Introduction to the Great American Beer Festival (please correct !) Normally when I travel I choose my the destinations mainly for two reasons: hiking and craft beer, and this year, I am very excited to announce that I am going to go to the Great American Beer Festival. I wanted to go two years ago, but for economic reasons I couldn't make it possible then, I decided to save money during the last two years to make it and this year will be my year, the 35th anniversary of the Great American Beer Festival will be in October and I have almost everything planned. In 2015, more that 750 breweries and over 3800 beers were at the Great American Beer Festival. How many could we taste there ? How the festival works? The Great Beer American Beer Festival runs in 3 days: Thursday, Friday and Saturday. One session per day with the exception of Saturday that there are two sessions, the members session (members of the AHA or BA) and the public session. With your ticket you can taste all the beers that you want for free. Good beers, education and events are waiting for u in this edition. Tickets If you are a member of the AHA or BA you can buy the tickets the day before, if not, you have to wait to the next day to buy the tickets in the general public sale. Bear in mind that the last year the tickets were sold out in hour for all the seasons. The sale dates are the 2 of August for the members and 3 of August for the general public via Ticketmaster at 10:00 AM (MT or GMT-6). Thursday (6th October): from 17:30 to 22:00 - $80 Friday (7th October): from 17:30 to 22:00 - $80 Saturday members only sessions (8th October): from 12:00 to 16:00 - $65 Saturday (8th October): from 17:30 to 22:00 - $80 If you are going to the members session on Saturday you will already know the awards and you could have the chance to taste these beers first. The Glass 1-ounce cups are provided and are made of Lexan, an odorless and tasteless plastic. Glass tasting glasses are given only at the Saturday members only session.