Posted on 09/23/2018 3:55:31 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
DENVER • September 22, 2018 — The Brewers Association (BA) awarded 306 medals to 280 breweries across the United States at the 2018 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition. In a ceremony at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, award-winning breweries received prestigious gold, silver and bronze medals in 102 beer categories covering 167 different beer styles (including all subcategories), establishing the best examples of each style in the country and earning a symbol of brewing excellence...
full list of winners:
https://bit.ly/2ONjc26
(Excerpt) Read more at brewersassociation.org ...
I was just at the 25th annual Telluride Brews & Blues Festival. More than 75 different brewers. I couldn’t tell you what I drank. Not even one of them. There was a killer Oktoberfest, and I remember trying an IPA that was about 11.5%. I don’t remember much after that. Pretty sure I wasn’t groped though.
All right! A new place to visit in Bend. OR on our drives through there.
Yes you were.
By a 17 year old boy, who someday will be President.
Go tell everyone. Just in case.
We are truly living in the Golden Age of beer. Rejoice!
I am by no means the beer connoisseur I was when I was younger, simply because I can’t drink much of anything without starting to worry about how I’m going to recover from it. But it seems to me that if you are talking about a really full body beer with all kinds of subtleties and nuances to it versus the kind of beer that you want to slam down on a hot summer day, those two are in Effect 2 different categories of Beverage. As George Costanza once said, “is that wrong?”
“Go tell everyone. Just in case.”
Good idea. I am updating my journal now while the sordid events are fresh in my memory.
Did you remember to wear a swim suit under your clothes?
Yes, of course. Always. Somehow I feel so violated and probably won’t be able to fly in a plane anymore. Dang...
That’s the sign of a good groper. You’re not sure.
The brewer from Green Cheak did really well a couple years ago when he was the brewer for Noble Ale Works. So many good breweries in Orange County.
852 different IPAs were entered, more than all other categories combined. I’m so sick of IPAs.
What’s it called -— “The Ann Coulter”?
Be sure to visit Sun River just outside of Bend.
They have great Beer.
Vicious Mosquito.
Thanks. Appreciate the suggestions.
We were right up to the moment Beelzebub whispered into some brewer’s ear “Add fruit to your beer. That will make it more tasty.”
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