The Great American Beer Festival is kicking off today (Thursday) in Denver, but alas, the Crew cannot attend as our jobs and lives are keeping us in New Mexico again this year. Nonetheless, we wanted to keep track of which local breweries entered the annual awards competition so that all of you could, too.

We reached out to most of the breweries competing for medals, and quite a few got back to us. If the others send us their lists late, we can further update this article.

There are 102 categories this year, so get comfy if you plan to watch the competition’s online broadcast Saturday at 10 a.m. Oh, and there are even some cider categories, with Brew Lab 101 entering into two of those. And, there are non-alcoholic beer categories mixed in there.

The times are a changing at GABF, aren’t they?

Anyway, rather than type out all 102 categories, here are the breweries that entered, with their beers and the categories (if shared) in which those beers are entered.

• Brew Lab 101: Singularity BBA Stout (30. Wood Aged Beer), Sexi NuMexi (37. American Light Lager), Blonde Bombshell (66. Golden/Blonde Ale), Ludicrous Speed (87. Scotch Ale), Wicked Pissah (94. Hazy Pale Ale), Newton’s Apple (202. Low Tannin Cider), Peachy Keen (203. Fruit Cider)
• Canteen: Laid Back Lager (39. American-Style Lager), High Plains Pils (47. Bohemian-Style Pilsner), Oktoberfest (50. Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest), Export Lager (50. Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest), Dark N Lusty Stout (83. Export Stout), Exodus IPA (91. American-Style Pale Ale)
• Downshift: Coconut Resignation (4. Field Beer), Vita Pils (48. Italian Pilsner), Giggle Bush (59. Specialty Style Berliner Weisse), Resignation (81. Brown Porter), Camping Vibes (95)
• Ex Novo: Stay Goalden (43. Cream Ale), She Sells Seashelles (49. Munich-Style Helles), V for Vienna (51. Vienna Lager), Penguin Tuxedo (72. American-Style Stout), Sons of Scotland (87. Scotch Ale)
• Flock of Moons: Ithilien (49. Munich Helles), Waning Crescent (51. Vienna Lager), Shadowmere (62. German Wheat Ale), Quickening Moon (87. Scotch Ale)
• Ponderosa: Italian Pilsner (48. Italian Pilsner), Ripsaw Red Ale (category unconfirmed)
• Santa Fe (categories unconfirmed): NMX Standard, Java Stout (probably 10. Coffee Stour or Porter)
• Second Street (categories unconfirmed): 2920 IPA, Tropical Pils, Oktoberfest (probably 52. German-Style Marzen), Boneshaker Amber, Rod’s Best Bitter (probably 67. English Ale), Grisette, Cream Stout (probably 84. Sweet or Cream Stout)
• Sidetrack: MX Lager (43. Cream Ale), Pub Ale (65. ESB), Matching Stoutfits (85. Oatmeal Stout)
• Starr Brothers: Lampshade Porter (19. Strong Porter), Somos MX (38. International Light Lager), Starrphire (48. Italian Pilsner), Starrlite (57. Kolsch)
• Steel Bender: Blackberry Dynamite (27. American Sour Ale with Fruit), Amelia (31. Wood & Barrel-Aged Strong Beer), Esmerelda Italian Pilsner (48. Italian Style Pilsner), Blue Bullet Stout (85. Oatmeal Stout), Mañana Hazy IPA (94. Juicy Hazy Strong Pale Ale)
• Thirsty Eye: La Llagerona (43. Cream Ale), Nice (102. Juicy Hazy IPA)
• Tractor: Pilsner #15 (50. Dortmunder/Oktoberfest), Farmers Tan Red (69. Irish Red Ale), Mustachio Milk Stout (84. Sweet or Cream Stout), Double Plow Oatmeal Stout (85. Oatmeal Stout)

For anyone attending one or more sessions of GABF inside the Denver Convention Center, the NM Brewers Guild shared that Bosque, Downshift, Ex Novo, La Cumbre, Little Toad Creek, Quarter Celtic, and Starr Brothers will each have a booth on the floor. Stop by and say hello if any of their staff members are back there slinging beers.

Good luck to all the breweries that entered, and a big thanks to all who shared their entries!

— Stoutmeister