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The Colorado Convention Center is again playing host to this year’s GABF and in addition to its massive exhibit halls, overflowing with breweries all pouring their best, there’s all kinds of special pavilions and craft beer hangs you need to know about.
Cool hangouts like…
Meet the Brewer
Every year, the GABF dedicates almost 30,000 square feet of the Convention Center’s exhibit hall space to a special section called Meet the Brewer, where each brewery’s booth is ENTIRELY and EXCLUSIVELY staffed by the brewery’s employees.
Want to strike up a conversation with your brewing hero? This is the place to meet the men and women behind America’s craft brewing renaissance, and it’s not to be missed.
Pro tip: Check out the 2017 Meet the Brewer Participants listingto fine tune your visit
The 2017 Beer & Food Pavilion
Sponsored by Red Robin, the Beer & Food Pavilion is THE place for exploring (and experiencing) the art of beer and food pairing.
Located in the Meet the Brewer Hall ,near island W, this pavilion will feature speakers like the BA’s Julia Herz (Author of Voyageur Press’ Beer Pairing) and offer an ever changing roster of regional pairing opportunities.
Pro tip: The first 50 attendees to who take in the Take a Palate Trip with Julia Herz session on Saturday night will receive a FREE copy of the CraftBeer.com Beer & Food Course… a $17 value!
The CraftBeer.com Pavilion
Our friends at CraftBeer.com have their own pavilion this year that’s a fun and interactive way to immerse yourself in the world of small and independent craft brewers.
THE hangout for some of today’s hottest brewers and industry professionals, the CraftBeer.com Pavilion is a great place to tuck away from the madness and drink beer with the people doing it.
Pro tip: Skip the lines, have a seat and sip on craft beers with CraftBeer.com’s Editor-In-Chief Jess Baker. She’s almost too much fun!
2017’s Heavy Medal Booth
Want to drink nothing but award-winning beers? Then the 2017 Heavy Medal Booth is guaranteed to rock your world.
This is the place that showcases ONLY medal-winning beers from the Great American Beer Festival competition and World Beer Cup.
And as the GABF team puts it, “when you sample a beer from the Heavy Medal booth, you can be confident that you’re savoring one of the finest examples of that particular beer style in the world!”
Pro tip: Plan on hitting the Heavy Medal Booth while your taste buds are still fresh.
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