The Great American Beer Festival is finally back! With the insane multitude of beers being served on the festival floor, it can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming. So PorchDrinking is once again here to help you navigate that lineup and help with planning your route at the fest. As part of that research, we’ve sifted through every beer pouring at this year’s fest to curate a series of themed routes to help you plan for your GABF based on various styles and flavors.

This year’s most prolific hop producers at the festival include Altstadt Brewery, Firestone Walker Brewing, Live Oak, The Austin Beer Garden Brewery, Russian River, Highland Park Brewery, Prost Brewing, and Von Ebert Brewing. However, there are also several risers that shouldn’t be slept on including Fritz Family Brewers, BirdCreek Brewing, and Union Bear. Now we invite you to explore some of the crispiest Lagers that we know will be pouring at GABF.

 

2024 GABF Routes: Select a routeLagersHoppy BeersBarrel-Aged / High ABVSpontaneous / Wild / SourFruit-Forward / Cider / NA Beer

 

Best Lager to Try at 2024 GABF

21st Amendment Brewery – Booth C-2

• Amendment Lager – 4.4% ABV

Abnormal Beer – Booth E-4

• Easy Choice Pils – 4.8% ABV

Altstadt Brewery – Booth C-10

• Altstadt Lager
• Altstadt Peach Radler
• Oktoberfest

BirdCreek Brewing – Booth J-6

• Rage The Day: West Coast Pilsner – 5.8% ABV

Brieux Carre Brewing Company – Booth C-22

• Malcolm in the Mittelfruh: German Pilsner – 5.4% ABV
• Crispy Boiz II Men: Dry-Hopped NZ PIlsners – 5% ABV
• Flek Me?? No Flek Ů!!: Tmavé Czech Dark Lager – 6% ABV

Call to Arms Brewing – Booth E-15

• Seshtoberfest: Session Märzen Lager – 4.4% ABV

Cloudburst Brewing – Booth C-27

• Sorry for Partying: Keller Festbier – 5.3% ABV
• Reeks of Cologne: Kolsch – 5.0% ABV

Confluence Brewing – Heavy Medal

• Over the Ivy: Czech-Style Pils – 4.7% ABV

Creature Comforts Brewing – Booth J-18

• Classic City Lager – 4.2% ABV

Crooked Lane Brewing – Heavy Medal

• Veedels Brau: Kolsch – 5.3% ABV 

Deschutes Brewery – Booth J-20

• Fresh Hop King Crispy Pilsner – 5.1% ABV
• Sensationatory: Doppelbock – 7.2% ABV

Deschutes Brewery – Heavy Medal

• Kirkland Signature Helles Lager – 4.4% ABV 
• Hachimitsu Mai: Japanese Lager – 4.8% ABV 

Ex Novo Brewing – Booth C-34

• Perle Haggard Pilsner – 5% ABV

False Idol Brewing – Booth A-17

• Viva Los Vaqueros: Mexican Lager – 5% ABV

Firestone Walker Brewing – Booth H-10

• Pivo: Pilsner – 5.3% ABV

Fritz Family Brewers – Booth C-35

• Prime Time German Pilsner – 5% ABV
• Cuckoo For Kolsch – 5% ABV
• Thrice is Nice German Pilsner – 5% ABV
• Family Farm Country Helles – 4.8% ABV
• Fritz Export Dortmunder – 5.6% ABV

FX Matt Brewing – Booth 20

• Utica Club Pilsener – 5% ABV

Ghost Town Brewing – Booth J-30

• Geisterfaust: Pilsner – 5.2% ABV

Ghostfish Brewing – Heavy Medal

• Lander Lager – 4.4% ABV

Gravely Brewing – Booth D-34

• Sprockets: Pilsner – 5.6% ABV

Highland Park Brewery – Booth A-27

• Timbo Pils: West Coast Pilsner with Mosaic & Citra hops – 5.8% ABV
• Fill Pils: German Pilsner – 5.2% ABV

Jack’s Abby Brewing – Booth C-43

• House: Helles Lager – 5.2% ABV
• Post Shift: Pilsner – 4.7% ABV

Live Oak Brewing – Booth J-71

• Pilz: Bohemian-style Pilsner – 4.7% ABV
• Grodz: Grodziskie – 3% ABV
• Pre-War Pils: German-style Pilsner – 5% ABV
• Spudweiser: Potato Adjunct Lager – 5% ABV

Lone Tree Brewing – Booth C-48

• Mexican Lager – 5.3% ABV

Loose Ends Brewing – Booth C-49

• Loose Handle: Eisbock – 11% ABV

milieu fermentation – Booth C-53

• Milieu Pils – 5.1% ABV

Narrangansett Brewing – Booth G-5

• Narragansett Bohemian Pilsner – 5.5% ABV

Old Irving Brewing – Booth J-51

• Della: Kolsch – 5.2% ABV

Port City Brewing – Booth G-16

• Downright: Bohemian-style Pilsner: – 4.8% ABV
• Oktoberfest: Märzen – 5.2% ABV

Prost Brewing – Booth C-2

• Pilsner – 4.9% ABV
• Vienna Lager – 5.4% ABV
• Märzen – 5.8% ABV
• Helles – 5.0% ABV
• Leichtbier – 4.2% ABV

Pure Project – Booth C-62

• Rain: German Pilsner – 5.3% ABV

Resolute Brewing – Heavy Medal

• Execrator: Doppelbock – 10% ABV

Reuben’s Brews – Booth J-56

• Crispytown: American Lager – 4.8% ABV

Russian River Brewing (Windsor) – Booth C-85

• STS Pils  – 5.35% ABV
• Velvet Glow: Helles Lager – 4.75% ABV

Saint Arnold Brewing Company – Booth D-61

• Oktoberfest – 6.6% ABV
• Fancy Lawnmower Beer: Kolsch – 4.9% ABV

Saranac Brewery – Booth C-67

• Utica Club Pilsener – 5.0% ABV

SKA Brewing – Booth J-63

• Ska Oktoberfest – 6.1% ABV
• Mexican Logger – 5.0% ABV

Telluride Brewing – Booth D-68

• Telluride Pilsner – 5.2% ABV
• OktoberFISH: Marzen – 6.2% ABV

The Austin Beer Garden Brewery – Booth C-75

• Industry Pils: German Pilsner – 5.0% ABV
• Hell Yes!: Helles Lager – 4.5% ABV
• Rocket 100: American Pre-Prohibition Lager – 5.6% ABV
• Velvet Revolution: Czech Lager – 5.5% ABV
• Negra Royal: Munich Dunkel Lager – 5.5% ABV

Union Bear – Booth A-65

• Mexican Lager – 5.0% ABV 

Von Ebert Brewing – Booth D-63

• Pils: German Pilsner – 4.9% ABV
• Clubhaus Lager: American Pilsner – 4% ABV

Wibby Brewing – Booth FBY2

• Shine Light Premium Lager – 5% ABV
• Lightshine Helles – 5.5% ABV
• Home Team Pilsner – 5.5% ABV
• Volksbier Vienna – 5.5% ABV
• Moondoor Dunkel – 5.5% ABV
• Double Dunkel – 7.5% ABV
• Wibby Jibby – 6.5% ABV
• Wibby IPL – 7.5% ABV

Wren House Brewing – Booth C-83

• Prašná Brána: Czech Lager – 4% ABV

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