So, those of you who religiously follow the world of craft beer, you’ll know that on the very near horizon sits the Great American Beer Festival. The GABF hosts one of the world’s largest tasting competitions and beers from around the world are judged within over 70 categories of beer styles. Nearly 50,000 beer lovers are expected to attend this years festival!
beer lovers unite!
Currently, Ed Bennet, the owner of Boundary Bay Brewery is driving from Bellingham to Denver with lots and lots of beer in tow. By the end of this week, all the breweries competing in the Great American Beer Festival must have their beer to Denver in order to be sorted and grouped into the appropriate categories in preparation for the extensive tasting and judging to begin. For at least eight years, Ed has been driving Boundary Bay’s beer to the competition…but, even cooler, he’s been taking beer for other breweries along the way as well. Anacortes brewing, Elliott Bay brewery, the RAM, and Pike brewing all sent their lovely brews to nestle in with Boundary’s beer for the long ride to Denver…in total, Ed’s carrying beer from 13 breweries to the Great American Beer Festival. We, and many other breweries, like to personally hand deliver our beer to the competition to ensure quality. Even if a beer sample is shipped overnight, it can sit for too long at the wrong temperature or, worse, arrive broken thus taking that sample out of the competition. Maybe it’s our commitment to quality and the effort Ed takes to make sure our beer stays at the correct temperature that has resulted in so many awards from the GABF in our past.
Bellinghams Best Beer 