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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This week is Atlanta Beer Week. The Great Decatur Craft Beer Festival at The Old Courthouse Square in Decatur, Ga., for which Ticket Alternative handled the tickets, and which sold out in record time, takes place this Saturday from 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. In honor of these things, all of the employees of Ticket Alternative took a beer quiz at our Tuesday morning meeting. Gift cards to Hop City were given out the person with the most correct answers, and to the person with the funniest answers. See how well you can do below!
1. Name the four basic ingredients in beer.
2. All beers can generally be classified into one of these two categories.
3. From which single ingredient does the dominant flavor of an IPA stem?
4. Name a Belgian style (not brand) of beer.
5. True or False: The darker a beer is, the more alcoholic it is.
6. Name four well known American craft breweries.
7. What is a Traopist beer?
8. Which ingredient gives beer its bitterness?
9. What happens during fermentation?
10. Why is beer traditionally bottled in brown glass bottles?
11. Mainstream American beers, such as Budweiser, Miller, and Coors, are loosely based on what classic European style?
12. What is a Hefeweizen?
13. What makes a dark beer dark?
14. Name a style (not brand) of beer that is typically over 8% alcohol.
Check the answers after the jump, as well as some of the more amusing (though far less correct) replies… … Continue Reading
We work hard every day at Ticket Alternative, but we have fun while we’re doing it. Although we’re based in Atlanta, we ticket events all over the country and one of our favorites to work is the American Craft Beer Fest in Boston. We’ve been working with Todd and Jason Alström for four years now, and each year we’re on-site helping making sure entry to their event is fast and easy.
Our friends at Harpoon Brewery produce this and many other great beer events at their brewery in Boston, like the Mass Brewers Fest. Harpoon Brewery host an after-party each year with many guest brewers adding their beers to the taps in their brewery store. We’ve met many of their team; they’re a great bunch of people – and they make great beer! There’s a lot of similarities between our company cultures and we love their Harpoon Helps initiative.
We recently asked Warren Dibble (Harpoon Brewery VP and CTO) about his experience working with us and here’s what he had to say:
“Over the last four years, I have worked with Ticket Alternative on six different events promoting craft beer with two different organizations. Their service is great. Their principals and team members have consistently shown a high degree of integrity. Furthermore, they have been a pleasure to work with. I fully endorse them!”
Other beer festivals we work with include the Decatur Beer Fest, Winter Beer Carnival and the Vermont Brewers Fest.
Interested in selling tickets to your beer festival with us? Find out more here.
For those who didn’t get a chance to buy tickets to the Vermont Brewers Festival before it sold out earlier this week, you still have a chance to go! We just released a few tickets for the session on Friday, July 15. But get them fast – they’re already flying off the shelves!
UPDATE: These tickets are SOLD OUT again. Hope you got yours!
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.
UPDATE: This event is SOLD OUT! We hope you got your tickets, they went fast!
10 years ago if you were to ask your local bartender for a sour or wild ale he/she would have probably looked at you with a puzzled face and responded “What is that?” If you were to ask that same bartender today there is a very good chance you would be greeted a “What kind would you like?”
Sour/wild ale has become a very popular choice for avid beer drinkers in the past 10 years. This style of beer is definitely an acquired taste due to its pungent smell and tart taste. For those that enjoy it there is no better place to taste different kinds than The 2nd Annual Boulder SourFest at Avery Brewery. There will be over 80 different sour/wild ales on hand for tasting. A nice feature about the festival is that it caps off at 450 people to ensure that everyone gets ample tasting of all of the offered beers.
A lot more care goes into these beers than just letting them go sour in a barrel. The process is very tedious and requires a trained brew-master to produce these lip-puckering ales. Whether you are an avid sour ale drinker or you had your first today, The 2nd Annual Boulder SourFest is not to be missed.
2nd Annual Boulder SourFest
Saturday, June 11 at Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colo.
Tickets go on sale Wednesday, April 6 at noon.
Come down to Stoudts Beer Garden in Adamstown, Pa. for the 20th Annual Microfest! Sample some of the best beers the industry has to offer in your very own festival tasting glass. Chef Jim Carr will be offering a variety of delicious dishes that are sure to compliment the great beers featured at the Microfest. Some of the dishes include smoked brisket, a Pulled Beef sandwich in Fat Dog Stout Jus, sliced Pork Sliders with APA Jus, Asian BBQ Drummies, Veggie Pasta Primavera, Macaroni salad, and our famous German Potato salad. How good do those sound? Stoudts is proud to offer the freshest ingredients from local farmers and purveyors, changing the menu each season to ensure that the best food accompanies some of the greatest beers in the world!
Tickets are $35. With the ticket you also get great entertainment, and a free shuttle to and from select local hotels.
There are three different days to come to the festival; June 11, August 27 and October 15. Each day will have two sessions, each lasting for four hours.
Get ready for the 4th annual American Craft Beer Fest featuring over 400 craft beers from over 100 American brewers. Held at the Seaport World Trader Center Boston, ACBF is the largest celebration of American craft beer on the East Coast. The festival will take place on June 3 and 4. There will be one session on June 3 and two sessions on June 4.
What is a craft beer? A craft beer can be defined by three characteristics:
1. Small: Annual production of beer less than two million barrels. Beer production is attributed to a brewer according to the rules of alternating proprietorships. Flavored malt beverages are not considered beer for purposes of this definition.
2. Independent: Less than 25 percent of the craft brewery is owned or controlled (or equivalent economic interest) by an alcoholic beverage industry member who is not themselves a craft brewer.
3. Traditional: A brewer who has either an all malt flagship (the beer which represents the greatest volume among that brewers brands) or has at least 50 percent of it’s volume in either all malt beers or in beers which use adjuncts to enhance rather than lighten flavor.
The three sessions are as follows:
* Friday Session (June 3, 2011, 6 – 9:30 p.m.)
* Saturday Session One (June 4, 2011, 1 – 4:30 p.m.)
* Saturday Session Two (June 4, 2011, 6 – 9:30 p.m.)
Tickets are $45 per session and include: entry into one session, access to over 400 craft beers, all 2oz beer tastings, compostable tasting cup, and festival guide.
Be safe and have a great time!
Online tickets for The East Nashville Beer Festival are all sold out! But for those who got tickets for this inaugural beer fest, we’ve got some tips for you, below the event information.
The East Nashville Beer Festival’s goal is to provide a fun and safe environment for beer drinkers to learn and enjoy the finest craft beers from around the United States. All paid attendees will receive a souvenir tasting glass (sorry, DD’s but no cup for you), unlimited samples, bag of goodies, and the opportunity to be part the Inaugural East Nashville Beer Festival. The festival also features live music, various other vendors, and Beer Education area.
Here a couple of tips for getting the most out of the festival:
1. Eat and then eat some more. Fill your tummy with something yummy before attending and make sure you eat plenty at the festival. A full stomach helps slow alcohol’s entrance into your bloodstream and you’ll feel much better in the morning.
2. Pace yourself. This isn’t a college kegger. You may be surprised how quickly your buzz can turn into something more severe when you hurry from booth to booth, especially when some of those booths are pouring high-octane ales or stouts.
3. Make sure to wear comfortable shoes. You will spend the majority of the day on your feet walking around the festival.
4. Talk to the brewers. These lucky people make beer for a living. They will be more than open to answering any questions about the beers they are pouring.
5. BE SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT TIME!
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