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The Great American Beer Festival is a mecca for beer afficianados–but curiously, it seems to be home to something else, as well: The Great American Beard. Continue reading for photos of our favorite chin-growers from the three-day booze-a-palooza.
See also:
– Great American Beer Festival 2012: The People
– Great American Beer Festival: The Beer
– Best Beer Swag of Great American Beer Festival
15. The Pennsylvania (above)
Karl Stephenson
Denver
This beard is in the style of someone who could comfortably drive a buggy through the countryside of Pennsylvania — and we like it.
14. The Rip Van Winkle
Jim Gar
Denver
A nostalgic classic steeped in the history of folklore.
13. Patch Adams
Casey Berry
Denver
A patchy, casual, just-rolled-out-of-bed-looking-this-way beard.
12. The All-Inclusive
Kory Miller
Evansville, IL
The beard that includes an equally impressive mustache.
11. The Thoreau
Clay Robinson
Indianapolis, IN
The beard that has been living in solitude.
10. The Pull-It-Together
Josh Rumsey
Los Angeles, CA
He might get wild on the weekends, but he always keeps it serious up top.
9. The Pioneer
Buz Wright
Northglenn
The mustache here is so long that it’s almost a beard.
8. The Woodsman
Trout Hansen
Laramie, WY
The beard that’s as comfortable roaming the woods as it is traveling with a Viking clan.
7. The Keepin’-It-Tight
Chris Goulet
Charlotte, NC
The beard that screams cleaned-up professionalism.
6. The Almost-Empty, But Trying
Dan Juchartz
Denver
The beard that’s confident it will start filling in someday.
5. The Heavy Metal
Nick Nunns
Westford, MA
The beard that owns a heavy-metal brewery (really!)
4. The Natural
Justin Tilotta
Boulder CO
This beard isn’t trying to be anything it’s not.
3. The Sasquatch
Anonymous
Salt Lake City, UT
Because this is the beard of myths.
2. The Extended Sideburn
Steve Vellinga
Clearfield, UT
The sideburns do all of the work for this beard.
1. Gingerdamus
Dustin Boyd and Brian Langeliers
Boulder
Together, these ginger-beards are a formidable sight to behold.
