Wahoo | Decatur Beer Festival 2009 Ticket

Update: Monday, September 20, 2010

TICKETS GO ON SALE TODAY AT NOON!

Purchase Tickets today if you want to go! Click here for more information on the Decatur Beer Festival.

The date for the 2010 Beer Festival is NOW OFFICIAL. The 2010 Decatur Beer Festival will be on Saturday, October 16, 2010 from noon – 5 pm. The tickets for 2010 are stated to go on sale sometime in September 2010. Last year, they went on sale in August 2009. So mark your calendars now to check here for an actual release date closer to September. They only release 4,000 tickets and they go fast every year. For 2009, they sold out in 12 days however, some tickets were held back and released in beginning of October. It has been clearly stated in articles that Decatur will not be holding back any tickets for 2010.

I missed out in 2008 because I did not  stay on this date. I ordered tickets for the 2009 festival on the day tickets went on sale and enjoyed myself thoroughly. So I can’t stress enough, mark your calendars now if you have any desire to go the Decatur Beer Festival 2010.

To read more on the Decatur Beer Festival, view my previous posts on the Decatur Beer Festival:

2009 Decatur Beer Festival Review

2009 Decatur Beer Festival Officially Sold Out

Beer Brew Girls are official with their own website! Check it out!

Beer Brew Girls Official Website

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Well, pictures always tell stories and judging by these above, you should be able to tell we had a REALLY good time at the Decatur Beer Festival 2009. The beer selection was tremendous and we actually discovered new beers that we liked and didn’t like!

The weather was not the greatest. When we arrived around 11:30 am to get into a line, it was probably not even 40 degrees and windy. The drizzling probably started about 11:40 am and kept drizzling until about an hour or 2 before the end of the festival.

But at least WE HAD BEER! And that we did have. 73 different vendors with at least 100 different beers if not more! Abita Brewing Company was a popular vendor since they were giving out FREE koozies. Everyone was so cold and holding a cold beer made us even colder. I know Abita featured Jockamo and I believe they also featured Turbo Dog? Guess I should’ve have written these down on my list. But it is was REALLY COLD! My 2 favorites for the day were: Highland Brewing Company with their Mocha Stout and Left hand Brewing Company Imperial Stout. I was obviously feeling the weather and enjoying the darker flavors on this day. Highland Brewing Company had the best setup as they had a real wooden portable bar with labeled spouts for each beer. (I forgot that picture too but remember I WAS drinking….) The space within the Decatur Square was plenty big for this festival to hold the 4000 people and still give you plenty of space.

Decatur Beer Festival 2009 Beer List

So here are some new ones we discovered.

• Tommyknocker Brewing Company – Jack Whacker Wheat Ale.
  • From Idaho Springs, CO
  • Cute name and light, zesty lemon taste at 4.7% alcohol.
  • Good!
  • I always thought they were just good for lagers. Apparently I was wrong!
• Southampton Brewing Company – Southampton Double White
  • From Southampton, NY
  • Refreshing light as a witbier
  • But a tad bit stronger taste at 6.6% alcohol
  • Very good! Would like to have this again….
• Moon River Brewing Company – Wit Beer
  • Savannah, GA
  • Too much corriander!
  • Light in color at 4.8% alcohol
  • We did appreciate that a Female is the head brewer of this Brewery. Wahoo!
  • My group did not like
  • Interested in your opinion about this beer!

This beer festival was well worth the wait! Mark your calendars now to check in June or July of 2010 for tickets issue date. For 2009, they went on sale Monday, August 24, 2009 and sold out in 12 days. You’ll want to order them quickly once they go on sale if you are interested in attending this festival!

• Did you attend this festival?
• What was your favorite beer on this day?
• What new beers did you discover?

Share with me in the comments section!

Click here for the Decatur Beer Festival 2009 Beer List!

Beer Brew Girls are official with their own website! Check it out!

Beer Brew Girls Official Website

Wahoo | Decatur Beer Festival 2009 Ticket

The Decatur Beer Festival, this year on Saturday, October 17, 2009 located in Decatur, Georgia,  seems to be a popular festival to go to. Usually selling out pretty quickly every year, this year’s tickets sold out in 12 days from being released for official sell on Monday, August 24, 2009. WOW! However, a limited of tickets were actually held by the event planners in efforts to give people who submitted to be a volunteer for the event but who were not accepted, a chance to buy tickets and attend the beer festival. A previous article stated how the City of Decatur event planners had no idea this year’s event would sell out so quickly and they were mistaken for holding back the tickets. So they decided to release the remaining tickets for sale on October 1st. They announced by the afternoon on facebook that they had officially sold out! In case you missed this festival this year, you can make note on a calendar in June or July 2010 to check the website for the dates for the 2010 Decatur Beer Festival, which usually happens in October every year.

We the, Beer Brew Girls, have our tickets and are READY for some beer tasting fun!!! Wahooooo! We are going with some friends and have plans to be there around 11am. We are bracing ourselves for a line with 3,996 other people  who will also be attending this event. We’ll let you know how it goes!

Beer Brew Girls are official with their own website! Check it out!

Beer Brew Girls Official Website

Earth. Beer. Music. This seems to be the tagline for this Atlanta beer event. Hotoberfest which is defined to be the combination of Atlanta’s personality and the traditional Oktoberfest, happens this Saturday, October 3, 2009 in Atlanta at the Glenwood Park Community. Featuring the world market from 12 p m – 7 pm as the free part of the festival with food and beer vendors, music and the artist market, the Beer Garten from 1 pm – 6 pm is a paid access entry in which you can sample up to 110 different craft beers from around the world.

We are talking about many beers from many breweries including: Sweetwater Brewing Co, New Belgium, Avery, Highland Brewery and some of my personal favorites: Duvel, Ommegang and Chimay! If you really want the VIP treatment, purchase the VIP ticket for exclusive samplings of: Delirium Tremens (another personal favorite), Sweetwater HOToberfest special, St. Bernardus Apt 12 and many more. This sounds pretty SWEET to me! I honestly have never heard of this festival but it sounds like its going to be a good one!

You must purchase tickets to get into the Beer Garten. For regular entry, its $30 advance/$35 at gate while tickets last. For the VIP ticket, its $50 advance/$55 at gate. For more information and ALL of the details, visit Hotoberfest. Have Fun!!!