2020 Great American Beer Festival recognizes two beers from PIVO Brewery

PIVO Brewery of Calmar has been awarded Gold and Silver medals at the 2020 Great American Beer Festival competition, the world's largest commercial beer competition.

The competition selected the best beers in 91 beer categories, covering 170 different beer styles.

PIVO Brewery was awarded a Gold Medal in the Historic Beer category for its Decorah Nordic Gruit. This traditional Scandinavian style of beer is brewed with no bittering hops. Juniper berries, rosemary, bay leaf, black walnuts, bog myrtle and toasted caraway seed are the Nordic style beer flavorings used.

PIVO Brewery was awarded a Silver Medal in the Chocolate Beer category for its Balltown Bulleit Bourbon Barrel Aged Salted Caramel Dark Chocolate Brownie Milk Stout. This beer has deep and complex dark chocolate flavors blended with salted caramel. It is aged in bourbon barrels for several months to mellow the flavors and add some vanilla and bourbon accents from the oak barrel.

Craig and Sara Neuzil of Calmar are the owners of PIVO Brewery and Blepta Studios.