pre GABF

posted by john


The Great American Beer Festival is just a week away. Be sure to listen to the GABF preview from the Brewing Network.

Gold, silver and bronze medals in 75 beer-style categories will be awarded October 13 at the 1:30 p.m. awards ceremony held during the Members Only Tasting Session.

408 Breweries on the festival floor

1884 Beers on the festival floor

474 Breweries in the competition

2832 Beers in the competition

75 Style Categories being judged
107 judges from 7 countries



Avg number of competition beers in each category: 37
(2 more beers than last year)

Homework: Go the the GABF
Extra Credit: Sign up for the Beer Bus.
Other Credit: Go to the Wet Hop Fest at the Bistro.
Beer: at 10AM we were drinking coffee.

 
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  1. mattkapp had this to say on October 5, 2007 | Permalink

    Just got done listening to the podcast and I have few Kansas/Missouri breweries you guys have to check out.

    Free State Brewery
    Lawrence, KS (my town)
    Booth Number: G7

    and

    Boulevard Brewing Co.
    Kansas City, MO
    Booth Number: K7

    My favs are the Ad Astra ale from Free State and the Wheat from Boulevard.

    Have fun guys and can’t wait to hear what you think.

  2. bmccaff had this to say on October 6, 2007 | Permalink

    Just bought a ticket to the members-only session. If I can find a Saturday night ticket, I’ll be at that session too…

    Shall I look for the people with watermelon hats?

  3. bmccaff had this to say on October 13, 2007 | Permalink

    I shook hands with Nico at the GABF. It was like meeting Burt Reynolds.

    I tasted two Russian River beers, Beatification and the Toronado 20th Anniversary. Alas, they may have been infected! Both tasted very funky! Anyone else notice that?

  4. polynomial had this to say on October 13, 2007 | Permalink

    I tried the 20th annv from RR at GABF and it was amazing (strong sour nose and amazingly clean dry finish). I think both are belgian style sour beers. Here is more info on Beatification which is fermented in La Follie barrels from New Belgium (intentionally infected with bret): http://russianriverbrewing.com/pages/beers/beatification.html
    http://ratebeer.com/Beer/russian-river-beatification/55427/

    “Beatification: Sour beer”

    -ben

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