Beer Updates - July 29, 2009

Been out of town for a while. Had a great time in Portland and checked out the Portland Beer Fest. Very Cool. A shout out to the Beer Goddess of Portland for hooking me up with a free room at the posh Hotel Monaco in Portland. Loved it!




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Miller cuts growth projections


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T&A

Beer Updates

Following are a list of interesting beer articles I found on the web over the last 48 hours. Hope you find them interesting!


Check out this review on Sheeps Head Ale


A little love for Sam Adams


The Chinese Love Beer and Beer Loves them


Beer tastings may be legal soon in NC


Check out this cool contest from Alaska Beer


Vote to stop the NC Beer Tax


Drink Beer Go to Space. No Shit!


$2K with Bud/Bud Light


Man killed over a can of Beer! Come on


No more drinking on Folly Beach in Charleston? If so, thank the slobs.


Great News! There is no such thing as a beer belly!


Be Careful when delivering beer. It could kill you


Baltimore Beer Week


Do beer drinkers know that there is a recession?


Favorite Beer for Bicylists


Interesting story on Fire Island Beer

Beer Notes of the week

Seattle Beer Fest was this weekend. They had lots of people there. I'm heading to the Portland Beer Fest in two weeks. It's run by the same people who organize Seattle. Should be a blast. Over 150 beers.Portland Beer Festival

Lot of love on line today for Iron Hill Brewery. Iron Hill Brewery

Here is a review of Niagra's Best Brew Pub
Niagra's Best Brew Pub

Visited a great Belgian restaurant and tried my first Kwak. It won't be my last.What a great quirky beer. Read more about it. Great website. Drinking it is a true experience all the way down to the most unique glass you will see. You won't be disappointed. Kwak

Something we all should be proud of in the South Carolina. No, not our governor. Our Beer ConsumptionBeer Consumption Statistics

Winter Fest Coming in January

A new event, Winterfest, will debut January 16 at Market Common in Myrtle Beach.

Winterfest will be a celebration of Winterfest beers from Craft Brewers, winter wines and the area's largest Oyster Roast.

Details are sketchy, at the moment. Look for more updates on this blog and at www.festivalpromos.com

Oktoberfest Announced - Saturday, October 3

Festival Promotions is teaming up with Market Common create the best Oktoberfest on the Grand Strand. Admission is free and will take place on Saturday, October 3 at Valor Park.

We will feature great German Beers, Oktoberfest craft beers, German food, carriage rides, scarecrow building, games and contests for kids and much more.

There will also be great contests including:
Bartender Races
Beer Belly Contest
Weiner Dog Races
Sexiest Beer Maid Outfit
Sexiest Lederhosen Outfit
Feats of Strength

Websites will be updated soon. You will be able to find info at www.myrtlebeachbeerfest.com and www.festivalpromos.com

You can always email shankmike@yahoo.com

VIP MENU FINALIZED

Its taken a while,but we have finally finalized the VIP Menu for the Beer Fest.

The menu includes
Spicy Pork and Sauerkraut Sandwiches
Bavarian Potato Salad
Grilled Brats with Hot Mustard Onion Relish
German Chocolate Squares
Autumn Apple and Pear Salad with Pecans
Pretzels
Spiced Nuts

We also have a great selection of VIP beers. Right now the list stands at 10. Check it out on the beer page of www.myrtlebeachbeerfest.com

Tickets to the VIP Tent will NOT be available the day of the Beer Fest. Tickets must be made in advance.

Brewmaster Dinner Info Announced

We are very excited to have the details of our Brewmaster Dinner, featuring Dave Epstein of New South and T-Bonz beers. Dave is a great guy and this will be a fantastic evening.

You can go to www.myrtlebeachbeerfest.com for more info and to buy tickets.


BREWMASTER DINNER Featuring Dave Epstein from New South Brewing
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2009
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
T-BONZ RESTAURANT, 21st Avenue North
Limited to 80 people

Course 1 – Tomato Florentine Soup w/ Lowcounty Light Lager

Course 2 – Choice of House or Caesar w/ Market Street Wheat

Course 3 – Choice of Fried Calamari in a spicy marinara or Beer Boiled Shrimp seasoned with Old Bay w/ India Pale Ale

Course 4 – Choice of 7oz NY Strip or Chicken Breast topped with sautéed mushrooms w/ Cooper River Red Ale

Course 5 – New York style cheesecake topped with chocolate syrup w/ Irish Stout

Tickets are $60 per person or $100 per couple. Participants also receive a collectible pilsner glass.

Each course will be accompanied by a full pint of T-Bonz beer.

Dave Epstein, New South and TBonz Brewer, will speak at the dinner to describe each pairing and field any questions.

4 More VIP tickets sold today

We've already sold 10 VIP tickets to the beer festival. Just 2 general admission, but that is to be expected at this point.

Went to Whole Foods today in Charleston and picked up some beers to sample. This is my new favorite job.

I picked up Sam Smith Nut Brown Ale, RJ Rockers Bald Eagle Brown (great name for a beer), Bear Republic #5 India Pale Ale and Great Divide's Yeti Imperial Stout.

Trying the Sam Smith as I type and its very smooth. Good beer. Not too heavy. I definitely recommend it.

More beers added

We have finally met with all of beer distributors and have a great cross section of beers from across the United States and the world. Right now we are at about 75 beers. We will probably end up somewhere between 60 and 70. The website is updated with our current list of beers. The most exotic is a beer called Xingu. Its supposed to be very good.

Soon we will have a description of each beer on our website for you to review.

I've now taken to going out and sampling all kinds of different beers to make sure I'm not missing a beer we should have. Unfortunately, I can't get the beers in samples.

I hope to have the info for the Brewer's Dinner by the end of the week. I'm just waiting on some pricing information.

We are also getting a lot of interest from brewer's to attend the Beer Fest. I'd feel fortunate if we could get 10-15 brewers. Actually, I'd be happy to have one brewer.

6 tickets sold!

Thanks to the 6 people who have bought VIP Beerfest Tickets. We will now have to have a beer fest since people bought tickets.

Just 2,994 to go until our goal. And, remember we will have limited VIP tickets available.

Meeting with Market Common and Gordon Biersch to go over some more details today.

Lots of Interest in Beer Fest

The interest, to date, in the Beer Fest has been tremendous.

Currently, I have about 62 beers selected and they are under the beer link of www.myrtlebeachbeerfest.com

We are trying to finalize the info for the Brewmaster's Dinner on March 27th. It will be limited to 100 people and will be a 5 course tasting dinner with Liberty beers. We will be inviting all of the brewmaster's that will be in town and giving people the opportunity to meet and ask questions of these beer experts.

We are also looking at having some tasting demos at the Beer Fest. So much to figure out in so little time.

We are applying for the beer permit tomorrow and will also be submitting our festival application to the city.

That's all for now. Going to Liberty Taproom at 5 p.m. Have to get in proper beer tasting condition.

Welcome to the Myrtle Beach Beer Fest

We are looking forward to putting on the Inaugural Myrtle Beach Beer Fest on March 28th.

Im sure we will make some mistakes, but we are going to do our best to put on the best event possible.

We have picked approximately 60 beers for the beer fest and are working to get as many brewmasters as possible.

We also sold our first Beer Fest ticket today and hope that is the first of many, many more.

If anyone has any suggestions or beers they would like to see, let us know.