Cheers to California brewery winners at US Open Beer Championship. Here are the winners

Breweries across California this week won gold medals in Ohio's U.S. Open Beer Championship, which judged 9,000 brews across 170 categories.

The contest also ranked the best overall brewers nationwide, with Burgeon Beer Company of Carlsbad making the list at 10. Ohio's Third Eye Brewery was recognized as the open's grand champion brewer. The complete list of winners can be found at https://usopenbeer.com/2024medalwinners/.

The 2024 California gold medal winners were:

International Style Pale Ale

Keepin’ it Real – Burgeon Beer Company, Carlsbad

Australian Style Pale Ale

GOLD – Carlsbad Crush – Burgeon Beer Company, Carlsbad

Brut IPA

GOLD – Celestial Navigation – Ketch Brewing, San Diego

West Coast Style IPA

GOLD – Alpha Dank – Hop Dogma Brewing Company, Half Moon Bay

British Imperial Stout

GOLD – Brew For Ukraine - Kilowatt Brewing. Oceanside

Strong/Imperial Brown Ale

GOLD – LifeBlurred – Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens, San Diego

American Barley Wine Ale

GOLD – Crouching Cougar – Feather Falls Brewing Co., Feather Falls

Imperial Red Ale

GOLD – Rare Conundrum – 1886 Brewing Co., Orange

Belgian Strong Dark Ale

GOLD – Choir of Angels – 1886 Brewing Co., Orange

American-Style Lager

GOLD – Hooked – Fall River Brewing Company, Redding

Bohemian-Style Pilsner

GOLD – La Boheme – Alaro Craft Brewery, Sacramento

International Style Pilsner

GOLD – Digital Chicken – Taproom Beer Co., San Diego

Mexican Lager/Pilsner

GOLD – Oroveza – Feather Falls Brewing Co., Feather Falls

American Fruit – Orange

GOLD – Walker Texas Oranger – LogOff Brewing, Rancho Cordova

American Fruit Wheat

GOLD – Peaches, Peaches, Peaches – Crow and Wolf Brewing, Clovis

Barrel-aged Brett/Wild

GOLD – Apple Pomace Puncheon – Angel City Brewery. Los Angeles

Experimental Beer

GOLD – S3-2X Peach Cobbler – Kilowatt Brewing, Oceanside

Speciality Beer/Anything Goes

GOLD – Stone Down the Rabbit Hole Golden Stout – Stone Brewing. San Diego