Highwood Craft Beer Fest Boasts Impressive, Local Line-Up

By Jacob Nelson

The information below comes from the City of Highwood.

Highwood’s Craft Beer Festival has announced the local and national craft brew line up for the North Shore’s First Craft Beer Festival on Saturday, August 17, starting at noon, at Everts Park (130 Highwood Avenue). 

The growing craft beer connoisseur population throughout Chicago’s northern suburbs can taste and appreciate specialty beers from craft breweries across the country.

Celebrating the best of local, Midwest and American craft beers, Highwood’s Craft Beer Festival will feature many seasonal and year-round brews from small local independent breweries to some of the best-known microbreweries nationwide. Attendees will be able to sample from 35 breweries including:

LOCAL BREWERIES:

· Metropolitan Brewing Chicago offering Krankshaft Kolsch and Flywheel Lager,

· Two Brothers Brewing Company offering Sidekick Xtra Pale Ale and Ebel’s Weiss,

· Finch Beer Company offering Threadless IPA, Fascist Pig Ale, Secret Stache Stout, and Cut Throat Pale Ale,

· Goose Island Beer Company offering 312, Green Line, Classic and Vintage Ales,

· Lake Bluff Brewing offering Weiz Guy Ale, Gamma Ray, Dog Days Hefeweizen and Honey Badger, and

· Wild Onion offering Hope Slayer Double IPA, Jack Stout, and Phat Chance.

NATIONAL BREWERIES:

· Stone Brewing offering Stone IPA and Arrogant Bastard or Ruination Double IPA,

· Oskar Blues Brewing Company offering Dales Pale Ale and G’Knight Imperial Red Ale,

· Allagash Brewing Company offering Allagash White and Allagash Curieux, and

· Lagunitas Brewing Company offering Lagunitas IPA, North Coast Pranqster, and Dog Fish Head.

Other craft brews at the Fest will include: 5 Rabbit, Abita, Argus, Anchor Brewing, Dogfish Head, Mickey Finn's, MOA, New Belgium Brewing, New Holland, Pyramid, Saugatuck Brewing, Sierra Nevada, Ska, Stone, Magic Hat, and more to be confirmed soon.

VIP and general admission tickets are available at www.HighwoodCraftBeerFest.com. A limited number of discounted early bird tickets are available through July 17th at $35 for general admission starting at 1pm or $50 for VIP entrance starting atnoon. Attendees will receive a wristband, a brewers list card, a reusable sampling glass, drink tickets for three ounce beer samples, and a bag of pretzels with a string to make their own pretzel necklace. A variety of food and non-alcoholic beverages will be available from Highwood’s diverse restaurants.

The event will also feature live entertainment from local bands:

· 12:00 - 2:00 Pat Smilie Duo - Rhythm & Blues - http://www.patsmillie.com/

· 2:30 - 4:30 - Los Perros Cubanos - http://www.losperroscubanos.com/

Highwood’s Craft Beer Festival will be donating a portion of its proceeds to The Puppy Mill Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public and raising awareness about puppy mills and their direct connection to pet stores, internet sites, and newspaper ads that sell dogs.

This event is strictly for those 21 years of age and lder. Highwood advocates responsible drinking, and recently aligned withParents. The Anti-Drug to combat underage drinking in the community. Attendees are encouraged to take the Metra Train to the Highwood Metra stop located only ½ block from Everts Park. Designated driver tickets will also be available. For more information and to purchase tickets please visit: http://www.HighwoodCraftBeerFest.com.

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