This weekend, over 60,000 beer lovers from across the world made their annual pilgrimage to Denver for the annual Great American Beer Festival. Among the over 2,500 breweries that competed, two Wyoming based brewers took home gold medals.

Jackson's Melvin Brewery claimed the gold in the American-Style Fruit Beer category for their Chchchch-Cherry Bomb. The Lander Brewing Company was awarded the gold medal in the Chili Beer category for their Fire Tiger.

In addition to winning a gold medal, the Melvin Brewery was also named the 2015 Small Brewpub of the Year and they won the bronze medal in the Fresh or Wet Hop Ale category for their Melvin IPA.

 

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