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What: For the 36th year, beer lovers will gather in Colorado at the
Great American Beer Festival (GABF),
the renowned American beer festival and competition, to find their
#HoppyPlace and sample some 3,800 beers from more than 800 breweries
around the country.
When: Thursday, October 5: 5:30 p.m.
– 10:00 p.m.
Where:
Colorado Convention Center
700 14th Street
Denver, Colorado
Why: GABF
brings together the brewers and beers that make the U.S. the world’s
most diverse brewing nation. Since its conception in 1982, GABF has been
growing and evolving along with the American
brewing community and represents the largest collection of U.S. beer
ever served, in the format of a public tasting event plus a privately
judged competition. Showcasing scores of diverse beers, Thrillist dubbed
the event, “The One Beer Festival You Must Go
to Before You Die.”
This
year, GABF will welcome back popular awards and attractions—including
the Golden Ticket Giveaway, Heavy Medal Booth and Support Your Local
Brewery Pavilion—offering attendees the opportunity
to sample unique indie and international award-winning beers.
Ticket Info: GABF tickets will be available for purchase to the general public online on August 2, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. MDT/12:00 p.m. EDT via
Ticketmaster.com.
A ticket pre-sale exclusively for members of the
American Homebrewers Association and
Brewers Association will take place on August 1, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. MDT/12:00
p.m. EDT. Members will receive a personal offer code to purchase tickets for this session.
You must have purchased a membership to the American Homebrewers
Association or Brewers Association by July 23, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. PDT,
to be eligible for the member pre-sale.
Members-Only Session tickets are $70 each, with a two ticket limit per member number.
General Session tickets are $85 public/$80 members (if purchased during the members only sale on August 1) and include:
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Commemorative tasting cup
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Unlimited one-ounce samples of your choice of 3,800 beers
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Festival guide and free app to help attendees navigate the festival hall
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Access to dozens of educational and interactive seminars
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Opportunity to speak with brewery representatives at designated “Meet the Brewer” booths.
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Complimentary artisan cheese samples, craft soda samples and a variety of other food options.
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Entertainment, including live music, games, costumes, a silent disco and more.
Note: Due to limited availability, GABF General Session ticket sales are capped at four tickets per session per ticket buyer.
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Media Access:
To apply for media credentials, please visit the
media access section of the GABF website.
New for 2017: New Festival Hall Layout:
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More Meet the Brewer Booths:
Meet and mingle with the brewers behind your favorite beers. This year, there will be over 150 participating brewers!
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Expanded Brewpub Pavilion:
Get
a taste of your local brewpub! A record 48 breweries, representing each
region of the country, will pour their locally brewed beers right in
the center of the festival hall.
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CraftBeer.com #beertravel Pavilion: There’s no better vacation than a “beercation”! CraftBeer.com
will provide an opportunity for established and growing craft beer destinations to interact with 60,000 dedicated beer lovers.
Story Ideas: GABF Competition:
In
addition to showcasing quality beers, GABF features one of the world’s
largest and most distinguished commercial beer competitions. In 2017,
approximately 8,100 beers from more than
2,250 breweries will compete in 96 beer style categories for gold,
silver and bronze medals, awarded by GABF’s Professional Judge Panel.
(Note: final, official competition statistics will be published on Saturday, October 7, after competition results are compiled
and medals are announced.)
The Business of Small Beer:
The
craft brewing phenomenon is not only quenching the thirst of patrons
across the nation, but now with over 5,400 active breweries, it is also
having a tremendous impact on our economy.
At GABF, discover the economic impact these small and independent
breweries have on our national and regional economies. Learn about the
recently unveiled
Brewers Association independent craft brewer seal
and see what’s next for this thriving industry.
Beer and Food:
As
beer becomes an increasingly important ingredient on menus, Paired,
GABF’s intimate beer and food pairing pavilion, provides a tasty format
to indulge in carefully crafted beer and food pairings.
Attendees will sample craft beers not served anywhere else in the
festival along with foods prepared by the who’s who of celebrated chefs.
As
in previous years, attendees will require a separate ticket ($160) that
includes access to the festival. Paired tickets are available
exclusively to members of the American Homebrewers
Association and the Brewers Association and as such, can only be
purchased during the members only sale on August 1. Limited tickets may be available for media.
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Social Media: Follow
@GABF on Twitter, hashtag
#GABF and
#HoppyPlace;
Like GABF on Facebook; and
follow @greatamericanbeerfestival on Instagram.
About the Brewers Association
The Brewers Association (BA) is the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small
and independent American
brewers, their beers and the community of brewing enthusiasts. The BA
represents 4,000-plus U.S. breweries representing more than 70% of
overall brewery businesses.
The BA’s independent craft brewer seal
is a widely adopted symbol that differentiates beers by small and
independent craft brewers. The BA organizes events including the World
Beer CupSM, Great
American Beer Festival®, Craft
Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America®, SAVOR℠:
An American Craft Beer & Food Experience, Homebrew
Con, National
Homebrew Competition and American
Craft Beer Week®. The
BA publishes The New Brewer®
magazine, and Brewers Publications™ is
the largest publisher of brewing literature in the U.S.
Beer lovers are invited to learn more about the dynamic world of craft beer at CraftBeer.com and
about homebrewing via the BA’s American Homebrewers Association and
the free Brew Guru™ mobile
app. Follow us on Facebook
and Twitter.
