The Great American Beer Festival held annually in Denver (October 10th to 12th, 2024) is the premier U.S. beer competition, crowning the finest beverages in over 100 beer and cider styles.

Long Beach has an emerging and vibrant craft beer scene as evidenced by their performance at the Great American this year. The 5-year old Trademark Brewing took home one Gold (West Coast IPA) and one Silver (American Fruit Beer category.) Ian McCall of ISM Brewing was awarded a Bronze (their first year) for Plough & Harrow in the Saison category. Ambitious Ales in Bixby Knolls was awarded a Gold for their Professional Human Being in the highly competitive juicy or hazy IPA category. Everywhere Beer Co. based in Orange with a soon to open taproom in Long Beach, was awarded “Brewery of the Year” in their category.

ISM’s Ian McCall taps the keg on all the Long Beach craft beer happenings.