Denver is a challenge, but 3,600 beers all under one roof isn’t a challenge, it’s an impossible feat that not even four full sessions could conquer. Maybe I should have gone back to sleep, but the awards beckoned – the real drama of the weekend awaited.

This year’s largest annual commercial beer festival and competition did so much more than give a venue for beer lovers to cut loose and revel in suds 'til total inebriation. The Brewers Association, with clarion planning, stricter guidelines and a well-designed 400,000 square feet of event space made the 35th Annual GABF something to behold.

ACB's guide to surviving the 35th Anniversary of the festival and getting the most out of it in the process.