beergarden is excited to celebrate medal-winning brews from this years’ Great American Beer Festival— and standout winners from years' past. Held annually in Denver, Colorado, GABF is the nation’s largest professional beer competition with top-tier brews in 99 beer categories and 175 beer styles.
While the main attraction of GABF is beer, select breweries will also pour the nation’s finest “beyond beer” beverages including hard seltzer, kombucha, mead and cider.
Several local and west coast breweries have won medals this year and in previous years and those will be the focus for the brews showcased during this event. Gold, Silver and Bronze medal winning beers will be introduced throughout the week starting Monday, November 2.
Stay tuned for our entire Winning Draft List, but here are just some of what you can expect:
UPP | Bend, OR | Upp Yours Field Beer | 2026 Gold
Alesong | Eugene, OR | Cherry Decadence Wood & Barrel-Aged Strong Stout | 2026 Silver
Grand Fir | Portland, OR | Heartwood Stout | 2025 Gold
Hopworks | Portland, OR | Great Gourds of Fire Pumpkin Beer | 2025 Bronze
Wayfinder | Portland, OR | Infinite Hotel Rice Lager | 2026 Gold
Block 15 | Corvalis, OR | Turbulent Consequence Peche Belgian-Style Lambic | 2015 Gold + 2020 Silver
Grains of Wrath | Camas, WA | Papermaker Pale American Pale Ale | 2026 Gold
Breakside | Milwaukie, OR | IPA | 2026 Gold
Fort George | Astoria, OR | City of Dreams Pale Ale | 2025 Gold
& more to be announced.
Entertainment & Live Music: We love great beer— and we especially love enjoying it with great entertainment This years’ Great Beergarden Beer Fest features live music and events all week long.
NEW THIS YEAR: November 5-8, we are adding Chili Fest to this celebration. Chili + Beer = a perfect pairing, indeed.
Monday | Bluegrass Jam & Game Night | 6:30 PM
Tuesday | Trivia with Geo | 7:00 PM
Wednesday | BINGO with Ty Connor | 7:00 PM
Thursday | Goatmouth (jam) | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Friday | Rootdown (roots / reggae) | 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Saturday | Parker Galactic (jam) Depends on the Ducks VS Ohio State Game
Sunday | De Solution Band (reggae / zimbabwaen) | 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
All Music & Entertainment is suitable for all ages and free for everyone to enjoy.