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Chicago – capital of the nation?
Most likely after the Saturday awards ceremony at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver.
In the first year of GABF, which added three "juicy or foggy" categories to the country's most prestigious beer festival, the Chicago breweries awarded three awards, the most important of which was a gold medal. for Alarmist Brewing a beer called Juice, which was honored among 391 entries.
Also in this category, Eris Brewery and Cider House, which opened this year, won bronze for a beer called Foiken Haze.
In the Juicy or Hazy Imperial or Double India Pale Ale category, Corridor Brewery & Provisions won a silver medal for a beer called DDH Double IPA.
Corridor also won gold in the Other Belgian-Style Ale category for Pour le Miner, a grisette beer with chamomile and lemon zest.
Other winners in the Chicago area included gold medals for: the Argus Brewery, in the Other Strong Ales category, for Golden Prairie Doppel Alt; Tighthead Brewing Co., of Mundelein, in the Irish Red Ale category for Scarlet> Fire; and Midnight Pig Beer, from Plainfield, in the Barley Wine-Style Ale category for Chicago Overcoat.
Smylie Brothers Brewing Co. in Evanston won the silver medal in the Fruity Wheat Beer category for Purple Line, a wheat beer infused with hibiscus, blueberry and blackberry, which also won medals GABF in 2015 and 2017.
The bronze medals went to Revolution Brewing, for Straight Jacket, in the "Strong Beer and Barrel Beer" category; Maplewood Brewing Co. for Charlatan in the category American Ale Pale Ale; and Werk Force Brewing Co., of Plainfield, in the Double Hoppy Red Ale category, for Bad Polaroid.
The annual GABF was held Thursday to Saturday at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.
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