Marin County Brewer Wins Bronze For Non-Alcoholic Beer

MARIN COUNTY, CA — A popular Sausalito brewery that specializes in alcohol-free fare left the 40th annual Great American Beer Festival with bragging rights 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.

Sausalito's Best Day Brewing won bronze in the "pale non-alcohol beer" category for its crowd-pleasing, non-alcoholic Kölsch. On its website, the brewery highlights the beer's "toasty malt character and lighter hopping" and recommends pairing it with sunshine, trailheads, and fish tacos.

The medal is just the latest bit of national acclaim for Best Day's Kölsch. Earlier this year, the Washington Post named it the best nonalcoholic beer in the "pilsners, lagers, and golden ales category.

>> See the full list of winning brews across the country here.