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Beer Event – 2nd Annual Portland Brew Festival

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We’re back for another year!
2012 is a fantastic year for the Portland Brew Festival, what promises to become one of the jewels of summer in Maine. With 3 buildings for exhibitors, over 75 varieties of regional craft brews, home-brewing supplies and demonstrations, the best in food, local music how could it really get better?

But we realize after 3 1/2 hours of tasting-sized samples and a whole head-load of beer education, you’ll likely want to get out and get friendly with a full-sized pint or two and see how some of your new favorites stand up to your favorite dishes. So we’re putting this whole craft beer-stravaganza right on the edges of Munjoy Hill and the Old Port where you can meander into town after the fact and get feel for these beers in a real-world context.

When?

• Friday Night, 5:30-9pm – $35.00
• Saturday Afternoon, 12:30-4pm – $35.00
• Saturday Night, 5:30-9pm – $35.00

Click here to purchase tickets

Why should you attend?

• 32+ breweries from around New England (We’ve opened up more space!)
• 92+ varieties to choose from
• Custom sampling glass NEW for 2012
• Brewing Supply Shops and Home Brew Clubs with equipment set-ups, live brewing and to answer your DIY questions
• Beer guide with info on Old Port restaurants, pubs and shops for the afterparty!

Each ticket entitles the holder to 24 drink coupons of about 2oz each. (48oz is Maine law.) No refunds or transfers. No one under 21 allowed.

Where?
Portland Company complex
58 Fore St
Portland, ME 04101

A few of the breweries attending:
Allagash Brewing Company, Angry Orchard Cider, Baxter Brewing, Boston Beer Company, Bunker Brewing, Clown Shoes Beer, Crispin Ciders, DL Geary Brewing Company, Fat Friar Mead, Fatty Bampkins, Fiddler’s Reach Mead, Gritty McDuff’s, Harpoon Brewery, Kennebec Cider, Long Trail Brewing Company, Magic Hat Brewing, Maine Meadery, Moonlight Meadery, Narragansett, The Old Burnside Brewing Company, Rising Tide Brewing Company, The Run-of-the-Mill Public House and Brewery, Sebago Brewing, Shipyard Brewing Company, Sixpoint Brewery, Switchback Brewing, Tuckerman Brewing, Urban Farm Fermentory, White Birch, Woodchuck Cider, Woodstock Inn Station and Brewery, Also, NERAX CASK booth

http://portlandbrewfestival.com/

The Portland Brew Festival was started with a dedication to craft brewing and we’re bringing together some of the top craft brewers in the Northeast. Big or small, doesn’t matter. We’re focused on quality.