Brewers Assocation
Obenchain didn't rule out some sort of public GABF gathering this year. "We'll be exploring opportunities, and, if possible, there will be a public element," she says, noting that the BA, like other organizations, will have to wait to see if the COVID vaccine makes in-person events possible in 2021.
As for 2022, Obenchain believes there will be pent-up demand for large public festivals — but she says the BA may reimagine what GABF will look like for its fortieth anniversary that year.
Registration for attendees of CBC, which is the largest craft-beer trade show in the country, will open in April; brewery registration for GABF begins in June. The awards will be announced on September 10.