Oregon Brewers Win Big!

October 18, 2017

OREGON BREWERIES WIN 17 MEDALS AT THE 2017 GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL – READ THE FULL STORY BY CLICKING HERE

Oregon Breweries Win Big!

Oregon breweries claimed a total of 17 medals at the 2017 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) held October 5-7, 2017 in Denver, Colorado.

Nearly every one of the winners is (or has been) a customer of Rose City Label!

Oregon Breweries brought home 7 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 7 bronze medals. The Portland Metro area won 8 medals, Central Oregon won 4 medals, the Willamette Valley won 3 medals and Mt. Hood/The Gorge won 2 medals.

The GABF is the world’s largest beer competition and recognizes the most outstanding beers that were entered into the competition from the United States. The top three medalists in each of the competition’s 99 beer-style categories were announced October 7th at the 31st GABF Awards Ceremony held at the Colorado Convention Center.

The 2017 GABF Competition winners were selected by an international panel of 276 beer experts from an impressive field of 8,041 competition entries, including 118 entries in the Pro-Am category (an 11 percent increase from 2016) received from 2,217 U.S. breweries.

Congratulations Winners!

Nearly every one of the winners is (or has been) a customer of Rose City Label – it is wonderful to see our customers winning on the biggest stage in beer. We have always known that the beers were good in Oregon, but it is nice to get validation from the best beer experts in the world.

Oregon Breweries Win Big – All Over The State!

As of December 31, 2016 the state had 230 brewing companies operating 261 brewing facilities in 73 cities across the state, an increase of 15 brewing facilities in 2016.

Brewery count by city and region:
26 in Bend — 36 in Central Oregon
2 in Baker City + Ontario — 12 in Eastern Oregon
5 in Hood River — 12 in Mt. Hood/The Gorge
70 in Portland — 105 in the Portland Metro Area
6 in Medford — 24 in Southern Oregon
6 in Astoria — 27 on The Coast
14 in Eugene — 45 in the Willamette Valley

Learn more by visiting the Oregon Brewers Guild Website by clicking here.

Cheers to All Our Great Customers!

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