competition Two long-time brewers, Gabe Fletcher and Ben Johnson, left MSBC to establish their own breweries. Head brewer Gabe Fletcher left the company in 2010 to form competitor Anchorage Brewing Company (ABC), which quickly emerged as an internationally awarded, critically acclaimed brewery. . ABC has already managed to achieve "Best Barleywine in the World 2017" with ABC's, A Deal With the Devil – an accomplishment which evolved from MSBC's top rated Arctic Devil Barleywine. Head brewer Ben Johnson, responsible for the creation of MSBC's Berserker Imperial Stout, left in 2011 to open Mumbai, India's first microbrewery. After several other projects and world travel, Johnson opened Carabao brewery in Guam in 2019. Products The Arctic Rhino Coffee Porter and the Midnight Sun Brewing Co. was mentioned in a 2017 Lonely Planet book. Awards Great America Beer Festival Bronze 2005 – Arctic Rhino Coffee Porter – Coffee flavored beer Bronze 2006 – Arctic Devil – Barley wine style Bronze 2006 – Arctic Rhino Coffee Porter – Coffee flavored beer Gold 2007 – Imperial Pumpkin Chocolate Porter (late named TREAT) – Experimental Ale Silver 2008 – Pride – Belgian & French Style Ale World Beer Cup Bronze 2008 – Pride – Belgian / French Can Can Awards Silver 2016 – Panty Peeler – Belgian style ale Bronze 2017 – Panty Peeler – Belgian style ale * Local AK Festival Wins Omitted References External links Independent Craft Brewers Association. Midnight Sun Brewing Co. Official Top 50 Breweries in America 1995 establishments in Alaska Beer brewing companies based in Alaska Companies based in Anchorage, Alaska Food and drink companies established in 1995