Faultline Takes Gold at CA State Fair

While searching for the results of the California State Fair Homebrew Competition, I happened upon the results of the Craft Brew Competition and found a surprise: Faultline Brewing Company of Sunnyvale took a number of awards and in various categories.

I’ll admit that I was at first a bit cynical in thinking there probably wasn’t much in the way of competition.  But then I saw that their Pale Ale beat out Firestone Walker’s Double Barrel Ale to take gold in the Special Bitter category! That was indeed a surprise.

As a homebrewer, I’ve come to respect craft breweries that can truly create something I consider an artistic expression of our craft. Firestone Walker is one that does so with passion and has won a number of awards including the World Beer Cup Champion Mid-Sized Brewery 3 years running.

So, to see a local brew-pub create a beer of this caliber means that I’m long overdue in checking out what the Faultline has to offer.

Here’s a list of Faultline awards from the fair.

• Pale Ale – 1st in Bitter Ordinary/Special/Best
• Belgian Abbey – 2nd in Belgian Blonde & Dubbel
• Belgian Tripel – 3rd in Belgian Trippel
• Kolsch – 3rd in Cream Ale & Kolsh
• Dopplebock – 3rd in Dopple & Eisbock
• Best Bitter – 3rd in English Pale Ale
• Stout – Honorable Mention in Sweet & Oatmeal Stout

Judging from their website, all of them are currently pouring except for the 2 belgians and the dobblebock.

For the complete list of awards from this years California State Fair, checkout the California Brewer’s Guild website.

Cheers!
Brian (The Rabid Brewer)

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