Beer fest

Best in show: All of the Chicago brewers on hand — and even those who didn't come — entered what is the highlight for many breweries: the Great American Beer Festival competition. (Great American Beer Festival)

By Josh Noel, Tribune Newspapers Chicago Tribune

October 17, 2012
"We got one," he said.

Illinois medalists
Of the 4,338 entries in 84 categories from 666 breweries, Illinois winners were:

Gold medals
• Brickstone Brewery, Bourbonnais (Brickstone APA, America-style pale ale, 109 entries)

• Goose Island (India Pale Ale, English-style India pale ale category, 54 entries)

• Revolution Brewing (Cross of Gold, English-style summer ale, 38 entries).

Silver medals
• Piece Brewery (The Weight, American-style pale ale, 109 entries)

• Two Brothers (Ebel's Weiss, south German-style Hefeweizen, 70 entries).

Bronze medals
• 5 Rabbit (5 Lizard, fruit wheat beer, 38 entries)

• Destihl, Normal and Champaign (bronze in the fruit beer category for its Strawberry Blonde Ale)

• Revolution Brewing (A Little Crazy, American-Belgo-style ale, 71 entries)

• Three Floyds (Zombie Dust, American-style pale ale, 109 entries)

• Two Brothers (Domaine DuPage, Belgian- and French-style ale, 68 entries)

jbnoel@tribune.com