GABF 2010 – Sneak Peek Part 2

We caught up with many brewers this week, and wanted to find out their involvement in The Great American Beer Festival (GABF). Here are there responses to these questions:

1. What kind of presence will you have at GABF?
2. What beers will you be sending for the festival?
3. What beers will you be entering for judging and in what category?

New Glarus Brewing – New Glarus, WI

Sorry, for us the big event is the Great Taste. So no one from the brewery is going. And I am not about to jinx ourselves by discussing what beers went to what category.

Pike Brewing – Seattle, WA

1. Our Asst. Head Brewer, Dean Mochizuki and our owners, Charles and Rose Ann Finkel
2. Pike IPA and Pike Monk’s Uncle Tripel Ale
3. Same as above, IPA and Belgium style.

Ballast Point Brewing – San Diego, CA

We have the brewery owner, Jack White and a handful of sales reps attending the fest in Denver.  We entered a whole bunch of beers (listed below) and will pour 5 tasty treats at our booth (also below).  In addition, our Wahoo Wheat Beer will be featured Thursday at the SD Brewer’s Guild table.  Should be a good time.  Cheers!  -Ryan G

Festival Beer:
Yellowtail Ale   42
Calico Amber Ale   49
Big Eye IPA   46
Black Marlin Porter   70
Sculpin IPA   47

Judge Only Beer:
Wahoo Wheat Beer   63

Dorado Double IPA   48

Sea monster Imperial Stout   76B

Victory at Sea Coffee Vanilla Imperial Porter   5A   Imperial Porter brewed with coffee and spiced with Vanilla

Fathom IPL   13   Highly hopped lager. “India Pale Lager?”

Piper Down Scottish Ale   54C

Bourbon Barrel Aged Piper Down Scottish Ale   17A   Scottish Ale aged in Bourbon Barrels

Bourbon Barrel Aged Sea Monster Imperial Stout   19   American Imperial Stout Aged in Bourbon Barrels

Hout Series – Guezue   66B

Three Sheets Barleywine   79B

Barrel Aged Victory at Sea   18   Coffee Vanilla Imperial Porter aged in Bourbon Barrels

Navigator Doppelbock   38A

Abandon Ship Smoked Lager   23A   Bock Style Rauchbier

Rahr and Sons – Fort Worth, TX

1. We will have a booth and we are sending about 5 people.
2. Blind Salamander Pale Ale, Ugly Pug Black Lager, Rahr’s Blonde Helles Lager
3. Blind Salamander Pro-Am, Pug – Cat 36, Blonde – Cat 27

Harpoon Brewery – Boston, MA

1. We’ll have a booth at the festival and will be pouring 5 beers.

2. Harpoon IPA, UFO Hefeweizen , Harpoon Octoberfest ,Harpoon Leviathan Imperial IPA ,Harpoon Leviathan Triticus

3. We’ve entered all the beers listed above, with the addition of the Harpoon Belgian Pale Ale and the UFO Raspberry Hefeweizen

Click here to read part 1 of our GABF 2010 Sneak Peek.

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