2010 Great American Beer Festival

Beer Festival of Beer Festivals!!!

Hello beer lovers!! Only two more weeks till the GABF. The tickets are all sold out, so if you're like me and procrastinated you're out of luck. Or are you?? You can sign up here for free tickets to the Great American Beer Festival. With  3594 beers from 48 states and 462 breweries (for a full listing see here) you'd be crazy to not want to go. I've only gone once so far and it was absolutely amazing. Even after many other beer fests around Colorado I have never seen anything even close to this. When you hear about how big this thing is and see how many beers you're amazed, but it still doesn't prepare you for how truly enormous the hall is. There is food, though I would recommend just making your own beer pretzel necklace (I'll post more on that later). The pretzel necklace may seem funny, but trust me you will be glad you made one.

Another thing you will want is to do a little preperation. If there is a type of beer you want to try the most or types you like the most, remember... there are thousands of beers. Even with the small sample sizes you will have more than your fill. Also some of the beers do go out. Last year Samuel Adams brought out a keg of their Utopia which I was dying to try, however I did not plan it and so I missed out on my chance. It was gone in 30 min. As the day gets closer I will be posting more helpful tips on how to make the best use of your time at the beer fest. If anyone else has suggestions please do post them below!