Whew.  457 breweries and 2,100 beer later, the Great American Beer Festival really does live up to its name.  I’ll be breaking up my posts into a few different events, but here’s a catch all photo album of photos from the convention floor, Falling Rock, and Great Divide Brewing.   Congrats again to all the [...]

This past weekend Santa Rosa hosted it’s own local beer festival.  This small festival was a delight to attend – the weather was perfect, the crowd energetic but respectful, the beer plentiful, and food included in the ticket price.          Pictures and tasting notes after the jump…

Wow.  Just… Wow.  GABF was something else. According to William Brand, there were 46,000 attendees, 2,600 volunteers, 432 breweries, and a staggering 2,052 beers being sampled.   That’s a whole lot to cover, so I’m going to break up my posts into a few different sections.  This post will focus on samples poured on the floor, with forthcoming [...]