Washington Breweries Win 17 Medals at the 2026 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) — New School Beer + Cider

12 best non-alcoholic beers and hop waters for 2026

Gold through bronze, the 12 medal-winning non-alcoholic beers and hop waters from the 2026 Great American Beer Festival

2026 Great American Beer Festival Winners: Complete List

Photo © Brewers Association’ A win at the Great American Beer Festival competition is a BIG deal. Taking a gold, silver or bronze medal in any one of this year’s beer categories can put a new brewery on the map and reaffirm the brewing skills of industry leaders that sometimes get overlooked. The 2026 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition awarded 336 medals to the best commercial breweries and cideries in the U.S. Presented annually by…

Washington Breweries Win 17 Medals at the 2026 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) — New School Beer + Cider

Washington breweries took home 17 medals at the 2026 Great American Beer Festival® (GABF) awards ceremony held on October 11th in Denver, Colorado.New this year, the competition added categories including rice lager, hop water, and a one-time craft malt category, along with two new specialty beer subcategories and three new standalone gluten-free style categories. A total of 243 breweries and cideries took home 336 medals in this year’s Great Am…

2026 GABF Winners Announced! Here are the Washington and Oregon Winners

See every Washington and Oregon brewery that medaled at the 2026 Great American Beer Festival, from Grains of Wrath to Breakside.