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Published on: 2/9/2003
Last Visited: 2/9/2003
"The Great American Beer Festival really is a celebration of the brewer's art here in the United States," Todd Ashman, of Flossmoor Station Brewing Company, said."I love being part of the tradition the Great American Beer Festival has become.Having beer in a showcase of some of the best craft-brewed beer in America is really an honor.For twenty years this event has sought to promote, educate and celebrate great beer, and it has done a wonderful job."
The first Great American Beer festival was held in 1982 at the Harvest House hotel in Boulder, with 22 breweries, 40 beers and 800 attendees.The Festival moved to Denver in 1984, and by year 10, the numbers had grown to 7,000 attendees, 150 breweries and 500 beers.