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Breweries featured in Wine Country Beer scored big at the Brewers Association World Beer Cup awards announcement on April 10. Thirteen wine country and San Francisco Bay Area beers were honored with medals.
Winning 2010 Champion Brewery and Brewmaster for a Mid-Size Brewing Company was Firestone Walker Brewing Company of Paso Robles. This is third time the brewery has won this designation. It had six medal-winning beers this year. Congratulations to Matthew Brynildson, brewmaster.
Breweries, Beers and Medals
Firestone Walker Brewing, Paso Robles
Gold - Hefeweizen
Gold - Pale 31 American Pale Ale
Silver - Velvet Merkin Oatmeal Stout
Bronze - Extra Pale Ale
Bronze - P. I. IPA
Bronze - Mission Street Pale Ale
21st Amendment Brewing Co., San Francisco
Gold - Imperial Jack (Imperial ESB)
Trumer Brauerei, Berkeley
Silver - Trumer Pils
Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa
Bronze - Russian River Porter
Bronze - Aud Blonde Ale
Anderson Valley Brewing Co., Boonville
Bronze - Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout
Drakes Brewing Co., San Leandro
Silver - Drakes 1500 Pale Ale
Triple Rock Brewery, Berkeley
Silver - Red Rock Ale
This year’s competition featured a record 3,330 beers entered in 90 style categories. Exactly 642 breweries from 44 countries on six continents vied for medals. Judges presented 268 awards.
Wine Country breweries score at World Beer Cup
4/13/10
The Brewers Association’s World Beer Cup is the largest and most prestigious beer competition. International beer competitions provide a good measuring stick for seeing how beers from one region stack up against another.
