re: Voodoo pale ale - best hazy pale ale in America

I’m going to have to give TR another shot. I tired a few different beers from them a couple of heads ago and really disliked them, and I can drink about anything.

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I’d say for some palates, Voodoo is better than Envie. I’ve had that experience.

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I probably drink a little more envie than voodoo, but I've definitely had that experience where I preferred voodoo to envie in a side by side.

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Envie sucks since the outsourcing. It’s gone way downhill

Voodoo is even better since they tweaked the recipe a few months back. To me it’s way better than envie now

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Was at a friends the other night-they had a six pack of Envie bottles iced for one guy that only drinks beer and he is as big of a beer guy as anyone on this board. He drank 3 then opened the 4th and the whole kitchen smelled like rotten eggs. Opened 5th and 6th same thing. Not sure what happened but they got pitched.

I heard they recently made some unannounced, minor tweaks to Voodoo. I haven’t tried it recently, but maybe those helped a lot. When they revamped/rebranded it a year or so ago, it thought it was a good, easy drinker that just didn’t have much flavor pop.

You have to also consider that most successful, established breweries aren’t sending beer to GABF to be judged. Nevertheless, they beat out 131 entries in that category from other American breweries that entered beer they thought could win. That’s pretty impressive and certainly something for them to be proud of.

I think it is also funny that Parish has been trying hard to medal in GABF for years.

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You have to also consider that most successful, established breweries aren’t sending beer to GABF to be judged.

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You think new Belgium, Sam adams, Sierra Nevada, etc aren't sending beer?

New Belgium and St. Arnold had some beers place. I wonder if places like Treehouse, Trillium, Angry Chair, Great Notion, Monkish, etc send beers

I think a lot of the ones that tduecen mentioned and other highly-rated breweries don’t send beer. If they did, there would a lot more than 132 entries for hazy pale ale.

Is there a way to see who all entered this year? I’d be curious.

So Breweries have to pay to enter

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GABF Pricing Application fee (covers cost of first beer entry into competition) $160 for BA Members ($385 non-members)

Additional Competition Beer Entries (cost per entry) $160 for BA Members ($385 non-members)

Pro-Am Entry Fee $160 For BA Members (non-members not eligible) Collaboration Beer Competition Entry Fee $160 For BA Members (non-members not eligible)

Festival Booth Fee Only applicable for breweries with a booth at the festival. Includes 4 brewery representative badges for the festival (7 if in Meet the Brewer) Includes draught setup and MicroStar keg program (if requested during booth registration) $250 for BA Members Only (non-members are not eligible for festival booth at GABF)

Additional GABF Brewery Rep Badge – valid for all 4 sessions of festival (Badges Not Included for Competition-Only Breweries) $185 for BA Members w/ Festival Booth (without booth: $300 for BA Members / $325 for Non-members)

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List of Breweries Entered

List of Beers Entered

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is jucifer a hazy pale ale?

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No, it's a full IPA.

Huge deal for Tin Roof, first ever GABF gold medal for a Louisiana brewery.

There were 132 entries into the category.

Eh, it doesn't specifically say, I assumed entered since it is listed like that and they do not have a list for "entered" beer specifically.