The Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am (GABF Pro-Am) competition is an opportunity for commercial breweries to team up with homebrewers to vie for top honors. The GABF Pro-Am entries are served during the Great American Beer Festival at the Pro-Am booth.
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How It Works
Brewers Association member breweries are eligible to submit one entry into the GABF Pro-Am competition. Entries must be based on a homebrew recipe from American Homebrewers Association (AHA) members that have won an award in an AHA/BJCP Sanctioned Competition*. Pro-Am competition judges come from the same professional panel of world-class judges that evaluate all the beers at the Great American Beer Festival competition. However, the Pro-Am competition is separate from the GABF competition, and therefore the Pro-Am medals do not count towards GABF Brewery and Brewer of the Year awards. Review the Pro-Am Competition Rules for more information.
2017 Pro-Am Competition Participants
| Brewery | Homebrewer |
|---|---|
| 350 Brewing Co. | John & Mark Newton |
| Accomplice Beer Co. | Mark Pennick |
| Altitude Chophouse and Brewery | Dan Christensen |
| Arches Brewing | Mark Keck |
| Arts District Brewing Co. | Craig Corley |
| Barley Forge Brewing | Gabriel Adler |
| Bell’s Brewery, Inc. | Evan Monroe |
| Black Bottle Brewery | Daniel Tomkins |
| Black Cloister Brewing Co. | Philip Blosser |
| Blue Point Brewing Co. | Gregg Kelley & Ken Heiss |
| Bohemian Brewery | Grill with Don Robinson |
| Braxton Brewing Co. | Christopher Owen |
| Breakside Brewery | Mike Forbess |
| Bruz Beers | Ed Moore |
| C.B. and Potts/Big Horn Brewery – Fort Collins | Tyler Olpin |
| C.B. and Potts/Big Horn Brewery – Westminster | Mike Bostwick |
| Carver Brewing Co. | Jeff Titus |
| Caution: Brewing Co. | Jonathan Aronson |
| Central Coast Brewing Co. | Chase Burud |
| Cigar City Brewing Co. | Mike Radford |
| Comrade Brewing Co. | Marc Svitak |
| Cool Springs Brewery | Matt Warren & Ryan Golden |
| CooperSmiths Pub and Brewing | Matt Smith |
| Crow Hop Brewing Co. Ltd. | David Kilts |
| Danville Brewing Co. | Adam Wyss |
| Denver Beer Co. | Doug Thiel |
| Deschutes Brewery & Public House – Bend | Joe Mikus |
| Dogfish Head Craft Brewery | Tyler Flynn |
| Dry Dock Brewing Co. – North Dock | Patrick Chavez |
| Dry Dock Brewing Co. – South Dock | Bernard Jene |
| Eel River Brewing Co. | Kenneth Berry |
| Equinox Brewing | Gerry & Jonnie Lynch |
| Fall River Brewing Co. | Keith & April Ramos-Eckert |
| Falling Sky Brewing | Jeremy Jalabert |
| Farm Creek Brewing Co. | Pavel Anisimov |
| Fat Head’s Brewery | Larry Reuter |
| FATE Brewing Co. | Mike Shaffer |
| Fish Brewing Co. | Robert Wick & Sean Drew |
| Flat Tail Brewing Co. | Joel Rea |
| Funky Buddha Brewery | Allen Steen & Joshua Plager |
| Gino’s Brewing Co. | Ben Resch |
| Great Basin Brewing Co. | Chris Whitbeck |
| Great South Bay Brewery | AJ D’Amico, Joe D’Amico, Russell Malone & Danielle Malone |
| Green Bench Brewing Co. | Andrew Palumbo |
| Grossen Bart Brewery | Jay Walford |
| HailStorm Brewing Co. | Scott Pointon |
| Halfpenny Brewing Co. | Dax Rush |
| High Hops Brewery | Jamie Moulton |
| Hop Dogma Brewing Co. | Jim Schmalzried |
| Horse & Dragon Brewing Co. | Jon Schiller |
| Horse Thief Hollow Brewery | Brandon Kessler |
| Intersect Brewing | Greg Ehlers |
| Ironworks Brewery and Pub | Mark Wethington |
| IX Craft House | Steve Marler |
| Jagged Mountain Brewery | Matt Lawlor |
| Kannah Creek Brewing Co. | Chad Clark |
| Karl Strauss Brewing Co. – La Jolla | Matthew Lowrie |
| Kokopelli Beer Co. | Michael Mechaley |
| Ladyface Ale Companie | Nick Corona |
| LauderAle | Daniel Morales |
| Lift Bridge Brewery | Tyler Miller & Ricky Pechacek |
| Little Fish Brewing Co. | Eric Carman |
| Los Angeles Ale Works | Joe St. John |
| Lost Forty Brewing | Chris Poe |
| Mac and Jack’s Brewery Inc. | Matthew Paulson |
| Masthead Brewing Co. | Donna Reuter |
| Mazama Brewing Co. | Chris Lytie |
| McFate Brewing Co. | Justin Rawleigh |
| Melvin Brewing Co. | Ernie Smith |
| Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery | Travis Lott |
| Morgan Territory Brewing | Luis Castro |
| Motorworks Brewing | Jeff Gladish |
| Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. | Rob Knighton |
| New Belgium Brewing Co. | Hermen Diaz |
| Odd13 Brewing Inc. | Travis Trembly |
| Odell Brewing Co. | Mark Boelman |
| Olde Hickory Brewery | Jody Hinson |
| Ornery Beer Co. | Jason Bryant |
| Paducah Beer Werks | Brian Canavan |
| Pagosa Brewing & Grill | Dan Sledzinski |
| Panther Island Brewing Co. | Clifton Ellis |
| Peaks N Pines Brewing Co. | Mike Bordick |
| Pizza Port Carlsbad | Sean Thomas |
| Rabbit Hole Brewing | Brian Schoolcraft |
| Rahr & Sons Brewing Co. | James Rodriguez |
| Red River Brewing Co. | James Boyd |
| Reuben’s Brews | Jonathan Cooper |
| Reuben’s Brews Taproom | Ben Thompson |
| Revelry Brewing Co. | Scott LaForge |
| Riip Beer Co. | Aaron Vieira |
| Rockyard American Grill & Brewing Co. | Chris Egolf |
| Roets Jordan Brewery Co. | Wayne Doucette |
| Snowy Mountain Brewery | Olof Triana |
| Speciation Artisan Ales | Ric Brown |
| Spice Trade Brewing | Chris Carnahan |
| Springfield Brewing Co. | John Huhn |
| Station 26 Brewing Co. | Matt Eckhart |
| Stone Brewing | Paul Bischeri & Patrick Martinez |
| Sudwerk Brewing Co. | Virg Redman |
| Tattered Flag Brewery | Chris Harvey & Derek Wolf |
| Ten Pin Brewing Co. | Kyle Roark |
| The Brew On Broadway (The BoB) | Joe Nesvera |
| The Hold By Revelry Brewing | Edward Marquardt |
| Trapezium Brewing Co. | Rick Hogg |
| Tustin Brewing Co. | Ryan Holt |
| Two Brothers Brewing Co. | Doug Newberry |
| Uberbrew | Sarah & Casey Hogue |
| Uinta Brewing Co. | Rob Rutledge |
| Upland Brewing Co. | Sam Snyder |
| Upslope Brewing Co. – Lee Hill | William Beeson |
| Ursula Brewery | Terry Martin |
| Verboten Brewing | Tiago Verdini |
| Walking Tree Brewery | Etienne Bourgeois |
| Weasel Boy Brewing Co. | Anthony Vaccani |
| West Flanders Brewing Co. | Richard Efird |
| West Sixth Brewing Co. | Michael Kling |
| Wibby Brewing | Matthew White |
| Zwei Brewing Co. | Taylor Caron |
Questions?
Contact AHA Project Coordinator John Moorhead.
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