Each year one of the most exciting aspects of the Great American Beer Festival is the ability to explore and sample some of the country’s best new breweries that have emerged on the scene. Additionally, it can be equally as rewarding to revisit some familiar faces you may only get to try once each year at the country’s largest beer showcase. However, with the evolving landscape of craft beer, and varying priorities, we also tend to lose some familiar friends. As we’ve done each year, we’ve broken down the new / returning breweries as well as those who sadly aren’t coming back for this year’s Great American Beer Festival.

2019 New/Returning Breweries

This is the complete list of breweries who are attending GABF in 2019 who did not attend last year. Notable new and returning breweries that you shouldn’t miss include: Adroit Theory, August Schell, Braxton Brewing, Belching Beaver, Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales, Ex Novo, Lawson’s Finest, New Realm, Smog City, Timnath Beerwerks, Urban Roots and West Sixth.

Name City State 105 West Brewing Co Castle Rock CO 1781 Brewing Company Spotsylvania VA 5 Lakes Brewing Co. Dorr MI Absolution Brewing Co Torrance CA Adroit Theory Brewing Company Purcellville VA Aftershock Brewing Co Temecula CA Ankrolab Brewing Company Naples FL Apocalypse Ale Works FOREST VA Area Two Experimental Brewing Stratford CT Ass Clown Brewing Co Cornelius NC Astro Lab Brewing Silver Spring MD Athletic Brewing Company Stratford CT August Schell Brewing Co New Ulm MN Bakers' Brewery, The Silverthorne CO Bandera Ale Project, LLC Bandera TX Barbarian Brewing Garden City ID Bare Hands Brewery Granger IN Barley Creek Brewing Co Tannersville PA Barley Island Brewing Company Noblesville IN Bear Chase Brewing Company Bluemont VA Bear King Brewing Marble Falls TX Beer Creek Brewing Co Santa Fe NM Belching Beaver Brewery Oceanside CA Bent Barley Brewing Company Centennial CO Bent Paddle Brewing Co Duluth MN Birdsong Brewing Co. Charlotte NC Biscayne Bay Brewing Co Miami FL Black Husky Brewing LLC Milwaukee WI Black Market Brewing Co - Temecula Temecula CA Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales Denver CO Blue Star Brewing Co San Antonio TX Blue Tile Brewing Denver CO Bonesaw Brewing Co. Glassboro NJ Boneyard Brew 1 Bend OR Brass Brewing Company Colorado Springs CO Bravery Brewing Lancaster CA Bravus Brewing Company Newport Beach CA Braxton Brewing Company Covington KY Brewed By Gnomes Portland OR Brewheim Brewing Company Anaheim CA Burning Barrel Brewing Company Rancho Cordova CA C.B. and Potts/Big Horn Brewery - Highlands Ranch Highlands Ranch CO Cambridge House Brew Pub - Granby Wallingford CT Canned Heat Craft Beer Company Fall River MA Carolina Brewery - Pittsboro Pittsboro NC Citizen 33 Brewery Driggs ID City Steam Brewery Hartford CT Clutch Brewing Company Saint Paul MN Coal Mine Ave Brewing Company Littleton CO Coda Brewing Company Golden CO Compadre Brewing Round Rock TX Confluence Brewing Co Des Moines IA Conshohocken Brewing Co. Conshohocken PA Cosmic Eye Brewing Lincoln NE CottonTown Brew Lab Columbia SC Crying Eagle Brewing Company Lake Charles LA D and G Brewing Company St. Charles IL D9 Brewing Company Davidson NC Del Cielo Brewing Co. Martinez CA Devils Backbone Brewing Co - Basecamp Roseland VA Donavon Brewing Company Arvada CO Double Peak Brewing Company Carlsbad CA Duck Foot Brewing Co. San Diego CA Dunedin Brewery Dunedin FL Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co Charleston SC Envy Brewing Fort Collins CO Ex Novo Brewing Co Portland OR Ex Novo Brewing Co - Corrales Corrales NM Ferguson Brewing Co St. Louis MO Fitger's Brewhouse Duluth MN Flat Mountain Brewhouse Garden City KS Flatland Brewing Company Elk Grove CA Flyover Brewing Co Scottsbluff NE FlyteCo Craft Brewing Denver CO Galaxy Brewing Co Binghamton NY Gezellig Brewing Company Pella IA Ghost Hawk Brewing Company Clifton NJ Ghost Train Brewing Co Birmingham AL Gilded Goat Brewing Company Fort Collins CO Glover Park Brewery Marietta GA Goat Island Brewing Cullman AL Grand River Brewery Jackson MI Grand Rounds Brewing Company Rochester MN Great American Restaurants Sweetwater Tavern Centreville VA Centreville VA Great Change Brewing Bakersfield CA Great Heights Brewing Company Houston TX Greater Good Imperial Brew Co Worcester MA Griffin Claw Brewing Co Birmingham MI Half Door Brewing Company San Diego CA Harland Brewing Company San Diego CA Heavy Metal Brewing Co., The Ridgefield WA Helton Brewing Company Pheonix AZ HenHouse Brewing Santa Rosa CA High Hops Brewery Windsor CO HighGrain Brewing Co. Cincinnati OH Hoh River Brewery Olympia WA Hourglass Brewing Longwood FL Icicle Brewing Company - Production Leavenworth WA Imperial Western Beer Company Los Angeles CA Iowa Brewing Cedar rapids IA Iron Monk Brewing Company Stillwater OK Jellyfish Brewing Company Seattle WA Jeremiah Johnson Brewing Company Great Falls MT Jersey Cyclone Brewing Company Somerset NJ Jersey Girl Brewing Company Hackettstown NJ Kilowatt Brewing San Diego CA King's Court Brewing Company Poughkeepsie NY Lab, The Saint Paul MN Lawson's Finest Liquids Waitsfield VT Lewis & Clark Brewing Co Helena MT Little Harpeth Brewing Co Nashville TN Lo-Fi Brewing North Charleston SC Los Dos Potrillos Mexican Restaurant y Cervecería Parker CO Mad Anthony Brewing Co Fort Wayne IN ManaFirkin Brewing Company Manahawkin NJ Manifest Beer Company Eugene OR Masthead Brewing Co Cleveland OH MiddleCoast Brewing Company Traverse City MI Mighty River Brewing Company Windsor CO Mirror Image Brewing Frederick CO Montucky Cold Snacks Bozeman MT Moonraker Brewing Co. Auburn CA Mother Earth Brew Co Vista CA Mother Road Brewing Co Flagstaff AZ Motosonora Brewing Company Tucson AZ Mountain Toad Brewing Golden CO Mudhen Brewing Company Wildwood NJ MyGrain Brewing Company Joliet IL Natty Greene's Brewing Co Greensboro NC New Realm Brewing Atlanta GA New South Brewing Co Myrtle Beach SC Nickel Beer Co Julian CA No Label Brewing Co Katy TX North Park Beer Co. San Diego CA Northwoods Brewing Co Northwood NH Oggi's Sports Brewhouse Pizza San Clemente CA Ohio Brewing Company Cuyahoga Falls OH Old Colorado Brewing Co Wellington CO Old Herald Brewing Co Collinsville IL Old Irving Brewing Co. Chicago IL ONCO Fermentations Tully NY Ordnance Brewing Taproom Boardman OR Ornery Beer Company Fairfax VA Over Yonder Brewing Company Golden CO Pagosa Brewing & Grill Pagosa Springs CO Peak To Peak Brewery Aurora CO Peak View Brewing Company Greenwood Village CO Pilot Brewing Charlotte NC Pitt Street Brewing Company Greenville NC Pontoon Brewing Company Douglasville GA Prison City Brewing Auburn NY Prison Hill Brewing Co Yuma AZ Pro Re Nata Brewery Crozet VA Protagonist Brewery Charlotte NC Rabid Brewing, LLC Homewood IL Ranch House Brewery Oracle AZ Red Bear Brewing Co Washington DC Red Mountain Brewing Ouray CO Red Rock Brewing Co - Production salt lake city UT Resident Brewing San Diego CA Revelation Craft Brewing Co Rehoboth Beach DE River Rat Brewery Columbia SC Rock Coast Brewery Loveland CO Rouleur Brewing Company Escondido CA Rowdy's Brewing Company Rancho Cucamonga CA Sasquatch Brewing Co. Portland OR Saucy Brew Works Cleveland OH Scorched Earth Brewing Co. Crystal Lake IL Shades Brewing Park City UT Ship Bottom Brewery Wallingford PA Sidetracked Brewery Morganton NC Six Rivers Brewery McKinleyville CA Smog City Brewing Torrance CA Sonder Brewing Cincinnati OH Sonoma Springs Brewing Co Sonoma CA Southern Prohibition Brewing Hattiesburg MS Spider City Brewing Company Bend OR Stable 12 Brewing Company Phoenixville PA State Brewing Co LLC Gardena CA Steady Hand Beer Co. Atlanta GA StillWest Brewery & Grill Jackson WY StormBreaker Brewing Portland OR T.F. Brewing Co Salt Lake City UT Tampa Bay Brewing Co - YC Tampa FL Tarpon River Brewing Fort Lauderdale FL Texas Beer Company Taylor TX Thirsty Monk Brewery - Denver Denver CO Thorn Street Brewery San Diego CA Thunderhead Brewing Co Kearney NE Timnath Beerwerks Timnath CO Tonewood Brewing Oaklyn NJ Track 7 Brewing Co - Natomas Sacramento CA Transport Brewery Shawnee KS Trim Tab Brewing Birmingham AL Triple C Brewing Charlotte NC Tripping Animals Brewing Company Doral FL troubled waters brewing co. Safety Harbor FL True Respite Brewing Company Rockville MD True Vine Brewing Company Tyler TX Turtle Mountain Brewing Co Rio Rancho NM Twin Oast Brewing Port Clinton OH Twisted Spur Brewing Columbia SC U4ic Brewing, Inc. Belle Plaine MN Urban Roots Brewing Sacramento CA Ursula Brewery Aurora CO Vernacular Brewing Company Milwaukee WI Vizsla Brewing Havre MT Wallenpaupack Brewing Company Hawley PA Walter’s Brewery & Taproom Pueblo CO Well 80 Brewing Company Olympia WA WellBeing Brewing Maryland Heights MO West Sixth Brewing Co Lexington KY Whalers Brewing Company Wakefield RI Wise Man Brewing Winston-Salem NC Woba Beer Denver CO Wolf Tree Brewery Seal Rock OR Woodhouse Blending & Brewing Santa Cruz CA Woods Beer Company San Francisco CA Zion Brewery Springdale UT Zodiac Brewing Co. San Gabriel CA

2019 Missing Breweries

This is the list of breweries who attended last year’s fest, but will not be in attendance this year. The biggest disappointments include major absences from Arrowood Farms, Bale Breaker, Barrel Theory, Black Shirt Brewing, Blue Owl, Bottle Logic, The Brewing Projekt, Calusa Brewing, Commonwealth Brewing, Forager Brewing, Hop Butcher for the World, Kane Brewing, Logsdon Farmhouse Ales, Monday Night Brewing, New Glarus, Pinthouse Pizza, The Rare Barrel, The Referend Blendery, Southern Heights Brewing, Speciation Artisan Ales, Verboten, Westbound & Down, Wren House and many more.

Name City State 14er Brewing Company Denver CO 1912 Brewing Tucson AZ 3 Iron Brewing Company Colton CA 3 Nations Brewing Farmers Branch TX 300 Suns Brewing Company Longmont CO 4204 Main Street Brewing Co Belleville IL 54-40 Brewing Company Washougal WA Alaro Craft Brewery Sacramento CA Alpine Dog Brewing Co Denver CO Alter Brewing Company Downers Grove IL American Icon Brewery Vero Beach FL Arrowood Farms Accord NY Aspen Brewing Company Aspen CO Asylum Brewing Anaheim CA Atwater Brewing Co Detroit MI Auburn Alehouse Auburn CA Augustino Brewing Wichita KS Backyard Brewery Manchester NH BAKFISH Brewing Company Pearland TX Bale Breaker Brewing Company Yakima WA Barrel Theory Beer Company Saint Paul MN Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op Los Alamos NM Bayou Teche Brewing Arnaudville LA Bearded Owl Brewing Peoria IL Beer Army New Bern NC Big Beach Brewing Company Gulf Shores AL Big River Brewery, LLC Edinburg TX Big Timber Brewing Elkins WV Bitter Brothers Brewing Co. San Diego CA Black Market Brewing Co Temecula CA Black Shirt Brewing Co Denver CO Blue Owl Brewing Austin TX Blue Spruce Brewing Castle Rock CO Bold Missy Brewery Charlotte NC Boneyard Beer Co Bend OR Bottle Logic Brewing Anaheim CA Brew On Broadway (The BoB), The Englewood CO Brewery Rickoli Wheat Ridge CO Brewing Projekt, The Eau Claire WI Brewtorium, The Austin TX Brieux Carre Brewing Company New Orleans LA Bright Ideas Brewing North Adams MA Broken Plow Brewery Greeley CO Bruery Terreux Anaheim CA Bruz Beers Denver CO Cabarrus Brewing Company Concord NC Calusa Brewing Company Sarasota FL Camino Brewing Co LLC San Jose CA Carters Brewing Billings MT Castle Island Brewing Co. Norwood MA Channel Brewing Co. Stockton CA Christian Moerlein Brewing Co Cincinnati OH Circle Brewing Company Austin TX Collective Brewing Project, The Roanoke TX College Street Brewhouse and Pub Lake Havasu City AZ Colorado Boy Pizzeria Montrose CO Common Space Brewery Hawthorne CA Commonwealth Brewing Co. Virginia Beach VA Concord Craft Brewery Concord NH CooperSmiths Pub and Brewing Fort Collins CO Coppertail Brewing Tampa FL Coronado Brewing Co Coronado CA Crabtree Brewing Greeley CO Cruz Blanca Brewery Chicago IL Dark City Brewing Company Asbury Park NJ Dayton Beer Co Production Brewery & Bierhall Dayton OH Declaration Brewing Company Denver CO Deep River Brewing Company Wendell NC Denton County Brewing Company Denton TX Devil Wind Brewing LLC Xenia OH Diamond Bear Brewing Co North Little Rock AR Diebolt Brewing Denver CO Dillon Dam Brewery Dillon CO Dionysus Brewing Co. Bakersfield CA Dive Bar Brewing Company Greenwood Village CO Double Shift Brewing Kansas City MO Durango Brewing Co Durango CO Eastern Market Brewing Company Detroit MI Elk Avenue Brewing Company Crested Butte CO Elliott Bay Brewhouse & Pub - Burien Burien WA Empirical Brewery Chicago IL Epidemic Ales Concord CA Equinox Brewing Fort Collins CO Excel Brewing Co Breese IL FATE Brewing Company Boulder CO Fernson Brewing Company Sioux Falls SD Fish Brewing Co Olympia WA Flathead Lake Brewing Co Bigfork MT Florida Avenue Brewing Co Tampa FL Florida Brewery, The Auburndale FL Florida Keys Brewing Co. Islamorada FL Forager Brewing Company Rochester MN Fort Brewery and Pizza Fort Worth TX Friendship Brewing Company Wentzville MO Front Street Brewery - IA Davenport IA Full Circle Brewing Co Fresno CA Garr's Beer Co. Franklin TN Gemini Beer Company Westminster CO Gigantic Brewing Co Portland OR Gilman Brewing Company Daly City CA Good City Brewing Company Milwaukee WI Good River Beer Company Golden CO Grand Armory Brewing Co Grand Haven MI Gravity Brewing Louisville CO Gravity BrewWorks Big Flat AR Great Central Brewing Company Chicago IL Great Flood Brewing Louisville KY Green Man Brewing Co Asheville NC Greenstar Brewing At Uncommon Ground Chicago IL Grillin & Chillin Alehouse Hollister CA Grossen Bart Brewery Longmont CO Ground Breaker Brewing Portland OR Gunbarrel Brewing Company Boulder CO Hairless Hare Brewery Vandalia OH Hi Sign Brewing Austin TX Hidden Mother Brewery, The Liberty Lake WA High Alpine Brewing Company Gunnison CO Highland Park Brewery Chinatown Los Angeles CA HighSide Brewery Frisco CO Highway 79 Brewery Hot Springs SD Hop Butcher For the World Darien IL Hopworks Urban Brewery Portland OR Indeed Brewing Co Minneapolis MN Infusion Brewing Company Omaha NE Innovation Brew Works Pomona CA Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Fairfax CA Ironworks Brewery & Pub Lakewood CO Jack's Abby Brewing Framingham MA Jailbreak Brewing Company Laurel MD Kane Brewing Ocean NJ Kells Brew Pub Portland OR Knee Deep Brewing Co. Auburn CA Lady Justice Brewing Company Mt View CO Ladyface Ale Companie Agoura Hills CA Lamplighter Brewing Co. Cambridge MA Latitude 33 Brewing Co Vista CA Latitude 42 Portage MI LauderAle Fort Lauderdale FL Legacy Brewing Company Oceanside CA Little Apple Brewing Co Manhattan KS Little Machine Denver CO Logsdon Farmhouse Ales Hood River OR Loma Brewing Company Los Gatos CA Lost Rhino Brewing Co Ashburn VA Lost Winds Brewing Company San Clemente CA Love City Brewing Company Philadelphia PA MacLeod Ale Brewing Company, LLC Van Nuys CA Mad Fox Brewing Co Falls Church VA Mad Malts Brewery & Tap Room Huntsville AL Magnolia Dogpatch San Francisco CA McClellan's Brewing Company Fort Collins CO McMenamins Breweries Portland OR Middle Brow Beer Company Chicago IL Midnight Pig Beer Co. Plainfield IL Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery Minneapolis MN MobCraft Beer Milwaukee WI Modist Brewing Company Minneapolis MN Monday Night Brewing Atlanta GA Moon River Brewing Co Savannah GA Moontown Brewing Whitestown IN Mother Earth Brew Co Vista CA Mountains Walking Bozeman MT Mt Lowe Brewing Company Arcadia CA Nantahala Brewing Co Bryson City NC Narragansett Brewing Co Pawtucket RI Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co Croydon PA Network Brewery Santa Ana CA New Glarus Brewing Co New Glarus WI Ninkasi Brewing Co Eugene OR No Clue Craft Brewery Rancho Cucamonga CA Noble Rey Brewing Company Dallas TX North Channel Brewing Co. Manistee MI Northern Row Brewery & Distillery Cincinnati OH Oak Park Brewing Company Oak Park IL Oakshire Brewing Eugene OR Odyssey Beerwerks Arvada CO Off Square Brewing Crown Point IN Oggi’s Sports Brewhouse Pizza San Clemente CA Ohana Brewing Co los angeles CA Old Town Brewing Portland OR Olde Hickory Brewery - Production Hickory NC One Eyed Buffalo Brewing Company LLC Thermopolis WY Orf Brewing Austin TX Oswego Brewing Company Oswego IL Pabst Milwaukee Brewery Milwaukee WI Pair O' Dice Brewing Company Clearwater FL Paradigm Shift Brewing Massillon OH Pariah Brewing Company San Diego CA Parkers Hilltop Brewery Clarkston MI Peak To Peak Tap & Brew Aurora CO Perfect Plain Brewing Co. Pensacola FL Phantom Canyon Brewing Co Colorado Springs CO Pig Minds Brewing Co Machesney Park IL Piney River Brewing Company Bucyrus MO Pinthouse Pizza North Encinitas CA Pinthouse Pizza South Austin TX Pretoria Fields Collective Albany GA Rare Barrel, The Berkeley CA Redwood Curtain Brewing Co Arcata CA Referend Bier Blendery, The Pennington NJ Revelry Brewing, The Charleston SC Revolver Brewing Granbury TX Rick Tanner's Grille & Bar/Cherry Street Brewing Cooperative Cumming GA Right Brain Brewery Traverse City MI Riverwatch Brewery Augusta GA Roak Brewing Co. Royal Oak MI Rock Cut Brewing Company Estes Park CO Rocky Mountain Taphouse, LLC Greeley CO Rough Draft Brewing San Diego CA RPM Brewery Salt Lake City UT Rusty Rail Brewing Mifflinburg PA Salt City Brewing Hutchinson KS Sanitas Brewing Co Boulder CO Sasquatch Brewery Portland OR Second District Brewing Co. Philadelphia PA Second Street Brewery Santa Fe NM Seven Stills San Francisco CA Shades of Pale Brewery Park City UT Shmaltz Brewing Co Clifton Park NY Shoreline Brewery Michigan City IN Silver Moon Brewing Bend OR Six Ten Brewing Tampa FL SLO Brewing Co - The Rock San Luis Obispo CA Snowbank Brewing Fort Collins CO Snowy Mountain Brewery Saratoga WY Social Kitchen & Brewery San Francisco CA Soulcraft Brewing Salida CO Southerleigh Brewing San Antonio TX Southern Heights Brewing Co LLC Austin TX Speciation Artisan Ales Comstock Park MI Spoetzl Brewery Shiner TX Sprecher Brewing Co / Chameleon Brewing Glendale WI Squatters Craft Beer Salt Lake City UT Standard Deviant Brewing San Francisco CA Steady Habit Brewing Company Haddam CT Steamworks Brewing Co Durango CO Stillmank Brewing Company Green Bay WI Stone Church Brewing Corona CA Summit Brewing Co Saint Paul MN Tailgate Brewery Nashville TN Take 16 Brewing Company Sioux Falls SD Territorial Brewing Company Production Facility Springfield MI Texas Leaguer Brewing Company Missouri City TX Thirsty Monk Pub Brewery Denver CO Tivoli Brewing Company Denver CO Triple Rock Brewery and Alehouse Berkeley CA Ukiah Brewing Co Ukiah CA Uncommon Brewers Santa Cruz CA Unsung Brewing Company Tustin CA Uturn BBQ Lafayette CO Vail Brewing Company Vail CO Verboten Brewing Loveland CO Vernal Brewing Company Vernal UT Veteran Brothers Brewing Company Johnstown CO Von Trapp Brewing Stowe VT Weasel Boy Brewing Co LLC Zanesville OH Westbound & Down Brewing Company Idaho Springs CO Wicked Weed Brewing Arden NC Wicked Weed Brewing Candler NC Wild Leap Brewing Company LaGrange GA Wild Side Brewing Company Grand Rapids OH Wit's End Brewing Co Denver CO Worthy Brewing Company Bend OR Wren House Brewing Company Phoenix AZ Yachats Brewing Yachats OR Yakima Craft Brewing Co Yakima WA Zaftig Brewing Co. Columbus OH Zion Canyon Brewing Co Dammeron Valley UT