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2016 AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Awards Ceremony

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**** Drum roll please!! **** We received 346 beer entries from 15 US states for the competition portion of the event. More than 30 certified cicerones gathered today to taste, score and award winners in each of our nine beer categories. So, without further ado, here are the 2016 Ameri-Can Canned Craft Beer Festival winning beers!

Here are the 2016 winners!

Best in Show
Melvin Hubert
Melvin Brewing Co. | WY

Category 1: India Pale Ale
Gold: Melvin IPA
Melvin Brewing Co. | WY
Silver: Black IPA
Santa Fe Brewing | NM
Bronze: Marble IPA
Marble Brewery | NM

Category 2: American Pale
Gold: Melvin Hubert
Melvin Brewing Co. | WY
Silver: Brooklyn Summer Ale
Brooklyn Brewing Co. |NY
Bronze: Easy Up Pale
Coronado Brewing |CA

Category 3: English Pale Ale
Gold: Lumberyard Red
Lumberyard Brewing |AZ
Silver: Arizona Trail Ale
THAT Brewery |AZ
Bronze: 8th Street Pale Ale
Four Peaks Brewing Co. | AZ

Category 4: Wheat Ale
Gold: Ebel Weiss
Two Brothers Brewing | IL
Silver: Sam Adam’s Nitro White
Boston Beer Co. | MA
Bronze: El Hefe Speaks
DC Brau Brewing Co. | DC

Category 5: Stout & Porter
Gold: Zonker Stout
Snake River Brewing | WY
Silver: The Hu$$tler
Huss Brewing | AZ
Bronze: Achocolypse
Prescott Brewing Co. | AZ

Category 6: Amber & Brown
Gold: Bomber Mountain
Black Tooth Brewing |WY
Silver: Barrio Rojo
Barrio Brewing Co. | AZ
Bronze: Saddle Bronc
Black Tooth Brewing | WY

Category 7: Gold, Blonde, Pilsner & Light Lager
Gold: Beerito
Oskar Blues | CO
Silver: Prima Pils
Victory Brewing | PA
Bronze: Jenny Lake Lager
Snake River Brewing | WY

Category 8: Fruit Beer
Gold: Razzelblaster Busey
Sun King Brewery | IN
Silver: Grapefruit Sculpin
Ballast Point Brewing Co. | CA
Bronze: Modus Mandarina
SKA Brewing | CO

Category 9: Specialty Beer
Gold: Collette
Great Divide Brewing | CO
Silver: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Crazy Mountain Brewing | CO
Bronze: Otra Vez
Sierra Nevada Brewing | CA