EUGENE, OR: Alesong Brewing & Mixing was awarded two medals on the 2024 Nice American Beer Competition (GABF) competitors and named Brewery of the 12 months in its dimension class, the highest honor on the nation’s largest beer competitors. This yr marks the ninth yr in a row Alesong has obtained not less than one medal at GABF, coinciding with annually they’ve launched beer since their institution in 2015. The nine-year medal streak is now the third longest such lively streak in america, a exceptional feat and nod to the consistency with which Alesong releases world class beers yr after yr.
Within the 2024 competitors, beers and ciders spanning 107 classes had been judged blind by 285 judges, awarding 326 medals to probably the most distinctive beers from over 9,000 entries. Brewery of the yr honors got to probably the most awarded producers out of practically 1,900 breweries and cideries who entered the competitors from each state within the nation.
Alesong was awarded a gold medal within the barrel-aged bitter fashion class for French 75, a tart farmhouse ale aged in gin barrels with lemon zest and a bronze medal within the brett beer fashion class for Contact of Brett, a dry-hopped farmhouse ale, and now five-time GABF medal profitable beer! Each beers are at present accessible for on-site consumption and in bottles to go at Alesong’s nation brewery, tasting room, and restaurant (80848 Territorial Hwy, Thursday-Sunday 1-7pm).
“It’s unimaginable to win Brewery of the 12 months at GABF,” says Brian Coombs, Alesong co-founder and Director of Brewing Operations. “We’ve had a superb string of success at this competitors, however you by no means actually anticipate to win one of many main awards given simply how aggressive it’s. GABF is the massive stage in U.S. craft beer and specifically means rather a lot to us as a result of the judges are skilled brewers whose constructive suggestions validates the care and laborious work that goes into crafting the distinctive beers that we make.”
ABOUT ALESONG BREWING AND BLENDING: Alesong Brewing and Mixing is an award-winning artisan brewery, vineyard, and cidery, and restaurant based mostly within the coronary heart of Southern Willamette Valley wine nation exterior Eugene, Oregon. With 100% of its drinks spending time in oak, Alesong crafts distinctive and small-batch blends, producing kinds that span the flavour spectrum. Because the beer, wine, or cider in barrels matures, the staff samples and selects every barrel individually to create a closing mix. Paying homage to old-world Lambic blenders and artisan winemakers, Alesong strives to realize advanced and balanced closing blends which might be far more fascinating and full than the sum of their components or any particular person barrel by itself. For extra data, go to www.alesongbrewing.com.
ABOUT GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL: Introduced by the Brewers Affiliation®, the very best beers and ciders in 107 classes protecting 175 totally different beer kinds (together with all subcategories) had been awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals at a ceremony on the Bellco Theatre in Denver, Colorado, on Saturday morning. The 2024 GABF competitors winners had been chosen by a global panel of 285 professional judges from 9,216 entries obtained from 1,869 U.S. breweries and cideries in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. For extra data on the GABF competitors, together with an entire 2024 winners record and photographs, go to GreatAmericanBeerFestival.com.
