Great American Beer Festival

The GABF (Great American Beer Festival) founded in 1982, is the premier beer festival in the U.S. and beer competitions, with the largest collection of beer made in the United States and ever served in a public tasting event, outside of the private competition run by the Brewers Association. GABF brings together the brewers and diverse beers that make the U.S. the world’s greatest brewing nation.

The Great American Beer Festival takes place at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver annually, in early October for 3 days and sells out almost instantly so keep an eye out in July for the next time tickets go on sale so you can get yours!

700 14th Street,
Denver, Colorado 80202

Website: https://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/

Great American Beer Festival News

2019 Craft Brewers Conference & Brew Expo

April 4th, 2019

Denver Channel 1 attends American largest brewing industry gathering takes place April 8-11th, 2019 at the Colorado Convention center in Denver. You'll find everything about how to run and operate a brewing business and how to sustain saftey and leadership in the workplace throughout various lessons and talks during the event. The BrewExpo trade show is where all the industry products and service people come together in a large setting to display and promote the latest and greatest gear for brewpubs, breweries and wholesalers.[READ|SHARE]

Falling Rock Tap House

January 1st, 2018

The Falling Rock Tap House features a large outside street level patio – perfect for a beer before or after a game. Inside the upper level there is roomy seating at the bar, booths or tables. Our lower level has more seating around the pool tables, 2 dart boards and the main restrooms. Many people ask about the 2200+ beer bottles lining the walls in the bar. No, these are not the beers we offer, they are Chris’ collection. Yes he drank about 90% of those beers. Check out inside the Falling Rock Taphouse.[READ|SHARE]

Great American Beer Festival 2016

October 11th, 2016

Denver Channel 1's Aaron Smith takes us to another awesome year at the Great American Beer Festival, we talk with brewers, beer geeks and the like to learn about American craft brews, breweries, brewpubs, and some new products in the homebrew market. 2016 was even bigger than years previous and we got around to just a small portion of the 1000's of participants so here is what we found in the few days at the fest. We talk with the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild, Mountain Sun Brewery, Victory Brewing and Southern Tier Brewing, Russ Farms, Braindead Brewing, Nighthawk Brewing, Dad[READ|SHARE]

The 2015 Great American Beer Festival is almost here!

September 22nd, 2015

This year the Great American Beer Festival is changing it up and introducing an all new Meet The Brewer section with almost 100 brewers from all over the world, letting you try out some of their favorite craft beers. Each brewery’s booth will be staffed entirely, by their employees and great for passionate beer fans to learn more about the beer. On top of that there are more than 3,500 craft beers available for tasting, according the the Guinness Book of World Records, there is no other place on earth where a beer aficionado can find more beers on tap! Some[READ|SHARE]

The Falling Rock Tap House 2014

August 19th, 2014

Our Best of Denver TV Special visits the Falling Rock Tap House in LoDo and we get an exclusive interview with owner Chris Black who talks about his award winning bar and why this place is infamous for having the largest selection of beer in the Rocky Mountain region. We also learn about some of the special events and festivals they host around brewery releases and ones that coincide with the Great American Beer Fest, the Craft Brewers Conference and the World Beer Cup. The upcoming 2014 Great American Beer Festival will be an exciting time at the Falling Rock[READ|SHARE]

The Falling Rock Tap House

August 31st, 2013

We visit the Falling Rock Tap House in Denver and Jann Scott talks with owner Chris Black about his award winning beer selection and how the industry is changing to appeal to a wider crowd and why the Falling Rock Tap House is the best place if you are a beer connoisseur. We look at just a few of the great beers they have on tap and learn about what makes a great tasting beer as well as how the shape of the glass itself can enhance the flavor of the beers.[READ|SHARE]