Here are the Southern California winners in the 2023 Great American Beer Festival

One Southern California brewery took home a top award and dozens more from Ventura to San Diego won gold, silver or bronze medals at the 2023 Great American Beer Festival.

It took place Sept. 21-23 in Denver with more than 2,033 breweries participating, according to a news release. Brews were judged in 99 beer categories across 175 beer styles and 250 judges evaluating 9,298 beers. Gold, silver and bronze medals went to 263 breweries.

Liquid Gravity Brewing Co. of San Luis Obispo won the Brewery of the Year award in the 2,001-5,000 barrels category.

And Southern California breweries swept one category, International-Style Pale Ale.

Here are the Southern California winners by category.

American Fruit Beer

Fruit Wheat Beer

Chocolate Beer

Coffee Stout or Porter

Dessert Stout or Pastry Stout

• Silver: Mega Devil’s Teeth: Double Dutch S’mores Edition from Modern Times Beer, San Diego.
• Bronze: Chaos Grid: The Final Final Course from Modern Times Beer, San Diego.

Rye Beers

Session Beer or Belgian-Style Table Beer

Strong Porter

Other Strong Beer

Experimental India Pale Ale

Experimental Beer

Historical Beer

Fruited American Sour Ale

Fruited Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer

Kellerbier or Zwickelbier

American-Style Lager

International-Style Pilsener

India Pale Lager or Cold India Pale Ale

German-Style Maerzen

German Dark Lager

Bock

International-Style Pale Ale

American-Style Pale Ale

American-Style Strong Pale Ale

Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ale

Imperial India Pale Ale

Juicy or Hazy Imperial India Pale Ale

Scottish-Style Ale

English-Style Brown Ale

American-Style Brown Ale

American Black Ale or American Stout

Belgian-Style Ale or French-Style Ale