The Best Beers in America
Brewers from Maine have celebrated a successful year at a beer festival in the US.
The state picked up three medals after its local breweries entered 14 beers at the annual Great American Beer Festival (GABF). At 21 per cent, it had the highest ratio of medals to entries out of all the states.
Rhode Island came second after entering 10 beers and winning one medal.
Around 60,000 people gathered at the festival in Boulder, Colorado, which lasted until 26 September. Judges handed out 275 medals at the event, which organiser Brewers Association said was the largest beer competition in the world.
This year, there were around 6,650 entries from more than 1,500 breweries. For the American-style IPAs category alone, there were 336 entries.
The 92 categories of beer included fruit beers, chocolate beers, Scottish-style ales and Vienna-style lagers.
Firestone Walker in California and Sun King in Indianapolis were among the most successful breweries, winning three medals each.
Pabst Brewing Co in California won the large brewing company of the year award while Rip Current Brewery, also in California, won the prize for very small brewing company of the year.
Julia Herz, of the Brewers Association, said an award from the festival was highly prestigous.
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