Montana in the World Beer Cup 2008
Continuing a tremendous streak, Montana brewer Travis Zeilstra of Montana Brewing Co., picked up some hardware at the 2008 World Beer Cup in San Diego.
Travis picked up two bronze medals and a silver, continuing his streak after picking up the Small Brewpub of the Year award at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, last October.
Spanish Peaks Brewing Co. also picked up a bronze in San Diego, helping to put Montana on the world beer map.
Here’s the list of categories how Montana brewers did.
Category 3: American-Style Wheat Beer (14 Entries)
Gold - Crystal Wheat Ale
Pyramid Breweries Inc.
Silver - Shiner Dunkelweizen
Spoetzl Brewery
Shiner,
Bronze -
Category 7: Herb and Spice Beer (67 Entries)
Gold - Avatar Jasmine IPA
Elysian Brewing
Silver - CoCoNut PorTeR
Bronze -
Category 51: English-Style Summer Ale (20 Entries)
Gold - Rooster’s Y.P.A. (
Rooster’s Brewing Co. Ltd
Silver - “312″
Goose Island Beer Co.
Bronze – Sandbagger Gold
Category 79: American-Style Pale Ale (66 Entries)
Gold - Widmer Pale Ale
Widmer Brothers Brewing
Silver - Sharptail Pale Ale
Bronze –
Check back later this week as I hope to chat with Travis about what this means for Montana Brewing Co. and Montana brewers in general.
Prost,
GG
Good showing from Snake River Brewing as usual. Surprising to see and Idaho brewery in the list
You’re absolutely right. Both Idaho and Wyoming had a good showing at this World Beer Cup. I’m trying to branch out as regionally as I can, but it takes some time to get there. I’m glad you brought Snake River Brewing up. I’m planning to make a trip down to do a video tour in the next couple of months.
GG