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Forest City Beer Fest @ APK Live, London - Aug 11
Forest City Beer Fest @ APK Live, London - Aug 11
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
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
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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
If anyone wants to get a hold of me email info@forestcitybeerfest.com
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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!
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!
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Some local media coverage here: http://ow.ly/csrHZ
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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 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.
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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.cratez wrote: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 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.
I don't think I'll be coming to London for the event. Gotta save my cash for Heavy T.O!!!
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Book now my friend!dale cannon wrote: i may head down for this.
can you still camp at fanshawe park?
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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 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!
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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.
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.