When the Great American Beer Festival returns to Denver each year, beer fans benefit not just from the festival itself, but also from the myriad of tap takeovers, mini-festivals, beer dinners, and also specialty beer drops from out-of-state breweries.
In previous years, breweries such as Fremont, Perennial, and Live Oak have all used GABF week as a launchpad toward regular, or in some cases semi-regular distribution to Colorado. In other scenarios, such as with Bell’s Brewing, a few years back, these brief market flirtations can help pave the way toward future full-time distribution play.
This year, the 2024 Great American Beer Festival will once again yield a healthy bounty of beer treats that aren’t typically widely available, as well as plenty of special releases from local breweries thoughtfully timed to celebrate the week.
We’ve begun compiling our guide to these special releases and will continue to update this list as more information presents itself. Happy hunting!
The following brands will be imported by Cerebral Brewing, but will only be available from Cerebral Brewing’s taprooms
- Olfactory
- North Park
- Cloudburst
- Fidens
- Xul
- Human Robot
- Wild East Brewing
- Highland Park
- Finback
The following brands will be distributed by CSA Distributing
- Alchemist
- Alvarado Street
- Bale Breaker (fresh hop Russian River collab)
- Beachwood
- Chuckanut
- Creature Comforts
- de Garde
- Derive Brewing
- Fat Heads
- Fidens
- Fieldwork
- Forbidden Root
- Fort George
- Green Cheek
- Hill Farmstead
- ISM
- Jack’s Abby
- Lawson’s
- Live Oak
- Maine Beer Co
- Maplewood
- Moksa
- Other Half
- Parish
- pFriem
- Pinthouse
- Radiant Beer
- Revolution
- Rhinegeist
- Riip Brewing
- Ruse
- SARA (Sante Adairius)
- Von Ebert
The following brands will be distributed by Colorado Craft Distributors
- Snake River Brewing
- Dewey Beer Co.
- Mother Earth Brewing Co.
- Silver Moon
- Martin House Brewing
- Voodoo Brewing Company
- Duclaw
- Burlington Beer Co.
- Reuben’s
- Migration
- HUB Hopworks Urban Brewery
- Equilibrium
- Payette Brewing
- Industrial Arts Brewing
- Monkless
- Big Country
- Urban Artifact Brewing
- KCBC
- Ground Breaker
- Phase Three
- Level Beer
- Urban Family Brewing Co.
- Beer Tree Brew Company
- Beverage Traders
- Stoneface Brewing Co
- Collective Arts
The following brands will be distributed by Culture Beverage
- Trillium
- Resident Culture
- Enegren
- Wren House
- Thin Man
- Tripping Animals
- Brouwerij West
- Hop Butcher
- Ology
The following brands will be distributed by Elite Brands
- Russian River
- 3 Floyds Brewing
- Pizza Port
- Maui Brewing / Modern Times
- Brewdog
- Brooklyn Brewery
- Destihl