Brewpubs make up nearly half of the 2600 U.S. breweries. For the second year the Brewers Association highlights this segment of the craft brewing industry at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF). The Brewpub Pavilion features restaurant-style breweries from across the country, each offering up samples of their brews.
Laughing Sun Brewing Company of Bismarck, North Dakota, which opened in November of 2012, is making its debut at the GABF this year and elected to participate in the Brewpub Pavilion.
“It’s great that brewpubs are being featured [at the Great American Beer Festival]. They are playing a key role in the sustained double-digit growth in the craft beer scene,” says Mike Frohlich, co-owner and head brewer of Laughing Sun, about their decision to participate in the pavilion. “[Participating in the pavilion] is a great opportunity to showcase our beers in a setting that we’ve tried to create in our pub.”
Breweries Participating in the 2013 Brewpub Pavilion
Asheville Brewing Company | Asheville | NC |
Backwoods Brewing Company | Carson | WA |
Boscos Brewing Company | Memphis | TN |
Bull and Bones Brewhaus | Blacksburg | VA |
Capitol City Brewing Company | Arlington | VA |
Carbondale Beer Works | Carbondale | CO |
Carver Brewing Company | Durango | CO |
CH Evans Brewing | Albany | NY |
Dock Street Brewery | Philadelphia | PA |
Elevation 66 Brewing Company | El Cerrito | CA |
Evil Czech Brewery | Culver | IN |
Flix Brewhouse | Round Rock | TX |
Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery | Flossmoor | IL |
Freetail Brewing Co. | San Antonio | TX |
High Noon Saloon & Brewery | Leavenworth | KS |
Highway 1 Brewing Company | Pescadero | CA |
Il Vicino Brewing Company | Albuquerque | NM |
Kirkwood Station Brewing Company | Kirkwood | MO |
Lassen Ale Works | Susanville | CA |
Laughing Sun Brewing Company | Bismarck | ND |
Marshall Wharf Brewing Company | Belfast | MD |
Max Lager’s Wood-Fired Grill & Brewery | Atlanta | GA |
Montana Brewing Company | Billings | MT |
Moon River Brewing Co. | Savannah | GA |
Namaste Brewing at the Whip In | Austin | TX |
Palisade Brewing Company | Palisade | CO |
Railyard Brewing Company | Montgomery | AL |
The Brewhouse | Santa Barbara | CA |
The Mash Tun Brew Pub | Portland | OR |
Thr3e Wise Men Brewing Company | Indianapolis | IN |
Triple Rock Brewery | Berkeley | CA |
West Flanders Brewing Company | Boulder | CO |
Willoughby Brewing Company | Willoughby | OH |
Wrecking Bar Brewpub | Atlanta | GA |
Yak & Yeti Brewpub | Arvada | CO |