New Mexico breweries head to the Great American Beer Festival

Every year around this time, breweries from all over the US bring their best and most interesting beers to a huge three-day gathering in Denver known as the Great American Beer Festival, or, as we beer dudes casually refer to it as the “GABF” (like we know the guy personally or something). (And some of us super beer geeks call it Valhalla. — Stoutmeister) It all started in 1982, and with only 22 breweries. This year there are over 1,300 breweries competing in a whopping 89 Categories for the highly coveted gold, silver, and bronze medals. With over 5,700 entries this year, judges will certainly have a hard time handing out the hardware.

Our New Mexico brewers have Mile High hopes, and rightly so. They’re certainly no stranger to the shiny stuff. Last year six NM breweries took home eight medals, and our beer scene has only grown exponentially since then. Below, I’ve listed the participat

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