Don’t Take Our Word For It
As you may have noticed, we think Great Divide beers are the best of the best. But, we don’t expect you to blindly take our word for it. Our friends at Ratebeer.com ranked Great Divide the 23rd Best Brewery in the World in their World’s Top 100 Brewers (2007).
Just take a quick look at all of the recognition our beers have garnered from the national and international beer community:
2008
Silver Medal, Australian International Beer Awards, 2008
Silver Medal, Australian International Beer Awards, 2008 -- Wood-aged beer
Silver Medal, Australian International Beer Awards, 2008 -- India Pale Ale
2007
Gold Medal, Australian International Beer Awards, 2007
Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Winter 2007 -- Old/Strong Ale
Silver Medal, European Beer Star, Nuremberg 2007 -- Stout Bronze Medal, Australian International Beer Awards, 2007 -- Wood-aged beer
Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Winter 2007 -- Barley Wine
Silver Medal, Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival, 2007 -- Porter/Stout
Best of the Rockies, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Summer 2007 -- Golden Ale/Kolsch
Silver Medal, European Beer Star, Nuremberg 2007 -- India Pale Ale Silver Medal, Australian International Beer Awards, 2007 -- India Pale Ale Best of the Rockies, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Summer 2007 -- India Pale Ale
Best of the Rockies, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Summer 2007 -- Fruit Beer
Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Winter 2007 -- Imperial Stout
2006
Bronze Medal, Great American Beer Festival, 2006 -- Classic English-Style Pale Ale Best of Rockies/Southwest, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Summer 2006 – Pale Ale
World’s 50 Best Beers, International Beer Challenge, 2006
Silver Medal, Great American Beer Festival, 2006 -- Aged Beer
Gold Medal, Great American Beer Festival, 2006 - Barley Wine Grand Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Winter 2006 – Barley Wine Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Winter 2005 – Barley Wine Honorable Mention, Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival, 2006– Barley Wine
Bronze Medal, Stockholm Beer Festival, 2006
Honorable Mention, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Winter 2006 – Imperial Stout
2005
Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Winter 2005 – Double IPA Ranked 36th of the Top 100 Beers in the World and 2nd of the Top 10 Beers in Colorado by Ratebeer.com – RateBeer Best, Summer 2005
Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Winter 2005 – Old/Strong Ale
Ranked 35th of the Top100 Beers in the World and 1st of the Top 10 Beers in Colorado by Ratebeer.com – RateBeer Best, Summer 2005
Bronze Medal, Great American Beer Festival, 2005 – Barley Wine Ranked 6th of the Top 10 Beers in Colorado by Ratebeer.com – RateBeer Best, Summer 2005
Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Winter 2005 – Scottish-Style Ale
HotShot ESB
Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Summer 2005 – Bitter/ESB
Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Summer 2005 – IPA Ranked 10th of the Top 10 Beers in Colorado by Ratebeer.com – RateBeer Best, Summer 2005
Silver Medal, Great American Beer Festival, 2005 – Imperial Stout Bronze Medal, Great International Beer Competition, 2005 – Strong Beer Grand Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Winter 2005 – Imperial Stout Ranked 59th of the Top 100 Beers in the World and 4th of the Top 10 Beers in Colorado by Ratebeer.com – RateBeer Best, Summer 2005
2004
Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Summer 2004 – Pale Ale
Ratebeer.com “Top 100 Beers in the World” – 10th Best Beer in the World Ratebeer.com “Best in the World” – Second Best India Pale Ale in the World Rated “99” by Ratebeer.com Rated “91” by BeerAdvocate.com
Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Summer 2004 – IPA Rated “96” by Ratebeer.com Rated “90” by BeerAdvocate.com
Honorable Mention, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Winter – Imperial Stout Ratebeer.com “Top 100 Beers in the World” – 60th Best Beer in the World Rated “99” by Ratebeer.com Rated “90” by BeerAdvocate.com
Rated 99” by Ratebeer.com
Rated “97” by Ratebeer.com
Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Winter 2004 – Scottish-Style Ale
Rated “94” by Ratebeer.com Rated “90” by BeerAdvocate.com
Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Summer 2004 – Fruit Beer
2003
Silver Medal, Great American Beer Festival – Old Ale Top 50 American Beers, Best of BeerAdvocate.com Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Winter – Strong/Old Ale
Alpha King Challenge – Second Best Hoppy Beer in America
Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Summer – India Pale Ale
Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Winter – Scottish-Style Ale
Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Summer – Fruit Beer
2002
Bronze Medal: Great American Beer Festival – Classic English-Style Pale Ale
Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Winter – Scottish-Style Ale
2000
Gold Medal, World Beer Cup – Classic English-Style Pale Ale Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Summer – Pale Ale
Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Summer – Amber/Red Ale
Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Winter –Strong/Old Ale
1999
Gold Medal, Great American Beer Festival – Classic English Style Pale
1998
Silver Medal, World Beer Cup – Strong Ale/English-Style Old Ale
Bronze Medal, World Beer Cup – Classic English-Style Pale Ale Best Pale Ale, Westword Magazine, Best of Denver
1997
Gold Medal, Great American Beer Festival – Strong Ale/English-Style Old Ale
Bronze Medal, Great American Beer Festival – Classic English Style Pale
Best Porter, Westword Magazine, Best of Denver
1996
Gold Medal, World Beer Cup – Robust Porter Best Porter, Westword Magazine, Best of Denver
Bronze Medal, Great American Beer Festival – Scottish Style Ale
1995
Best Porter, Westword Magazine, Best of Denver
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