Official 2008 GABF Denver Oct 9-11 thread

Tickets go on sale July 1, but if you are an AHA member, you can get tickets starting sometime today. Last year it was sold out.

Dates this year are Thursday Oct 9 - Saturday Oct 11.

Great American Beer Festival

I'm penciling myself in for the 1st Saturday session.

Anyone else?

Edit 9/17
Everyone that is attending, PM me the following info:
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Confirmed Attendees
olllllo & SWMBO
Ooompa Loompa
dblvsn
brauhausjoe
MNBugeater
summersolstice & SWMBO
BigKahuna & SWMBO
RichBrewer
MWHC22 & SWMBO
jds
mrbowenz
Bokonon
nickhead
Pirate Ale
MTpilot
poppy360
ColoradoXJ13

My credit card is in hand and ready.

oh yea

here we go again

Depends on where we're at with the brewery but, as of now, I'm definitely planning on going. This will make my 14th consecutive year.

Who knows, maybe will have a booth.

I plan on volunteering, just so i can get a behind-the-scenes look. I smell a big HBT gathering coming...

Not this year.

I'm committed. I booked my hotel room a month ago and this'll be my first GABF. It's only a five hour drive from here and I'm in Denver 3-4 times a year anyway.

Ticket sales are open!!

Just placed the order for my tickets. Going on Thursday night and Saturday afternoon.

I am definitely planning on going. I expect to get my AHA membership info within the next couple of weeks so I will wait until then to buy my tix.

I missed it last year. I definately want to go this year! I guess I better get cracking and order my ticket!

If they ever decide to have it somewhere besdes 25 states away I may come. Denver in October is too cold for this south Florida boy. My heaviest coat is a flannel shirt(like what Norm Abrams wears)

love to go, but I'll stick with the Dixie Cup in Houston and put the cash saved into the brewhaus. That plus NHC Zinzinnati next week is enough for me this year.

So I just bought tickets... We should get a list of HBT members going so we can have some Beers and celebrate at the fest. I know there was just a handful of us last year, so lets get a little more organized.
Cheers, Gabe

Gabe said:

So I just bought tickets... We should get a list of HBT members going so we can have some Beers and celebrate at the fest. I know there was just a handful of us last year, so lets get a little more organized.
Cheers, Gabe

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I've already bought my tickets and booked my room and I'll be there.

I just bought my ticket for the Saturday afternoon member's only session.

I would definitely like to get together with other HBTrs!

I'm working on finding out if Saturday will work for me. If not, I'll Probabally have to skip.

I'll be there Thursday and Saturday afternoon.

If you're staying in a hotel downtown and find a great deal post it! Through hotels.com I found a rate of $95/night for Friday and Saturday night at the Sheraton next to the convention center. Thursday night is $140.

I've got my ticket for the members session on Saturday afternoon. I'd love to get together with a bunch of HBT folks any time that week!

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dblvsn said:

If you're staying in a hotel downtown and find a great deal post it! Through hotels.com I found a rate of $95/night for Friday and Saturday night at the Sheraton next to the convention center. Thursday night is $140.

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I went ahead and reserved a room Saturday night at the Sheraton.

So I thought the the Falling Rock would be a good meeting spot. We should pick a day when most of us will be in town so we can meet up.

Got my pair for Saturday afternoon.

OK!...PARTY IS ON BABY!

Rich...OlllO...dblvsn...

BIG KAHUNA IS GOING TO BE THERE! SATURDAY!

Since SWMBO won't allow me to wear my skirt to the city....how do we recognize everyone?

We'll all be in skirts wearing t-shirts that say "Real men wear skirts"

Last year we just put together a cell phone list and called people at the show. Seemed to work pretty well.

I'll be there, one way or another.
In fact, I just submitted my volunteer registration for pre-event poster distribution and set-up all day on Wednesday, so I'll have a pass. Looks like I'll be using it Saturday afternoon.

BigKahuna said:

OK!...PARTY IS ON BABY!

Rich...OlllO...dblvsn...

BIG KAHUNA IS GOING TO BE THERE! SATURDAY!

Since SWMBO won't allow me to wear my skirt to the city....how do we recognize everyone?

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Well, you all should be able to recognize my keg...

Seriously, we can post when and where we will meet (The falling rock would be awesome!) and even if you don't have a ticket you can come meet everyone.

Sat would be hard because of the early beer fest sess. So... Thursday before the opening ceremony or Friday might be our best bet. I think I'm going to get a plain white T and put HBT on the front and back. Just an idea.
Cheers, Gabe

Gabe said:

So I thought the the Falling Rock would be a good meeting spot. We should pick a day when most of us will be in town so we can meet up.

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Falling Rock is a great place and it has my vote as well. The missus and I spent a goodly amount of time there last time we were in Denver. Here she is enjoying a glass of Redstone sparkling apricot mead on tap at Falling Rock. How many places have mead on tap?

If things go as they did last year, I will be up for a late night (>10PM) meet up at Falling Rock. Last year I flew in, checked into the hotel, grabbed a streeet taco and met up with Brewtopia. Falling Rock is going to be stupid busy that week.

Falling Rock has free wifi. I don't think that the Conference Center did. In any case I will be using Twitter to post my location and tasting notes, etc.

I also plan on being in Falling Rock on Sunday to watch football games and post to HBT.

olllllo said:

I also plan on being in Falling Rock on Sunday to watch football games and post to HBT.

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you get my vote for hardest working moderator on the forum that day.

I'm sorting out airfare prices now to see if it is a viable option for me this year. It's been ten years since my last visit to the GABF!

I only have tickets for Saturday but I'd love to meet up with folks on any of the other days.

oh man, gotta get on this, last year was a blast, gonna do two sessions this year.

Any one going to be there on Friday? I think I'll take the bus down from Boulder...

Add me to the list that will be there for the Saturday afternoon members section. Ill be arriving in Denver Thursday night. I may end up going other sessions, but more than likely Ill be visiting some local watering holes around Denver other nights. Im up for meeting anywhere. If someone is organizing a list, let me know, count me in, etc.

Fallin Rock is good, Wynkoop is good, Breckinridge is good...it will be a fun weekend.

Warren

I am in too. Got my tickets hotel and flights. Was there a decision on were we can all meet?

We are also thinking about taking the Readstone meadery tour and there is a bar crawl on Friday I think. We are getting there Thursday and leaving Sunday.

Just received my Saturday afternoon tix in the mail.

im planning on at least being there for saturday and sunday since i may not be able to get off work. i found a plane ticket deal that gets me a round trip and 3 nights at the econo lodge that is supposedly a mile from "downtown" for $271 per person from SLC. never been to denver. is 1 mile or so pretty easy to navigate without a rental car? im planning on not being able to make it home under any other power than walking or public transport. will this work?

any other tips or ideas for me to work with?

Denver is real easy to get around in.

I stayed in LoDo last year...about a 20 minute walk.

You guys are killing me with all this GABF talk. For the first time in 14 years, I won't be going.

Next year though, come by the Naked City booth!!!