Photos © 2008 Jason E. Kaplan
The Great American Beer Festival is in town. Hooray!
This once a year Denver tradition is a bacchanalia of brews, bringing 495 breweries together to compete for medals in more than 50 categories. This is the civilized, orderly and sometimes heart-breaking aspect of the festival. It's the Olympics of beer-making - many compete, few will win, some will cry.
In addition, the brewers come to meet the throngs of beer loving fans and serve samples of their combined 2100 different beers.
Kind of like a huge frat party - it starts with a crush of people pouring through the door and ends with someone body surfing through the crowd. Expect crazy hats, pretzel necklaces and some spontaneous singing.
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Colorado is home to 103 breweries (and you thought we only brewed Coors!), making us the king of the beer world. And in celebration of our big party, it's difficult to walk down the street without someone handing you a glass of beer or inviting you to a party. The restaurants are offering special menus and the beer is flowing like water (clearly, this is a tough place to live!).
I was lucky enough to score a press pass to the festivities, compliments of the lovely folks at Foodbuzz, so I'll be posting updates here and on Twitter throughout the weekend.
Got any beer advice, questions, comments or anything you'd like me to check out for you? I'm on http://twitter.com/ChellyVitry, send me a DM ad I'll get right back to you.
Cheers!
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