Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Fest 2003

Photos from the GABBWF and post-fest events.

Midnight Sun decides which barley wine to enter into competion. From left, Barb Miller (VP), Gabe Fletcher (Head Brewer), Colin Westcott (Brewer) and Gary Busse (General Manager).

Gabe awaits the Barley Wine competition announcement. 

 

Shannon, Colin (brewer), Gabe (Head Brewer), Gail, Mark (Pres.), Kim, Gary (GM) and Barb (VP) accepting 3rd place and Best Alaska Barley Wine awards for Arctic Devil 2000.

Colin, Barb, Mark and Gabe

Gabe and Colin with Celebrator Beer News publisher, Tom Dalldorf

Derek mans the taps (with an unruly fest-goer behind him)

Gary agrees that BeeR is what make the world go 'round.

Vicky takes a break between pours to pose.

Dan is serious about serving BeeR.

Okay, I know where the party is but how do I get there from here?

Ben

Glenn (Silver Gulch Brewery, Fairbanks, Alaska), Colin (MSBC brewer), Gary (Snowgoose Restaurant/Sleeping Lady Brewing Company), and Tom (Celebrator Beer News)

Kim and Gary pouring beer--2 ounces at a time.

Shannon relaxes with a pint after an eve of pouring beer and taking photographs.

The gals are dying of thirst. Who's BeeRtending?

Oh, that explains it! It's the Snowgoose's owner, Gary, at the helm. We'll blame it on the beer engine.

Jesse, the Sleeping Lady Brewing Company's head brewer (Snowgoose Restaurant)

Clark, head brewer at Moose's Tooth Brewery (with SJ Klein and Dylan Thomas in back)

Shannon and Gail hanging out, listening to yet more interesting info about BeeR.

Dylan, Shelby, Tom, Fred and Barb -- too bad no one loves the camera.

Gail and Gabe

The Happy Hour CreW

Shelby and Tom, the LiMeLighTeRs in the FroZen Boil Blues Band

Fred Bowman, founder of Portland Brewing Company, Portland, Oregon

 Scott "Spank Dog" Fritas, head brewer at Wild Duck Brewery in Eugene, Oregon, and Charlie Brown, brewer at Alaskan Brewing Company, Juneau, Alaska

Larissa (Specialty Imports Distributing), Jesse (brewer - Sleeping Lady), Aaron (brewer - Moose's Tooth), Scott (brewer - Wild Duck) and Gary (owner - Snowgoose/Sleeping Lady)

Shannon models our new Arctic Devil Barley Wine tee and Midnight Sun tattoo (neck).

BeeR ChicKs, reveling in the dark days and dark beers of WinTeR 

Fest-goers (looking toward the Midnight Sun booth)

Fest-goers (looking out from the Midnight Sun booth)