The Great American Beer Festival’s annual awards ceremony was rolling along this past Sunday, but through 57 categories, no brewery from New Mexico heard their name called up to get a medal. That all changed in the blink of an eye when not one local brewery, but two heard their names called back-to-back in the…
Category: GABF 2026
GABF 2026: The grand experiment of moving outdoors in Denver
The Great American Beer Festival kicks off in Denver this weekend, albeit for just two days instead of three and outdoors instead of inside the convention center. Yeah, it’s gonna be a bit weird. At least the weather is supposed to be good, right? (Apologies to anyone attending if that doesn’t hold up.) In many…
Great American Beer Festival scales down and moves outdoors this October
Some breaking news from the Brewers Association hit our inbox Tuesday as the future of the organization’s premier event, the Great American Beer Festival, is changing in a big way. After decades as a three-day event inside the spacious Colorado Convention Center in Denver, GABF is scaling back to two days and will move outdoors…