Wisconsin State Journal probes "peak beer" at GABF

The Wisconsin State Journal probed the idea of "peak beer" at Denver's annual Great American Beer Festival.

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There are a lot of places to get a sense of how awesome the craft beer world is right now: the bottle shops, overflowing with new beers; the business pages, with story after story of expansion; the want ads, burgeoning with new positions in small breweries; a barstool, one of my favorites.

But nothing brings it home like the Great American Beer Festival.

The ultimate beerfest, put on by the Brewers Association, this year featured more than 3,500 beers being poured by more than 750 breweries Sept. 24-26. The judging portion of the festival saw more than 240 judges evaluating more than 6,800 beers and bestowing honors in 92 style categories, including eight Wisconsin brews. In a letter in the GABF program, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock described it as "the largest collection of beer on tap in the history of the world" -- again -- and about 60,000 people passed through the doors of the sleek downtown Colorado Convention Center.

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