So many beer festivals, how do you choose?
April may be dark and dreary now, but I see a ray of sunshine at the end of the month. On the last weekend of the month, the 26th and 27th, there are two beer festivals scheduled for the Baltimore area.
In Fells Point Square, the City Paper beer festival is set for Saturday the 26th from 1-5 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 on the day of. Details available on this web site.
At Ripken Stadium In Harford County, there is a two-day beer and wine festival, the Maryland Beer & Foodfest, Tickets are $15 in advance. Details at this web site.
Both promise to have an array of microbrews. Both give part of the proceeds to charity.
This wealth of options raises several questions. How do you determine which beer festival you attend. Is it price? Distance? Companionship? Brews? Time?
Does anyone remember whether the City Paper festival is the 11th annual gathering, or the 12th? The web site says both.
Comments
Rob I am holding out till the Polish Festival in June. The weather will be warmer and sipping a cold budweiser with some homemade polish food in the shade of the trees in Patterson Park is good enogh for me.
Posted by: bryanintimonium | April 10, 2008 10:26 AM
A friend and I went to the Brewfest last year, which gets mega bonus points for being really close to my apartment... meaning we get real bathroom breaks and no one has to limit their beer intake as long as they can hang out (read: nap) at my place afterwards. Buying a ticket ahead of time was key for quick entry... They had several breweries represented and it was all-you-can-drink, although we noticed that the bigger breweries poured smaller samples than the places we had never heard of. The only negative was lack of food vendors... I would probably eat lunch beforehand this year or step out for a quick bite halfway through.
Posted by: Heather | April 11, 2008 3:48 PM
I would love to let your readership know about a great beer, wine and food festival over Memorial Day weekend, May 24 & 25 in near-by Lancaster County PA. It is a joint effort between the PA Ren Faire and the Penn Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau. It will truly be a culinary celebration of many of the different flavors of PA.
There are 14 wineries and at least 2 microbreweries to be in attendance.
We'd love to have our neighbors to the south join us.
Barb Lacek
Posted by: Barb Lacek | April 13, 2008 2:53 PM