Proving once again that Chester County makes some of the best craft beer in the world, Phoenixville’s Root Down Brewing returned home from the Great American Beer Festival in Denver with gold from one of the categories with the most entries.

GABF is considered to be the nation’s preeminent beer judging competition. Now in its 32nd year, the competition has had 293 judges from 13 countries in that time. This year, more than 2,400 breweries competed for awards.

Root Down took the top award in the American-Style IPA category with its Bine beer, beating out 310 other contestants. It was also the only gold for a Pennsylvania brewery at this year’s competition.

Root Down had a great showing in the Gose category as well. It managed to win the silver for its Salty by Nature beer.

And these were not the only honors Root Down brought home.

It’s also a champion brewery for 2018, as it was crowned the Mid-Size Brewpub of the Year. This category covers breweries that produced between 750 and 1,500 barrels in the last year.

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