2023 GABF Guided Routes | Best Lagers to Try at GABF

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 Alstadt Brewery, Chuckanut Brewery, Firestone Walker Brewing, Live Oak, The Austin Beer Garden Brewery, Russian River, Wayfinder Beer,  and Von Ebert Brewing. A few things to note, don’t sleep on some absolute bangers being poured in the United in Beer (State Guild), Heavy Medal, and Collab/Pro-Am sections, as there are beers/breweries that aren’t available anywhere else at the fest including some super hype breweries. Now we invite you to explore some of the crispiest Lagers that we know will be pouring at GABF.

Best Lagers to Try At GABF

21st Amendment – Booth 14-3

• El Sully – Mexican Lager

Accomplice Beer Co. – Heavy Medal

Altitude Chophouse – Heavy Medal 

Alstadt Brewery – Booth 11-21

• Altstadt Lager
• Alstadt Peach Radler
• Oktoberfest

BigDog’s Brewing Co – Booth 1-8

Bosque Brewing – Booth 13-24

• Simcoe Pils
• Weekend Trails

Bow & Arrow Brewing – Booth 13-25

Breakside Brewing – Booth 4-21

Buck Wild Brewing – Booth 14-15

• Gardens of Nelson – West Coast Pilsner

Chuckanut Brewery – Booth 4-23

• Chuckanut Pilsner
• Chuckanut Dunkel
• Chuckanut Japanese Style Lager

Creature Comforts Brewing – Booth 9-22

Deadwords Brewing – Booth 12-15

• Bridge American Premium Lager

Deschutes Brewery Public House – Booth 4-25

Deschutes Brewery Production Facility – Booth 4-27

• King Crispy Pilsner
• Hachimitsu Mai Lager (Heavy Medal)
• Sensationator (Heavy Medal)

Dry Dock Brewing – Booth 93

Fieldwork Brewing – 15-2

• Hills & Valleys Pilsner 

Firestone Walker Brewing – Booth 17-12

• 12 Degrees of Pale Lager 
• Pivo Pils

Freetail Brewing – Heavy Medal

• Imagine 14 Years Imperial Pilsner

Howdy Beer – Booth 92

Lakefront Brewery – Booth 7-16

• Oktoberfest Lager
• Riverwest Stein Amber Lager

Left Hand Brewing – Booth 4-1

Live Oak Brewing – Booth 16-4

• Pils
• Pre-War Pils
• Oaktoberfest
• Grodziskie

Moksa + Ghost Town – Collab / Pro-Am (Saturday Evening Only)

Odell Brewing Five Points Taphouse – Booth 3-4

Russian River Brewing – Booth 17-5

• STS Pils
• Velvet Glow Helles

SKA Brewing – Booth 3-23

Telluride Brewing – Booth 4-4

The Austin Beer Garden Brewery – Booth 16-21

• Industry Pils 
• Hell Yes Helles
• Rocket 100
• Velvet Revolution Czech Lager

Von Ebert Brewing – Booth 5-13

• Pils
• Lombardy Italian Pilsner
• Festbier
• Vienna Lager

Wayfinder Beer – Booth 5-16

• Party Time Pilsner
• Freiheit Festbier 
• Hell Helles

Wibby Brewing – Booth 12-2