were repeat winners, including Cannonball Creek Brewing in Golden, which took home three medals and won brewery of the year honors (in its size category) for the second year in a row.

Other repeat winners from 2025 included River North Brewery, Second Dawn, The Empourium, Glenwood Canyon Brewing, Avery Brewing, Verboten Brewing, Liquid Mechanics, Wild Blue Yonder, Holidaily, Snow Capped Cider, Prost Brewing, The Sandlot Brewery at Coors Field, New Belgium Brewing and Haykin Family Cider.

“This year’s competition drew 7,267 entries from 1,300 breweries and cidermakers across the United States, evaluated by 225 judges across six days of judging in 105 beer-style categories,” the Colorado Brewers Guild said.

Here’s a list of all 41 Colorado medals.

An attendee gets a beer from a vender during the first day of the Great American Beer Festival on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, at the Levitt Pavilion Denver in Ruby Hill Park in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post) Gold medals

Bent Barley Brewing – Dry Irish Stout (Porter or Stout)

Bierstadt Lagerhaus and Wayfinder Beer – Infinite Hotel (Collaboration)

Bull & Bush Brewery – Pineapple 3 Way (Belgian-Style Fruit Beer)

Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. – Mindbender (American-Style Strong Pale Ale)

Dostal Alley Brewpub & Casino – Jacob Mack Mild Ale (Craft Malt Beer – new category)

Haykin Family Cider – Newtown Ice Cider (Experimental, Barrel-Aged or Specialty Cider)

Los Dos Potrillos Cervecería – Agua Fresca (American Fruit Beer)

Sweet Heart Brands – Spiced Apple (Botanical or Spiced Cider)

The Empourium Brewing Company – Honey Panda (Specialty Beer)

The Sandlot Brewery at Coors Field – Calamansi Wheat (Fruit Wheat Beer)

Snow Capped Cider – The Russets (No/Low Tannin Cider)

Snow Capped Cider – Kingston Black 26 (Tannic Cider)

The Well in Wellington – Altbier (Classic Gluten-Free Ale or Lager)

Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project – Grow Old With You (Barley Wine or Wheat Wine)

Wild Blue Yonder Brewing Co. – Sereno Moreno (Mexican-Style Pale Lager)

Wild Blue Yonder Brewing Co. and Geoff Humphrey Castle Rock – The Burden of Being Wonderful (Pro-Am)

Silver medals

105 West Brewing Co. – Mexican Lager (Mexican-Style Pale Lager)

Avery Brewing Co. – White Rascal (Belgian-Style Wit Beer)

Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. – Featherweight (American Pale Ale)

Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co. – Endless Groove (New Zealand Pale Ale)

Haykin Family Cider – LUCY Ice Cider (Experimental, Barrel-Aged or Specialty Cider)

Liquid Mechanics Brewing Co. – Kolsch (German-Style Koelsch)

New Belgium Brewing – Trippel (Belgian-Style Tripel)

New Image Brewing Company and Offset Bier Co. – Neon Lady (Collaboration)

Old 121 Brewhouse – Colt 121 (Other Strong Beer)

Second Dawn Brewing Company – Wolf of the Woods (Italian-Style Pilsener)

Snow Capped Cider – Harrison Reserve (No/Low Tannin Cider)

Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project – Coconut CO (Field Beer)

Bronze medals

Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. – Trump Hands (Session India Pale Ale)

Holidaily Brewing Company – Fat Randy’s IPA (Hoppy Gluten-Free Beer)

Holidaily Brewing Company – Favorite Blonde Ale (Classic Gluten-Free Ale or Lager)

Liquid Mechanics Brewing Co. – El Poblano Borracho (Chili Beer)

Locavore Beer Works – Friend of the Devil (German-Style Schwarzbier)

MainStage Brewing Co. – Oktoberfestfest (German-Style Maerzen)

Pattern Break Brewing Co. – Negroni Ale (Experimental Beer)

Prost Brewing Company – Prost Helles (Munich-Style Helles)

River North Brewery – Quandary (Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale)

Ska Brewing – Westskalle (Belgian-Style Abbey Ale)

Snow Capped Cider – Spiced (Botanical or Spiced Cider)

Snow Capped Cider – Pink Pearl (No/Low Tannin Cider)

Tommyknocker Brewery & Pub – Jack Whacker Hazy Wheat (American-Style Wheat Beer)

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