California State Fair Commercial Craft Brew Competition

Awards

Judges

Lisa Agoitia, Matthew Alioto, Donna Bettencourt, Dwight Bradish, Kent Brown, Jeff Calton, Manuel Cardenas, Will Carlton, Brian Colvin, Robert Colvin, David Deaton, Scott Fehrt, Craig Hilliker, Robert Horst, Paul Hsi, Thomas Hughes, Jeannie Johanna, Brandon Kriner, Cynthia & Rick Lee, Kelli Lorenz, Gordon Mauger, Rob McGormley, Phil Menzies, Berenice Oceguera, Richard Perry, Daniel Petrie, Andrea Pierotti, Trevor Pratt, Bob Proffitt, Michael Raines, Cynthia Ricciuti-Brown, Ajay Ryerson, David Sapsis, Jose Savedra, Mark Schindler, Cheryl Skare, William Tarchala, Hirendu Vaishnav, Richard Wong, Jeff Zimmer

Stewards

Perla Arroyo, Stuart Baker, Kevin Beile, Drew Carlson, Courtney Higgins, Christina Liang, Vickie Olson, Molly Penberth, Houston Porter, Rose Robertson, Dave Schaechtele, Tyler Takahashi, Waiman Yip

By the Numbers

921 Entries 146 Entrants

40 Judges 13 Stewards

160 Placing Entries

Table 1: Standard American Lager

48 entries

Table 2: International Lager

56 entries

Table 3: International-Style Pilsner

31 entries

Table 4: Bohemian-Style Pilsner (Czech Lager)

14 entries

Table 5: Kellerbier or Zwickelbier

8 entries

Table 6: European Pale Lager

12 entries

Table 7: German/Vienna-Style Märzen

8 entries

Table 8: European-Style Dark Lager

7 entries

Table 9: Bocks

8 entries

Table 10: American-Style Cream Ale

14 entries

Table 11: Kölsch

23 entries

Table 12: Amber mixed fermentation

9 entries

Table 15: American-Style Wheat Beer

11 entries

Table 16: German-Style Wheat Ale

18 entries

Table 17: Berliner-Style Weisse

7 entries

Table 18: Gose

8 entries

Table 20: American-Style Fruit Beer

33 entries

Table 21: Fruit/Spice, Veg, Spice, and Herb

18 entries

Table 23: Coffee Beer

12 entries

Table 24: Chocolate Beer

5 entries

Table 25: Smoked Beer

2 entries

Table 26: Historical Beer

4 entries

Table 27: Blonde or Golden Ale

29 entries

Table 28: British Mild & Bitters

11 entries

Table 29: Standard British Ales

7 entries

Table 30: British Strong Ales

8 entries

Table 31: Scottish Ale

5 entries

Table 32: Irish Red Ale

14 entries

Table 33: Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout

6 entries

Table 34: UK Stouts

9 entries

Table 36: Imperial Stouts

8 entries

Table 37: American Amber & Brown Ales

28 entries

Table 38: American Porter & Stout

8 entries

Table 39: American Pale Ale

35 entries

Table 40: English-Style India Pale Ale

5 entries

Table 41: American-Style India Pale Ale

85 entries

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

78 entries

Table 43: American Imperial IPA

42 entries

Table 44: Specialty IPA

14 entries

Table 45: US Strongs

11 entries

Table 46: Belgian-Style Witbier

7 entries

Table 47: Classic Saison

5 entries

Table 48: Specialty Saison

8 entries

Table 49: Belgian & French-Style Ale

9 entries

Table 50: Belgian Strongs

20 entries

Table 52: Belgian Sours

8 entries

Table 54: American Wild Ale

8 entries

Table 55: Barrel-Aged beers

16 entries

Table 57: Other malt/grain/sugar

11 entries

Table 58: Experimental Beer

14 entries

Table 59: Session Beer

17 entries

Table 60: Chili Beer

6 entries

Table 61: Cider

20 entries

Table 62: Kombucha

13 entries

Best of Show

Beer

Brewery of the Year

146 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners