27 SoCal Breweries Compete In Great American Beer Festival

CALIFORNIA — Fifty-four breweries will be competing in the Great American Beer Festival to be held Oct. 10-12 in Denver.

The festival is the nation’s largest for professional brewers and hands out some of the industry’s most sought-after accolades. Bronze, silver and gold medals will be awarded for dozens of styles of beer and ciders in more than 100 categories.

Beer is still the star of the competition, but organizers are casting a wider net with the addition of categories for ciders, canned cocktails, hard seltzer, hard soda, hard tea, hard kombucha, other malt-based beverages, and all non-alcoholic beverages.

The event also features competition in ciders, hard seltzers and, new this year, canned cocktails and hard teas.

In Northern California, breweries competing for medals include:

• 14 Cannons, Westlake Village.
• 21st Amendment Brewery, San Leandro.
• Almanac Beer Company, Alameda.
• Alvarado Street Brewery, Salinas.
• Barebottle Brewing Company, San Francisco.
• Big Sipz, Sausalito.
• Canyon Lake Golf Course & Brewery, San Ramon.
• Crooked Lane Brewing Co, Auburn.
• Danville Brewing Company, Danville.
• East Brother Beer Company, Richmond.
• Faction Brewing, Alameda.
• Feather Falls Brewing Co, Oroville.
• FiftyFifty Brewing Co, Truckee.
• Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., Buellton.
• Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles.
• Ghost Town Brewing, Oakland.
• Island Brewing Co, Carpinteria.
• KYLA Hard Kombucha, Corte Madera.
• MachineHead Brewing Co., Clovis.
• Morgan Territory Brewing, Tracy.
• Original Pattern Brewing Company, Oakland.
• Russian River Brewing Co -Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa.
• Russian River Brewing Co - Windsor, Windsor.
• Santa Cruz Brewing Co, Santa Clarita.
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Co, Chico.
• South Lake Brewing Company, South Lake Tahoe.
• Unreal Brewing Company, Campbell.

In Southern California, breweries competing for medals include:

• Abnormal Beer Company, San Diego.
• Alosta Brewing Co, Covina.
• Barrel and Stave Brewing Co, Vista.
• BJ's Restaurants & Brewhouse, Huntington Beach.
• Black Market Brewing Co, Temecula.
• BRAMS Beer, South Pasadena.
• Bright Spark Brewing, Ventura.
• Chula Vista Brewery, Chula Vista.
• Coronado Brewing Company, San Diego.
• Four Sons Brewing, Huntington Beach.
• Four Sons Brewing, Huntington Beach.
• Highland Park Brewery, Los Angeles.
• Julian Beer Co, Julian.
• Karl Strauss Brewing Company, San Diego.
• Last Name Brewing, Upland.
• Lost Abbey (The), Vista.
• Main Street Brewery, Corona.
• Modern Times Beer, San Diego.
• Mother Earth Brew Co LLC, Vista.
• Noble Ale Works, Anaheim.
• Pizza Port Brewing Company, Carlsbad.
• Pure Project, Vista.
• Radiant Beer Co., Anaheim.
• RationAle Brewing, Encinitas.
• TapRoom Beer Company, San Diego.
• Tipping Pint Brewing Co, Oceanside.
• Topa Topa Brewing Co., Ventura.

For more information on entries, visit the Great American Beer Festival's website.