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 heaviest hitter hop producers include Comrade Brewing, Cloudburst, Three Floyds, California’s Ghost Town Brewing, Pure Project Brewing, Firestone Walker, Highland Park Brewery, Pinthouse, Radiant Beer, Russian River, Sierra Nevada, and WeldWerks Brewing which continues to rack up awards at Alpha King and every BA-run competition. Other ca n’t-miss hop producers flying a bit more under the radar include, Abnormal Beer, Cannonball Creek, milieu fermentation, Wren House.  Hop heads unite, for these dank, piney, citrus, hazy, and hoppy beers.

 

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

 

Best Hoppy Beers to Try at 2024 GABF

14er Brewing Company – Heavy Medal

• Pina Colada Milkshake IPA – 6.5% ABV

21st Amendment Brewery – Booth C-2

• Brew Free! or Die Blood Orange IPA – 7% ABV

3 Floyds Brewing – J-1

• Zombie Dust – 6.5% ABV

Abnormal Beer – Booth E-4

• Danks Not Dead: Quadruple Dry Hopped DIPA dry-hopped with Mosaic, Mosaic Cryo, Citra Cryo, Krush, Simcoe, and Riwaka Cryo – 8.7% ABV
• CHUR BRO: New Zealand IPA dry hopped with Nelson, Nelson Cryo, Riwaka, Riwaka Cryo, and Nectaron Cryo – 6.7% ABV

Almanac Beer Company – C-9

• LOVE Hazy IPA: Double dry-hopped with Mosaic, Citra and Sabro – 6.1% ABV

Alvarado Street – Booth C-11

• Mai Tai P.A. – 6.5% ABV

Antimony Brewing  – Booth E-6

• Inner Displacement: Hazy IPA dry-hopped with Citra, Strata, and Nectaron – 6.5% ABV

Avery Brewing – Booth D-40

• Mango Sticky Rice IPA – Booth 7.6% ABV

Barebottle Brewing – Booth D-50

• Could You Be More Pacific?: Hazy IPA  – 6.8% ABV
• Cryo Chemistry: Hazy Imperial IPA with Cryo Citra, Amarillo, and Mosaic – 8% ABV

Baxter Brewing – Booth D-9

• Stowaway IPA – 6.9% ABV

Boneyard Brewing – Booth J-9

• RPM IPA – 6.5% ABV
• Bone-A-Fide: West Coast Pale Ale with Citra, Mosaic & Cascade – 5.5% ABV
• Notorious IPA3 – 11.5% ABV

Bootstrap Brewing – Booth B-2

• Insane Rush IPA

Bootstrap Brewing – Heavy Medal

• Wreak Havoc

Bosque Brewing – Booth E-9

• Riverwalker IPA – 6.5% ABV

Breakside Brewery – Booth C-19

• Breakside Thriving Metropolis: IPA – 7% ABV
• Breakside Cheat Codes: Black IPA – 6.6% ABV

Breakside Brewery & Taproom – Booth C-20

• Breakside Fresh Hop Double Wanderlust – 8.2% ABV

Brieux Carre Brewing Company – Booth C-22

• Nank Dugs – IPA with Cryo Simcoe, Strata and Mosaic – 7% ABV

Call to Arms Brewing – Booth E-15

• This Beer Fox: New Zealand IPA – 5% ABV
• Janet Reno’s Dance Party: Fresh Hopped IPA – 6.8% ABV
• Stab in the Dark: West Coast IPA – 5.4% ABV

Cannonball Creek Brewing – Booth B-3

• Featherweight Pale Ale – 5.6% ABV
• Trump Hands: Session IPA – 4.6% ABV
• Mindbender IPA – 6.8% ABV
• Project Alpha – 7.0% ABV

Cerberus Brewing – Booth J-12

• Elysium: Hazy IPA with Citra, Mosaic, and Azzacca hops – 6.3% ABV

Cloudburst Brewing – Booth C-27

• Emotional Motion Sickness: American IPA with Citra & Mosaic, Nectaron, and a touch of Sabro – 6.4% ABV
• Boycott Uline: DDH American IPA with Chinook, Columbus, Citra, & Amarillo – 6.8% ABV

Comrade Brewing – Booth J-15

• Superpower IPA – 7.3% ABV
• Fastest Gun in the West: West Coast IPA – 7.2% ABV

Creature Comforts Brewing – Booth J-18

• Tropicalia – 6.6% ABV
• Bigger Dreams Hazy IPA – 6.8% ABV

Dewey Beer – Booth E-19

• Swishy Pants: New England IPA – 7.5% ABV

Ecliptic Brewing – Booth J-23

• Phaser: Hazy IPA with Citra, Azacca, Mosaic, Motueka, and Calypso hops – 6.5% ABV

Faction Brewing – Heavy Medal

• Pale 586: West Coast Pale Ale hopped with HBC 586 cryo and pellets – 5.8% ABV

False Idol Brewing – Booth A-17

• Ragnarok: New England IPA Double Dry Hopped with Strata Hops – 6.5% ABV

Fat Head’s Brewery – A-52

• Head Hunter: West Coast IPA – 7.5% ABV
• Bone Head: Strong Red Ale – 9% ABV
• Hop JuJu: Imperial IPA – 9.2% ABV

Firestone Walker Brewing – Booth H-10

• Mind Haze Cosmic Crusher: Juicy Imperial IPA – 9.5% ABV
• UDBA – 5.0% ABV

Fort George Brewery – Booth Heavy Medal

• ​​City of Dreams: New England Pale Ale – 5.5% ABV
• Electric Surfboard: Imperial IPA with Apollo, Ekuanot, Mosaic, Simcoe hops – 9% ABV

Fort George Brewery – Booth D-30

• Electric Surfboard: Imperial IPA with Apollo, Ekuanot, Mosaic, Simcoe hops – 9% ABV

Fremont Brewing – Booth D-31

• Headfull of Dynamite – 6.8% ABV

Ghost Town Brewing – Booth J-30

• Nose Goblin: Imperial IPA with Strata, Nelson, Mosaic hops – 9.2% ABV
• Overkill: West Coast IPA with Citra, Simcoe, and Strata hops – 7.0% ABV
• Scissor Hash: Fresh hop Strata IPA – 7% ABV

Ghostfish Brewing – Heavy Medal

• It Came From The Haze: Hazy IPA – 6.0% ABV

Highland Park Brewery – Booth A-27

• Hello, LA: West Coast IPA with Mosaic and Citra hops – 6.8% ABV
• DDH Pillow: Double Dry-Hopped Double IPA – 8% ABV

Icicle Brewing – Booth C-41

• Alpenhaze IPA: Hazy IPA with Mosaic, Citra, El Dorado and Simcoe hops – 6.3% ABV
• Dragontail IPA: West Coast IPA – 6.7% ABV

La Cumbre Brewing – Booth C-44

• Elevated IPA – 7.2% ABV
• Project Dank – 7.5% ABV

Lady Justice Brewing – Booth D-38

• Sunday Best: Hazy IPA – 6.1% ABV
• Sandra Day: IPA – 6% ABV

LUKI Brewery – Booth D-42

• Hop Shuffling Hazy IPA – 6.9% ABV

Maplewood Brewing – Booth A-39

• Super Son of Juice Imperial IPA – 10.0% ABV

milieu fermentation – Booth C-53

• Be Dope.: Hazy IPA with Citra, Nelson, Nectaron hops – 7% ABV
• Down: American IPA with Citra, Mosaic & Simcoe – 6.8% ABV

Morgan Territory Brewing – Booth C-54

• HopTomic: DDH Imperial IPA with a double dry-hop of Citra, Columbus and Simcoe – 8.5% ABV

Mother Earth Brewing – Heavy Medal

• Boo Koo: West Coast IPA with Simcoe and Mosaic hops  – 6.5% ABV

Nepenthe Brewing – Booth

• Space Jellyfish – 7% ABV
• Aeromancer: West Coast IPA – 7% ABV
• Phantom Scream: Imperial IPA – 8.6% ABV

Odell Brewing – Booth G-7

• IPA – 5% ABV
• Wire Walker: West Coast Double IPA – 8% ABV

Old Irving Brewing – Booth J-51

• Beezer: Hazy IPA with Citra & Mosaic – 6.9% ABV

Original Pattern Brewing – Booth G-14

• The Next Chapter: Session IPA – 4.8% ABV

Our Mutual Friend Brewing – Booth C-57

• Neon Nail: Hazy IPA w/ Vic Secret, Galaxy and Citra hops – 7.3% ABV

Peticolas Brewing – Booth D-52

• Velvet Hammer: Imperial Red Ale – 9% ABV

Pinthouse Brewing – Booth C-60

• DDH Electric Jellyfish: DDH Hazy IPA – 6.5% ABV
• Fresh Hop Training Bines: Fresh Hop IPA – 7.0% ABV

Pizza Port Brewing – Booth 23

• Swami’s: West Coast IPA – 6.9% ABV

Pure Madness Brewery – Booth 8

• 2×4: Double IPA – 9.9% ABV

Pure Project – Booth C-62

• Pure West: West Coast IPA with Nelson Sauvin, Citra, Strata, and Simcoe hops – 6.3% ABV
• Esoteric Knowledge: Imperial New England IPA – 8.4% ABV

Radiant Beer Co. – Booth C-63

• Speed of Now – Fresh Hop Strata – 6.5% ABV
• Only Looking Forward DDH WC DIPA – 8.8% ABV

Reuben’s Brews – Booth J-56

• Mosaic Crush: Hazy IPA with Mosaic Hops – 7.0% ABV

Rhinegeist Brewery – Booth B-13

• Saber Tooth Tiger: Imperial India Pale Ale – 8.5% ABV

Russian River Brewing (Santa Rosa) – Booth C-84

• Pliny the Elder: Double IPA brewed with Amarillo, Centennial, CTZ, Cascade, Warrior, and Simcoe hops – 8.00% ABV

Russian River Brewing (Windsor) – Booth C-85

• Pliny for President: Triple dry-hopped IPA using YCH-702 concentrated Simcoe and Citra – 7.00% ABV

Sierra Nevada Brewing – Booth 44

• Pale Ale – 5% ABV
• Hazy Little Thing IPA – 6.7% ABV
• Big Little Thing Imperial IPA – 9.5% ABV
• DDH West Ghost IPA – 7.2% ABV
• Celebration Ale – Fresh Hopped IPA – 6.8% ABV

Stemma Brewing – Booth A-57

• Sabro That’s Fresh: Sabro Fresh-Hopped Hazy IPA – 7.5% ABV

Topa Topa Brewing – Booth A-64

• Chief Peak: American IPA – 7% ABV

Toppling Goliath Brewing – Booth C-79

• Pseudo Sue – 5.8% ABV
• King Sue Double IPA – 7.8% ABV

Trap Door Brewing – Booth D-73

• TRAP DOOR IPA – 6.5% ABV
• GLOWED UP – 6.8% ABV
• FRESH GLOWED UP: Fresh Hop Hazy IPA – 6.8% ABV

Von Ebert Brewing – Booth D-63

• Volatile Substance: IPA with Simcoe & Mosaic – 6.9% ABV
• Redwood Resin: IPA – 7.3% ABV

WeldWerks Brewing – Booth H-1

• Juicy Bits – 6.7% ABV
• Extra Extra Juicy Bits: Double India Pale Ale brewed and double dry-hopped with Citra, Mosaic and El Dorado hops – 8.6% ABV

Wren House Brewing – Booth C-83

• Spellbinder: New England IPA – 6.9% ABV
• Good Boy Wally: Triple New England IPA – 10% ABV
• Wrenovation: American IPA – 6.5% ABV

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