[img_assist|nid=358|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=76|height=100]Colorado breweries received more medals at the 2006 Great American Beer Festival than any other state except California.
Colorado brewers took home 28 medals; 10 gold, 7 silvers and 11 bronze.
Not bad for a state with just over 4 million people. California on the other hand is the largest state in the union with nearly 34 million people. California brewers will head back to the pacific with 39 medals.
Coors Brewing Co., led the pack of Colorado breweries with three Gold Medals; two for Blue moon varieties and one for SandLot’s Schtolen Pils.
Technically Sandlot entered as its own, so Coors Tied with New Blegium, which won gold Medals for 'Le Fleur Misseur and La Folie.
Great Divide Brewing Co. won three medals total; a gold for Old Ruffian Barley Wine, a silver for Hibernation Ale 2005 and a bronze for Denver Pale Ale.
Odell’s Doug Odell and American Homebrewing Association Member Ryan Thomas took home a Bronze medal for their Whale’s Tail Pale Ale in the Pro-Am Competition.

Here's a list of Colorado winners. Go try em!

Category: 4 Fruit and Vegetable Beer - 46 Entries
Silver: Blue Moon Chardonnay Blonde, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Golden, CO
Bronze: Patty’s Chile Beer, Wynkoop Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Category: 7 Specialty Beer - 16 Entries
Bronze: Maple Nut Brown Ale, Tommyknocker Brewery, Idaho Springs, CO

Category: 9 Specialty Honey Lager or Ale - 26 Entries
Gold: Blue Moon Honeymoon, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Golden, CO
Bronze: Hummingbird Ale, Mountain Sun/Southern Sun Pub & Brewery, Boulder, CO

Category: 13 Aged Beer (Ale or Lager) - 28 Entries
Silver: Hibernation Ale 2005, Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Category: 17 Bohemian-Style Pilsener - 33 Entries
Gold: Schtolen Pils, SandLot Brewery at Coors Field, Denver, CO
Silver: La Plata Pils, Carver Brewing Co., Durango, CO

Category: 18 Münchner-Style Helles - 32 Entries
Silver: 6X Golden Lager, C.B. & Potts Big Horn Brewery - Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO

Category: 25 American-Style Amber Lager - 35 Entries
Gold: Steam Engine Lager, Steamworks Brewing Co., Durango/Bayfield, CO

Category: 26 European-Style Dark / Münchner Dunkel - 21 Entries
Silver: Storm King, Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co., Glenwood Springs, CO

Category: 34 English-Style Summer Ale - 25 Entries
Bronze: True Blonde Ale, Ska Brewing Co., Durango, CO

Category: 35 Classic English-Style Pale Ale - 25 Entries
Gold: 5 Barrel Pale Ale, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO
Bronze: Denver Pale Ale, Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Category: 45 Scottish-Style Ale - 20 Entries
Gold: Laughing Lab Scottish Ale, Bristol Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze: Kiltlifter Scottish Ale, Pug Ryan’s Brewery, Dillon, CO

Category: 46 Irish-Style Red Ale - 32 Entries
Silver: Red Rocks Red, Rock Bottom Brewery - Westminster, Westminster, CO
Bronze: St. James Red Ale, Walnut Brewery, Boulder, CO

Category: 50 South German-Style Hefeweizen / Hefeweissbier- 50 Entries
Bronze: In-Heat Wheat Hefeweizen, Flying Dog Brewery, Denver, CO

Category: 52 Belgian-Style White (or Wit) / Belgian Style Wheat- 36 Entries
Bronze: 35th Anniversary Ale, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO

Category: 54 Belgian- and French-Style Ale - 14 Entries
Gold: Le Fleur Misseur, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Category: 55 Belgian-Style Sour Ale - 24 Entries
Gold: La Folie, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Category: 57 Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale - 45 Entries
Gold: Golden Armor, C.B. & Potts Big Horn Brewery - Denver Tech Center, Englewood, CO

Category: 59 Brown Porter - 29 Entries
Gold: Molly Titanic, Rock Bottom Brewery - Denver, Denver, CO

Category: 63 Sweet Stout - 18 Entries
Silver: Steel Toe Stout, Ska Brewing Co., Durango, CO

Category: 67 Old Ale / Strong Ale - 34 Entries
Bronze: Curmudgeons Nip, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Category: 69 Barley Wine-Style Ale - 55 Entries
Gold: Old Ruffian Barley Wine, Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver, CO

2006 Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition - 35 Entries
Bronze: Whale’s Tail Pale Ale, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO
Brewmaster-Doug Odell; AHA Member-Ryan Thomas

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