Great American Beer Festival

Boulder County Breweries Medal Up: 2019 GABF Medal Haul

October 22, 2019 Like 0 editor

. . By Deborah Cameron The 38th edition of the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) took place at the Colorado Convention Center on October 3 -5. As always, it was a massive, suds-soaked three days. 800 breweries and 4,200 volunteers…

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Post Brewing and Lola Coastal’s Great American Beer Festival pre-party

October 6, 2017 Like 0 editor

Heralding the onslaught of events preceding the official 2017 Great American Beer Festival (#GABF) this weekend, breweries and restaurants around the Denver area threw kick off parties to mark the start of festivities. Yellow Scene’s Managing Editors attended a pre-party…

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Toasting Colorado’s Progressive Brewing Culture

June 30, 2017 Like 0 Chris Bjork

At this day and age, Colorado’s economy has become synonymous with its brewing industry. To provide some context, the state is home to four of the top 50 brewing companies in the nation and is ranked number one in terms…

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Alternatives to the Great American Beer Fest

October 2, 2012 Like 0 James Burrus

Don’t say we didn’t warn you that the Great American Beer Festival (Oct. 11–13) would sell out fast. In record time, as a matter of fact. But don’t despair, the Denver Beer Fest (Oct. 5–3) have again served up a…

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A Spirited Contest

March 20, 2012 Like 0 James Burrus

It was 9:30 a.m. on a sunny and unseasonably warm Saturday in February when I settled down in front of four unmarked plastic cups of vodka in a windowless room in the bowels of the Omni Interlocken Hotel in Broomfield.…

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Gifts to Open Twice

November 28, 2011 Like 0 James Burrus

It pains me to write about Christmas when (as of this submission) we’re still two months out, but you don’t want to let opportunity slip by for the ones you love. Let’s face it, some people are hard to buy…

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Distillers Hit up Beer Fests

October 17, 2011 Like 0 James Burrus

Second tier beer festivals in Colorado are growing, thanks to the success of the Great American Beer Festival.

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Grandpa Pete’s Vodka Recipe Lives

August 17, 2009 Like 0 James Burrus

The story behind 303Vodka is almost as good as the smooth, 80 proof potato concoction it describes. Almost.

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Restaurant Rumblings

October 28, 2008 Like 2 editor

Tasty Tidbits from the Dining World

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Cheers to Left Hand

October 14, 2008 Like 0 editor

The judges at last weekend’s Great American Beer Festival know a thing or two about beer. That being said, we think they learned something we’ve known for a long time: Longmont’s Lefthand Brewery is pretty darn good.