Colorado Convention Center
14th and Champa
Downtown Denver, CO
General Information
Welcome to the 2018 Great American Beer Festival competition!
We’re looking forward to your participation in a vigorous competition and to an exciting awards ceremony on Saturday September 22. Be sure to look over this year’s style list and descriptions very carefully before submitting your entry form. Many category numbers have changed—
don’t use last year’s category numbers!
Entry Fees
Application Fee: $160.00 for BA members
$385.00 for non-members – covers cost of first beer entry into competition.
Additional Competition Entries: $160.00 per beer for BA brewery members
$385.00 per beer for non-members.
COMPETITION ENTRY SHIPPING ADDRESS
GABF – BA
c/o Elite Brands
587 S. Taylor Ave
Louisville, CO 80027
AWARDS PHILOSOPHY
The GABF awards medals for excellence in categories and does not necessarily award medals to the top three finishers in a particular category. When judges decide that a category contains three excellent examples of the style, they award gold, silver, and bronze medals for the first, second, and third place beers, respectively. If judges believe that no beer in the category meets the quality and style accuracy criteria, they may elect not to award a medal. Judges may award a silver or a bronze medal and yet not award a gold medal in a category. The award criteria are as follows:
• Gold: A world-class beer that accurately exemplifies the specified style, displaying the proper balance of taste, aroma, and appearance.
• Silver: An excellent beer that may vary slightly from style parameters while maintaining close adherence to the style and displaying excellent taste, aroma, and appearance.
• Bronze: A fine example of the style that may vary slightly from style parameters and/or have minor deviations in taste, aroma, or appearance.
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