2007 GABF Winners Announced

There's a lot of GABF stuff going on in the blogosphere (start with Stan and go from there), but here's a quicky on Northwest winners:

Oregon

Bend Brewing
Outback X - Old Ale or Strong Ale (Silver)

Deschutes
Abyss - Imperial Stout (Gold)
Pub Bitter - Bitter or Pale Mild Ale (Gold)
4K Pils - International-Style Pilsener (Gold)

Laurelwood
Organic Deranger - Imperial or Double Red Ale (Gold)

Pelican
Doryman's Dark Ale - American Style Brown Ale (Gold)
MacPelican's Wee Heavy Strong Scotch Ale - Strong Scotch Ale (Gold)
Kiwanda Cream Ale - Silver Golden or Blonde Ale (Silver)

Rogue
Russian Imperial Stout - Imperial Stout (Bronze)

Widmer
Brewmaster Reserve - American-Style Wheat Beer (Silver)
Widmer Export Lager - Dortmunder/European Style Export or German-Style Oktoberfest/Wiesen (Bronze)

Washington

Elysian
The Wise ESB Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter (Gold)
The Great Pumpkin Fruit Beer or Vegetable Beer (Silver)
Dragonstooth StoutOther Strong Ale or Lager (Silver)

Fish Brewing
Old Woody Old Ale or Strong Ale (Gold)

Flyers Restaurant and Brewery
Bottleworks VIII - Other Strong Ale or Lager (Bronze)

Hales
O'Brien's Harvest - Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter (Silver)

Pyramid
Crystal Weizen - American-Style Wheat Beer (Gold)

Rock Bottom Brewery
Hop Bomb IPA - American-Style Strong Pale Ale (Silver)

About usual for the Northwest--some nice beers honored, but our performance is meager compared to the number of breweries entered (225) or compared against other, lesser states (Colorado, as usual, raked in the medals with 29).