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Reader: Great American Beard Festival does not include women!

The Great American Beer Festival filled this town with lots of great beer -- and many great beards in the male-heavy crowd. We documented some of them this past weekend in our "Fifteen best beards of the Great American Beer Festival" post. Which inspired a classic response. See also: -...
By Patricia Calhoun
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The Great American Beer Festival filled this town with lots of great beer — and many great beards in the male-heavy crowd. We documented some of them this past weekend in our “Fifteen best beards of the Great American Beer Festival” post.

Which inspired a classic response.

See also:
– Great American Beer Festival 2012: The People (Slide Show)
– Great American Beer Festival 2012: The Beer (Slide Show)
– Fifteen best beards of the Great American Beer Festival

Says Mantonat:

Things are looking up at the GABF. None of the beards are on women this year.

What was the best thing you saw while the GABF was in town? The best beer you tasted? Post your thoughts below.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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