Great American Beer Festival

Brewing New York's History

Louise Mirrer | Posted 05.26.2012

Louise Mirrer

Beer has been integral to the city's history since the earliest days of European settlement, when it was generally safer to drink than the water.

Spring Into New Craft Beer Experiences

Menuism | Posted 05.20.2012

Menuism

Spring is the perfect opportunity to renew your ideas about beer and to clean out old misconceptions by exploring craft beer in new, different and creative ways.

WATCH: 'Beer America' Promo Highlights Oskar Blues

Posted 03.06.2012

It's not the next "Jersey Shore," "American Idol," or even "Iron Chef," and despite what Warren Miller Entertainment may say, we think that's a good t...

Best Bets At Denver Beer Fest

| Sheri L. Thompson | Posted 11.21.2011

Denver Beer Fest is upon us, and while large beer-themed events such as Oktoberfest and the upcoming Great American Beer Festival garner lots of atten...

It's The Most ... Wonderful Time ... Of The Year

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 08.13.2011

Visit Denver announced Friday that the third annual Denver Beer Fest will take place from Sept. 23 through Oct. 1 of this year. The event will coinci...

Great American Beer Festival: 12 Out-Of-State Breweries To Try This Weekend

Westword | Jonathan Shikes | Posted 05.25.2011

Colorado makes some of the best beers in the world, but when the Great American Beer Festival is in town, it's your chance to try something from anoth...

Great American Beer Festival: 5 Lesser-Known Breweries

Colorado Beer Week's Blog | Posted 05.25.2011

There are sure to be a few breweries at the upcoming Great American Beer Festival that even seasoned beer geeks won't know very well. Some of them mi...

Suds, Sports and Stadium Swindles

Brian Frederick | Posted 05.25.2011

Brian Frederick

Beer and sports are inextricably intertwined. In the case of Miller Park and Coors Field, taxpayers that financed the stadiums should have received greater benefit from these names.

The Ten Best Beers I Tasted at the Great American Beer Festival

Colin St. John | Posted 05.25.2011

Colin St. John

I personally attended three sessions, trying dozens of the over 2,200 beers on the Convention Center floor. Here are the ten I found to be the tastiest.

Fragments From the Great American Beer Festival's Finale

Gregory Daurer | Posted 05.25.2011

Gregory Daurer

After three days of the Great American Beer Festival, I've lost track of how many different beers I sampled. And, seemingly, I've lost my ability to provide a cohesive narrative.

PHOTOS: Local Winners At The Great American Beer Festival

Posted 05.25.2011

Playing host to the an event as massive and renowned as the Great American Beer Festival certainly doesn't hurt Colorado's claim to be "The Napa Valle...

Last Call At The Beer Fest's First Night

Gregory Daurer | Posted 05.25.2011

Gregory Daurer

It was shortly before 10 p.m., Thursday night, when the overhead lights in the Colorado Convention Center came on full-blast like a concert or sportin...

Imagine a Great Beer City (Part Three)

Gregory Daurer | Posted 05.25.2011

Gregory Daurer

Despite all the swine flu hysteria, there I was at the Great American Beer Festival -- drinking a beer partially made from, well, someone else's spit.

Colorado brewers take most medals at Great American Beer Festival

Denver Business Journal | Denver Business Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

Colorado beermakers won the most medals -- 45 -- at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, which concluded Saturday. ...

Imagine a Great Beer City (Part Two)

Gregory Daurer | Posted 05.25.2011

Gregory Daurer

Where did I find beers from 15 Colorado breweries and food from the Culinary School of the Rockies? The Governor's Mansion, of all places.

Denver Beer Fest: What's Colorado's Best Brew?

Posted 05.25.2011

With the sold-out Great American Beer Festival just around the corner and Oktoberfest season in full swing, it's officially beer drinking season. ...

Imagine a Great Beer City

Gregory Daurer | Posted 05.25.2011

Gregory Daurer

It's unlikely that any other American city has ever gone as far out of its way to position itself as The Great Beer City in quite the way that Denver is going about it through this next week.