Maintaining their status as the most award-winning brewery east of the Mississippi, Iron Hill Brewery, a group of brewpubs with 12 locations in Pennsylvania, was awarded a gold medal at the 2021 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition, presented by the Brewers Association®. The best beers in 97 beer categories covering 175 different beer styles (including all subcategories) were awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals at a ceremony at the Bellco Theatre in Denver on Friday evening during the Craft Brewers Conference® and livestreamed on The Brewing Network.
Iron Hill Brewery Wilmington was recognized in the American Pilsener beer-style category for “King’s Gold” (ABV 5.4%, IBU 30), a clean & refreshing yet bitter pre-prohibition-style lager. The recipe adapted and brewed by Pete Corbett was named for homebrewer Matt King after his version of the beer took 1st place in a Pro-Am beer competition. Iron Hill was also recognized amongst the iconic ‘Class of ’96’ breweries that celebrated their 25th anniversaries together during the Craft Brewers Conference.
Judging took place in 34 sessions over 17 days with strict health and safety measures in place. 170 judges evaluated 9,680 entries from 2,192 breweries from all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. See a full list of which breweries won medals from Pennsylvania here (Editors note; Iron Hill beers are recorded as being made in Delaware by the Brewers Association).
“Despite being forced to cancel the festival portion of GABF, our brewing community rallied together to make this year’s GABF competition one for the books — our largest competition judged to date,” said Chris Swersey, competition director, Great American Beer Festival. “Judges continue to be impressed with the quality and innovation of all entries they evaluated. The Brewers Association is proud to honor this year’s deserving winners.”
For a comprehensive list of where to purchase Iron Hill beers in retail, click here: ironhillbrewery.com/beerfinder.
