Tickets Now on Sale for Third Annual Halifax Seaport Beerfest
Jul 10, 2009
For Immediate Release
July 10, 2009
Tickets Now on Sale for Third Annual Halifax Seaport Beerfest
Halifax, NS – Tickets on sale now for the third annual Halifax Seaport BeerFest. Over 2000 beer fans are expected to attend the event on August 8, 2009. There will be an afternoon session from 2:00pm to 5:00pm and an evening session from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Tickets are available at select NSLC stores, Garrison Brewing Company, and Bishop’s Cellar for $35 plus HST or $40 at the door.
“New to the Beerfest are local microbrewers Propeller, Sea Level and Rockbottom, bringing us to 11 independent Maritime producers and nearly 100% regional participation.” says Bruce Mansour, whose firm Make It Happen Inc. co-owns and produces the festival. This year’s gathering of breweries will also include separate pavilions for Ontario and Maine. “The Ontario Craft Brewers have come onboard in a big way, sending beer from 11 independent brewers, many of whom have never been sold in Nova Scotia. It’s our biggest festival yet with over 65 individual breweries & cider producers sampling over 140 brands from around the world!”
Great beer deserves great food. New for 2009 is the addition of Taste of Nova Scotia as a sponsor and three booths selling local food that pairs well with the many beers available. Taste member Scanway Catering will be offering Atlantic Seafood Sausage with haddock, scallops, salmon and cold water shrimp with beet sauerkraut as well as Nova Scotia Beef Sausage, with smoked tomato ketchup, and house-made grainy mustard. The Port Pub Bistro, from Port Williams, is featuring Pulled Pork Sandwiches, and Yarmouth's Rudder’s Seafood Restaurant and Brew Pub have chosen to feature their famous Fresh Haddock Fish Cakes with Chow-Chow. For those who wish to pair dessert with beer, The Sweet Spot Chocolate Shop will feature chocolate covered popcorn and chocolate covered pretzels.
What’s a festival without music! This year, the mood is completed by Keith Andrews of Pogue Fado fame in the afternoon and up-and-comers “Old Wagon Whisky” in
the evening.
For more information visit http://www.seaportbeerfest.com/ for weekly updates.
For more information please contact:
Brian Titus, Festival Co-chair
Tel: (902) 830-5343
E-mail: btitus@garrisonbrewing
http://www.seaportbeerfest.com/
Bruce Mansour, Festival Co-chair
Tel: (902) 221-0111
E-mail: bruce@makeithappen.ca
http://www.seaportbeerfest.com/
Christine White
Director of Communications & Events, Taste of Nova Scotia
Tel: (902)492-9291, ext 115
E-mail: christine@tasteofnovascotia.com
http://www.tasteofnovascotia.com/
Participating Breweries as of July 10, 2009 Nova Scotia (8)Granite Brewery
Garrison Brewing
Propeller Brewery
Rudders Brewpub
Sea Level Brewery
Rockbottom Brewery
Tideview Cider
Stutz Cider
Prince Edward Island (1)Gahan House
New Brunswick (2)Pumphouse Brewery
Moosehead Breweries
Maine, USA (5)
Shipyard Brewery
Geary’s Brewery
Allagash Brewery
Sebago Breweries
Gritty McDuff’s
Ontario (11)
Mill Street Brewery
Great Lakes Brewing
Trafalgar Brewery
Neustadt Brewery
Black Oak Brewing
Steelback Brewery
Wellington County Brewery
Muskoka Cottage Brewery
Hockley Valley Brewing
Grand River Brewing
Amsterdam Brewing
National / International (38)
Molson/Coors
Corona
Heineken
Miller Brewing
Sleeman’s Canada
McAuslan Brewing
Big Rock Brewery
Anchor Brewing
Newcastle Brewery
Bulmer Cider
Labatt Breweries
Stella Artois
Brahma
Fullers Brewery
Warsteiner Braurerei
Holsten Braurerei
Carlsberg
Tuborg
Kronenburg
Guinness Brewery
Red Stripe Brewery
Wells Young's Brewery
Shepherd Neame Brewing
Bitburger Braurerei
Budejovicky Budvar
Royal Unibrew
Greene King
Martson Beer Co
Innis & Gunn
Huyghe
Affligem
DeKoninck
Erdinger
Stiegl Brewery
Rogue Ales
Dieu de Ciel
Faxe
Budejovicky Budvar
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