A Couple Options for Scoring Sold-Out Tickets to The Great American Beer Festival
The granddaddy of all beer festivals is taking place later this month in Denver. It's the Great American Beer Festival and it runs from September 29 and October 1. There’s not just a few hundred beers and breweries here either, as this sucker will have more than 450 brewers in attendance with over 2,000 beers. There are four sessions spread across the three days of the year’s festival, and whichever one you pick is going to be a winner.
Hold on a sec. It's not just about guzzling either; this festival goes way above and beyond the traditional beer festival by including an on-site beer enthusiast bookstore, discussions from the American Homebrewers Association, and a farm-to-table pavilion. Expect plenty of samples from CAUTION: Brewing Company, Del Norte Brewing Company, and Glenwood Canyon Brewing Company, along with plenty of options from outside Colorado.
Unfortunately, tickets for the general public have already sold out, so you’ll need to do a little more work to be in attendance this year. Over at StubHub there are plenty of options, but even the cheapest admission options are running around $120 per person. That’s twice the face value, as things originally went for $60 a person. There’s also Craigslist where there’s plenty of people looking for tickets, but assuming what we saw was real, there might be a few $100 options here and there.
If you are finally able to snag a pair of tickets it’ll come with a commemorative tasting cup, unlimited one-ounce samples of your choice of more than a zillion beers, and a festival guide to help you figure out where you are and where to go. If you just can’t swing it this year remember there’s already next year—and tickets usually go on sale in June, so don’t forget!
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