Saturday’s Old 320 Beer Fest was great fun, leaving all festival goers happy and satiated. One lucky attendee received an all-inclusive beer journey to Belgium with Owen Ogletree’s Brewtopia Beer Trips courtesy of Max Lager’s. Our favorite Grateful Dead cover band, gr8FLdüde & frenz, rocked the house with their retro tunes.
photo by Axel Martinez
With beer samples from 31 breweries, guests could taste all that Southern breweries had to offer in one place. Our event featured beer from Akademia Brewing Company, Piedmont Brewery & Kitchen, Torched Hop Brewing Company, Cherry Street Brewing Company, Twain’s Brewpub & Billiards, Wrecking Bar Brewpub, Good Word Brewing, HopStix Brewery, New Realm Brewing Company, Lost Druid Brewery, Arches Brewing, Atlanta Brewing Company, Scofflaw Brewing Co., Second Self Beer Co., Service Brewing Co., Southern Brewing Company, Steady Hand Beer Co.,Terrapin Beer Co., Three Taverns Brewery, Creature Comforts Brewing Co., Coastal Empire Beer Co., Wild Heaven Beer, Contrast Artisan Ales, Firewater Brewing Company, Orpheus Brewing, Eventide Brewing, Pontoon Brewing, Jailhouse Brewing Co., Monday Night Brewing, and Dry County Brewing Company.
There were even several preview brews from our upcoming Bold Monk Brewing Company. These included: Indominus, Vinification, Cantada, Stained Rose, Incantation and Virtue of Patience, all of which will be served at the West Midtown location’s grand opening this summer.
photo by Sylvia Shipman
Good beer has to be washed down with great food, so each Brewed to Serve restaurant prepared tasty snacks to be served at snack bars throughout the festival. With all the fuel, beer drinkers could stay having fun from the start of the event at noon all the way through the beer journey raffle at the end of the event.
This year’s raffle was for a trip to Belgium, and all lodging and restaurant arrangements are pre-made, giving guests a stress-free experience tasting brews from some of the oldest breweries in the world. All raffle proceeds went towards the Georgia Craft Brewer’s Guild, and the trip was sponsored by Owen Ogeltree’s Brewtopia Beer Trips. One trip was given to a ticket purchaser, and the Brewed to Serve team made a surprise announcement of a second trip, which was given to our Head Brewer, Anthony Morovich, for all his hard work arranging the festival.
photo by Mary Fiorello
This year’s festival was impeccably planned from the beer options to the festival layout, and it made us even more excited to start planning for what we want to do next year. Thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy beer, food and live music with us! See you next year!
photo by Mary Fiorello
