Great American Beer Festival

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Last activity: 14.10.2026

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The Great American Beer Festival is the country’s preeminent beer festival and competition.

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United States, Colorado, Denver

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11-50

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Oct 5, 2026	7 things to look for at the totally revamped Great American Beer Festival	Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... First things first: Yes, the bagpipe players will be back this year. Now on to the rest. Ticket sales for the Great American Beer Festival, which takes place every year in Denver, have been declini...
Aug 28, 2026	Avery IPA was once pulled from taps for being assertively bitter. 30 years later, it’s a Colorado icon	Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Adam Avery carried a keg of his brand-new IPA into the Barrel House on Arapahoe Avenue in 1996, he was hoping Boulder beer drinkers might take to the aggressively bitter style he had discovere...
Oct 13, 2025	Colorado beer dominates GABF awards with 33 medals, three ‘brewery of the year’ accolades	The Great American Beer Festival welcomed drinkers to Denver over the weekend to experience the best in craft beer and cider, and it turns out Colorado residents don’t have to travel far to sip the best suds the industry has to offer. The f...
Oct 6, 2025	The best GABF-week events for 2025	For beer lovers, this is the greatest week of the year. Not only is the Great American Beer Festival in town, from Oct. 9-11 at the Colorado Convention Center, but breweries, bars and taprooms are also pulling out the stops, showcasing rare...
Aug 13, 2025	A fifth-generation orchard in Colorado is redefining cider in America	The orchard is at 6,130 feet, making it one of the highest-elevation orchards and cideries in the world. The unique terroir benefits from the high altitude, warm days, cool nights and pure, gravity-fed snowmelt water. Growing at a high elev...
Aug 8, 2025	Colorado’s largest beer festival is now serving … liquor?	General admission to the fest costs $85 (plus fees) on Thursday and $95 on Friday and Saturday — or $220 for a three-day pass. Find tickets and information at greatamericanbeerfestival.com. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, In The Know, t...
Jul 7, 2025	Colorado food and drink festivals through the end of 2025	July 24 The Big Eat: Spend an evening celebrating the chefs, restaurateurs, waiters, mixologists and other hospitality staffers that make the Front Range’s culinary scene so darned special. At the Big Eat, which raises funds for EatDenver, ...
Feb 21, 2025	Restaurants Food and Drink \| Introducing the first-ever American Craft Beer Hall of Fame	Fritz Maytag: The father of craft beer bought San Francisco’s failing Anchor Brewery 60 years ago and turned it into what we think of as a craft brewery today. He revived Steam Beer and other long-forgotten beer styles, introduced many new ...
Feb 10, 2025	The Balancing Act: Law Enforcement and Immigration in Boulder County	In Boulder County, a delicate dance unfolds between law enforcement and immigration enforcement. Local police are taking a stand. They refuse to act as extensions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This decision resonates deeply ...
Feb 5, 2025	Boulder nonprofit going solo to reinvigorate homebrewing as a hobby	For example, under one umbrella the BA and AHA share one pool of resources but maintain very different goals for its members. Independently, the AHA will be able to fundraise and put money toward advocating for homebrewers and cultivating c...
Oct 15, 2024	Business \| Boulder Valley, Northern Colorado brewers score a dozen GABF medals	Brewers in Northern Colorado and the Boulder Valley made short trips home from last week’s Great American Beer Festival in Denver with a dozen new awards. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click he...
Oct 15, 2024	WISEACRE Beer Company Wins Gold at Great American Beer Festival	WISEACRE's Sky Dog Premium Lager won a Gold Medal in the “American Light Lager” category at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. Sky Dog is the second GABF medal for WISEACRE, which also earned a Bronze for its Tiny Bomb Pi...
Sep 23, 2023	The Great American Beer Festival Honors Best Breweries In America	Great American Beer Festival awards are on display in a tap room. (Photo By Karl Gehring/The Denver ... [+] Post via Getty Images)Denver Post via Getty Images
Sep 23, 2023	Restaurants Food and Drink \| Colorado brewers collect a whopping 40 medals at Great American Beer Festival	Gold American Amber/Red Ale — Blown Tire, Knuckle Puck Brewing, Longmont American Pilsener — Wibby Jibby, Wibby Brewing, Longmont American-style Pale Ale — Featherweight, Cannonball Creek Brewing Co., Golden Belgian-style Witbier — White Ra...
Jul 19, 2023	Black-owned Chicago brewery wins national award	Chicago's Funkytown Brewery has won a national competition giving its founders access to mentorship, networking and funding from Samuel Adams Brewing. Why it matters: Funkytown Brewery's founders wants to make craft beer more accessible to ...
Jul 12, 2023	The death of the beer festival is jolting the craft brewing industry	The craft brewing industry is souring on beer festivals — and it's leading to an existential crisis. State of play: Once ubiquitous and popular, major festivals in Colorado and nationwide are vanishing from the calendar this year amid tight...
Jun 25, 2023	Things to do in Denver: A bucket list guide	Colorado is a place to explore — whether you head outdoors or tour Denver's great neighborhood joints. What to know: We put together a list of our favorite places to visit and things to do in Denver and across the state. Go back in time: Vi...
Feb 16, 2023	Oceanside Continues Its Epic Ride with Wave of New Awards and Accolades	Mission Pacific Named Best in San Diego Oceanside is bursting with creativity and talent and it’s evident in the many awards we’ve received across numerous industries from hotels to dining and arts. OCEANSIDE, Calif. (PRWEB) February 16, 20...
Sep 27, 2022	The founder of Samuel Adams shares his 2 strategies for creating the beloved beer brand	Jim Koch founded the Boston Beer Company, which makes Samuel Adams, in 1984. John Nacion Imaging This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Redeem now Jim Koch founded the Boston Bee...
Nov 12, 2021	A combination made in hog (and beer) heaven? Chula Vista Brewery opens a new location in Eastlake	The pandemic has been tough on small businesses but craft brewery owner Tim Parker thinks he has a one-two punch to attract customers looking to beat the COVID blues: Beer and barbecue. “Barbecue is almost like a craft in itself — you have ...
Oct 20, 2020	23 Colorado breweries take home medals at 2020 Great American Beer Fest	The 2020 Great American Beer Festival was unlike any other since its founding in 1982 thanks to the pandemic, which forced the country’s biggest beer extravaganza to be canceled. However, that didn’t keep the event’s signature beer competit...
Oct 7, 2020	You only have to spend $20 to “attend” GABF this year. Here’s how.	Under normal circumstances, you could expect to drop $170 for a pair of tickets to the Great American Beer Festival, which usually takes place in Denver each year around early October. This year being entirely abnormal, you can expect to sp...
May 21, 2020	Great American Beer Festival cancels in-person Denver fest, will become an “online experience”	This year’s Great American Beer Festival, scheduled for Sept. 24-26 at the Colorado Convention Center, will now be pushed back to Oct. 16-17 and will pivot to become an “immersive online experience,” the Brewers Association announced today....
Oct 3, 2019	Is Great American Beer Festival still a big deal for the beer world?	Dust off your beer stein hat and affix those pretzel necklaces, because the nation’s biggest beer event is about to take over the Colorado Convention Center from Thursday through Saturday. “The Great American Beer Festival is the biggest pa...
Sep 26, 2019	Avery launches low calorie, low carb Pacer IPA	Avery Brewing Co. is launching a new low calorie, low carb, hop forward, hazy India Pale Ale, according to a news release Thursday. The Boulder company called Pacer IPA a “full-flavored” brew that incorporates wheat and oats, in addition to...
Jun 18, 2013	Craft Brewers and Hackers to Share Insights over Pints at CU Event	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints There’s a set of companies in Colorado that’s spinning off one innovative startup after another. Their products and unique style are having an impact across their industries, ...

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Parsers VC has collected 27 articles mentioning Great American Beer Festival, among them “7 things to look for at the totally revamped Great American Beer Festival” (Oct 5, 2026) and “Avery IPA was once pulled from taps for being assertively bitter. 30 years later, it’s a Colorado icon” (Aug 28, 2026).

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Yes, Great American Beer Festival is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 14, 2026.