Sudwerk named top U.S. Brewery & Brewer of the Year
Listen: Co-Owner Ryan Fry, Head Brewer Tom Stull, and Co-Owner/Ops Manager Trent Yackzan.
Sudwerk Brewing Co. of Davis won the coveted Brewery & Brewer of the Year award – and two gold medals – at the 2021 Great American Beer Festival.
Put on by the Brewers Association, the 35th GABF, which concluded Friday, Sept. 10 in Denver, is the most competitive beer contest in the nation. The 2021 event included 9,680 entries from 2,192 breweries representing all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.
Sudwerk won gold for The People’s Pilsner, out of 161 entries in the Bohemian-Style Pilsner category. The Davis brewery also earned gold in the Contemporary American-Style Lager category, for its Backyard Hero American Lager, out of 63 entries. Sudwerk head brewer Thomas Stull and the brewing team were named best brewer of the year.
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