These 16 Beers Brewed In Pennsylvania Are Among Best In America, Experts Decide

Sixteen of the country's best beers are brewed right here in Pennsylvania. That's according to the judges at the Great American Beer Festival, held earlier this month in Denver, Colo.

Three of the competition's gold medal winners were from Pennsylvania. The Keystone State also boasted six silver winners and seven bronze winners.

The Brewers Association's Great American Beer Festival was held Oct. 5 - 7 and featured the best beers from 800 breweries. More than 60,000 people attended the event, and nearly 3,900 beers were included in the competition.

Here are the winning beers from Pennsylvania, the category for which they won, and who brewed them:

GOLD

• Grisette Summer Ale (Belgian- and French-style ale) — Sly Fox, Pottstown
• The Russian (Imperial stout) — 2SP Brewing Co., Aston
• Penn Gold (Munich-style helles) — Pennsylvania Brewing Co., Pittsburgh

SILVER

• Solzhenitsyn (aged beer) —Iron Hill Brewery, Media
• DTB Schwarzbier (dark lager) — Desperate Times Brewing Co., Carlisle
• Extra Special Ale (extra special bitter) — Yards, Philadelphia
• Russian Imperial Stout (Imperial stout) — Iron Hill Brewery, Media
• Heini's Good Cheer (old ale or strong ale) — Roundabout Brewery, Pittsburgh
• Mooey (ordinary or special bitter) — Bonn Place Brewing, Bethlehem

BRONZE

• Night of the Living Stout (American-style stout) — Full Pint Brewing Co., North Versailles
• Man Full of Trouble (brown porter) — Dock Street Brewery, Philadelphia
• Nemo (English-style mild ale) — Bonn Place Brewing, Bethlehem
• Riserva (fruited wood and barrel-aged sour beer) — Weyerbacher Brewing Co, Easton
• Cousin Stoopid (other Belgian-style ale) — Stickman Brews, Royersford
• JFP (robust porter) — Rivertowne Pour House, Monroeville
• Croydon is Burning (smoke beer) — Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co., Croydon

Photo courtesy Brewers Association