I thought I would ake the time to give those who couldn't attend, as well as those whom I've sent this beer to, to check out some of the results from the GABF.

http://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/medals/medalists.aspx 

The local brewery that I go to won Small Brewery of the Year. Talk about a homebrewer living out the dream of most homebrewers, to open a brewery and make a success out of it.

A gold medal for an Alt that is fantastic, and a silver medal for a south german Hefe and another for an Oktoberfest/Marzen.

And as a side note, I actually was walking around for a little while talking beer with Jim Koch of Sam Adams.

He is probably the nicest, most honest guy I've ever had the opportunity to talk beer with.

Well, except the owner, and head brewer, at Dry Dock. They put up with a lot of my complaining whenever I think they could do better.

Hey pliny,

I answered your question in another thread about which local brew pub's beer I was drinking. I think it got covered up.

I get my beer from Kannah Creek Brewery in Grand Junction. Jim Jeffryes is the brewmaster.

http://www.kannahcreekbrewingco.com/index.asp 

I know you had an awesome time. One of these years I need to attent!

I will attend in attent, doh!

Wes, I haven't visited Grand Junction in a few years so I never got a chance to try Kannah Creek. This year, I sought their booth out to see what kinds they were brewing.

He's a good brewer... I think I'm going to have to schedule a trip over to see the Pub.