10/12/2025
Congratulations to all the Great American Beer Festival® 2025 Winners! On Saturday, October 11, 2025, 79 breweries from California took home medals. Eighteen of those medals were awarded to breweries based in Orange County. �
🥇 Trunk Box by Left Coast Brewing Co. Irvine, American-Style Brown Ale
🥇 Chaos Erupts American-Style Strong Pale Ale
🥇 tracing the departed by Juicy or Hazy Imperial India Pale Ale
🥇 Record Beer by Brown Porter
🥇 Way Heavy by San Clemente, Scottish-Style Ale
🥈 Dark Star November by Wood-and-Barrel-Aged Strong Stout��
🥈 Doom Sludge by American Black Ale or American Stout
🥈 Saison For Papa by Green Cheek Beer Co. - Costa Mesa, Classic Saison
🥈 Pint of Soul by San Juan Capistrano, International-Style Pale Ale
🥈 Gaining Momentum by Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale
🥈 Blimp Hanger Porter by Robust Porter
🥈 Moooving On by Huntington Beach Sweet Stout or Cream Stout
🥈 Coast Molinos by West Coast IPA
🥉 A Dark in the Light by Radiant Beer Co., Anaheim American Black Ale or American Stout
🥉 Super Tonic by Docent Brewing, San Juan Capistrano Coffee Stout or Porter
🥉 DDH The Other Brian by Green Cheek Beer Co.-Costa Mesa Juicy or Hazy Imperial India Pale Ale
🥉 Californios by Dana Point, Mexican-Style Pale Lager
Thank you to the Brewers Association and the 275+ AMAZING volunteers during the Great American Beer Festival
Fun Fact: It took 250 judges across 7 days to judge 8,300 entries from 1,550 makers .
Honorable mention to a non-craft brewery:�Guava Cart by Golden Road Brewing, Anaheim took home a Silver Medal for Fruit Wheat Beer
Photos © Brewers Association