San Diego breweries win 12 Great American medals

Driving the news: For the second straight year, five local breweries won gold — but none of this year's winners were repeats from 2023.

• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach), Craft Coast Beer & Tacos, Culture Brewing Co., Green Cheek Beer Co. and Puesto Cerveceria took home first place in their respective categories.
• Pizza Port and Athletic Brewing Co. each took home multiple medals.

What they're saying: "What I particularly love is how the five local gold medal winners from this year were all different than the five from 2023," San Diego Brewers Guild executive director Erik Fowler said in a release.

• "The quality of craft beer is certainly spread throughout the county."

Zoom in:

Gold

• Craft Coast Beer & Tacos (San Marcos) — Chillzner. "International-Style Pilsner."
• Culture Brewing Co. (Solana Beach) — 3 Citrus Gose. "Contemporary Gose."
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside) — Jeff's Baltic Porter. "Strong Porter."

• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach) — Indie Roo. "Imperial Stout."
• Puesto Cerveceria (Mission Valley) — Puesto Negro. "International Dark Lager."

Silver

• Athletic Brewing Co. (Miramar) — Free Wave Hazy IPA. "Pale Non-Alcohol Beer."
• Athletic Brewing Co. (Miramar) — Tropical Sour. "Specialty Non-Alcohol Beer."
• Pure Project (Vista) — Mount Eden. "Specialty Saison."
• Rouleur Brewing Company (Carlsbad) — Domestique Blonde Ale. "Belgian-Style Ale or French-Style Ale."

Bronze

• Kilowatt Brewing Co. (Clairemont Mesa) — Peanut Butter & Jelly Tiempo. "Dessert Stout or Pastry Stout."
• Pizza Port (Ocean Beach) — Guillaume. "Session Beer or Belgian-Style Table Beer."
• Stone Brewing (Liberty Station) — Stone LifeBlurred. "Other Strong Beer."