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The Great American Beer Festival kicks off today in Denver, Colorado. Featuring over 1800 beers from 400 breweries, those who've made the trip are surely excited.
If you're reading this cursing yourself for being nowhere near the greater Denver area, don't get too down: The festival set a new record this year by selling out two weeks in advance, so if you didn't plan well ahead of time, you'd probably be, literally, locked out in the cold.
Still, if you want to get a taste of the action, grab a six-pack of your favorite brew and live it vicariously via the web:
- A good place to start is the official Great American Beer Festival page.
- Follow Draft Magazine on their flight to the fest.
- Or for a more homey approach, check out Hoosier Beer Geek for their GABF roadtrip.
- Charlie Papazian founded the festival, so he's a good one fill us in on all the pre-fest prep.
- The Brew Lounge provides advice on "How to Tackle the GABF."
- My Beer Pix hopes to present a live "beercast" from the festival floor on Friday and Saturday.
- Want to know the winners? My Beer Pix's Beermolly purports to be Twittering them as they come in.
- And it's too late to join this year, but if you want to get really interactive in 2009, try the Beer Fantasy Draught (yes, that is a pun).
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10-09-2008 @5:49PM Red Icculus said... This is the beer festival that gave PBR awards for taste. There is no way I could take that festival seriously.
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10-09-2008 @6:22PM Mike Pomranz said... True, Red, but somewhat taken out of context.
Yes, Pabst Blue Ribbon earned a Gold Medal in 2006... in the "American-Style Lager" category, one of 69 different categories in which awards were presented that year. And PBR was only being judged against the 26 other beers submitted for that particular category.
Is the GABF saying PBR is the best beer they've ever had? No. But, yes, they did decide it was the beer that best matched the tasting notes they were seeking for that category.
I don't think judging PBR a winner against its peers is a valid reason for dismissing the nation's most prominent beer festival.
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10-09-2008 @11:03PM Bernie B said... I'd assume that Bell's Brewery from Kalamazoo, Michigan is there. Be sure to swing by their booth, you won't be disappointed. Last years winner in the Porter category. Another favorite here in Michigan is the Bell's Oberon. Poured up with a slice of Orange on the side. Awesome.
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