Oregon breweries took home an impressive haul of medals at this past weekend’s Great American Beer Festival in Denver.

In all, Oregon breweries and cideries took home 29 of the 347 medals handed out at what is widely considered to be the nation’s most preeminent beer festival. To put that another way, more than 8 percent of all available medals were awarded to Oregon, a state with just over 1 percent of America’s total population.

The big night came one year after Oregon set a record with 33 medals, the first year cideries were added to the competition mix .

This year’s biggest winner was Bend’s UPP Liquids, which took home five medals: two golds, two silvers and a bronze in categories including contemporary gose, honey beer and specialty Berliner-style weisse. Owing to that collectio

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