Carson City-based Shoe Tree Brewing awarded 7 medals from three prestigious beer competitions
Shoe Tree Brewing in Carson City and Minden had an excellent week last week. They won seven medals in three separate competitions. Two of the competitions are among the largest in the world.
At the Great American Beer Festival, they were awarded a Silver medal. Over 9,500 beers were entered in the GABF in 97 beer categories all together making it the largest beer competition in the world. The best beers were awarded Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals at a ceremony in Denver on Friday evening during the Craft Brewers Conference.
Shoe Tree Brewing also took home five medals (three Gold and two Bronze) at the 2021 US Open Beer Championship held in Ohio, with 8000 beers representing over 140 styles.
Finally, they took home a Bronze at the National Honey Board's beer competition.
Shoe Tree Brewing was recognized in the specialty beer-style category for its Coco Burrito Porter at the Great American Beer Festival. At the US Open Beer Championships, their Hoptropica, Root Tang Clan, and Happy Farmer were all awarded Gold in their categories.
Ash Canyon Amber and Coco Burrito Supreme were both awarded Bronze. Their Honey Punch in the Nose Lager took Bronze in the general lager category at the National Honey Board Beer Competition. Shoe Tree Brewing is both Carson City and Minden's oldest operating and most award-winning brewery.
"It's always been our goal to provide world-class beer to Carson City, Minden, and Northern Nevada. These awards help validate to us that we are on the right track," said Jeff Young, Owner/Brewmaster at Shoe Tree Brewing.
"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 more information on these competitions, visit Greatamericanbeerfestival.com, Usopenbeer.com and Honeybeercompetition.com. For more info on Shoe Tree Brewing, visit shoetreebrewing.com.