They’ve claimed 24 of the 282 awards given out at this year’s Great American Beer Festival, which took place Thursday through Saturday of last week.

The winners were chosen from 6,647 entries from 1,552 breweries.

A total of 15 breweries, large and small, from the Santa Barbara area through the Inland Empire were awarded.

Head over the jump to see the list.

Gold

Bottle Logic Brewing, Anaheim

• Lagerithm (American-Style Dark Lager)
• Cobaltic Porter (Baltic-Style Porter)

Figueroa Mountain Brewing, Santa Barbara

• Stearns Stout (Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout)

Garage Brewing Co. & Pizzeria, Temecula

• Bucket Seat Blonde (Munich-Style Helles)

Pabst Brewing Co., Los Angeles

• Rainier Lager (American-Style Cream Ale)

Ritual Brewing Co., Redlands

• Big Deluxe (Aged Beer)
• Fat Hog (Barley Wine-Style Ale)

TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Corona

• The Velvet Hog (Chocolate Beer)
• TAPS Irish Red (Irish-Style Red Ale)

Silver

Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach

• Mocha Machine (Coffee Beer)

Firestone Walker Barrelworks, Buellton

• Feral One (Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale)

Heroes Restaurant and Brewery, Riverside

• Boxcar Blonde Ale (Golden or Blonde Ale)

Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Costa Mesa

• Singularity (American-Style Black Ale)

Pabst Brewing Co., Los Angeles

• Olympia (American-Style Cream Ale)

Smog City Brewing Co., Torrance

• Kumquat Saison (Belgian-Style Fruit Beer)

TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea

• TAPS Kellerbier (Kellerbier or Zwickelbier)
  

Bronze

Aftershock Brewing Co., Temecula

• Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Ale (Herb and Spice Beer)

Dale Bros. Brewery, Upland

• Nuff (American-Style Cream Ale)

Firestone Walker Barrelworks, Buellton

• Sour Opal (Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer)

Institution Ale Co., Camarillo

• Restraint (American-Style Brown Ale)

Noble Ale Works, Anaheim

• Nose Candy (Session India Pale Ale)

TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea

• Amend This! (American-Style or International-Style Pilsener)

In addition, TAPS Fish House & Brewery in Corona took home a win for Mid-Size Brewpub and Mid-Size Brewpub Brewer of the Year and Pabst Brewing Co. (Los Angeles) won for Large Brewing Company and Large Brewing Company Brewer of the Year.

Cheers to all the winners!

For a searchable list of all the GABF winners, click here.

Victor Alcantara

The 66ers have fallen completely out of the playoff race with one week to play, but they are winning some individual honors as the regular season enters its final week. On Monday, Victor Alcantara was named California League Pitcher of the Week.
In his win on Friday at Stockton, Alcantara tossed eight innings, allowing just three hits, one unearned run while walking one and striking out eight.
Was this performance a surprise? Based on recent results, yes.
In his previous six starts, Alcantara he was 1-5 with an ERA of 9.09. But on Friday, his performance lowered his season ERA from 6.15 to 5.77 and improving his record to 7-12.

First day of school? No way. Start of the NFL season? Nope. For skiers and boarders, not much tops the first day of the winter season — and at Mammoth Mountain it’s about 100 days away. The resort’s lifts are scheduled to start spinning on Nov. 11. (Mammoth Mountain photo)

By Jerry Rice

While thermometers flirt with triple digits in much of Inland Southern California, we have our eyes on the century mark for another reason: On Monday, it will be 100 days until the Nov. 11 start of the winter season at Mammoth Mountain.

And thanks to the strong El Nino weather pattern developing in the Pacific Ocean, climate scientists are saying that more than normal rain and snow could be on the way, giving skiers and snowboarders a reason to get excited. During the two biggest El Ninos on record — in 1982-83 and 1997-98 — Mammoth received 546 and 451 inches of snow, respectively, according to the website mammothsnowman.com.

Last winter, with California in the fourth year of drought, a relatively paltry 238 inches of the white stuff fell at Mammoth.

“As El Nino continues doing its thing, there’s plenty to look forward to,” says resort spokesman Tim LeRoy, pointing to the season ahead.

For one, the resort has a lift and lodging package starting at $99 per person per night. The deal must be booked by Aug. 31 to lock in what LeRoy says will be “the steepest savings offered all year.”

Let the countdown begin!

Information: www.mammothmountain.com

Game 1: ONT at ALN, Sunday, May 17, 4:05 PM

Game 2: ONT at ALN, Monday, May 18, 7:05 PM

Game 3: ALN at ONT, Thursday, May 21, 7:00 PM

Game 4: ALN at ONT, Saturday, May 23, 6:00 PM

Game 5: ALN at ONT, Sunday, May 24, 6:00 PM *

Game 6: ONT at ALN, Tuesday, May 26, 7:05 PM *

Game 7: ONT at ALN, Wednesday, May 27, 7:05 PM *