Great American Beer Fest Toasts Colorado Brewers

DENVER (Denver Business Journal) - Several Colorado beermakers took home some of the 248 medals awarded at the 2011 Great American Beer Festival in Denver.

The three-day event, which ended Saturday at the Colorado Convention Center, was presented by the Boulder-based Brewers Association, which calls the Denver festival the largest commercial beer competition in the world. Some 49,000 attended.

Read more on the website of CBS4 partner the Denver Business Journal or watch DBJ reporter Ed Sealover's preview to the festival in the video clip below.

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