The winners of the recent 2009 Great American Beer Festival in Colorado were just announced, thereby seeding a long list of area microbrews I need to try for the first time. Having moved to DC from San Diego only a couple months ago, my experience with East Coast beers is relatively limited.

Congratulations to all the area breweries who took home awards! Flying Dog Brewery came in with 4 medals (3 golds!) and Dogfish Head with 3 medals.

I also have to throw some props out to Pizza Port/Lost Abbey Brewing back in San Diego. They treated me well back there, both with their amazing brews and their delicious pizza. At GABF, they wrangled up 11 awards alone! Nice work.

Delaware breweries

Brewery Beer State Medals Category
Dogfish Head Brewery Chateau Jiahu DE Gold Specialty Beer
Dogfish Head Brewery Palo Santo Marron DE Silver Specialty Beer
Dogfish Head Brewery Midas Touch DE Bronze Specialty Honey Beer
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant Schwarzbier DE Gold German Style Schwarzbier
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant Raspberry Torte DE Silver American-Style Sour Ale

Maryland breweries

Brewery Beer State Medals Category
Brewer’s Alley Restaurant and Brewery Brewer’s Alley India Pale Ale MD Bronze English-Style India Pale Ale
Clipper City Brewing Co. Clipper City Marzhon Vienna Lager MD Bronze Vienna Style Lager
DOG Brewing Co. Pub Dog Black Dog Stout MD Bronze Classic Irish Style Dry Stout
Flying Dog Brewery Horn Dog Vintage 2007 MD Gold Aged Beer
Flying Dog Brewery Dogtoberfest MD Gold German Style Märzen
Flying Dog Brewery Gonzo Imperial Porter MD Gold Imperial Stout
Flying Dog Brewery Barrel Aged Gonzo MD Silver Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer

Virginia breweries

Brewery Beer State Medals Category
Devils Backbone Brewing Company Gold Leaf Lager VA Gold International-Style Pilsener
Devils Backbone Brewing Company Natural Born Keller VA Silver Kellerbier/Zwickelbier
Devils Backbone Brewing Company Danzig VA Silver Baltic-Style Porter
Devils Backbone Brewing Company Vienna Lager VA Silver Vienna Style Lager
Great American Restaurants Crazy Jackass Ale VA Gold Rye Beer
Great American Restaurants Wits End VA Bronze Belgian-Style Witbier
Rock Bottom Brewery – Arlington Dude! Where’s My Vespa? VA Gold Coffee Flavored Beer
Starr Hill Brewery Dark Starr Stout VA Gold Classic Irish Style Dry Stout

Pizza Port/Lost Abbey Brewing Co. (San Diego, CA)

Brewery Beer State Medals Category
Pizza Port Carlsbad Beech Street Bitter CA Gold English-Style India Pale Ale
Pizza Port Carlsbad Revelations CA Gold Belgian Style Strong Specialty Ale
Pizza Port Carlsbad Cow Stout CA Gold Sweet Stout
Pizza Port Carlsbad Reed’s Wee Heavy CA Gold Scotch Ale
Pizza Port Carlsbad 547 Haight – The Toronado San Francisco’s 20th Anniversary Imperial Red Ale CA Silver Imperial Red Ale
Pizza Port Carlsbad Good Grief Brown CA Bronze English Style Brown Ale
Pizza Port Carlsbad Great American Brown CA Bronze American Style Brown Ale
Pizza Port San Clemente Ernest’s Silky Smoove CA Gold Oatmeal Stout
Pizza Port Solana Beach Shark Attack CA Gold Imperial Red Ale
The Lost Abbey Carnevale CA Gold Belgian and French-Style Ale
The Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze CA Gold Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale

via 2009 GABF Winners.