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New additions to this year's line-up
There are only seven short weeks until the 2008 Great American Beer Festival begins! The BA is working on adding some new elements to this year’s festival, including the new Beer Enthusiast Bookstore. All of your favorite titles will be available and book signings will be scheduled with the greats of craft and homebrewing.
The Guilds Pavilion where several state guilds will be pouring their local beers to showcase their state’s breweries, beer, and craft brewing community will also be new this year. You can talk to the brewers and learn about the passion that defines small brewers in states from California to the east coast and all points in between.
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There will also be many opportunities to learn more about your favorite brews and styles. The You Be the Judge Booth will be back for you to learn one-on-one about what a beer judge is trained to look for when judging a beer style. The Beer and Food Paring Demos will also return this year giving you tips on what to pair with your favorite styles.
What you should know
GABF visitors enjoy one-ounce beer samples from the festival's breweries. These breweries are arranged on the festival floor by regions of the country, giving beer lovers a walking tour of the nation's beer-blessed landscape. Many of the booths are staffed by the brewers themselves. More than 46,000 beer enthusiasts from Colorado, the United States, and around the world will attend this year's GABF. The 2008 GABF will cover 188,000 square feet of the Colorado Convention Center.
The GABF also hosts one of the world's largest and most prestigious tasting competitions. Over 100 professional beer judges from the United States and abroad evaluated over 2,800 beers are expected to be entered by more than 470 domestic breweries. Gold, silver and bronze medals in 75 beer-style categories will be awarded on October 11 at the 1:30 p.m. awards ceremony held during the Members-Only Tasting Session.
The GABF's popular food & beer pairing seminars featuring an A-list of America's brewers joined local and national celebrity chefs for demonstrations on how to cook with beer and pair different styles of beer with various dishes.
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