3 Long Beach Breweries Win Big At Great American Beer Festival

LONG BEACH, CA — Three beer makers in Long Beach left the 40th annual American Beer Festival with gold medals this year.

The nation’s largest beer festival has wrapped its 2024 competition, awarding 325 medals to 273 breweries and cideries across the country. This year also marked a first for the prestigious contest with the inclusion of cider and canned cocktails.

The festival is held in Denver, Colorado every year, allowing thousands of people to try hundreds of competing beers ranging in flavor from hoppy to funky. This year, the festival hosted hundreds of breweries at the Colorado Convention Center from Oct. 10 through Oct. 12.

Breweries earned accolades across various categories, from American pilsners to sours, coffee beers, non-alcoholic brews and beyond.

Ambitious Ales in Bixby Knolls took home gold for its Professional Human Being brew in the Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale category. Trademark Brewing won a gold medal for its Codebreaker brew in the West Coast IPA category and a silver medal for its A La Playa brew in the American Fruit Beer category. ISM Brewing was awarded a bronze medal for its Plough & Harrow brew in the Classic Saison category.

Here’s who won medals in Long Beach:

Gold

• Ambitious Ales - 4019 Atlantic Ave.
• Trademark Brewing - 233 E. Anaheim St.

Silver

• Trademark Brewing - 233 E. Anaheim St.
  

Bronze

• ISM Brewing - 210 E. 3rd St. Unit A
  

See the full list of winning brews across California here.