Great American Beer Festival 2015 Photos – GABF 2015

Great American Beer Festival 2015 Photos

The entrance to the Great American Beer Festival on Saturday 9/26/2015.  A very large crowd formed prior to them opening the doors for the festival.  Despite the large number of people, everyone was calm and in good spirits, I did not notice one fight or argument while I was there.

Great American Beer Festival 2015 Weed and Pot Beer

Perhaps the largest line of the festival was surrounding Dudes and Brews who was serving a Cannabis Sativa Beer at the event.  From my understanding it was the only weed or cannabis beer at the event.

Sierra Nevada Brewery at the Great American Beer Festival 2015

Here was the scene at the Sierra Nevada Brewing both.  They had a large crowd and were serving several beers.

Russian River Brewing at the Great American Beer Festival 2015

Here was Russian River’s both.  I suppose that when your beer is as good as theirs, you don’t really need a flashy both.  I reached their location about an hour after they let everyone in and all that was left was their Porter.

RhineGeist Brewery at the Great American Beer Festival 2015

RhineGeist Brewery made it to the Great American Beer Festival this year and had several beers on tap.

Paradox Brewing at the Great American Beer Festival 2015

One of my new favorite breweries, Paradox brewing was at the Great American Beer Festival and were serving beer all night.

Great American Beer Festival Oskar Blues Brewery

One of the larger local Craft Beer breweries was also at the Great American Beer Festival 2015 with a giant both.  Dale’s Pale Ale is always a solid choice and was being served along side several of their other beers.

Great American Beer Festival 2015 Odell Brewing

Odell Brewing Company out of Fort Collins Colorado was also at the Great American Beer Festival 2015 and was serving thirsty fans all night.  They had a large group of fans around their both for most of the evening.

Great American Beer Festival 2015 Nobel Ale Works

Their were several Orange County California Breweries on hand at the Great American Beer Festival, including Noble Ale Works.

Left Coast Brewing Great American Beer Festival 2015

Left Coast Brewing was on hand at the Great American Beer Festival 2015 as well serving up several beers.  The line was not long but the beer was great.

Great American Beer Festival 2015 Photos and Images

Growler Werks Great American Beer Festival 2015

Growler Werks was on hand with a new like of growlers that lets you control the CO2 pressure so that your craft beer or homebrew does not go bad.  The rep from Growler Werks even informed me that you can force carbonate your home brewed beer in these growlers.  If I have a chance to review one, I will give you all the details.

Green Flash Brewing at the Great American Beer Festival

Tons of West Coast Breweries were on hand, including many from the San Diego area such as Green Flash.  Green Flash had a large both at the Great American Beer Festival and were serving a ton of beers.

Fan at the Great American Beer Festival 2015

It was not just the brewers and breweries on show at the Great American Beer Festival 2015.  Many fans came dressed up such as this fine gentleman who would greet everyone with a wave or high five.

Great American Beer Festival 2015 Fan and Cosplay Photos

And the viking was not alone, here is a photo of his buddy who was in an equally great mood!

Drakes Brewing Great American Beer Festival 2015

I am not to sure what this lady was doing with her hair, but Drake’s Brewery was also on hand.  They have one of the best line ups of beer around and a great booth to showcase them.

Descutes Brewery Great American Beer Festival 2015

Deschutes Brewery out of Portland and Bend, Oregon were on hand as well.  Deschutes is an awesome brewery and they sent some really awesome folks to man their both as well.  They are serving some great beers this year as well!

Cannabis Beer at the Great American Beer Festival 2015

Here is another shot of Dude’s and Brews, advertising the World First Cannabis Beer at the Great American Beer Festival 2015.  It seemed to be a big attraction for many of the festival goers.

Bootleggers Brewery at the Great American Beer Festival 2015

Bootleggers Brewery made it to the Great American Beer Festival as well.  The folks they sent were cool and knowledgeable about their beers.

There was a great showing of Oregon breweries as well, including Bend Brewing Company.

Bear Republic at the Great American Beer Festival 2015

I was glad to see one of my personal favorite breweries, Bear Republic had made it to the Great American Beer Festival.  The people working their stand were awesome and the beer was great too!

Avery Brewing Great American Beer Festival 2015

Avery Brewing, another large local craft brewery was on hand as well with a giant booth that had a huge crowd.  They had an awesome selection of beer and were pouring tons of beer!