8 East Bay breweries dominate at first-ever California Craft Brewers Cup

A flight of beer from Del Cielo's Martinez, Calif. taproom. A flight of beer from Del Cielo's Martinez, Calif. taproom. Photo: Buckley R./Yelp Photo: Buckley R./Yelp Image 1 of / 4 Caption Close 8 East Bay breweries dominate at first-ever California Craft Brewers Cup 1 / 4 Back to Gallery

It's been a busy year in California brewing. The state's craft breweries now number more than 1,000, and industry growth hasn't yet ceased, despite perpetual talk of a "craft beer bubble" burst.

At this year's California Craft Beer Summit in Long Beach last weekend, hundreds of representatives from the state's breweries, malthouses and hop growers gathered to share industry insights (and beer, obviously) and to engage in a friendly competition.

That contest was the California Craft Brewers Association's first-ever California Craft Brewers Cup, described as a "California version of the Great American Beer Festival."

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Altogether, the competition handed out medals across 61 categories Friday, ranging from the highly competitive (American India Pale Ale, American Wild) to more niche specialty sections (Chili Beer, Chocolate Beer).

Thirteen Bay Area breweries earned 18 medals across the board, primarily in German-style categories and those incorporating adjunct ingredients like fruit, oat and wheat. But of those breweries, eight were from the East Bay Area. And to boot, half of those are located in East Bay suburbs like Martinez, San Leandro and Dublin.

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Several Bay Area breweries earned two medals each, including San Francisco's Standard Deviant, which took home a silver in the Kolsch category and a bronze for its porter; Martinez's Del Cielo, which won golds in the fruit beer and stout categories; and Berkeley's Triple Rock, which earned a silver for its Scottish Export and a bronze for its Belgian Table Beer.

See all Bay Area winners below, and all winners here:

Bohemian-Style Pilsner

Gold: East Brother Beer Co. (Richmond): Bo Pils (Czech Pale Lager)

Bock

Silver: Faultline Brewing Co. (Sunnyvale): Spring Bock (Helles Bock/Maibock)

Kölsch

Silver: Standard Deviant Brewing (San Francisco): Kolsch (Kölsch)

American-Style Wheat Beer

Silver: Inc 82 Brewing (Dublin): For Hef's Sake (American-Style Wheat Beer)

Fruit Beer

Gold: Del Cielo Brewing (Martinez): Guava Dreams (Fruit Beer)

Smoked Beer

Silver: Hop Dogma Brewing Company (Half Moon Bay): Smoke On the Lager (Other Smoked Beer)

Standard British Ales

Bronze: Standard Deviant Brewing (San Francisco): Porter (English-Style Porter/Brown Porter)

Irish / Scottish Ales

Silver: Triple Rock Brewing Co. (Berkeley): Cleverpenny (Scottish Export)

Stouts

Gold: Del Cielo Brewing (Martinez): Smooth Ride (Foreign Extra Stout)

Silver: Seismic Brewing Company (Sebastopol): Oatmeal Stout (Oatmeal Stout)

Specialty IPA

Silver: Drake's Brewing Co. (San Leandro): Aroma Coma (Rye IPA)

Specialty Saison

Gold: Gilman Brewing Company (Berkeley): Champ Rochaux (Specialty Saison)

Bronze: Ferment.Drink.Repeat (San Bruno): FDR Brewing Company Barbados Grapefruit Saison (Specialty Saison)

Belgian and French-Style Ale

Bronze: Triple Rock Brewing Co. (Berkeley): Bid Adieu (Belgian Table Beer)

Trappist Style Ale

Silver: Faction Brewing Company (Alameda): Defcon I (Trappist Quadrupel)

American Wild Ale

Gold: Original Pattern Brewing Company (Oakland): Berrya 51 (Wild Specialty Beer)

Wood (Wine)

Bronze: Seismic Brewing Company (Sebastopol): Steinstresse (Wood- and Barrel-Aged)

Wood (Spirit)

Silver: Drake's Brewing Co. (San Leandro): Santa's Brass (Wood- and Barrel-Aged)

This article was updated to include two previously omitted winners, Original Pattern and Faction Brewing.

Alyssa Pereira is an SFGate digital editor. Email: apereira@sfchronicle.com | Twitter: @alyspereira

