These 5 PA Breweries Will Compete in Great American Beer Festival

PENNSYLVANIA — Five Keystone State breweries will be competing in the Great American Beer Festival to be held Oct. 10-12 in Denver.

The festival is the nation’s largest for professional brewers and hands out some of the industry’s most sought-after accolades. Bronze, silver and gold medals will be awarded for dozens of styles of beer and ciders in more than 100 categories.

Beer is still the star of the competition, but organizers are casting a wider net with the addition of categories for ciders, canned cocktails, hard seltzer, hard soda, hard tea, hard kombucha, other malt-based beverages, and all non-alcoholic beverages.

The event also features competition in ciders, hard seltzers and, new this year, canned cocktails and hard teas.

Breweries will enter their beers (and other beverages) to the Professional Judging Panel, and festival attendees can also sample these brews.

Pennsylvania breweries competing for medals include:

• Stateside Brands, out of Philadelphia, is one of 28 featured breweries at this year's festival. Their entries include the Surfside Vodka Iced Tea, Stateside Orange Vodka Soda, Surfside Peach Tea, Surfside Lemonade, Surfside Green Tea, and a number of others.
• Barley Creek Brewing Company, of Tannersville. Their entries are Mike's Marzen Lager, King Phillips, and Mountaineer Maibock.
• Groove Brewing, of Scranton. Their entries are Marshmallow Pumpkin Porter, Last Sip of Summer, Dad Juice, and Chimney Man.
• Voodoo Brewing Company, of Meadville. Their entries are Lacto Kooler, Voodoo Love Child, good vibes, Oh Mama, and Thunder Lizard.
• Zeroday Brewing Company, of Harrisburg. Their entries are Mango Habanero, City Islander, and When Did We Get A Dog?