The Winners at GABF 2022

The 40th year of the Great American Beer Festival kicked off on October 6th, 2022, with more than 500 breweries present and 2,000+ beers poured.

As beer aficionados gathered to talk and taste beer, the 235 GABF judges were busy making hefty decisions on the over 10,000 beers submitted for a coveted gold, silver or bronze award.

Here’s a quick rundown of the competition landscape.

GABF COMPETITION STATISTICS

• 36th edition of the GABF competition

• 9,904 beers judged

• 177 beer styles

• 2,154 breweries in the competition from 50 states plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico

• Average number of competition beers entered in each category: 99

• Category with the highest number of entries: American Style India Pale Ale (423 entries)

• 300 total medals awarded

• 268 medal-winning breweries

And here is a comprehensive list of all the winners!