7th Annual Blues & Brews Saturday, August 6th

Check out Blues & Brews, one of northeast Ohio's largest craft beer festivals, at its new home at Akron's Lock 3 Park on August 6th!  This event is presented by Winking Lizard Tavern and Thirsty Dog Brewing Company.

From 2-6pm you will be able to sample more than 200 craft beers from 73 renowned breweries including all of your Ohio favorites. Enjoy live blues music performed by the Frankie Starr Band and bid on great brewery swag at the always-popular silent auction.

Interested in getting in early and sampling 21 limited edition and barrel aged beers and get lunch courtesy of the Winking Lizard??  Then purchase Brewers Circle tickets and get early admission from 12-2pm along with general admission from 2-6pm.

Proceeds from Blues & Brews benefit Guns and Hoses and Ohio Craft Brewers Association, with additional support provided to other Akron-area
charities including Child Guidance & Family Solutions, One of a Kind Pets and the Humane Society of Greater Akron.

Lock 3 park is located at 200 South Main Street in Akron, OH. Free parking is available on both sides of Lock 3 in parking garages.

If you would like to volunteer to help at the event click here. 

Tickets

1. Brewer's Circle: 12-6 pm $55.00
Includes: early admission from 12-2 pm, tastes of 21 limited edition and barrel aged beers, lunch, a commemorative 3 oz. tasting glass, and 25 tasting tickets to enjoy during general admission from 2-6 pm. (Brewer's Circle tickets are $60 at the door, if available.)

2. General Admission: 2-6 pm $35.00
Includes: commemorative 3 oz. tasting glass and 25 tasting tickets. (General Admission tickets are $40 at the door, if available.)

3. Designated Driver $10.00
Must accompany Brewer's Circle (from 12-6 pm) or General Admission (from 2-6 pm) ticket holder. Not valid as stand-alone ticket. Includes lunch. (Designated Driver tickets are $10 at the door, if available.)

4. Group Discount Tickets $30.00
Buy 10 or more tickets and save $5 each! Includes: commemorative 3 oz. tasting glass and 25 tasting tickets. (General Admission tickets are $40 at the door, if available.)

Tickets can be purchased at: http://bluesnbrews2011.eventbrite.com/

 Participating Brewery List
30 Featured Ohio Breweries:
Barleys
Black Box Brewing Co.
Black Swamp Brewing
Buckeye Brewing Company
Cellar Rats Brewery
Columbus Brewing
Cornerstone Brewing
Elevator Brewing Company
Fat Heads Brewery
Gordon Biersch
Great Lakes Brewing Company
Hoppin' Frog
Indigo Imp Brewery
Jackie O's
Lager Heads Brewing Co.
Main Street
Market Garden Brewery
Marrietta Brewing
Maumee Bay
Mt. Carmel Brewing Company
Ohio Brewing Company
Rocky River Brewing Company
Rust Belt Brewing Company
Samuel Adams
The Brew Kettle Production Works
Thirsty Dog Brewing Company
Weasel Boy
Willoughby Brewing Company
Wooden Shoe

Other Breweries:
21st Amendment
3 Fontaine
Achel
Alltech
Anchor
Anderson Valley
Avery
Ayinger
Bear Republic
Bells
Breckenridge
Brew Dog
Brewery Unibroue
Cantillon
DeDolle
Dixie
Dogfish Head
Duvel
Flying Dog
Fort Collins
Founders
Gaffel
Goose Island
Great Divide
Green Flash
Gulden Draak
Heavy Seas
Hoffbrau
Ithaca
Jever
Jolly Pumpkin
JW Dundee
Lagunitas
Left Hand
Leiffmans
Lindemanns
Looking Glass
Magic Hat
Mardseous
Meantime
New Holland
North Coast
Ommegang
Red Hook
Reutburger
Rochfort
Samuel Smith
Schneider
Schonramer
Shiner Brewery
Sierra Nevada
Smuttynose
Stella Artois
Stone
Straub
The Breury
Troegs
Victory
Widmer Brothers

Retro Beer Station:
Gennesee
Old Milwaukee
PBR
Red Stripe
Schlitz
Strohs

GIVEAWAY
Blues & Brews has been kind enough to give me TWO Brewer's Circle Tickets to give away to one lucky reader.

The winner of the Giveaway is comment #23!

There are 5 ways to Enter The Giveaway

*You must leave a separate comment on this post for each Entry!*
If you post it to your twitter or facebook wall please let me know who you are so I can verify.

Standard Entry

1. Leave one comment on this post telling me would like to win and what beer you hope to see at the event.

Bonus Entries

2. Click "Like" on my Facebook Page and post this on your Facebook Wall:

Check out the Giveaway that @ClevelandFoodandBrewsReviews is doing for Blues & Brews at http://tinyurl.com/bluesnbrews

3. Follow me on Twitter and tweet the following: 

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4. Become a follower of both my Food Blog and Craftbeer Blog through NetworkedBlogs. 

5. Add the Food Blog and Craftbeer Blog to your GoogleReader. 

Rules: 

--You have until Tuesday, July 19th 2011 at 9am EST to enter.

--The winner will be picked at random using Random.org.
--Only comments left on this post will count.  If you tweet, facebook or enter in any other way be sure to leave a comment here telling me you did it.  
--You must leave a SEPARATE comment for each Entry, otherwise your entry will only count once.  

--Each separate comment is numbered in the order they are posted.  The comment that matches the Random.org number wins!!

--Winner has 24 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. 

Disclosure:  I have been given 2 brewers circle tickets to give away and been provided with a media pass to cover the event.