Colorado breweries won big at this year’s Great American Beer Festival, with more than two dozen local breweries and cideries recognized as medal-winners, including several that took home ‘Brewery of the Year’ awards.

The three Colorado breweries that won ‘Brewery of the Year’ awards in their respective size categories included Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. in Golden (501 to 1,000 barrels), River North Brewery in Denver (1,001 to 2,000 barrels), and Westbound & Down out of Lafayette (5,001 to 15,000 barrels).

As far as awards for individual beers went, winners were as follows:

• Aspen Brewing Co. (Aspen): Casa Bonita; Mexican-Style Pale Lager (Gold)
• Avery Brewing Co. (Boulder): NaughTea; Experimental Beer (Bronze)
• Banded Oak Brewing Co. (Denver): Manny’s Way Mexican Lager; Contemporary American-Style Lager (Bronze)
• Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. (Golden): Mindbender; American-Style Strong Pale Ale (Silver)
• Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. (Golden): Deer Pallet; International-Style Pale Ale (Bronze)
• Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. (Golden): Trump Hands; Session India Pale Ale (Bronze)
• Cerebral Brewing – Aurora Arts (Aurora): Neon Lite; American-Style Light Lager (Silver)
• Denver Beer Co. – Canworks (Denver): NA Tangerine Cream; Specialty Non-Alcohol Beer (Silver)
• Diebolt Brewing (Denver): Vladislav; Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout (Gold)
• Fritz Family Brewers (Niwot): Christopher’s Bier; Pro-Am (Gold)
• Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co. (Glenwood Springs): Festbier; Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest (Gold)
• Haykin Family Cider (Aurora): Calville Blanc d’Hiver Ice Cider; Experimental, Barrel-Aged or Specialty Cider (Gold)
• Haykin Family Cider (Aurora): Santiam Cherry Apples in Garryana Oak; Experimental, Barrel-Aged or Specialty Cider (Bronze)
• Haykin Family Cider (Aurora): Mountain Rose; Single Varietal Cider (Gold)
• Haykin Family Cider (Aurora): Niedzwetzkyana; Single Varietal Cider (Bronze)
• Joyride Brewing Co. (Edgewater): Black Razz Blonde; American Fruit Beer (Bronze)
• Left Hand Brewing Co. (Longmont): Breakfast in Brussels; Old Ale or Strong Ale or Barley Wine (Gold)
• Long Table Brewhouse (Denver): Thinking of You; Brett Beer (Bronze)
• New Belgium Brewing Co. (Fort Collins): 1554; Historical Beer (Gold)
• New Terrain Brewing Co. (Golden): Suntrip; Belgian-Style Witbier (Bronze)
• Oskar Blues (Longmont): Oskar Blues Dales Pale Ale; English Ale (Gold)
• Our Mutual Friend Brewing (Denver): Time’s Arrow; American-Style India Pale Ale (Silver)
• Prost Brewing Co. – Northglenn (Northglenn): Prost Schwarzbier; German-Style Schwarzbier (Gold)
• Prost Brewing Co. – Northglenn (Northglenn): Prost Vienna Lager; Vienna-Style Lager (Gold)
• Ratio Beerworks (Denver): Dear You; American-Belgo-Style Ale (Bronze)
• River North Brewery (Denver): Squirrels Just Want to Have Fun; Coffee Beer (Gold)
• River North Brewery (Denver): River North White; Belgian-Style or French-Style Specialty Ale (Gold)
• Snow Capped Cider (Austin): Plum & Lemongrass; Botanical or Spiced Cider (Silver)
• Snow Capped Cider (Austin): Gravenstien; Single Varietal Cider (Silver)
• Snow Capped Cider (Austin): Kingston Black; Tannic Cider (Bronze)
• Steamworks Brewing Co. (Durango): Backside Stout; Oatmeal Stout (Gold)
• The Sandlot Brewery At Coors Field (Denver): Key Lime Pie in the Sky; Fruit Wheat Beer (Gold)
• The Empourium Brewing Co. (Denver): Animals Strike Curious Poses; Honey Beer (Silver)
• Westbound & Down Brewing Co. – Westbound Mill (Lafayette): Infinity Pils; Hoppy Lager (Silver)
• Westbound & Down Brewing Co. – Westbound Mill (Lafayette): Westbound Italian Pils; Italian-Style Pilsener (Gold)
• Westbound & Down Brewing Co. – Westbound Mill (Lafayette): Scenic Route; Session India Pale Ale (Silver)
• Westbound & Down Brewing Co. (Idaho Springs): How the West Was One: Mosaic; West Coast IPA (Gold)
• Westbound & Down Brewing Co. – Westbound Mill (Lafayette): Parallel Pale; American-Style Pale Ale (Gold)
• Westbound & Down Brewing Co. – Westbound Mill (Lafayette): Westbound IPA; American-Style Strong Pale Ale (Bronze)
• Wild Blue Yonder Brewing Co. (Castle Rock): Moroccan Christmas; Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer (Bronze)

According to the Brewers Association, a total of 273 breweries and cideries won at least one of the 347 medals handed out at this year’s fest. A total of 8,315 entries were judged by an expert panel and with a total of 1,555 breweries and cideries competing in 2025, the average number of beers entered in each category was 71.

Two particularly notable Colorado wins were in the West Coast India Pale Ale category, which had the 2nd-most entrants among all categories at 300, and in the Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest category, which had 186 entries (3rd-most among all categories). Westbound & Down Brewing’s ‘How the West Was One: Mosaic’ took gold in the former and Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co.’s Festbier took gold in the latter.

Find the full breakdown of winners here.