Breaking Down the Newcomers & Breweries Missing from 2018 GABF
Each year one of the most exciting aspects of the Great American Beer Festival is the ability to explore and sample some of the country’s best new breweries that have emerged on the scene. Additionally, it can be equally as rewarding to revisit some familiar faces you may only get to try once each year at the country’s largest beer showcase. However, with the evolving landscape of craft beer, and varying priorities, we also tend to lose some familiar friends. As we’ve done each year, we’ve broken down the new / returning breweries as well as those who sadly aren’t coming back for this year’s Great American Beer Festival.
(READ: The Complete List of Breweries Attending 2018 GABF)
2018 New/Returning Breweries
This is the complete list of breweries who are attending GABF in 2017 who did not attend last year. Notable new and returning breweries that you shouldn’t miss include Against the Grain Brewery, Barrel Theory, Hop Butcher for the World, More Brewing, Monday Night Brewing, Offshoot Beer, Telegraph Brewing and Commonhouse Aleworks who are all making their debut. Notable returners who weren’t at the festival last year include J. Wakefield, Logsdon Farmhouse Ales, New Glarus, Pure Project and more.
| 10 Barrel Brewing Co |
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| 10 Torr Distilling and Brewing |
| 14 Cannons Brewing Company |
| 1912 Brewing |
| 3 Iron Brewing Company |
| 3 Nations Brewing |
| 4204 Main Street Brewing Co |
| Against the Grain Brewery |
| Alaro Craft Brewery |
| Alpine Dog Brewing Co |
| Alternation Brewing Company |
| American Icon Brewery |
| Ancestry Brewery |
| Angry Fish Brewing Company |
| Angry James Brewing Co |
| Arrowood Farms |
| Aspen Brewing Company |
| Asylum Brewing |
| Atrevida Beer Company |
| Auburn Alehouse |
| Augustino Brewing |
| Backstep Brewing Company |
| Backyard Brewery |
| Bale Breaker Brewing Company |
| Band Of Bohemia |
| Banded Oak Brewing Company |
| Bankhead Brewing Company |
| Barebottle Brewing Company |
| Barrel Theory Beer Company |
| Bayou Teche Brewing |
| Bearded Owl Brewing |
| Beer Army |
| Bend Brewing Co |
| Beyond The Mountain Brewing Company |
| Bhramari Brewing Company |
| Big River Brewery, LLC |
| Big Stump Brewing Company |
| Big Timber Brewing |
| Bismarck Brewing |
| Black Star Co-op |
| Bold Missy Brewery |
| Bolton Landing Brewing Co. |
| Boneyard Beer Co |
| Brewery Rickoli |
| Brewing Projekt, The |
| Brewtorium, The |
| Brickway Brewery and Distillery |
| Bridger Brewing Company |
| Bright Ideas Brewing |
| Bruz Beers |
| Burly Brewing Company, LLC |
| Calusa Brewing Company |
| Camino Brewing Co LLC |
| Canyon Lakes Golf Course & Brewery |
| Castle Island Brewing Co. |
| Cerveceria Colorado |
| Christian Moerlein Brewing Co |
| Church Street Brewing Company |
| College Street Brewhouse and Pub |
| Collision Bend Brewing Co |
| Colorado Boy Pizzeria |
| Common Space Brewery |
| Commonhouse Aleworks |
| Concord Craft Brewery |
| Crabtree Brewing |
| Dark City Brewing Company |
| Declaration Brewing Company |
| Deep River Brewing Company |
| Denton County Brewing Company |
| Devil Wind Brewing LLC |
| Dissent Craft Brewing Company, LLC |
| Dive Bar Brewing Company |
| Divine Barrel Brewing |
| Dos Luces Brewery |
| Double Shift Brewing |
| Downhill Brewing |
| Eastern Market Brewing Company |
| Elk Avenue Brewing Company |
| Empirical Brewery |
| Epidemic Ales |
| Ever Grain Brewing Co |
| Excel Brewing Co |
| Family Business Beer Company |
| Fernson Brewing Company |
| Fifty West Brewing Co |
| Flathead Lake Brewing Co |
| Florida Avenue Brewing Co |
| Florida Brewery, The |
| Florida Keys Brewing Co. |
| Flossmoor Station Brewing Co |
| Fort Brewery and Pizza |
| Fretboard Brewing Company |
| Front Street Brewery - IA |
| Full Circle Brewing Co |
| Garr's Beer Co. |
| Geist Beerworks |
| Gemini Beer Company |
| Ghostfish Brewing Company |
| Good City Brewing Company |
| Grains of Wrath Brewing |
| Grand Armory Brewing Co |
| Gravely Brewing Co. |
| Gravity BrewWorks |
| Great Flood Brewing |
| Green Man Brewing Co |
| Greenstar Brewing At Uncommon Ground |
| Guinness Open Gate Brewery and Barrel House |
| Gunbarrel Brewing Company |
| Hairless Hare Brewery |
| Hidden Mother Brewery, The |
| HighSide Brewery |
| Highway 79 Brewery |
| Hix Farm Brewery |
| Hop Butcher For the World |
| HopFly Brewing Company |
| Icarus Brewing Company |
| IMBIB Custom Brews |
| Indian Springs Brewing Company |
| Infusion Brewing Company |
| Ivanhoe Park Brewing Company |
| J Wakefield Brewing |
| K2 Brothers Brewing |
| Künstler Brewing |
| Lamplighter Brewing Co. |
| Landlocked Ales |
| Latchkey Brewing Company |
| LauderAle |
| Logsdon Farmhouse Ales |
| Lost Winds Brewing Company |
| Love City Brewing Company |
| Middle Brow Beer Company |
| Midnight Pig Beer Co. |
| Modist Brewing Company |
| Monday Night Brewing |
| Moontown Brewing |
| More Brewing Co |
| Mother Earth Brew Co |
| Mountain Cowboy Brewing Company |
| Mountains Walking |
| Mt Lowe Brewing Company |
| Narragansett Brewing Co |
| Network Brewery |
| New Glarus Brewing Co |
| New Planet Beer Co |
| NightLife Brewing Co |
| No Clue Craft Brewery |
| Noble Rey Brewing Company |
| North Channel Brewing Co. |
| Northern Row Brewery & Distillery |
| Oak Highlands Brewery |
| Off Square Brewing |
| Offshoot Beer Co. |
| Ohana Brewing Co |
| Ology Brewing Co |
| One Eyed Buffalo Brewing Company LLC |
| Oozlefinch Craft Brewery, The |
| Ordnance Brewing |
| Orf Brewing |
| Orpheus Brewing |
| Oswego Brewing Company |
| Paradigm Shift Brewing |
| Parleaux Beer Lab |
| Perfect Plain Brewing Co. |
| Pikes Peak Brewing |
| Pretoria Fields Collective |
| Public Coast Brewing |
| Pure Project |
| Railroad Brewing Company |
| Red Door Brewing Co |
| Red Truck Beer Company Ltd. |
| Redwood Curtain Brewing Co |
| Referend Bier Blendery, The |
| Revolver Brewing |
| Rick Tanner's Grille & Bar/Cherry Street Brewing Cooperative |
| Rickety Cricket Brewing |
| Right Around The Corner |
| Riverwatch Brewery |
| Rocky Mountain Taphouse, LLC |
| RPM Brewery |
| Rusty Rail Brewing |
| Salt City Brewing |
| Sasquatch Brewery |
| Second Street Brewery |
| Second Street Brewery - Rufina |
| Seven Stills |
| Shades of Pale Brewery |
| Short Fuse Brewing Company |
| Six Ten Brewing |
| Skull Mechanix Brewing |
| Smoking Cannon Brewery |
| Soulcraft Brewing |
| Speakeasy Ales and Lagers |
| Spoetzl Brewery |
| Steel Bender Brewyard |
| Stein Brewing Company |
| Stillmank Brewing Company |
| Stitch House Brewery |
| Stone Church Brewing |
| Strange Days Brewing Co |
| Taft's Brewing Co |
| Take 16 Brewing Company |
| Taos Mesa Brewing Co |
| Tap Brewery, The |
| Telegraph Brewing Co |
| Texas Leaguer Brewing Company |
| Thirsty Monk Pub Brewery |
| Three Mile Brewing Co |
| Three Notch'd Brewing Company |
| Torched Hop Brewing Company |
| Tumbleroot Brewery And Distillery |
| Turning Point Beer, LLC |
| Two Roots Brewing Company |
| Ukiah Brewing Co |
| Une Annee Brewery |
| Unsung Brewing Company |
| Veteran Brothers Brewing Company |
| Vine Street Pub & Brewery |
| Vista Brewing |
| Von Ebert Brewing |
| Von Trapp Brewing |
| Wasatch Brewery |
| Wayfinder Beer |
| Wicked Weed Brewing |
| Wicked Weed Brewing |
| Wild Barrel Brewing Company |
| Wild Leap Brewing Company |
| Wild Side Brewing Company |
| Wildlife Brewing |
| Wooden Cask Brewing Company |
| Worthy Brewing Company |
| Yakima Craft Brewing Co |
| Yampa Valley Brewing Company |
2018 Missing Breweries
This is the list of breweries who attended last year’s fest, but will not be in attendance this year. The biggest disappointments include major absences from AC Golden, Adroit Theory, Belching Beaver, Black Project, Boulevard, Brewery Ommegang, Council Brewing, Comrade, DC Brau, Ex Novo, Founders, Georgetown Brewing, Half Acre, Jolly Pumpkin, Kuhnhenn, Miller Coors, Mike Hess, New Image, Off Color, Schlafly, Scofflaw, Scratch, Service Brewing, Starr Hill, Southern Tier, The Wrecking Bar, Toppling Goliath, Uberbrew, West Sixth, Weyerbacher and many more.
Also in remaining with last year’s theme, several corporate brewery conglomerates were granted spots for only a handful of their portfolio. This year only Wicked Weed and 10 Barrel will represent the Anheuser-Busch InBev-owned The High End entities. And only Revolver Brewing will represent Coors’ craft division.
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