Brew Haven Craft Beer Festival 2013 News - May 29

Friday, May 31:

Mark your calendar for this Friday's Brew Haven Craft Beer Festival ticket release party!!  Below is the information sent to me for this event and also information for the festival which takes place this year on Saturday, August 3rd:

 

THIS Friday, May 31 beginning at 11am.
Ticket sales will begin for Northeast Indiana's Premiere Craft Beer Festival.
Highlights for this Ticket Release Party:

• Lisa Kerman from New Belgium will be on hand with 12 beers (Shift, Fat Tire, Hoppy Bock Lager, Ranger, Rolle Bolle, Rampant Imperial IPA, Biere De Mars, Cascara Quad, Dieu De Ciel Trippel, Peach Porch Lounger, Paardebloem, Pluot)
• Steve Thiel from Sierra Nevada will be on hand with 10 beers (Pale Ale, Torpedo, Summerfest, Hoptimum, Narwhal Imperial Stout, Ovila Quad w/Plums, Belgian Saison w/Mandarins, Kellerweis, Blonde Ale and Kolsch)
• Summer & Chip Lewis (owners) from Iechyd Da in Elkhart will be on hand with 5 of their beers (Tata Rosa Raspberry Berlinner Weisse, Cantankerous Irish Red, Revolution American IPA, "13" American Black Ale and Breakfast Cookies Milk Stout)
• These beers will be just $4.75

Festival Details:

Saturday August 3, 2013 - 2pm-6pm - downtown New Haven, IN
Bigger & even Better = 4 tents and a 20-tap semi trailer.
Draft samples from 50+ breweries (including multiple tap-equipped vehicles), 50+ homebrews, and everyone gets a meal!
General Admission ($35/adv, $45 day-of) includes: unlimited samples, souvenir tasting glass, meal and water.
VIP Package ($60/adv, $70 day-of) ADDS: 1-hour early entry, commemorative t-shirt and special gift.
Designated Driver ticket ($5/adv, $5 day-of) includes: meal & unlimited soft drinks.
21+ only. Includes designated drivers, no exceptions. Must show government issued photo ID.
No pets. Rain or Shine.
Smoke Free (with separate smoking tent inside the festival area).
More info at http://brewhaven.triontavern.com/
Tickets can be purchased at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/360773 or at the Trion (for cash only). Day-of ticket sales are also cash only.

Breweries (* representation has been indicated):

Abita (Abita Springs, LA)
Against The Grain* (Louisville, KY)
B.Nektar (Ferndale, MI)
Bell's* (Kalamazoo, MI)
Big Woods* (Nashville, IN)
Bloomington* (Bloomington, IN)
Breckenridge* (Breckenridge, CO)
Brooklyn* (Brooklyn, NY)
Crown (Crown Point, IN)
Cutters* (Avon, IN)
Das "Big Dawg" Brew Haus* (Richmond, IN)
DESTIHL* (Bloomington, IL)
Evil Czech* (Culver, IN)
Father John's* (Bryan, OH)
Figure 8* (Valparaiso, IN)
Finch's
Flat12* (Indianapolis, IN)
Founders* (Grand Rapids, MI)
Fountain Square* (Indianapolis, IN)
Four Horsemen* (South Bend, IN)
Goose Island (Chicago, IL)
Granite City* (Fort Wayne, IN)
Great Lakes* (Cleveland, OH)
Greenbush* (Sawyer, MI)
Harpoon* (Boston, MA)
Hunter's* (Chester, IN)
Iechyd Da* (Elkhart, IN)
Jolly Pumpkin* (Dexter, MI)
Left Hand (Longmont, CO)
Lexington* (Lexington, KY)
Mendocino* (Ukiah, CA)
Mount Pleasant* (Mount Pleasant, MI)
New Albanian (Albany, IN)
New Belgium* (Fort Collins, CO)
New Boswell* Richmond, IN)
New Holland* (Holland, MI)
North Coast* (Fort Bragg, CA)
Ohio* (Columbus, OH)
Peoples* (Lafayette, IN)
Rivertown* (Cincinnati, OH)
Samuel Adams* (Boston, MA)
Schlafly* (St. Louis, MO)
Sierra Nevada* (Chico, CA)
Sixpoint* (Brooklyn, NY)
South Bend Brew Werks* (South Bend, IN)
Southern Tier* (Lakewood, NY)
Stone* (Escondido, CA)
Summit* (St. Paul, MN)
Summit City Brewerks* (Fort Wayne, IN)
Sun King* (Indianapolis, IN)
Thr3e Wise Men* (Indianapolis, IN)
Tin Man* (Evansville, IN)
Two Deep* (Indianapolis, IN)
Upland* (Bloomington, IN)
Victory* (Downington, PA)

List subject to change but so far we have 55 breweries on board with at least 47 of them directly represented.

Come out to the ticket release party to meet personnel, purchase your festival ticket(s) and drink (responsibly) some good beers!!

Cheers!