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Friday, October 12, 2007
Great American Beer Festival - The Excitement is Building
This year's Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is off and running. Another year that I'll miss. It will probably be at least two years before I can fit it into my annual travel/vacation plans. Until then, I will continue to follow from afar and enjoy the medal-winning brews when the brewers return home.
The Brewing Network is providing audio coverage to those of us who cannot be there. Jeff Bearer of Craft Beer Radio is making his first trip and covering the 3-day festival and events like a man possessed. Rick Sellers of Pacific Brew News is doing likewise. And, Joe Sixpack reminded this morning in his weekly column that Michael Jackson will continue to cast a long shadow over the festival for many, many years to come.
This year, a staggering 474 breweries have entered 2,832 beers in 75 categories. The IPA category alone has 120 entries. On the festival floor, 40,000+ attendees will have 408 breweries from which to choose samples. Between the festival and all of the "sideshows" that take place around the Denver area, this is one event that should be on everyone's list of must-do's at least once.
Here's a link to my recap from last year's GABF festival and Here's a quick rundown of the breweries representing the PA/NJ/MD/DE region. Predictions, anyone?
Pennsylvania
Allentown/Bethlehem Brew Works
Iron City Brewing Company
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant-Media
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant-West Chester
Lancaster Brewing Co.
McKenzie Brew House
Nodding Head Brewing Co.
Penn Brewery
Rock Bottom Brewery-King of Prussia
Rock Bottom Brewery-Pittsburgh
Sly Fox Brewing Company
Stoudts Brewing Company
Tröegs Brewing Co.
Triumph Brewing Co.
Victory Brewing Company
Yards Brewing Company
New Jersey
Basil T's Brewery & Italian Grill
Flying Fish Brewing Co.
Long Valley Pub & Brewery
Triumph Brewing Co. of Princeton
Uno Chicago Grill and Brewery
Maryland
Clipper City Brewing Co.
Coastal Brewing Company
Hook & Ladder Brewing Company
Rock Bottom Brewery-Bethesda
Wild Goose Brewery
Delaware
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant-Newark
Stewart's Brewing Co.
Twin Lakes Brewing Company
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2 comments:
I talked to Terry (of Bullfrog) during the Harrisburg festival - he put in an entry this year - I believe he said it was an Impy stout, secondaried with a bunch of cherries, and fermented with a strain of wild Belgian yeast.
I'd go for that one!
Now that sounds delicious!
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