Cleveland is enjoying some much-deserved love for its beer scene from the national media. Cleveland has popped up on all those popular “Best” lists when it comes to breweries. The community was No. 4 on GQ magazine’s ranking of “The 5 Best Beer Cities in America.” Thrillist Media Group and the travel website Matador.com ranked
Fat Head’s Saloon began in Pittsburgh in 1992. It was also then that college student Matt Cole learned to homebrew and started sales work for Pennsylvania Brewing Co. Fast-forward to now, Fat Head’s founders are partners with Cole, who has delivered his now-famous hop-forward beers to the hopheads of Ohio. All About Beer: When did
How good are NE Ohio breweries? Looking back at a decade of honors
Updated Dec 27, 2020;
Posted Dec 27, 2020
We look back at a decade of medals won by Northeast Ohio breweries at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver.Marc Bona, cleveland.com
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Each year the Great American Beer Festival is held in Denver. The competitive, blind-judged competition offers a chance to see how Ohio breweries stack up against the rest of the country. The answer: Very well.
We looked back at a decade of awards won by Northeast Ohio breweries in the competition, from 2011 through 2020. In those years, 17 breweries in Northeast Ohio have garnered 55 medals. Leading the way is Fat Head’s Brewery.