California State Fair Commercial Craft Brew Competition

Best of Show – Beer

Brewery of the Year (113 Participating Brewers)

Scores and tie-breakers have been applied in accordance with the scoring methodology. Numbers reflected are rounded to the hundredth place. Hover over or tap the question mark icon () for the actual calculated value.

Table 1: Standard American Lager (36 entries)

Table 2: International Lager (39 entries)

Table 3: International-Style Pilsner (26 entries)

Table 4: Bohemian-Style Pilsner (Czech Lager) (14 entries)

Table 5: German Pale Beers (11 entries)

Table 7: German/Vienna-Style Märzen (13 entries)

Table 8: European-Style Dark Lager (10 entries)

Table 9: Euro Strongs (13 entries)

Table 10: American-Style Cream Ale / Wheat Beer (22 entries)

Table 11: Kölsch (14 entries)

Table 12: Amber Mixed Styles (8 entries)

Table 16: German-Style Wheat Ale (17 entries)

Table 17: German Sours (6 entries)

Table 19: Rye Beer (4 entries)

Table 20: American-Style Fruit Beer (39 entries)

Table 22: Herb & Spice Beer (9 entries)

Table 23: Coffee Beer (10 entries)

Table 24: Chocolate Beer (4 entries)

Table 25: Smoked Beers (5 entries)

Table 26: Historical Beer Styles (7 entries)

Table 27: Blonde or Golden Ale (22 entries)

Table 28: UK Low Gravity Ales (14 entries)

Table 29: Standard British Ales (9 entries)

Table 30: British Strong Ales (8 entries)

Table 32: Irish Red Ale (18 entries)

Table 33: Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout (7 entries)

Table 34: English Stouts (9 entries)

Table 36: Imperial Stouts (7 entries)

Table 37: American Amber & Brown Ales (24 entries)

Table 38: American Porter & Stout (10 entries)

Table 39: American Pale Ale (24 entries)

Table 40: English-Style India Pale Ale (8 entries)

Table 41: American-Style India Pale Ale (73 entries)

Table 42: New England-Style IPA (Hazy IPA) (67 entries)

Table 43: American Imperial IPA (29 entries)

Table 44: Specialty IPA (15 entries)

Table 45: Strong American Ale (7 entries)

Table 47: Saisons (10 entries)

Table 49: Belgian Ales (8 entries)

Table 50: Belgian Strong Ale (9 entries)

Table 51: Trappist Style Ale (13 entries)

Table 52: Belgian Sour Ale (7 entries)

Table 54: Sours/Brett/Wild Ferment (6 entries)

Table 55: Wood- and Barrel-Aged (Wine barrels) (4 entries)

Table 56: Wood- and Barrel-Aged (Spirit barrels) (17 entries)

Table 57: Alternative Fermentable Beer (8 entries)

Table 58: Experimental Beer (13 entries)

Table 59: Low/No alcohol beers (16 entries)

Table 60: Chili Beer (5 entries)

Table 61: Cider (10 entries)

Table 62: Hard Kombucha/Seltzer (21 entries)