
2018 GABF Gold Medal
Crank Arm Brewing received a gold medal at the 2018 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition. Presented by the Brewers Association, GABF is the largest commercial beer competition in the world and recognizes the most outstanding beers produced in the United States. The top three winners in the competition’s 102 beer-style categories were announced September 22 at the Great American Beer Festival awards ceremony held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado.
Crank Arm Brewing was recognized in the American-Belgo category for its Whitewall Wheat, a hoppy Belgian Wheat which is one of Crank Arm's 3 flagship beers and won a GABF Bronze in 2016.
The 2018 GABF competition winners were selected by an international panel of 293 expert judges from 8,496 entries, received from 2,404 U.S. breweries, plus 101 Pro-Am and 49 Collaboration entries.