AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Championship

AmeriCAN is not only a canned beer festival, it’s also a competition for our breweries. In 2014, over 200 beers representing 10 different states were judged by over 110 certified beer judges.
Here are the 2014 winners! (2013 Champions) (2012 Champions)

Category 1: India Pale Ales
Gold: Modus Hoperandi, Ska Brewing
Silver: Happy Camper IPA, Santa Fe Brewing
Bronze: Solis IPA, Mike Hess Brewing

Category 2: American Pale Ales
Gold: Lumberyard IPA, Lumberyard Brewing
Silver: Knotty Pine, Lumberyard Brewing
Bronze: Hop Knot, Four Peaks Brewing

Category 3: English Style Pale Ales
Gold: Lumberyard Red Ale, Lumberyard Brewing
Silver: ESB, Ska Brewing
Bronze: 8th Street Pale Ale, Four Peaks Brewing

Category 4: Wheats/Hefeweizens/Wits
Gold: Hefeweizen, SanTan Brewing
Silver: El Hefe Speaks, DC Brau Brewing
Bronze: EOS Hefeweizen, Nebraska Brewing

Category 5: Stouts/Porters
Gold: Double Brown Stout, Deep Ellum Brewing
Silver: Penn Quarter Porter, DC Brau Brewing
Bronze: Buffalo Sweat, Tallgrass Brewing

Category 6: Ambers/Browns
Gold: G’Knight, Oskar Blues Brewing
Silver: Kilt Lifter, Four Peaks Brewing
Bronze: OB-1, Snake River Brewing

Category 7: Golds/Blondes/Pilsners/Light Lagers
Gold: Claritas, Mike Hess Brewing
Silver: The Tradition, DC Brau Brewing
Bronze: Trout Slayer, Big Sky Brewing

Category 8: Fruit/Vegetable/Spiced Beers
Gold: Summer Solstice, Anderson Valley
Silver: Mr. Pineapple, SanTan Brewing
Bronze: Hell or High Watermelon, 21st Amendment Brewery

Category 9: Specialty Beers
Gold: Black Thunder, Austin Beerworks
Silver: Monk’s Blood, 21st Amendment Brewery
Bronze: Rye IPA, Black Market Brewing