Comments on: The GABF 2008: That was a festival that was http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/10/13/the-gabf-2008-that-was-a-festival-that-was/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:14:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Volunteers Needed for the 2009 Great American Beer Fest | Beer Jobs dot org http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/10/13/the-gabf-2008-that-was-a-festival-that-was/comment-page-1/#comment-1746 Volunteers Needed for the 2009 Great American Beer Fest | Beer Jobs dot org Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:39:39 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/?p=1897#comment-1746 [...] at home, through blog posts and Twitter updates, and was amazed at the quantity and quality of coverage.  Beer Sage of BeerNews.org had a complete live-blog of the awards ceremony, and Craft Brew Cast [...] [...] at home, through blog posts and Twitter updates, and was amazed at the quantity and quality of coverage.  Beer Sage of BeerNews.org had a complete live-blog of the awards ceremony, and Craft Brew Cast [...]

]]> By: William Brand http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/10/13/the-gabf-2008-that-was-a-festival-that-was/comment-page-1/#comment-1744 William Brand Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:31:08 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/?p=1897#comment-1744 True, Sacto has a couple of good ones. But we don't do too badly, although there hasn't been anything really gigantic for a long time. Of course, coming up in February is San Francisco Bay Area Beer Week, there will be literally dozens of events. But I'd say the barleywine fest in February at the Toronado in San Francisco and the IPA and Double IPA fests at the Bistro are hard to beat, for variety and unusual beers. The annual Breastfest at Marin Bewing in early summer is one fine festival Also, the San Francisco Brewer's Guild has a fest on the Jeremiah O'Brian, the Liberty ship, each Labor Day. Also, the beer pavilion at the Slow Food Nation expo at Fort Mason last month was totally amazing. What we lack these days are gigantic festivals with each brewery pouring one or two beers. Don't know why. Maybe it's because we have such variety that a big fest like that feels kind of ho-hum. I dunno. What do you think? True, Sacto has a couple of good ones. But we don’t do too badly, although there hasn’t been anything really gigantic for a long time.

Of course, coming up in February is San Francisco Bay Area Beer Week, there will be literally dozens of events.

But I’d say the barleywine fest in February at the Toronado in San Francisco and the IPA and Double IPA fests at the Bistro are hard to beat, for variety and unusual beers. The annual Breastfest at Marin Bewing in early summer is one fine festival Also, the San Francisco Brewer’s Guild has a fest on the Jeremiah O’Brian, the Liberty ship, each Labor Day.

Also, the beer pavilion at the Slow Food Nation expo at Fort Mason last month was totally amazing.

What we lack these days are gigantic festivals with each brewery pouring one or two beers. Don’t know why. Maybe it’s because we have such variety that a big fest like that feels kind of ho-hum. I dunno. What do you think?

]]> By: craig http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/10/13/the-gabf-2008-that-was-a-festival-that-was/comment-page-1/#comment-1743 craig Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:10:37 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/?p=1897#comment-1743 i went last year it was fantastic...pub crawling in denver was as much fun as the fest..i look forward to returnig..on the subject of beerfests..why does sacramento have more and better beerfests than we do here in the bay area? i went last year it was fantastic…pub crawling in denver was as much fun as the fest..i look forward to returnig..on the subject of beerfests..why does sacramento have more and better beerfests than we do here in the bay area?

]]> By: Beer & Nosh » Blog Archive » Great American Beer Festival: Beer Samples http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/10/13/the-gabf-2008-that-was-a-festival-that-was/comment-page-1/#comment-1745 Beer & Nosh » Blog Archive » Great American Beer Festival: Beer Samples Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:21:44 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/?p=1897#comment-1745 [...]  Just… Wow.  GABF was something else. According to William Brand, there were 46,000 attendees, 2,600 volunteers, 432 breweries, and a staggering 2,052 beers [...] [...]  Just… Wow.  GABF was something else. According to William Brand, there were 46,000 attendees, 2,600 volunteers, 432 breweries, and a staggering 2,052 beers [...]

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