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GABF 2019: Illinois Pour List Preview
For the first time in its 38 year history, the Brewers Association has decided to reveal the list of beers pouring at the festival long before the festival app drops a day or two before the festival....
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GABF 2019: Top 40 Breweries
Here at ABV Chicago, we deal heavily in arbitrarity. Weekly, we review and rank beers as they wrap around our particular personal preferences, so we acknowledge that our opinions shouldn’t be taken...
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Episode 296 – GABF 2019
For three whole days, we are the masters of our domain – which is the expansive festival hall in Denver, Colorado for the Great American Beer Festival. We’re double dipping on this episode as we...
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GABF 2019: Ryan’s 40 Best Beers
Still the biggest and best beer fest around, this year’s Great American Beer Festival featured over 800 breweries, which is roughly 10 percent of the breweries operating in the U.S. at this point in...
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Episode 349 – GABF Memories
For the first time since this podcast started almost seven years ago, there’s no trip to Denver to drink beer at the Great American Beer Festival – and we’re feeling a little sad about it. So we...
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GABF 2023: Top 40 Breweries at the Fest
‘Photo © Brewers Association’ With over 500 breweries pouring at the 41st Great American Beer Festival, you’re going to need a plan. Well, you’re going to need a ticket to the fest, travel, lodging,...
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Episode 503 – GABF 2023
We were just back in Denver for the 41st Great American Beer Festival, and we’ve got an episode chock full of interviews and beer highlights that’s as good as gold (medals). Catch up on our beer-y...
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GABF 2023: The Recap
The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) returned once again for its 41st year in 2023. About 9,300 beers were judged from 2,033 breweries for the awards portion and more than 500 breweries poured on...
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GABF 2023: Ryan’s Top 40 Beers
Photo © Brewers Association After taking a week or so to gather my thoughts and review my notes, I came up with this (extremely arbitrary) top 35 list of the best beers I had on the GABF floor....
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