I skipped this event, last year, but the brewery list seem to have improved and I might need to revisit. This is the 10th year and they have added 10 more breweries (86). Feel free to discuss! 2017 Breweries Supporting Partner | Supporting Brewery* 3Weavers Brewing Company* – Inglewood, CA 4 Hands Brewing Co.* – Saint Louis, MO Adroit Theory Brewing – Purcellville, VA Aero Plains Brewing – Wichita, KS Alesong Brewing and Blending – Eugene, OR Allagash Brewing Company* – Portland, ME Anchor Brewing Company – San Francisco, CA Arcadia Brewing Company – Kalamazoo, MI Aspen Brewing Company – Aspen, CO Ass Clown Brewing Company – Cornelius, NC Backcountry Brewery – Frisco, CO Band of Bohemia – Chicago, IL Brewery Ommegang* – Cooperstown, NY The Brooklyn Brewery* – Brooklyn, NY Butcher and the Brewer – Cleveland, OH Cape May Brewing Company – Cape May, NJ Cash Brewing Company – Silverdale, WA Crying Eagle Brewing Co. – Lake Charles, LA DC Brau Brewing – Washington, DC Deschutes Brewery – Bend, OR Dialogue Brewing – Albuquerque, NM Dogfish Head Craft Brewery – Milton, DE El Segundo Brewing – El Segundo, CA Fair Winds Brewing Company* – Lorton, VA Fat Bottom Brewing* – Nashville, TN FATE Brewing Company* – Boulder, CO Flying Dog Brewery* – Frederick, MD Flying Fish Brewing Co. – Somerdale, NJ Free Will Brewing Company – Perkasie, PA Fulton Beer – Minneapolis, MN Funky Buddah Brewing – Oakland Park, FL Great Lakes Brewing Company – Cleveland, OH Green Flash Brewing Company – San Diego, CA Half Acre Beer Company – Chicago, IL Hardywood Park Craft Brewery – Richmond, VA Hops & Grain Brewing* – Austin, TX Hopworks Urban Brewery – Portland, OR La Cumbre Brewing Co. – Albuquerque, NM Left Hand Brewing Co. – Longmont, CO Lord Hobo Brewing Company – Woburn, MA Maui Brewing Company – Kihei, HI Melvin Brewing – Alpine, WY New Belgium Brewing* – Fort Collins, CO Ninkasi Brewing Co – Eugene, OR Odell Brewing Company – Fort Collins, CO Old Bust Head Brewing Company – Vint Hill, VA pFriem Family Brewers – Hood River, OR Port City Brewing Co.* – Alexandria, VA Prison City Brewing – Alexandria, VA Propolis Brewing – Port Townsend, WA Red Cypress Brewery – Winter Springs, FL Reuben’s Brews – Seattle, WA Revolution Brewing – Chicago, IL River Horse Brewing Company – Ewing, NJ Roadhouse Brewing Company* – Jackson, WY Saint James Brewery – Holbrook, NY Saltwater Brewery – Delray Beach, FL Samuel Adams – Boston, MA Saranac Brewery* – Utica, NY Saucony Creek Brewery + Gastropub – Kutztown, PA Schlafly Beer* – The Saint Louis Brewery – St. Louis, MO Sierra Nevada Brewing Company* – Chico, CA Sixpoint Brewery – Brooklyn, NY Smuttynose Brewing Company – Hampton, NH Stevens Point Brewery – Stevens Point, WI Stone Brewing – Richmond, VA Summit Brewing Company – Saint Paul, MN The Bruery & Bruery Terreux – Placentia, CA The Lost Abbey – San Marcos, CA Toolbox Brewing Company – Vista, CA Track 7 Brewing Co. – Sacramento, CA Troegs Brewing Company – Hershey, PA Two Roads Brewing Company – Stratford, CT Uinta Brewing Company* – Salt Lake City, UT Union Craft Brewing – Baltimore, MD Urban Chestnut Brewing Co – Saint Louis, MO Wicked Weed Brewing – Arden, NC Wild Wolf Brewing* – Nellysford, NY Wolf’s Ridge Brewing – Columbus, OH Wolverine State Brewing Co. – Ann Arbor, MI Yards Brewing Company – Philadelphia, PA
Just a reminder to those interested, Public tickets go on sale today. (March 22nd). As a side note, is there a collaboration beer this year? I don't remember hearing anything about one this time around.
Hardywood and New Belgium. One thing I haven't seen anything about are the salons. Considering most of them sold out last year, I'd be surprised that they would remove the add-on.
I've gone the last two years and I'm going again this year. I think the brewery list is solid enough and has more than enough interesting options for me. It looks like this year most the of the broadly distributed craft brewers are also bring at least one option that isn't broadly available on the shelf. Last year, that was less the case.
My understanding is that they are not doing salons this year to create more space, including areas to sit. I agree it's surprising, but I'm glad they did.
No salons, which is a bummer, always liked the early salon, then getting into the general admission part without having to wait in line. They added 10 extra breweries, which will be on the balcony level where the charcuterie station was.
I went, know a ton of people who went as well. Per usual was a great event, food was more plentiful than in prior years and there were some great beers that were on hand that never make it here. Reuben's Triple Crush was a winner, as were both Melvin beers, Lost Abbey brought two excellent beers, and Bruery came in strong. Maui Brewing brought an excellent rum barrel coconut imperial porter that paired great with the curry papaya salad. The collab beer was easily the best since Hydra Cuvee.
