Yesterday marked the opening of the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Denver, Colo. – or as I would call it, Heaven. The GABF is the beer drinker’s paradise and here are just a couple reasons why:
- 25,000 gallons of beer being poured at the festival
- 408 breweries on the festival floor
- 1884 different beers on the festival floor
- 75 different beer categories
The only catch is that all your drinking is done via one-ounce samples and ticket prices seem kind of steep at $45. But let me loose for four-and-half-hours at the GABF and I’m going to get my money’s worth for sure.
Some TastyBooze favorites are going for the gold medal this weekend, so down a couple Boggs in their honor.
The GABF is listed as one of the 1000 places in the U.S. to visit before you die. Are there any TastyBooze readers that can provide a field report from the GABF? I am proposing a TastyBooze road-trip to the GABF 2008, who’s in?
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I am in.
A ticket to Denver can’t be more than $200. If you manage to get a 1 ounce sample of all 1884 different beers that is just under 118 pints for only $45. Sounds like a pretty nice little drinking weekend to me.