Forest City Beer Fest @ APK Live, London - Aug 11

GregClow · Post by **GregClow** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 8:59 am

Forest City Beer Fest

Saturday August 11th from 4:00 - Midnight at APK Live
340 Wellington St., London (Corner of York & Wellington)

$15 Admission - includes take-home sampling glass & 3 beer tickets + DJ and Live Bands

Special Menu to be announced
Live music lineup to be announced

PARTICIPATING BREWERS:

Flying Monkeys
Great Lakes
Hops & Robbers/North American Craft
Lake of Bays
McClelland Premium Imports (Delirium Tremens + More)
Mill St.
Muskoka
Nickel Brook
Railway City
Silversmith
Snowman - Gluten Free Beer making a special appearance!
Spearhead
Steamwhistle

TICKETS:

Online tickets @ www.forestcitybeerfest.com/tickets

Hard Tickets:

APK Live 519-601-5483
Artfusion Gallery 519-709-7686
Grooves Records 519-640-6714
Hot Dog Musique & Cinema 519-850-3903
Osmap’s Grilled Cheeserie
Jonathon’s 519-434-5443
Brewhaven Beer & WIne 519-680-0164

adventures_alc · Post by **adventures_alc** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 8:42 pm

Thanks for posting this Greg. My name is Aaron and I am behind the fest.

If anyone wants to get a hold of me email info@forestcitybeerfest.com

cratez · Post by **cratez** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:36 pm

You can now sign up for this event on Facebook and Rate Beer, and it's currently pending approval on Beer Advocate. This is just a way of RSVPing, though; you still have to buy your tickets online or in-person (at the spots listed above).

Also, I think the poster is worth sharing here, as it's totally bad ass. Aaron has clearly put a lot of thought and effort into organizing this. Well done, sir!

adventures_alc · Post by **adventures_alc** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:07 pm

Thanks for sharing the poster. It is pretty badas if i don't say so myself. Check out the bottom right of Hogarth's 'Beer Street' for the original in context. You'd want a quart of ale too if you had to be a ticket porter in the mid 1700's.

If you're in the London area then please come down.

ErkLR · Post by **ErkLR** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:49 pm

I'm hoping to make it out to this (have to confirm camping plans first). I'm really glad to see a beerfest back in London after the the one that was at King and Clarence died.

boney · Post by **boney** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:46 pm

Sounds cool. I will likely make the trip down for this.

cratez · Post by **cratez** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:43 am

Some local media coverage here: http://ow.ly/csrHZ

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:08 pm

Look great and I hope it is a hit. The last London beer fest was a frat boy sausage fest that sucked a huge rod.

cratez · Post by **cratez** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:59 pm

SteelbackGuy wrote: Looks great and I hope it is a hit. The last London beer fest was a frat boy sausage fest that sucked a huge rod.

Molson and Labatt were there and they draw that type of crowd; luckily this one's all craft. Don't think the gender mix should be an issue either as the ~250 people that have RSVP'ed look pretty evenly divided between males and females. You should come down and show your support Len!

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 10:04 am

cratez wrote:
SteelbackGuy wrote: Looks great and I hope it is a hit. The last London beer fest was a frat boy sausage fest that sucked a huge rod.
Molson and Labatt were there and they draw that type of crowd; luckily this one's all craft. Don't think the gender mix should be an issue either as the ~250 people that have RSVP'ed look pretty evenly divided between males and females. You should come down and show your support Len!

I bet it didn't help that the first year was headlined by Bobnoxious...that brought all the gems out of the woodwork. I remember I was working at the Railway City booth that night....sheesh.

I don't think I'll be coming to London for the event. Gotta save my cash for Heavy T.O!!!

dale cannon · Post by **dale cannon** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 9:20 pm

i may head down for this.

can you still camp at fanshawe park?

cratez · Post by **cratez** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:22 pm

dale cannon wrote: i may head down for this.

can you still camp at fanshawe park?

Book now my friend!

boney · Post by **boney** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:05 pm

I'll be down in London for this tomorrow, not quite at 4, likely sometime between 5 and 6. Any other BT's going, feel free to say "hey" to the dude with a shaved head and glasses (this guy right here).

Cheers!

cratez · Post by **cratez** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:09 pm

boney wrote: I'll be down in London for this tomorrow, not quite at 4, likely sometime between 5 and 6. Any other BT's going, feel free to say "hey" to the dude with a shaved head and glasses (this guy right here). Cheers!

I'll keep an eye out for ya. To everyone else, I'm manning the tickets table in the afternoon so if you see a bald guy (common thing among beer nerds?) with a grey and red Fat Head's t-shirt, come say hi. Cheers!

boney · Post by **boney** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:25 pm

This was a pretty awesome little festival, with a great turnout. Nice to see the craft beer love in mid-sized Ontario markets.

Great to meet you Cratez. It was also nice to catch up some old friends in the L-Spot and good to meet a lot of people involved with the breweries for the first time. What happened to Flying Monkeys, I wonder.?

I hope this was the first of many Forest City Beer Fests. The only downside was that I destroyed my glass walking home. I had a slice of Stobies in one hand and accidently crushed my glass on the corner of a building as I was carelessly swinging my other free arm in a slightly uncoodinated, minorly inebriated fashion while walking back to my hotel. Haha.