Top North American Beer Festivals Worth Travelling For

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Message JK beers 7296 º places 442 º 16:36 Tue 7/29/2014 Originally posted by Steve_0 Come to GABF and come to What the Funk?! that Friday during GABF. It is a can’t miss festival. Do you have a link for this? I am only finding the 2013 site.
Message Sarlacc83 beers 2662 º places 111 º 16:57 Tue 7/29/2014 For Portland, I would say the Holiday Ale Festival is the worthiest.
Message chriso P beers 7540 º places 736 º 17:38 Tue 7/29/2014 Originally posted by joet Very high, perhaps highest, on my bucket list is Great Taste Of The Midwest. Aren’t they sold out about one nanosecond after the tickets go on sale?

Message cbfobes beers 2938 º places 29 º 17:46 Tue 7/29/2014 Originally posted by chriso Originally posted by joet Very high, perhaps highest, on my bucket list is Great Taste Of The Midwest. Aren’t they sold out about one nanosecond after the tickets go on sale? Not if you get in line at 2am, and for the most part bottles start getting opened around 4:30am - 5am so it just turns into a 7+hr bottle share
Message Brigadier P beers 4930 º places 334 º 18:13 Tue 7/29/2014 Originally posted by joet Very high, perhaps highest, on my bucket list is Great Taste Of The Midwest. As Chief Beer Officer of one of the mostly highly influential beer sites on the Internet I would imagine you would have no problems getting a media pass.
Message Erlangernick beers 6 º places 2 º 22:30 Tue 7/29/2014 Originally posted by writerljberg For Portland, I would say the Holiday Ale Festival is the worthiest. Good call. If I had to choose between it and the OBF, I think it’d be the HAF...weather notwithstanding.
Message Travlr beers 33887 º places 4582 º 04:58 Wed 7/30/2014 I’m a fan of smaller fests. If I had to pick one North America favorite, it would be the berliner weisse festival at Peg’s Cantina - low alcohol sours with tropical fruit, consumed while sitting under palm trees to escape the heat. Brewvival in Charleston comes in a close second, as Dan said. I also enjoyed the 12percent/Sheton Bros fest in Portland, Maine (it’s in LA this year), probably my favorite of the "large" festivals.

Message BBB63 beers 6567 º places 146 º 05:23 Wed 7/30/2014 My list of ones I have been to: Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beers (FoBAB) Great Taste of the Midwest Great American Beer Fest Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Fest San Diego Strong Ale Fest North American Bucket List: Belgium Comes to Cooperstown Great Alaska Beer and Barley Wine Festival Brewgrass Festival Savor Ratebeer Winter Gathering
Message Travlr beers 33887 º places 4582 º 06:58 Wed 7/30/2014 Oh yeah, I forgot about the Great Alaska Barleywine festival. Great fest, pretty much all the brewers from across Alaska show up. It’s not just barleywines, of course. It’s in January, so there are no tourists or cruise ships. Temp is a very consistent 25 below, but it’s 72 degrees and dry insid the fest hall. The brewers all stay at the Historic Anchorage Hotel, as did I; they all brought beers to share, and we all barhopped around town in between festival opening hours.
Message DietPepsican P beers 1592 º places 63 º 07:22 Wed 7/30/2014 Out of the ones I’ve been to, Great Taste is definitely tops. Pre and post parties have made it a weekend event worth travelling from anywhere in the world if you enjoy beer.