Great American Beer Festival

where's it at

I live in Denver, not going. Its a bit of shite show. Definitely a party though. I just wish
a) it had two weekends
b) it wasn't in the convention center.

If it was I would go every year, i just hate the convention center.

I will definitely hit some of the local events, in fact hit a beer bar last night and had some specialty taps. We are doing two breweries tonight (epic/mutual friends).

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I will definitely hit some of the local events

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Brewery tap takeovers at bars and brewery parties in hotel ballrooms are awesome. They happen throughout this whole week leading up to GABF.

I went about 7 years in a row-my last session was probably about 6-7 years ago.
That was right about the time craft beer became trendy-as in "let's do it because everyone else is doing it" trendy.
I enjoyed all the off-session gatherings-that's where some of the real rarities came out.
I don't see me ever going back again sad to say because I had a blast.

I've lived in Denver for a while now, and have not been. I have some friends who are way to into this shite, as in, they've taken Thursday and Friday off to attend every day.

I love craft beer as much as the next guy, but the amount of breweries popping up is just getting out of hand. Everyone's beer generally tastes the same and there isn't a ton of creativity going into it anymore. I'll leave the wacky creations of Milk Chocolate Stout infused with Butternut Squash to the imagination of my 8 year old self of yesteryear.

From what I've heard, it's cramped and a shite show of drunk people. I'd rather buy a few 6 packs of quality stuff and enjoy a weekend at home smoking some meat and watching some football.

Not going. Like others in this thread, I heard it has transformed into too much of a shite show.