2024 GABF Guided Routes | Hoppy Beers to Try at GABF
The Great American Beer Festival is finally back! With the insane multitude of beers being served on the festival floor, it can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming. So PorchDrinking is once again here to help you navigate that lineup and help with planning your route at the fest. As part of that research, we’ve sifted through every beer pouring at this year’s fest to curate a series of themed routes to help you plan for your GABF based on various styles and flavors.
This year’s heaviest hitter hop producers include Comrade Brewing, Cloudburst, Three Floyds, California’s Ghost Town Brewing, Pure Project Brewing, Firestone Walker, Highland Park Brewery, Pinthouse, Radiant Beer, Russian River, Sierra Nevada, and WeldWerks Brewing which continues to rack up awards at Alpha King and every BA-run competition. Other ca n’t-miss hop producers flying a bit more under the radar include, Abnormal Beer, Cannonball Creek, milieu fermentation, Wren House. Hop heads unite, for these dank, piney, citrus, hazy, and hoppy beers.
2024 GABF Routes:
Best Hoppy Beers to Try at 2024 GABF
14er Brewing Company – Heavy Medal
- Pina Colada Milkshake IPA – 6.5% ABV
21st Amendment Brewery – Booth C-2
- Brew Free! or Die Blood Orange IPA – 7% ABV
3 Floyds Brewing – J-1
- Zombie Dust – 6.5% ABV
Abnormal Beer – Booth E-4
- Danks Not Dead: Quadruple Dry Hopped DIPA dry-hopped with Mosaic, Mosaic Cryo, Citra Cryo, Krush, Simcoe, and Riwaka Cryo – 8.7% ABV
- CHUR BRO: New Zealand IPA dry hopped with Nelson, Nelson Cryo, Riwaka, Riwaka Cryo, and Nectaron Cryo – 6.7% ABV
Almanac Beer Company – C-9
- LOVE Hazy IPA: Double dry-hopped with Mosaic, Citra and Sabro – 6.1% ABV
Alvarado Street – Booth C-11
- Mai Tai P.A. – 6.5% ABV
Antimony Brewing – Booth E-6
- Inner Displacement: Hazy IPA dry-hopped with Citra, Strata, and Nectaron – 6.5% ABV
Avery Brewing – Booth D-40
- Mango Sticky Rice IPA – Booth 7.6% ABV
Barebottle Brewing – Booth D-50
- Could You Be More Pacific?: Hazy IPA – 6.8% ABV
- Cryo Chemistry: Hazy Imperial IPA with Cryo Citra, Amarillo, and Mosaic – 8% ABV
Baxter Brewing – Booth D-9
- Stowaway IPA – 6.9% ABV
Boneyard Brewing – Booth J-9
- RPM IPA – 6.5% ABV
- Bone-A-Fide: West Coast Pale Ale with Citra, Mosaic & Cascade – 5.5% ABV
- Notorious IPA3 – 11.5% ABV
Bootstrap Brewing – Booth B-2
- Insane Rush IPA
Bootstrap Brewing – Heavy Medal
- Wreak Havoc
Bosque Brewing – Booth E-9
- Riverwalker IPA – 6.5% ABV
Breakside Brewery – Booth C-19
- Breakside Thriving Metropolis: IPA – 7% ABV
- Breakside Cheat Codes: Black IPA – 6.6% ABV
Breakside Brewery & Taproom – Booth C-20
- Breakside Fresh Hop Double Wanderlust – 8.2% ABV
Brieux Carre Brewing Company – Booth C-22
- Nank Dugs – IPA with Cryo Simcoe, Strata and Mosaic – 7% ABV
Call to Arms Brewing – Booth E-15
- This Beer Fox: New Zealand IPA – 5% ABV
- Janet Reno’s Dance Party: Fresh Hopped IPA – 6.8% ABV
- Stab in the Dark: West Coast IPA – 5.4% ABV
Cannonball Creek Brewing – Booth B-3
- Featherweight Pale Ale – 5.6% ABV
- Trump Hands: Session IPA – 4.6% ABV
- Mindbender IPA – 6.8% ABV
- Project Alpha – 7.0% ABV
Cerberus Brewing – Booth J-12
- Elysium: Hazy IPA with Citra, Mosaic, and Azzacca hops – 6.3% ABV
Cloudburst Brewing – Booth C-27
- Emotional Motion Sickness: American IPA with Citra & Mosaic, Nectaron, and a touch of Sabro – 6.4% ABV
- Boycott Uline: DDH American IPA with Chinook, Columbus, Citra, & Amarillo – 6.8% ABV
Comrade Brewing – Booth J-15
- Superpower IPA – 7.3% ABV
- Fastest Gun in the West: West Coast IPA – 7.2% ABV
Creature Comforts Brewing – Booth J-18
- Tropicalia – 6.6% ABV
- Bigger Dreams Hazy IPA – 6.8% ABV
Dewey Beer – Booth E-19
- Swishy Pants: New England IPA – 7.5% ABV
Ecliptic Brewing – Booth J-23
- Phaser: Hazy IPA with Citra, Azacca, Mosaic, Motueka, and Calypso hops – 6.5% ABV
Faction Brewing – Heavy Medal
- Pale 586: West Coast Pale Ale hopped with HBC 586 cryo and pellets – 5.8% ABV
False Idol Brewing – Booth A-17
- Ragnarok: New England IPA Double Dry Hopped with Strata Hops – 6.5% ABV
Fat Head’s Brewery – A-52
- Head Hunter: West Coast IPA – 7.5% ABV
- Bone Head: Strong Red Ale – 9% ABV
- Hop JuJu: Imperial IPA – 9.2% ABV
Firestone Walker Brewing – Booth H-10
- Mind Haze Cosmic Crusher: Juicy Imperial IPA – 9.5% ABV
- UDBA – 5.0% ABV
Fort George Brewery – Booth Heavy Medal
- City of Dreams: New England Pale Ale – 5.5% ABV
- Electric Surfboard: Imperial IPA with Apollo, Ekuanot, Mosaic, Simcoe hops – 9% ABV
Fort George Brewery – Booth D-30
- Electric Surfboard: Imperial IPA with Apollo, Ekuanot, Mosaic, Simcoe hops – 9% ABV
Fremont Brewing – Booth D-31
- Headfull of Dynamite – 6.8% ABV
Ghost Town Brewing – Booth J-30
- Nose Goblin: Imperial IPA with Strata, Nelson, Mosaic hops – 9.2% ABV
- Overkill: West Coast IPA with Citra, Simcoe, and Strata hops – 7.0% ABV
- Scissor Hash: Fresh hop Strata IPA – 7% ABV
Ghostfish Brewing – Heavy Medal
- It Came From The Haze: Hazy IPA – 6.0% ABV
Highland Park Brewery – Booth A-27
- Hello, LA: West Coast IPA with Mosaic and Citra hops – 6.8% ABV
- DDH Pillow: Double Dry-Hopped Double IPA – 8% ABV
Icicle Brewing – Booth C-41
- Alpenhaze IPA: Hazy IPA with Mosaic, Citra, El Dorado and Simcoe hops – 6.3% ABV
- Dragontail IPA: West Coast IPA – 6.7% ABV
La Cumbre Brewing – Booth C-44
- Elevated IPA – 7.2% ABV
- Project Dank – 7.5% ABV
Lady Justice Brewing – Booth D-38
- Sunday Best: Hazy IPA – 6.1% ABV
- Sandra Day: IPA – 6% ABV
LUKI Brewery – Booth D-42
- Hop Shuffling Hazy IPA – 6.9% ABV
Maplewood Brewing – Booth A-39
- Super Son of Juice Imperial IPA – 10.0% ABV
milieu fermentation – Booth C-53
- Be Dope.: Hazy IPA with Citra, Nelson, Nectaron hops – 7% ABV
- Down: American IPA with Citra, Mosaic & Simcoe – 6.8% ABV
Morgan Territory Brewing – Booth C-54
- HopTomic: DDH Imperial IPA with a double dry-hop of Citra, Columbus and Simcoe – 8.5% ABV
Mother Earth Brewing – Heavy Medal
- Boo Koo: West Coast IPA with Simcoe and Mosaic hops – 6.5% ABV
Nepenthe Brewing – Booth
- Space Jellyfish – 7% ABV
- Aeromancer: West Coast IPA – 7% ABV
- Phantom Scream: Imperial IPA – 8.6% ABV
Odell Brewing – Booth G-7
- IPA – 5% ABV
- Wire Walker: West Coast Double IPA – 8% ABV
Old Irving Brewing – Booth J-51
- Beezer: Hazy IPA with Citra & Mosaic – 6.9% ABV
Original Pattern Brewing – Booth G-14
- The Next Chapter: Session IPA – 4.8% ABV
Our Mutual Friend Brewing – Booth C-57
- Neon Nail: Hazy IPA w/ Vic Secret, Galaxy and Citra hops – 7.3% ABV
Peticolas Brewing – Booth D-52
- Velvet Hammer: Imperial Red Ale – 9% ABV
Pinthouse Brewing – Booth C-60
- DDH Electric Jellyfish: DDH Hazy IPA – 6.5% ABV
- Fresh Hop Training Bines: Fresh Hop IPA – 7.0% ABV
Pizza Port Brewing – Booth 23
- Swami’s: West Coast IPA – 6.9% ABV
Pure Madness Brewery – Booth 8
- 2×4: Double IPA – 9.9% ABV
Pure Project – Booth C-62
- Pure West: West Coast IPA with Nelson Sauvin, Citra, Strata, and Simcoe hops – 6.3% ABV
- Esoteric Knowledge: Imperial New England IPA – 8.4% ABV
Radiant Beer Co. – Booth C-63
- Speed of Now – Fresh Hop Strata – 6.5% ABV
- Only Looking Forward DDH WC DIPA – 8.8% ABV
Reuben’s Brews – Booth J-56
- Mosaic Crush: Hazy IPA with Mosaic Hops – 7.0% ABV
Rhinegeist Brewery – Booth B-13
- Saber Tooth Tiger: Imperial India Pale Ale – 8.5% ABV
Russian River Brewing (Santa Rosa) – Booth C-84
- Pliny the Elder: Double IPA brewed with Amarillo, Centennial, CTZ, Cascade, Warrior, and Simcoe hops – 8.00% ABV
Russian River Brewing (Windsor) – Booth C-85
- Pliny for President: Triple dry-hopped IPA using YCH-702 concentrated Simcoe and Citra – 7.00% ABV
Sierra Nevada Brewing – Booth 44
- Pale Ale – 5% ABV
- Hazy Little Thing IPA – 6.7% ABV
- Big Little Thing Imperial IPA – 9.5% ABV
- DDH West Ghost IPA – 7.2% ABV
- Celebration Ale – Fresh Hopped IPA – 6.8% ABV
Stemma Brewing – Booth A-57
- Sabro That’s Fresh: Sabro Fresh-Hopped Hazy IPA – 7.5% ABV
Topa Topa Brewing – Booth A-64
- Chief Peak: American IPA – 7% ABV
Toppling Goliath Brewing – Booth C-79
- Pseudo Sue – 5.8% ABV
- King Sue Double IPA – 7.8% ABV
Trap Door Brewing – Booth D-73
- TRAP DOOR IPA – 6.5% ABV
- GLOWED UP – 6.8% ABV
- FRESH GLOWED UP: Fresh Hop Hazy IPA – 6.8% ABV
Von Ebert Brewing – Booth D-63
- Volatile Substance: IPA with Simcoe & Mosaic – 6.9% ABV
- Redwood Resin: IPA – 7.3% ABV
WeldWerks Brewing – Booth H-1
- Juicy Bits – 6.7% ABV
- Extra Extra Juicy Bits: Double India Pale Ale brewed and double dry-hopped with Citra, Mosaic and El Dorado hops – 8.6% ABV
Wren House Brewing – Booth C-83
- Spellbinder: New England IPA – 6.9% ABV
- Good Boy Wally: Triple New England IPA – 10% ABV
- Wrenovation: American IPA – 6.5% ABV
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