2013 Great American Beer Festival Snapshots

With the 2013 GABF behind us, here's some snapshots of what went down......... You'll want to try to make it next year.

Before we move onto some fun photos, here's 2013 GABF winners from Texas!  Congrats to all of them for a job well done.

Gold	Cedar Creek Belgian Style Dubbel	Cedar Creek Brewery	Belgian-Style Abbey Ale
Bronze	Atrial Rubicite	Jester King Brewery	Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale
Bronze	Blind Jake	Pinthouse Pizza	Brown Porter
Gold	Public Ale	Community Beer Co.	Extra Special Bitter
Silver	Brewers Cut Altbier	Real Ale Brewing Co.	German-Style Altbier
Gold	Black Thunder	Austin Beerworks	German-Style Schwarzbier
Bronze	Saint Arnold Weedwacker	Saint Arnold Brewing Co.	German-Style Wheat Ale
Gold	Bitterama	Namaste Brewing at the Whip In	Herb and Spice Beer
Bronze	Elba	Black Star Co-op Pub and Brewery	Herb and Spice Beer
Silver	Saint Arnold Summer Pils	Saint Arnold Brewing Co.	Munich-Style Helles

Did you know that the fabulous Sebbie Buhler from Rogue has a brother who brews too?  Dave Buhler is from Elysian Brewing Company!

This is a pretty funny picture: Three John's.  John Knox of HopSafari / WindAddict, John Palmer author of How to Brew, and John Holl from the Craft Beer Cookbook. 

I don't know these guys personally, but a good friend bought my a bottle of their beer from Portland.  Cheers, @EvilGenius12!

I don't know this guy either, but he has a turkey leg around his neck.  YES!  A turkey leg around his neck.  He is my new hero. 

Donuts in the food pairing session.  Yes.  Please. 

And this was an awesome beer by Stone. 

Part of the typical GABF fun are the parties that happen alongside the festival.  There are tons and tons of events, and there are also some more private events - like this one by 21st Amendment. 

Or the primate in the space suit.  Ironically, GABF was happening during the government shutdown.