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Ohio Breweries Set New State Record at Great American Beer Festival

DENVER – Ohio has once again proven itself as a beer destination and has the hardware to prove it. Eleven of Ohio's independent craft breweries brought home a combined 21 medals at the prestigious  Great American Beer Festival  competition. Ohio's best showing at the annual event was in 2023, when 12 breweries combined for 19 awards. Held annually, more than 1,550 breweries from across the country submitted 8,300 of their best beers in hopes of earning national recognition. Fat Head's Brewery  earned a Brewery of the Year award in the 15,001-100,000 barrel division, bringing home five medals — two gold, one silver and two bronze — adding to their impressive medal count from the Great American Beer Festival. Since 2009, the Middleburg Heights brewery has won a whopping 35 medals at the annual competition. Goggle Fogger hefeweizen won its third gold medal in the past six years, while Battle Axe strong porter followed up its 2025 World Beer Cup gold award with a gold medal a...

Beer Review: Abita Bourbon Street Rye Pale Ale

From the Abita Brewing Company comes the Bourbon Street Rye
Pale Ale, a beer brewed with Pale and Munich malts along with rye. This beer
comes in at an ABV of 9.5% and also uses Centennial hops to give the ale flavor
and aroma of citrus. And if that’s not enough, after fermentation the beer is
cold aged before then being bourbon barrel aged. During this part of the
process, the beer absorbs the flavors from the barrel such as vanilla, oak and bourbon.
Let’s see how all of this comes together.

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