The medal total included six Gold Medals and two medals each for Victory Brewing Company of Downingtown, Sly Fox Beer of Royersford and Phoenixville, McKenzie Brew House in Chadds Ford and Malvern, and Stoudt's Brewing of Adamstown.

Victory took Gold for Victory Festbier and Silver for Prima Pils, behind Sly Fox's Gold for Pikeland Pils. Sly Fox also won Bronze for Instigator Doppelbock. McKenzie won Gold for Saison Vautour and Bronze for Wee Heavy. Troegs Brewing Company of Harrisburg won a Gold in the Doppelbock category for Troegenator Doppelbock and the Rock Bottom Brewery location in King of Prussia won Gold for its Broad Street Barleywine.

Allentown/Bethlehem Brew Works received a Gold Medal in the Pro-Am Beer Competition, along with AHA member Chris Bowen. Pro-Am entries are brewed by professional craft brewers based on award winning homebrew recipes from American Homebrewers Association (AHA) members.

Stoudt's Brewing Company of Adamstown won Silver for its Weizen and Bronze for its Ofest. Iron Hill Media won Bronze for its Kriek de Hill. Stewart's Brewing of Bear, Del., earned a Silver for its Oktoberfest and Dogfish Head of Milton, Del., won Silver for Midas Touch.

Additionally, Philadelphia writer Marnie Old won the Beer Writer of the Year award in the Consumer Print Media Category in the Brewers Association Beer Journalism Awards competition.

Storylines for the event including Victory's first ever GABF medal, McKenzie Brew House winning a Gold and a Bronze the year after the dismissal of perennial medal winning brewer Scott Morrison and Troegs winning medals two years in a row for Troegenator (Silver in 2006).

Here are the winners by category:

Category: 9 Specialty Honey Lager or Ale - 39 Entries
Silver: Midas Touch, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE

Category: 17 Aged Beer (Ale or Lager) - 30 Entries
Gold: Broad Street Barleywine, Rock Bottom Brewery - King of Prussia, King of Prussia, PA

Category: 21 German-Style Pilsener - 47 Entries
Gold: Pikeland Pils, Sly Fox Brewing Co., Royersford, PA
Silver: Prima Pils, Victory Brewing Co., Downingtown, PA

Category: 28 Vienna Style Lager - 37 Entries
Bronze: Stoudts Ofest, Stoudts Brewing Co., Adamstown, PA

Category: 29 German Style Märzen - 58 Entries
Gold: Victory Festbier, Victory Brewing Co., Downingtown, PA
Silver: Stewart’s Oktoberfest, Stewart’s Brewing Co., Bear, DE

Category: 34 Bock - 23 Entries
Gold: Troegenator, Tröegs Brewing Co., Harrisburg, PA

Category: 35 German Style Strong Bock - 22 Entries
Bronze: Instigator, Sly Fox Brewing Co., Royersford, PA

Category: 55 South German Style - 60 Entries
Silver: Stoudts Weizen, Stoudts Brewing Co., Adamstown, PA

Category: 58 French- and Belgian Style Saison - 35 Entries
Gold: Saison Vautour, McKenzie Brew House, Malvern, PA

Category: 60 Belgian-Style Sour Ale - 28 Entries
Bronze: Kriek de Hill, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Media, Media, PA

Category: 71 Strong Scotch Ale - 28 Entries
Bronze: McKenzie Wee Heavy, McKenzie Brew House, Malvern, PA

More Beer Yard GABF Coverage will be posted Sunday or Monday.--JACK CURTIN

NOTE: An earlier Flash News Report said that Stoudt's Brewing also won a Gold Medal and did not include either Rock Bottom or Dogfish Head as medal winners. We apologize for the errors.