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Aspen Brewing Co. Medals at International Beer Challenge

Aspen Brewing company recently took home silver and bronze medals for This Season's Blonde and Independence Pass Ale, respectively. For more, see below:


Aspen Brewing Company’s This Season’s Blonde & Independence Pass Ale have won silver and bronze awards, respectively in the English Summer Ale & English IPA categories, at the 2017 International Beer Challenge in London.  

'More than 700 beers from 30 countries entered the competition, which celebrates its 20th year this year. The beers were judged by UK beer experts including: retailers, importers, publicans, brewers, writers and flavour analysts. Each brew was tasted blind by the expert panel and medals were awarded to the exceptional entries. Chairman of the judges Jeff Evans said: "Having been chairman of the judges for 15 years, it's great to see the competition continue to grow and to welcome entries this time from more than 30 countries. It proves that the IBC is a truly international competition that is respected around the world, thanks in many ways to the knowledge, expertise and integrity of our brilliant judges, who come from right across the brewing industry. They always make sure that any medal is hard won and fully deserved – there are no handouts in this competition – and so I congratulate all the medallists and particularly the 46 gold medallists who really shone."'

Aspen Brewing Company was founded in Aspen, Colorado in 2008 with one simple goal - to make world class beer in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, downstream from nobody.  Aspen has won several awards prior to the 2017 International Beer Challenge including Gold Medal at the World Beer Cup in 2016 for the brand’s flagship IPA, Independence Pass Ale and in 2014 for Cloud 9 Saison.  In addition, This Season’s Blonde Ale was the Silver Medal winner in 2015 at the World Beer Championship.  Accompanying these flagship products is a selection of new and seasonal beers including Silver City Session Ale and Ajax Pilsner.

Aspen Brewing Company’s products are also available in Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C, Australia and the United Kingdom and will be coming soon to Arizona, California, and South Africa as well as select islands in the Caribbean.

Our Aspen Taproom is open every day, noon to midnight serving a wide selection Aspen ales and lagers.  

Please visit www.AspenBrewingCompany.com for a complete list of Aspen Brewing Company products and current retailers.  For sales inquiries, please contact Aspen Brewing Company @ [email protected] or (970) 920-BREW x 3 or (970) 306-2180.