Our favorite time of year approaches again, but we can’t set off for Denver without doing a ridiculous amount of prep work and research. So to celebrate the oncoming Great American Beer Festival for 2025, we drink four GABF-adjacent beers while sharing our picks for what to drink from local breweries, our most dependable steady hands, the ever-exciting new-to-us names, and the familiar faces that are always worth a pour. Grab a pen and paper, because this episode is chocked full of almost a hundred damn solid recommendations (if we must say so ourselves.) Plus, Craig has an extremely surprising new role at his job, we find one experience area we’ll be camping out in a while, and we get a little lost in Taco Bell memories. 

Beers Reviewed

Pollyanna Brewing Company - Lexical Gap (American IPA)

Bow & Arrow Brewing Co. - Besos (Fruited Gose w/ raspberry, dragonfruit, orange zest, and vanilla)

Boxing Bear Brewing Co. - Chocolate Milk Stout

La Cumbre Brewing Company - Malpais Stout (Foreign Extra Stout)