From our close friend and frequent contributor, Finn Bjørn Knudsen, Knudsen Beverage Consulting in Evergreen, Colorado, we have received this personal article on the 30th Great American Beer Festival that took place in Denver, Colorado, from 28 September to 1 October this year. The article gives a closer insight into the judging process at this competition, continuously competing neck to neck with the World Beer Cup® for being the largest beer competition in the world.