{"id":345,"date":"2025-07-17T19:32:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T19:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zoltrunakiver.com\/?p=345"},"modified":"2025-07-21T14:24:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:24:56","slug":"denver-area-brewpub-grabs-5-medals-earns-grand-national-champion-title-at-2025-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zoltrunakiver.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/denver-area-brewpub-grabs-5-medals-earns-grand-national-champion-title-at-2025-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver-area brewpub grabs 5 medals, earns Grand National Champion title at 2025 competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colorado breweries made an impressive showing at the 2025 U.S. Open Beer Championship<\/a>, led by the Bull & Bush Brewery<\/a>, which took home the top title of the Grand National Champion.<\/p>\n

The winners, announced this week, were selected from a pool of more than 8,000 entries, according to competition organizers. In all, Colorado beer makers collected 29 awards \u2014 five gold medals, 12 silver and 12 bronze. That\u2019s a decrease from last year, when local beer makers earned 38 accolades<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Judges awarded Bull & Bush Brewery, 4700 Cherry Creek Drive South in Glendale, three gold medals for its Pimp My Rye beer, its Royal Oil barrel-aged strong beer, and Nappy Nap Time tea beer. It also earned a silver and a bronze for a total of five medals \u2013 enough to earn the Grand National Champion title.<\/p>\n

Other big winners include River North Brewery<\/a> in Denver, which collected five medals; Liquid Mechanics Brewing Co.<\/a> in Lafayette, which earned three; and Phantom Canyon Brewing Co.<\/a> in Colorado Springs, which tookhome three. Several other breweries, including Golden\u2019s New Terrain Brewing Co.<\/a> and Loveland\u2019s Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project<\/a>, collected two medals.<\/p>\n

Notably, Colorado dominated the American IPA category with New Terrain Brewing Co. scoring silver and Cellar West Brewery<\/a> in Lafayette scoring bronze.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Open Beer Championship allows home brewers to compete with professionals, a rarity among contests. It served Castle Rock resident Christopher Burgess well; he scored silver in the Brut IPA category, the same category in which he placed in 2024.<\/p>\n

See the local U.S. Open Beer Championship winners below and visit the competition website to see the full list of medal-winning beers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gold<\/h4>\n

Aged beer \u2014 Pimp My Rye, Bull & Bush Brewery<\/strong>, Denver<\/p>\n

Barrel-aged strong beer \u2013 Royal Oil, Bull & Bush Brewery<\/strong>, Denver<\/p>\n

Collaboration beer (lagers) \u2013 \u00bfC\u00f3mo Se Dice Nice?, Los Dos Potrillos Cervecer\u00eda<\/strong>, Castle Rock, and Littleton Brewing Co.<\/strong>, Littleton<\/p>\n

Old ale \u2013 Mountain Man, Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project<\/strong>, Loveland<\/p>\n

Tea beer \u2013 Nappy Nap Time, Bull & Bush Brewery<\/strong>, Denver<\/p>\n

Silver<\/h4>\n

American IPA \u2013 Lost, New Terrain Brewing Co.<\/strong>, Golden<\/p>\n

American strong pale ale \u2013 Lucid AD, Liquid Mechanics Brewing Co.<\/strong>, Lafayette<\/p>\n

American-style fruit beer \u2013 Vanilla Black Currant Tart Ale, Los Dos Potrillos Cerveceria<\/strong>, Parker<\/p>\n

American-style pilsener \u2013 Cerveza Mecania, Liquid Mechanics Brewing Co.<\/strong>, Lafayette<\/p>\n

Brut IPA \u2013 Like Falling Off a Bike, homebrewer Christopher Burgess<\/p>\n

Collaboration beer (dark beers) \u2013 Celestial Death, River North Brewery<\/strong>, Denver, and Third Eye Brewing, Cincinnati<\/p>\n

Fruit gose \u2013 Prickly Pear Dough Boiz, Liquid Mechanics Brewing Co.<\/strong>, Lafayette<\/p>\n

International-style pale ale \u2013 Goldengrass, New Terrain Brewing Co.<\/strong>, Golden<\/p>\n

Non-alcoholic malt beverage \u2013 Gruvi Weekday Wit, Gruvi<\/strong>, Denver<\/p>\n

Pumpkin beer \u2013 Pumpkin Spice J. Marie, River North Brewery<\/strong>, Denver<\/p>\n

Specialty honey beer \u2013 Honey lager, Lone Tree Brewing Co.<\/strong>, Lone Tree<\/p>\n

Wood\/barrel-aged fruit beer \u2013 Huckleberry Hounds, Bull & Bush Brewery<\/strong>, Denver<\/p>\n

Bronze<\/h4>\n

American IPA \u2013 Langdon, Cellar West Brewery<\/strong>, Lafayette<\/p>\n

Barrel-aged quad\/Belgian dark ale \u2013 Barrel Reserve 2025, River North Brewery<\/strong>, Denver<\/p>\n

Brown porter \u2013 Patio Porter, LUKI Brewery<\/strong>, Arvada<\/p>\n

Coconut beer \u2013 Tropic Like It\u2019s Hop, Phantom Canyon Brewing Co.<\/strong>, Colorado Springs<\/p>\n

Collaboration beer (lagers) \u2013 Czech 10 P Lager, Monday Night Brewing, Atlanta, and Cohesion Brewing Co.<\/strong>, Denver<\/p>\n