October was good for Port City Brewery in Alexandria. Not only is the month full of brewfests and lederhosen outfits, Port City also landed a gold medal at the Great American Brew Fest in Colorado for their skilled beer brewing.

Their medals awarded were a gold medal for their Port City Porter in the Robust Porter category and bronze for the Rauchbier in the Smoke Beer category.

Port City founder Bill Butcher was part of the 9-member entourage that traveled out to Colorado. “The Great American Beer Festival is a big event for us,” he said, “we go every year.” 

There were over 50,000 people at this year’s event in Denver which ran from Oct. 9-13. In addition to the medals, there were activities all week including live music, disk golf, beer bust bingo, karaoke and the hangover brunch on Sunday.

“These awards are among the most coveted in the industry,” read the festival write up. The Port City medals are on display in the tasting room. Port City has won medals in previous years as well. Another gold award went to Centreville-based Great American Restaurants/Sweetwater Tavern for its Crazy Jackass Ale in the Rye Beers category.

The Port City 9-member entourage.