Colorado Breweries Win Big At 2024 US Open Beer Championship

The 2024 US Open Beer Championship just wrapped up in Ohio and they’ve announced this year’s winners and the breweries judged to be the best in America.

This competition is the only one to include beers from professional breweries as well as beers from gold medal winners from the 2021 National AHA Homebrew Competition. Judging in the beer championships is blind; judges know only the categories, not the names or locations of beers being judged.

Breweries from Luxembourg to Louisiana sent in more than 9,000 beers representing over 150 different styles for the 2024 US Open Beer Championship.

And several Colorado craft breweries took home Gold, Silver and Bronze medals this year.

Colorado brewers scored  39 wins overall according to the Colorado Hometown Weekly, including nine Gold medals, 18 Silver and 11 Bronze.

Gold

American fruit beer (tangerine) — Tangerine Yum Yum, Denver Beer Co., Denver

American-style pilsener — Blind Tiger, Denver Beer Co., Denver

Belgian pale ale — Belgian Pale Ale, Cellar West Brewery, Lafayette

Brut IPA — Like Falling Off a Bike, home brewer Christopher Burgess, Castle Rock

English barleywine — Grow Old With You, Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project, Loveland

Imperial pastry stout — Kauai Pie, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver

Imperial porter — Hello Darkness, River North Brewery, Denver

Kentucky Common — Angry Banjo, Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project, Loveland

Sweet stout or cream stout — Wired Greasy Grinder, Knuckle Puck Brewing, Longmont

Silver

American fruit (blueberry) — Blueberry Strudel, Downhill Brewing, Greenwood Village

American fruit (lime) — Cape Canaveral, Launch Pad Brewery, Aurora

Barrel-aged English barleywine — Magnificent Desolation (Russell 8 yr), Launch Pad Brewery, Aurora

Belgian and French ale — Junebug, Echo Brewing Co., Erie

Belgian-style fruit beer — Trippy G.O.A.T, LUKI Brewery, Arvada

Chocolate or cocoa beer — Midnight Hike, River North Brewery, Denver

Collaboration beer — Muncherwein, Liquid Mechanics Brewing (Lafayette) and Verboten Brewing & Barrel Project (Loveland)

Collaboration beer (IPA) — West Coast Cartel, Liquid Mechanics Brewing Co. (Lafayette) and Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. (Golden)

English dark mild — Squirrels & Scooters, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver

English summer ale — Blotter, Cellar West Brewery, Lafayette

International-style pale ale — Mi Vida, Denver Beer Co., Denver

Non-alcoholic NEIPA — Gruvi NA Juicy IPA, Gruvi, Denver

Oatmeal stout — Pure Imagination, Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project, Loveland

Old/strong ale — Bucket of Bolts, River North Brewery, Denver

Other kettle sours — Sippin’ on Stardust, Launch Pad Brewery, Aurora

Spirits barrel-aged beer — Gin Barrel-Aged Stay Classy, Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project, Loveland

Tea beer — Nappy Nap Time, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver

Zwickelbier/Kellerbier — Kneebone, Cellar West Brewery, Lafayette

Bronze

American barleywine — Soul of Time, River North Brewery, Denver

American fruit (general) — Sour Shakedown Party with Blackberry, Beyond the Mountain Brewing Co., Boulder

American single hop pale ale — Balloon Boys Big Adventure, Downhill Brewing, Greenwood Village

Australian-style pale ale — Polynesian Pale Ale, Cellar West Brewery, Lafayette

Barrel-aged strong beer — Royal Oil, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver

British/Russian imperial stout — Mr. Sandman, River North Brewery, Denver

International-style pale ale — Goldengrass, New Terrain Brewing Co., Golden

Rum barrel-aged beer — Ghoul Fuel: Rum Diaries, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver

Specialty pale ale — Purple Cobras, LUKI Brewery, Arvada

Strong bock — Illuminator, Launch Pad Brewery, Aurora

Wood/barrel-aged fruit beer — Hucklesherry Hounds, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver

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Congratulations to all of this year’s winners…Live long and prosper!