Denver has GABF, Washington DC has Savor and Sacramento plays host to the California Craft Beer Summit + Beer Festival.
Held over three day, it is part industry trade show, part seminars, part networking and it leads up to a California Only craft beer festival, in front of the state Capitol with 150 breweries. You read that correctly 150.
Here is more information for those (like me) tempted to visit:
“The Expo Hall is organized around the four main ingredients in beer and offers “Tap Talks” with brewing legends, chef demos at the Culinary Marketplace, regional beer tastings hosted by craft beer guilds across the state, homebrewing demos and interactive, hands-on displays.
Educational Sessions on Friday are focused on the brewing, business and hospitality industries and include everything from technical skills to branding to how to explain beer styles to your guests.
Educational Session on Saturday are for the people that really drive the craft beer industry: craft beer drinkers! These sessions offer entry and advanced level homebrewing lessons, tasting, judging and pairing opportunities and a few, fun history lessons with colorful California brewers.”
Tickets ain’t cheap but there are ticket options for various days and you can get into the festival only and it will get you access to more beers in one spot than you could probably dream of trying in a year of driving around the Golden State.