Southern Californian brewers took home 35 medals from the 2013 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, including 14 gold, 7 silver and 14 bronze.
Beachwood then won the mid-size brewpub award, and Firestone Walker again clinched mid-size brewery of the year award.
Category 8 (Coffee Beer)
Bronze: System of a Stout, Beachwood BBQ, Long Beach
Category 9 (Specialty Beer)
Gold: Winter Warmer, Hangar 24, Redlands
Category 12 (Session Beer)
Gold: Beer Hunter, Pizza Port Ocean Beach, San Diego
Bronze: Torque, Kinetic Brewing, Lancaster
Category 19 (American Style Sour ale)
Bronze: Red Poppy, The Lost Abbey, San Marcos
Category 22 (Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer)
Bronze: Barrel-Aged Full Malted Jacket, Beachwood BBQ, Long Beach
Category 26 (Kellerbier or Zwickelbier)
Bronze: Surfliner Lager, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., Santa Barbara
Category 29 (German-Style Pilsener)
Gold: Pivo Pilsner, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles
Category 31 (Munich-Style Helles)
Bronze: Bohemian Pilsener, TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea
Category 32 (Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest)
Silver: Oktoberfest, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., Santa Barbara
Category 40 (German-Style Schwarzbier)
Bronze: TAPS Schwarzbier, TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Corona
Category 44 (Golden or Blonde Ale)
Gold: Foam Top, Beachwood BBQ, Long Beach
Category 45 (German Style Kolsch)
Bronze: Potential Blonde, Kinetic Brewing Co., Lancaster
Category 48 (English-Style India Pale Ale)
Gold: Taproom IPA, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles
Category 51 (American-Style Strong Pale Ale)
Gold: Bonobos, Monkey Paw Pub & Brewery, San Diego
Bronze: Kung Fu Elvis, Pizza Port Ocean Beach, San Diego
Category 52 (American-Style India Pale Ale)
Silver: Union Jack, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles
Category 55 (Imperial Red Ale)
Silver: Rhino Chaser, Pizza Port OB, San Diego
Category 60 (Irish-Style Red Ale)
Gold: Red Trolley, Karl Strauss Brewing Co., San Diego
Bronze: Ragtop Red, Rock Bottom La Jolla, La Jolla
Category 61 (English-Style Brown Ale)
Bronze: Longboard Brown, Rock Bottom La Jolla, La Jolla
Category 62 (American-Style Black Ale)
Gold: Davey Brown Ale, Figueroa Mountain Brewery, Buellton
Category 63 (American-Style Black Ale)
Gold: Wookey Jack, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles
Silver: Black Sales, Coronado Brewing Co., Coronado
Bronze: Oxymoron, Oceanside Ale Works, Oceanside
Category 70 (French & Belgian-Style Ale
Bronze: California Ale, Telegraph Brewing Co., Santa Barbara
Category 72 (Belgian-Style Abbey Ale)
Silver: Decadence 2012, AleSmith Brewing Co., Miramar
Category 75 (Robust Porter)
Gold: Moonlight Porter, Rock Bottom La Jolla, La Jolla
Category 76 (Foreign-Style Stout)
Silver: Stearns Stout, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., Santa Barbara
Category 78 (American-Style Stout)
Gold: Kilgore Stout, Beachwood BBQ, Long Beach
Category 79 (Sweet Stout or Cream Stout)
Silver: Udder Love, Beachwood BBQ, Long Beach
Category 80 (Oatmeal Stout)
Gold: Stagecoach Stout, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., Buellton
Bronze: Oats, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach
Category 81 (Scotch Ale)
Gold: Ale Epeteios, Left Coast Brewing Co., San Clemente
Category 84 (Barley Wine-Style Ale)
Gold: Old Numbskull, AleSmith Brewing Co., Miramar
Mid-Size Brewpub and Mid-Size Brewpub Brewer of the Year
Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach
Julian Shrago & Ian McCall
Mid-Size Brewing Company and Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewer of the Year
Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles
Matt Brynildson