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 from Bend, OR— Upp Yours Field Beer, Gold Medal Winner 2026
Alesong from Eugene, OR— Cherry Decadence Wood & Barrel-Aged Strong Stout, Silver Medal Winner 2026
Grand Fir from Portalnd, OR— Heartwood Stout, Gold Medal Winner 2025
Hopworks from Portland, OR— Great Gourds of Fire Pumpkin Beer, Bronze medal Winner 2025
Wayfinder from Portland, OR— Infinite Hotel Rice Lager, Gold Medal Winner 2026
Block 15 from Corvalis, OR— Turbulent Consequence Peche Belgian-Style Lambic, Gold Medal Winner 2015 and Silver Medal Winner 2020
& 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 | Roodown (roots / reggae) | 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Saturday | Parker Galactic (jam) Depends on the Ducks VS Ohio Game
Sunday | Desolution Band (reggae / zimbabwaen) | 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
All Music & Entertainment is suitable for all ages and free for everyone to enjoy.