Other Great Festivals of Note

Festival of Dark Arts (Astoria, OR)

Stone Anniversary Celebration & Invitational (Escondido, California)

World Beer Festival (Cleveland, OH; Columbia, SC; Durham, NC; and Raleigh, NC)

Hill Farmstead Festival of Farmhouse Ales (Greensboro Bend, VT)

Surly Darkness Day (Minneapolis, MN)

Belgium Comes to Cooperstown (Cooperstown, NY)

Extreme Beer Fest (Boston, MA)

year, it’s no surprise that the event has been so successful that they’re moving to three sessions in 2015.

Zwanze Day

(various locations worldwide)

The annual celebration of all-thingsCantillon is a must for sour-beer lovers. Cantillon’s highly coveted lambics are poured in a volume that is mind-boggling for anyone who has tried to hunt down their beer through stores in the United States (where the beer typically sells out immediately upon release). The structure of the event varies depending on location—some are bars that charge by the glass, some are breweries with an upfront ticket price that includes a set number of pours—and the demand can vary from a line that forms hours ahead of the event to a casual bar environment with no waiting. But regardless, this volume of kegs and bottles of Cantillon is a sight to be seen.

Firestone Walker Invitational

Paso Robles, California

Tickets sell out in minutes for this yearly celebration in Paso Robles, and for good reason—firestone Walker has developed a well-deserved reputation for high-level execution in everything they do, from packaged beer to taproom experience to events. The invitational draws some of their best friends in brewing from around the country (think Surly, Cigar City, Odell, Jester King, 3 Floyds, and the list goes on). Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine® is launching our first beer festival this October in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Participating breweries include Avery Brewing, Jester King, The Bruery, Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, Perennial Artisan Ales, and more. Visit wisconsincraftbeerfestival.com for more information.