Beerfest Is Saturday: Two Dozen Beers to Watch Out For (and Last Chance for Discount Tickets)

The 17th-annual New Times' Original Beerfest, presented by Isle Casino, happens this Saturday, and it's going to be epic, people. If you love beer, there's absolutely no better way to spend your day than sampling more than 100 different beers waterside at Fort Lauderdale's beautiful Esplanade Park. See also: Delray...

By Laine Doss

October 22, 2014

[
        {
          "name": "GPT - Billboard - Slot Inline - Content - Labeled - No Desktop",
          "component": "16971022",
          "insertPoint": "2",
          "requiredCountToDisplay": "2"
        },{
          "name": "Editor Picks",
          "component": "15769925",
          "insertPoint": "4",
          "requiredCountToDisplay": "1"
        },{
          "name": "Inline Links",
          "component": "16575154",
          "insertPoint": "8th",
          "startingPoint": 8,
          "requiredCountToDisplay": "7",
          "maxInsertions": 25
        },{
          "name": "GPT - Rectangle 2x - Slot Auto-select - Labeled",
          "component": "15782206",
          "insertPoint": "8th",
          "startingPoint": 8,
          "requiredCountToDisplay": "7",
          "maxInsertions": 25
        },{
          "name": "Inline Links",
          "component": "16575154",
          "insertPoint": "8th",
          "startingPoint": 12,
          "requiredCountToDisplay": "11",
          "maxInsertions": 25
        },{
          "name": "GPT - Leaderboard to Tower - Slot Auto-select - Labeled",
          "component": "15782207",
          "insertPoint": "8th",
          "startingPoint": 12,
          "requiredCountToDisplay": "11",
          "maxInsertions": 25
        }
      ]

The 17th-annual New Times' Original Beerfest, presented by Isle Casino, happens this Saturday, and it's going to be epic, people.

If you love beer, there's absolutely no better way to spend your day than sampling more than 100 different beers waterside at Fort Lauderdale's beautiful Esplanade Park.

From 7 to 10 p.m., breweries from across the country and around the world will present their finest selections, many of them rare beers. Plus, if you like to keep it local, South Florida's best -- including Funky Buddha, Saltwater, Opus Ales, Inlet Brewing Co., and Miami Brewing Co. -- will showcase their sudsy wares.

Plus, there's live music by Shane Duncan Band and Pandia and delicious food to purchase (free nibbles if you snagged an impossible-to-get VIP ticket).

General-admission tickets to this 21-and-over event cost only $30 at ticketfly.com and include unlimited beer sampling. Clean Plate Charlie readers can get $10 off a GA ticket using promo code 10GA2. But hurry! That promo code expires today, October 22, at 10 p.m.!

Our new Brewmaster ticket, priced at $45, gets you in to Beerfest at 6 p.m. (one hour early) so you can not only stake out your beers before the crowds but you'll also have access to special exclusive VIP and Brewmaster beers.

Full price ticket sales will continue at the door the day of the event but have been known to sell out. And you don't want to miss out on all that sudsy fun.

As a public service, we've listed the two dozen beers you absolutely don't want to miss out on (and a few special beers only available for Brewmaster and VIP ticketholders). Cheers!

Boulevard 80 Acre

Ommegang Scythe and Sickle

Saltwater Sable Saison

Belukus-Belhaven Scottish Ale-NITRO

Belukus-Belhaven Twisted Thistle

Cigar City Hard Cider

Cigar City Fight the Power

Stone Arrogant Bastard

Stone Ruination

Left Coast Una Mas

Rooneys 3rd Style Veterans

Brew Bus Rollin Dirty

Brew Bus Double Decker

Wynwood La Rubia

Wynwood Pop's Porter

Founders Dirty Bastard

Founders Breakfast Stout

Breckenridge Autumn Ale

Breckenridge Vanilla Porter

Funky Buddha Banana Split

Funky Buddha Nikolai Vorlauf

Rekorderlig Cider Berry

Native Thunderhead Red

Magic Hat Dreammachine

Here are the "must-try" brews available only for Brewmaster and VIP ticketholders from 6 to 7 p.m. (so get there early)!

Boulevard Bob's 47

Saltwater Pumpkin

Cigar City Session Berliner

Stone Stochasticity Hibiscusicity Belgian Ale

Founders Rubeaus

Funky Buddha No Crust

Follow Laine Doss on Twitter @LaineDoss and Facebook.

Follow @CleanPlateBPB

Become A Member

BEFORE YOU GO...
Can you help us continue to share our stories? Since the beginning, New Times Broward-Palm Beach has been defined as the free, independent voice of South Florida — and we'd like to keep it that way. Our members allow us to continue offering readers access to our incisive coverage of local news, food, and culture with no paywalls.

Laine Doss is the food and spirits editor for Miami New Times, covering the restaurant and bar scene in South Florida. She has been featured on Cooking Channel’s Eat Street and Food Network’s Great Food Truck Race. Doss won an Alternative Weekly award for her feature on what it’s like to wait tables. In a previous life, she appeared off-Broadway and shook many a cocktail as a bartender at venues in South Florida and New York City. When she’s not writing, you can find Doss running some marathon then celebrating at the nearest watering hole.

Contact: Laine Doss

Follow:

Facebook: laine.doss

Twitter: @lainedoss