We have the full details on this Saturday’s epic Winter Beer Carnival. From the full beer list, to the hottest tips, we have everything right here. And if you still need to buy tickets, be sure to get there HERE. See the full details below after the jump.
Thanks so much to Access Atlanta for their kind words on the Winter Beer Carnival, coming up this Saturday at Atlanta’s Atlantic Station:
When the mother of all beer festivals, Denver’s Great American Beer Festival, got its start in 1982, it was an unprecedented event. Thirty years later, the words “beer” and “festival” are everywhere it seems, defined as everything from sophisticated multi-day tastings to casual afternoon block parties.
But in its third year, Saturday’s Winter Beer Carnival claims to be a unique event where you can sample more than a hundred different beers while enjoying all sorts of fun and games, including knocking the block off Rock’em Sock’em Robots, swinging a mallet to “Ring the Bell” and running wild in a fun house.
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Today we celebrate a great day in American history: National Beer Day. 78 years ago on this day the ban on alcohol sales known as Prohibition was lifted. People waited in lines on April 6 until midnight when they could legally buy beer for the first time in 13 years. Today is a day to honor those men and women who fought hard for our right to enjoy an ice cold beer. Image courtesy of Beer Advocate.
Can you even imagine what a world without beer would be like? None of these upcoming events would have been possible!
The East Nashville Beer Festival
April 9 in Nashville, Tenn.
Takes place at the East Bank Greenway and the festival will play host to 35-40 craft breweries.
SOLD OUT! More info HERE.
Stoudts’ Battle of the Brewery Bands
April 30 in Adamstown, Penn.
Brewery bands compete for the Golden Keg and the charity of their choice with delicious food and drinks by Stoudts Brewery.
American Craft Beer Fest
June 3 and 4 in Boston, Mass.
The East Coast’s largest craft beer festival. The festival features over 100 different breweries and 400 different beers. There are a total of three sessions.
2nd Annual Boulder SourFest
June 11 in Boulder, Colo.
If you enjoy the taste of sour beer then this festival is for you. The second installment of this festival will feature 80 different sours for you to taste.
SOLD OUT! More info HERE.
20th Annual Microfest at Stoudts Brewery
June 11, August 27 and October 15 in Adamstown, Penn.
Three different dates to check out this great annual beer festival put on by Stoudts. Great beer sampling, food and entertainment.
In the bleakness of February, when the winter turns especially bitter, we all need something a bit stronger to rouse us. Hence Avery Brewing Company‘s choice to move the Annual Boulder Strong Ale Festival back to February, when beer lovers can truly appreciate a strong ale. Last year’s event featured nearly 80 different strong ales over eight percent ABV, and 2011′s festival promises to have even more for 2011. So far, Avery has Allagash (ME), Avery (CO), Cambridge (MA), Deschutes (OR), Dogfish Head (DE), Moylans (CA), Ommegang (NY), Oskar Blues (CO), Pizza Port (CA), Pumphouse (CO), Redstone Meadery (CO), The Bruery (CA), Trinity Brewing (CO), Victory Brewing (PA) and more on the list, but they hope to have over 50 breweries at the event.
Attendees will have 16 two-ounce tasting tickets and a commemorative festival tasting glass, as well as the chance to chat with the brewers and creators of the beers who will be there mingling with the beer fans.
There will be two tasting sessions, one on Friday at 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., and the second on Saturday at 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets go on sale January 3 at 8 a.m.
Atlanta really is turning into one of the best food and drink cities in the nation. Not only do we now have a Food & Wine Festival starting up in May, but we have another great beer festival filling the drinking-occasion hole in February. The Winter Beer Carnival made its debut last year, and was a huge, sell-out hit. And for the 2011 return on February 19, the festival organizers are promising more incredible beers, more games, more music, more food and more fun!
Tickets are on sale now – buy yours soon before they’re all gone!
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