2008 Magic City Brewfest - Dates are set

This just in from Stuart over at Free The Hops - the dates for the 2008 Magic City Brewfest have been set.

Session 1 : Saturday, May 31, 2008
Session 2 : Sunday, June 1, 2008

The 2007 Magic City Brewfest was a blast and I look forward to this years event.

I will post more details as they become available.

2007 Emerald Coast Beer Festival Video II

Here is a compilation video of the 2007 Emerald Coast Beer Festival from the Hopheads Homebrew Club

Pensacola Beer Festival

September 7, 2007
Seville Quarter, Pensacola, FL

Busy Beer Weekend...

The Emerald Coast Brew Fest is Friday, September 7 in Pensacola, FL. I have my ticket and will make the drive down tomorrow afternoon. Mississippi's own Lazy Magnolia will be there. Pictures will be posted early next week.

While in Florida, I plan to stock up on better beers that Mississippi does not want to sell me. So....Florida will get my money instead of our own state. Visit www.meba.ms for more details.

On the return trip, I will stop in at the Keg and Barrel in Hattiesburg for the first meeting of the new Hattiesburg Craft Beer Club.

Quite a weekend ahead...

2007 Jacktoberfest

Looks like the planning for 2nd annual Jacktoberfest is in the works.

Friday, October 19, 2007 in Downtown Jackson.

I will post more info as it becomes available.

Beer Festival in Mobile, AL - Aug. 25

Tickets go on sale Friday for the 10th annual Dauphin Street International Beer Festival, which will be held Aug. 25.

The event offers 22 venues serving up over 90 beers with patrons circulating throughout the downtown entertainment district. Festival hours are 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Tickets will be $15 through Aug. 17, and $17 afterward. They will be available at venues taking part in the festival.

According to www.mainstreetmobile.org, this year's participating locations are the Garage, the Bicycle Shop, Liquid Lounge, Wintzell's, the Blind Mule, Monsoon's, Hayley's, Heroes Sports Bar & Grille, Pat's, Boo Radley's, Vision's Twist, Grand Central, Martini's, Picklefish, the Hurricane Brewing Company, Soul Kitchen, Cell Block, Samurai J Sushi Bar, Noell B's, Bacchus, B-Bob's and Gabriel's.

Win a trip to the Great American Beer Festival

On October 11-13th, Denver is once again playing host to beer's biggest party, the Great American Beer Festival.


You want to but go but are too cheap to pay the bill, right? That's why you need to enter to win the Flying Dog Brewery GABF Sweepstakes. The grand prize is a VIP trip for two to Denver (airfare and hotel included), 2 three-day passes to the Festival and a weekend of debauchery with the Flying Dog crew.

So start training your liver now and click to enter.

Alabama Brewfest Pics II

More pictures from the Alabama Magic City Brewfest. June 2, 2007

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There was a steady stream of thirsty folks wanting to sample Mississippi's Lazy Magnolia

Lazy Magnolia's Leslie Henderson pouring a sample of Southern Pecan

It was easy to get a Zima sample if you so chose...no waiting

Louisiana's Abita Beer was there

5000 at the Alabama Brewfest

WOW! According to Free The Hops, there were almost 5000 in overall attendance for their Brewfest on Saturday.

Pictures (most of these pictures were taking early on in the event)

{More pictures to be posted soon}

Magic City Brewfest

I have returned from the Magic City Brewfest held Saturday in Birmingham. Mississippi was represented by myself and Butch. I overheard one other person saying he was from Mississippi. If you were there, let me know with a comment below.

It was an awesome event. Way more beer variety than I ever could have sampled in one session. A cool homebrewing demonstration was put on by Alabrew.

Kudos to Danner and the Free The Hops crew for putting on one heck of an event. I look forward to the 2nd annual Magic City Brewfest.

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Emerald Coast Brew Fest (Pensacola) - Sep 7, 2007

Friday, September 7th - 6:00 - 9:00p.m. CST

Seville Quarter
130 E. Government St., Pensacola, FL 32501

Event Price: $20 per person ($15 advance)

Sample beer from Southeastern micro breweries and brewpubs. There will also be an extensive variety of outstanding bottled specialty beers and a wide selection of homebrewed beers for sampling. The first 1,500 participants will receive a souvenir festival beer tasting glass. Food will be available at an additional charge.

Website

Magic City Brewfest (Birmingham, June 2, 2007)

The Magic City Brewfest will be June 2nd, 2007, at Sloss Furnaces. Advance ticket sales are online now. For all the details, see the festival website at freethehops.org/beerfestival

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We in Free The Hops are excited to announce the Alabama debut of several beers at the Magic City Brewfest. So far, the list is:

# Terrapin India Brown Ale
# Left Hand Haystack Wheat
# Rogue Brutal Bitter
# Rogue Dry Hopped St. Rogue Red
# Brooklyner Weisse

We're also excited that Terrapin has told us they will be bringing their own hop infuser they call the Terrapinator. Similar to Dogfish Head's "Randall," the Terrapinator will filter their Rye Pale Ale through fresh whole hops as it is dispensed, creating the hoppiest beer experience possible.

The following breweries will have representatives at the Magic City Brewfest to discuss the art of craft brewing:

Alabama
Olde Towne Brewing Co. - Brewmaster Don Alan Hankins - Pale Ale, Amber Ale, Bock, Hefeweizen

Georgia
Terrapin Beer Co. - Dustin Watts - Rye Pale Ale, Golden Ale, India Brown Ale

Oregon
Rogue Ales - Brett Joyce - Mocha Porter, American Amber, Dead Guy Ale, Brutal Bitter, Dry Hopped St. Rogue Red

In addition to the new beers and various local and American craft beers listed above, well over 300 different beers from all over the globe will be available.