Tales of ales from the heart of Ohio to the ends of the Earth
Mary MacDonald and Justin Hemminger from the Ohio Craft Brewers Association join us to talk about some important behind the scenes issues affecting craft brewers and drinkers alike. We discuss laws that have an outsized impact on the way craft beer is distributed and sold in Ohio, including the outdated franchise law which governs the... Continue Reading →
The results of the 2022 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition were announced yesterday. A total of 9904 beers were entered, up slightly from the 9680 beers entered in 2021. (With an entry fee of $165 per beer (for BA members) that's nearly $1.6 million in entry fees alone.) A total of 300 medals were... Continue Reading →
After a summer break the All Things Beer podcast is back with an episode devoted to homebrews. We welcome back recurring guests Hans Gorsuch and Chris Mercerhill to discuss and dissect the fruits of our labor, including a hefeweizen, two different saisons, a biere de garde, and a wet hop harvest ale. Our conversation touches... Continue Reading →
While brewing the morning coffee my phone gave a familiar ping. It was a text message from my old friend Rick Armon. His message reminded me that the Great American Beer Festival had announced its 2021 winners last night: So the real Ohio story out of the GABF? This year was the first year Fat... Continue Reading →
Awards were given out at the 2020 Great American Beer Festival last night. Given the dumpster fire that is 2020 you can be forgiven if you didn’t realize that the GABF was being held this year. I must admit I didn’t realize awards were being given this year myself until the award show was wrapping... Continue Reading →
This past Saturday medals were given out at the annual Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Denver. This year’s competition featured 9,497 entries from 2,295 breweries representing all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Of those entries 318 medals were awarded, spread across 283 breweries. I'm pleased to report that... Continue Reading →
At the most recent Great American Beer Festival Ohio took home 14 medals, shared by no less than 13 different breweries, both numbers exceeding high water marks from previous years. Cincinnati’s Brink Brewing picked up two medals and was recognized as the best very small brewery of the year [1]. Fathead’s medaled for an impressive... Continue Reading →
Awards were handed out this past weekend at the Great American Beer Festival.  The popularity of the 30 year old festival continues to grow with a total of 7,227 beers entered by 1752 breweries. That’s up from 6,647 beers and 1552 breweries in 2015. Out of that sea of beer only 286 entries, roughly 4%, were... Continue Reading →
Awards were handed out this past weekend at the Great American Beer Festival. I was working at home on my computer and decided to put the live feed on in the background. It was surprisingly compelling and before long before I wasn’t getting much work done. In total there were 6,647 beers entered in the... Continue Reading →
Trailhead Pale Ale is a fresh hopped Pale Ale which is not bottled and according to the Fatheads website is a limited edition batch exclusive to Cleveland. (Editors Note: Fatheads has announced they will begin canning Trailhead sometime in May 2014.)  As I reported earlier, this beer won a silver medal at this year’s Great American... Continue Reading →
The winners of the recently concluded Great American Beer Festival can now be found online. The following link will take you to a PDF file that has the gold, silver and bronze medals for each of 84 different style categories (American Style Wheat Beers to Barleywines).PDF List: http://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/13_GABF_winners.pdfThe next link will take you to a... Continue Reading →
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