Great Taste of Midwest Beers Festival

[HomeBrewerDude]

:beer: <--drink me

UPDATE: After standing in line for 2 hours while it snowed, wearing just shorts and a hoody I got my tickets... I was intending on buying my tickets at a local brewpub, but those fvckers devised some sign up system for their regulars so I had to go to another location...hence the lack of appropriate clothing.

Alls well that ends well I guess.


Brewers from 2003:

Aberdeen Brewing Company
America's Brewing Company
Angelic Brewing Company
Appleton Brewing Company
Arcadia Brewing Company
August Schell Brewing Company
Backwater Brewing Company
Bandana Brewery
Bent River
Black Forest Brau Keller
Blind Tiger Brewery
Blue Cat Brew Pub
Bluegrass Brewing Company
Boston Beer Company
Boulevard Brewing Company
Brewery Creek
Brewmasters Pub
Broad Ripple Brewing Company
Capital Brewery Company, Inc.
Carlyle Brewing Company
Central Waters Brewing Company
Chalkies
Cherryland
City Brewery
Corner Pub
Courthouse Pub
Cross Plains Brewery
Delafield Brewhaus
Dragonmead Microbrewery
Duneland Brewhouse
Fitgers Brewhouse
Flatlanders
Flossmoor Station Brewing Company
Founders Brewing Company
Founders Hill Brewing Company
Fox River Brewing Company
Fun Hunters Brewery
Glen Ellyn Sports Brew
Goose Island Brewing Company
Govnor's Public House
Granite City Food and Brewery
Gray Brewing Company
Great Dane Pub and Brewing Company
Great Lakes Brewing Company
Great Waters Brewing Company
Green Bay Brewing Company / Hinterland Brewery
Grumpy Troll
Harbor City Brewing Company
Hereford and Hops Steakhouse and Brewpub
Hops Haven Brew Haus / PWBC
Hops Restaurant and Brewery
Illinois Brewing Company
J.T.Whitney's Pub and Brewery
Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company
Jasper Ridge Brewery
Joseph Huber Brewing Company
Kalamazoo Brewing Company
Kuhnhenn Brewing Company
Lafayette Brewing Company
Lake Louie Brewing LLC
Lake Superior Brewing Company
Lakefront Brewery
Legends Brewhaus and Eatery
Mad Anthony Brewing Company
Mickey Finn's Brewery
Millstream Brewing Company
Milwaukee Ale House
Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery
Moosejaw Pizza and Brewing Company
New Glarus Brewing Company
New Holland Brewing Company
Nicolet Brewing Company
Northwoods Brewing Company
O'Fallon Brewery
Oconomowoc Brewing Company
Old Hat Brewing Company
Olde Peninsula Brewpub
Onion Pub and Brewery
Onopa Brewing Company
Pearl Street Brewery
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Pioneer and Wisconsin Brewing
Railhouse Brewing Company
Rock Bottom
Rocky River Brewing Company
Saint-Louis Brewery, Inc.
Sand Creek Brewing Company
Slab City Brewing LLC
South Shore Brewery
Sprecher Brewing Company
Stevens Point Brewery
Stone City Brewing Company
Stout Brothers Public House
Summit Brewery
Three Floyds Brewing Company
Titletown Brewing Company
Twin Ports Brewing Company
Two Brothers Brewing Company
Tyranena Brewing Company
Viking Brewing Company
Water Street Brewery
White Winter Winery

 

[CRXican]

I wanna go

 

[Kaervak]

Must....go.....to......Wisconsin.

 

[isasir]

Do they have something like this on the East Coast?

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

I went last year and it was really a lot of fun. I had probably 40 samples (tended to be 3-4 ounces each), only 3-4 of which I didn't care for. The crowd was very pleasant, a fair percentage of which were people of gender and hot.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: isasir
Do they have something like this on the East Coast?

They have one in Tennesse. Not as many Beers though.

 

[cjchaps]

I sent in my payment but didn't get tickets last year.
Their method of giving out tickets is lame!
I am going to try again this year.

 

[BillGates]

This is just down the street from me. Come build your Wisconsin beer bellies! Link

 

[davestar]

no Dogfishhead = not a microbrewfest!

the annual national homebrew gathering is in baltimore this year...

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: cjchaps
I sent in my payment but didn't get tickets last year.
Their method of giving out tickets is lame!
I am going to try again this year.

i always wondered if that happened....

they limit the festival to 5000 people, in part to appease city security concerns and in part to keep the festival happy and carefree (people get grumpy standing in line all day).

 

[Fausto]

We have a similar event in Decatur that's just a sloppy drunkfest by the end of the day. I gave up on it.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: davestar
no Dogfishhead = not a microbrewfest!

the annual national homebrew gathering is in baltimore this year...

I hope dogfish makes it this year, but they probably won't since they are east coast and don't really need the PR anymore. Even more, I hope Avery has a booth.

Last year i would guess that there were over 50 bourbon aged porters, 75 imperial stouts, 75 imperial IPAs, and several others out there in dogfish land.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

update at top

 

[Sentinel]

holy fvck that looks great...