Articles in Summer Festivals
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By Tonya Vots, correspondent
Last year’s inaugural Great Atlanta Beer Fest appealed greatly to the Atlanta area beer community and the organizers are back for a second round – this year’s event will be on September …
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The Weekend Beer Festival Forecast publishes each Wednesday to alert beer road trippers about beer festivals and other brew-related events during the upcoming weekend.
Click on the links to learn more.
If you would like your event …
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What do ski resorts do after the snow melts?
At Keystone and Snowmass in Colorado, they sure don’t shut down. Instead, the summer season launches full blast with a series of events and festivals of all …
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By Tonya Vots
Rocket City U.S.A., otherwise known as Huntsville, Alabama, is developing a reputation for producing quality craft beer.
Within the past three years, local breweries including Straight to Ale, Yellowhammer Brewing, and Blue Pants Brewing, …
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Story and Photos by Tonya Vots
Dozens of volunteers sported bright yellow T-shirts with the phrase “Wir Sind Beirfest!” (We are Beerfest!) at scenic Woodruff Park in downtown Atlanta for the eighth annual German Bierfest, held …
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We preview a lot of beer festivals for this site, but we don’t write about most of them. The main reason?
There’s just too damn many these days, and our team of writers (mostly me) just …
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The Weekend Beer Forecast publishes each Wednesday to alert beer road trippers about beer festivals and other brew-related events during the upcoming weekend.
Click on the links to learn more.
If you would like your event to …
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By Tonya Vots, Correspondent
Update: CONGRATULATIONS to Jay Ashmore, winner of the tickets to the Atlanta German Bier Fest. Stay tuned, there will be more giveaways coming up soon.
Chalk up another one for the spectacular list …
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The 15th annual Keystone Bluegrass and Beer Festival at the Summit County, Colorado, ski resort is just a couple of hours away from kicking off, and I took a little walk around the River Run …
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A beer festival on Labor Day weekend in Maine will build on the Pine Street State’s growing craft beer market. And it would be a fantastic Road Trip for Beer, especially if you pick up …
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Congratulations to Erin Cook, winner of the two-day tasting pass. Stay tuned, another giveaway coming up soon.
Bluegrass music is mountain music, and in August, those mountains will be the Rockies.
Then 15th annual Keystone Bluegrass and …
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Story and photos by Tonya Vots, Correspondent
Bright blue skies and soaring summer temperatures set the stage for the inaugural Suwanee American Craft Beer Fest, held July 23 at Town Center Park in Suwanee, Georgia. Nearly …
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Beer certainly isn’t the only fermented alcoholic beverage out there. The same basic brewing rules apply to mead, sake and hard cider. But have you ever heard of Kombucha? I’m sure some of you had, …
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The South boasts a lot of great things: down-home cooking, sweet juicy peaches, a laid-back lifestyle and some great beer festivals.
The Suwanee American Craft Beer Festival promises to be one of those. Organizers say its …
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A Road Trip for Beer to the Colorado Rockies this weekend should include a stop at the Breckenridge Beer Festival taking place Saturday, July 16, 2011, from 1 to 6 p.m. at Main Street Station …
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Story and photos by Tonya Cooner-Vots
Celebrating Atlanta’s beer makers for the fifth year in a row, the 2011 Atlanta Summer Beer Festival (ASBF) brought together regional and national brewers on Saturday, June 25, 2011, at …
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CONGRATULATIONS to Melissa Palmer, winner of the tickets. She’ll be attending the Sunday session. Thanks to everybody for participating.
This weekend marks the first of our Top 10 Summer Beer Festivals 2011, and the folks …
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Florida has two seasons – hurricane and tourist. Festivals ordinarily occur during the latter, when the weather is cooler and the population swells from the snowbirds who flock each year to the Sunshine State from …
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Everest climbers have their Sherpas, and fishing boats have their captains. So why wouldn’t beer adventurers have their own guides?
The Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival in Ypsilanti will offer this service to beer lovers …
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For many people, summer time is road trip time. And if you are in pursuit of the next great beer, you can’t go wrong planning a vacation around any of these beer festivals. Some you …



