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The Great American Beer Festival® (GABF) Pro-Am competition pairs teams of home and commercial brewers together in a competition that brings homebrew recipes to the masses. This year, the 2016 GABF Pro-Am competition had 88 entries from professional-amateur collaborations across the country. The gold, silver and bronze medalists were announced during the GABF Awards Ceremony on Saturday, October 8, 2016.
Keep an eye out for the 2016 GABF Pro-Am winners homebrew recipes in an upcoming issue of Zymurgy magazine.
Gold: Just Rye’te
- Style: American Pale Ale with Rye Malt
- Brewing Company: Panther Island Brewing Co., Fort Worth, Texas
- Brewmaster: Panther Island Brewing Team
- AHA Member: Clifton Ellis
Silver: Vernal Equinox
- Style: English IPA
- Brewing Company: Starr Hill Brewery, Crozet, Va.
- Brewmaster: Starr Hill Brewing Team
- AHA Member: Gary Layton
Bronze: The Kolsch Experiment
- Style: German Kolsch
- Brewing Company: Altitude Chophouse and Brewery, Laramie, Wyo.
- Brewmaster: Jesse Brown
- AHA Member: Shawn Miller
View the full winners list from the 2016 Great American Beer Festival competition.
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