2016 Fall Rendezvous Winners

Posted On September 27, 2016

The 2016 MT Brewers Fall Rendezvous featured more than 170 Montana-made beers from across the state. Missoula’s local homebrewing club, the Zoo City Zmurgists, judged the beers using the BJCP style guidelines in a blind-judging format.

Best of Show: Ten Mile Creek – Queen City  Pale Ale
Best of Festival: Ten Mile Creek – Surefire Saison

Here are the winning beers from this fabulous showcase of Montana beer:

Amber: Cabinet Mountain Brewing – Ross Creek
Festbier: Great Northern Brewing Company – Oktoberfest
Fruit Specialty: Mighty Mo Brewing Company – Coconut Brown
IPA: Bonsai Brewing Project – Session IPA
IIPA: Tamarack Brewing – Headwall
Irish/Scottish: Triple Dog Brewing Co. – Aberdeen
Lager: Great Northern Brewing Company – Helles
Pale Ale: Ten Mile Creek – Queen City
Porter: Beaverhead Brewing Co. – Pioneer Porter
Saison: Ten Mile Creek – Surefire Saison
Sour: Bozeman Brewing Co. – Andsoit Gose
Stout: Bandit Brewing Co. – Bliss Stout
Wheat: Wildwood Brewing– White Bark
Wood Aged: Lewis and Clark Brewing – Weizenbock

Congratulations to the winning breweries and thank you to all the breweries that helped make this Rendezvous such a success!

Note: Best of Show was chosen by a five-judge panel from among the highest scoring beers. Best of Festival was chosen as the highest scoring beer among those first released for the festival during the preliminary judging rounds.