The Great American Beer Festival ran October 10th – 12th this year. Once again it was awesome! There were so many beers to try, so many vendors to see, and so many good vibes all around. Here are just a few of the pictures.
As usual, the bagpipers marched in to start off the festival. And there were a few dancing bears.
Naturally I had to renew my AHA membership
Here are a couple of pics from pre-fest hydrating.
Overall, another great GABF! I can’t wait until next year!
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Back from the GABF
Just got back from spending last week in Denver at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF). What an incredible time. Between visiting local Colorado breweries and the GABF, we managed to squeeze in a little Rocky Mountain hiking.
Props to The Wrecking Bar Brewpub for the wicked cool sticker!
Art of Beer
The Art of Beer was an art show featuring beer as art. In addition to having great art exhibits, we had a mini homebrewing competition and tasting as part of the event. We were lucky enough to be asked to participate.
The event was held at the Cube Gallery in Atlanta.
This was by invite only so passes were required. Huge thanks to the Cube Gallery for putting this whole shindig together!!
Here’s a behind the scenes look at the fun.
This is the BCJP beer judge, Mike Fuller and a look at the competition.
We had a good sized crowd. Everyone seemed to be having a good time.
Overall, this was a great experience!
Taco Mac – Southern Brewer's Challenge Results (We placed!!)
The results are in. Taco Mac and Atlanta Brewing Company took the total of 103 submissions and whittled that down to 20, with five groups of tasters advancing their favorite from a field of approximately 20 per group. That group of 20 got broken down to five finalists, and then ultimately one winner. The finalists are:
- Jay Powell for “Midnight Brown” (English Nut Brown)
- Bob Southard for “The Queen’s Imperial Cherry Chocolate Porter”
- JT Beckham for “Muddy Paws” (Mocha Java Stout)
- Brian Borngesser for “BrIPA”
- Chris Payne for “St. Issadore The Farmer” (Heavy Cream Ale)
And the winner is….Bob Southard for “The Queen’s Imperial Cherry Chocolate Porter”! Congratulations to Bob.
So out of 103 submissions, we placed in the top 6. Not too shabby, if I do say so myself. You can read the entire results article here,
http://www.fredsbeerpage.blogspot.com/2012/08/we-have-winner.html
Taco Mac Contest
Here are our 4 contest entries for the inaugural Southern Brewer’s Challenge sponsored by Taco Mac and Atlanta Brewing Company.