2014 GABF Fantasy Brewery Draft (Live at 6pm MST)

It’s hard to believe, but we’re finally arrived at year two of the GABF Fantasy Brewery Draft! True to the nature of PorchDrinking, last year we set out to bring a unique element to the Great American Beer Festival while not taking beer too seriously. So we invited a healthy melange of national and local craft beer writers to participate in a Fantasy Brewery Draft. Each year we draft breweries based on how we feel they’ll finish during GABF judging and earn points based on those finishes.

Last year, we happened to out luck the field by taking first, so this year’s draft order is based on how teams finished with our new additions starting first then onto the last place finishers and PorchDrinking will be drafting last.

Join us for the actual draft TONIGHT at 6 p.m. Mountain 8 p.m. Eastern and follow the action!

Mike Snider, Tech and Beer Reporter, USA Today

Mark Slattery , Founder, Denver Beer Guy

Chelsea Mitchell, Founder, Drink and Spoon

Erika Rietz, Editor, DRAFT Magazine

Chris Bruns, Contributor to Denver Off the Wagon

The Ladies, Co-Founders of Bitch Beer

Tom Rotunno, Senior Editor, CNBC

Eric Gorski, Staff Writer and Beer Blogger for the Denver Post

Ed Sealover, Author of Mountain Brew and Beer Run Blog

Jonathan Shikes, Managing Editor of Westword Magazine

Mark and Patti Robinson, Founders of Brewtally Insane

Tristan Chan, Founder, PorchDrinking.com

The draft will run like any other fantasy sports snake-style draft would with the last pick of the first round receiving the first pick of the second round.

Our participants will score points based on how their breweries medal during the actual competition. Please note, that beers in the Great American Beer Festival are judged based on their style guidelines. So while you may be a huge fan of a crazy creative beer, it may not necessarily win due to it’s style category guidelines. Here’s how participants will score points.

Point breakdown:

1 point for Bronze

3 points for Silver

5 points for Gold

20 points for Brewery and Brewmaster of the Year for a Brewing Company (regardless of size)

15 points for Brewery and Brewmaster of the Year for a Brew Pub (regardless of size)

Judging will take place on Saturday morning of the Great American Beer Festival and we’ll have the final results on how our participants finished that following week.