More than 70 California breweries and cideries were winners of the 2024 Great American Beer Festival held in Denver.
The state breweries and cideries are a portion of 273 total that earned 326 medals in last month’s event, according to the festival.
Judges evaluated 8,836 commercial beer entries and 233 commercial cider entries.
In the competition were 1,869 breweries and cideries from 50 states as well as Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico.
The complete list of winners from the Oct. 9-11 festival can be found at www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/the-competition/2024-winners/ .
Some California breweries also won brewer of the year awards.
- Apogee Brewing Co. in Grover Beach earned the 0-250 barrels brewery brewer of the year
- Everywhere Beer Co. in Orange earned the 1,001–2,000 barrels brewery brewer of the year
- Riip Beer Co. in Huntington Beach earned the 2,001–5,000 barrels brewery brewer of the year
- Highland Park Brewery in Los Angeles earned brewery group brewery brewer of the year