Winners: Montana Posts Strong Showing At North American Beer Awards

Posted On June 10, 2014

Winners: Montana Posts Strong Showing At North American Beer Awards

(Re-post with permission from Growler Fills)

Winners: Montana Posts Strong Showing At North American Beer Awards

Held each year in June, the annual 2014 North American Beer Awards took place last weekend in conjunction with the Mountain Brewers Beer Fest in Idaho Falls, ID.  The competition organized by the North American Brewers Association is conducted as a single blind sampling followed by rank ordering of the entries within a category.

It’s a big deal, too, annually receiving more than 1,400 entries, including many of the best from around the western U.S. and beyond.  Montana’s breweries put on a strong showing once again.  Here are the Montana winners:

Big Sky Brewing Company

• Gold – Bobo’s Robust Porter – Robust Porter
• Gold – Summer Honey – Honey Beer

Bitterroot Brewing

• Silver –  Nut Brown Ale – English-Style Brown Ale
• Silver –  Bitterroot Oatmeal Stout – Oatmeal Stout

Canyon Creek Brewing

• Silver – One Night Stand – Golden or Blonde Ale

Carter’s Brewing

• Bronze – Switchyard Scottish Ale – Scottish-Style Export
• Bronze – Frambeaux – Lambic
• Silver – Biere de Mars 2014 – Biere de Garde
• Gold – Rob Moore Abbey Ale – Dubbel
• Gold – The Golden Boy – Tripel

Draught Works

• Bronze – That’s What She Said – Cream Ale
• Gold – Backdraught – German-Style Rauchbier

Flathead Lake Brewing Co.

• Bronze – Dirty Ginger – Other Belgian-Style Ales
• Gold – Montucky Sour Brown – Flanders-Style Red or Brown Ale

Great Northern Brewing Co.

• Gold – Wheatfish – Hefeweizen

Kettlehouse Brewing Co.

• Bronze – Fresh Bongwater – English-Style Summer Ale
• Silver – Double Haul – English-Style India Pale Ale

Madison River Brewing Co.

• Bronze – Frostbite Barley Wine 12 – American-Style Barley Wine

Montana Brewing Co.

• Bronze – Whitetail Wheat – Hefeweizen
• Bronze – Custer’s Last Stout – Oatmeal Stout
• Bronze – Beartooth Espresso Porter – Coffee Beers

Philipsburg Brewing Company

• Silver – Corners Porter – Coffee Beers

Red Lodge Ales Brewing Co.

• Silver – Liver Eatin’ Ale – Dark Hefeweizen

Tamarack Brewing Co.

• Gold – Blue Jay White IPA – Hybrid Style Beers
• Silver – Training Wheels Rootbeer – Carbonated Soft Drinks

Uberbrew

• Silver – Alt 0220 – Altbier
• Bronze – Black Hops Tactical IPA – Cascadian Style Dark Ale