Florida Beers Do Well at 2011 US Open Beer Championships

In the past, the Sunshine State has not been thought of as a mecca for great beer.  The results from the 2011 US Open Beer Championships speak differently though.  Cigar City Brewery finished 2nd overall in the competition taking home 4 gold medals, a silver and a bronze.  Florida Beer Company's Swamp Ape IPA and Florida Lager also received Silver Medals.  Check out Florida's results below or go to http://usopenbeer.com/ for complete results from the 2011 US Open Beer Championships that consisted of more than 1200 entries in more than 50 categories.

Top 10 Breweries based on beers placing 1st, 2nd, or 3rd
1. Deschutes Brewery, Oregon 
2. Cigar City Brewing, Florida        
2. Grand Teton Brewing, Idaho            
4. Boston Beer Company, Massachusetts       
5. New Belgium Brewing, Colorado             
6. Full Sail Ales, Oregon 
7. Sprecher Brewing,  Wisconsin 
8. Neustadt Brewing, Canada     
9Montana Brewing, Montana         
10. August Schell, Minnesota
10. Capital Brewing, Wisconsin 

Imperial IPA
GOLD
-  Hop Henge Experimental IPA – Deschutes Brewery
SILVER
-  Swamp Ape IPA – Florida  Beer Company 
BRONZE
-  Moylans Double IPA - Moylans  Brewery

English BrownAle
GOLD
-  Maduro Oatmeal Brown Ale - Cigar City Brewing
SILVER
– Doreens Downtown Brown - Montana  Brewing
BRONZE
-  Bear Ass Brown - Silverton Brewing

Imperial Stout
GOLD
-  Dirac – Cigar City  Brewing
SILVER
-  The Abyss - Deschutes Brewery
BRONZE
-  Tempest Imperial Stout - Amsterdams Brewing

Strong Scottish  Ale
GOLD
-  Big Sound - Cigar City Brewing
SILVER
-  Piper's Scotch Ale – Sprecher Brewing
BRONZE
-  Moylans Kilt Lifter - Moylans  Brewing

American Premium Lager
GOLD
-  Session Permium – Full  Sail Brewing
SILVER
-  Florida Lager - Florida Beer Company
BRONZE
-  Supper Club – Capital  Brewery

Chocolate / Cocoa Beer
GOLD
-  Hunahpu Mayan Chocolate  Stout - Cigar City Brewing
SILVER
-  Maui Imperial Coconut  Porter - Maui Brewing
BRONZE
-  Chocolate Ale -  Boulevard Brewing Co.

Wood / Barrel aged beer
GOLD
-  Kentucky Bourbon Barrel  Ale – Lexington Brewing
SILVER
-  Jai Alia White Oak IPA - Cigar Brewing 
BRONZE
-   Humidor IPA - Cigar  Brewing