Have
you or a friend been thinking about going to this year’s GNBF but figured you
could put off buying tickets just a few more days? Maybe you were waiting to
see what others were doing? Or if there was something else better going on this
weekend? (Trust us, there isn’t.) Time for procrastinators to unite because as you
only have until Midnight on Friday to buy advance GA tickets for the discounted
price of $40 each. Buy tickets online here **Online convenience fees may apply. Starting Saturday
morning, any remaining tickets will be available at the Werner Park box
office for the full regular price of $50 each. For those planning ahead, there
is a DD ticket option available for just $10 each. Great Nebraska Beer Fest once
again enjoys the status of being the largest craft beer festival in the
Cornhusker State annually, as well as one of the top beer festivals in the
greater Midwest region. A GA event ticket allows you to enjoy four hours of
“unlimited” samples (2 ozs at a time) from around 80 breweries and almost 400 different
beers; a well-rounded attack upon even some of the most demanding craft beer
thirsts. Each year, several of the beer offerings at GNBF are completely unique
and likely cannot be found anywhere else, perhaps ever.
Maybe
you’ve been to past GNBF festivals and you were wondering if there were any new
breweries at this year’s event. One of the fun things is that every year is the
fact that there are several breweries that are invited and appear at this event
that are either a) Not available to purchase in our state because they are not
currently licensed to distribute in Nebraska or b) Are new to the craft beer
scene and have very limited distribution and are not yet available for purchase
in Nebraska because they are so young. This year, there are nearly 30 breweries
at GNBF that, at this time, cannot be found elsewhere for sale in our state.
Here’s
just a small sampling of the breweries that will be found at the 6th
annual event (**New GNBF breweries for 2014 are listed in bold type):
Arizona
Wilderness [AZ], Cigar City [FL], Cinder Block [MO], Crooked Stave [CO], Deschutes [OR], Farnam House [NE], Founder’s [MI], Funkwerks
[CO], Heretic [CA], Kinkaider [NE], Lagunitas [CA], Lucky Bucket [NE],
New Holland [MI], Schalfly [MO], Scratchtown [NE], Stone [CA],
Surly [MN], Tallgrass [KS]
Another
great feature again this year is that there will be TEN regional homebrewing
clubs showing off their best brews at the festival. Their unique beer creations
are not available for sale anywhere and can only found at festivals and other public
events.
Returning
homebrew clubs (7) this year are:
BrauerUntersttzungs Verein (BUV) (Omaha), Chaser Brothers Brewing (LaVista), Homebrewers Local 402 (Omaha), Iowa Brewers Union (IBUs) (Des Moines, IA), Lincoln Lagers (Lincoln), Railroaders Brew Club (Omaha), South Omaha Brewers(SOBs) (Omaha)
New
homebrew clubs (3) to this year’s event are:
Kansas City Beer Meisters, (Kansas City, MO), Lawrence Brewers Guild (LBG) (Lawrence,
KS), nine-to-five brewing co. (Omaha)
With
lots of beer samples to imbibe on, you might find yourself needing a break or
two during the afternoon. In that case, live music from Dirty River Ramblers and Grand Theft Girlfriend will be playing throughout
the afternoon for your enjoyment along with several free informative
beer-centered talks going on in the seminar tent. GNBF seeks to include to almost
everyone in the greater beer community, no matter what your level of craft beer
expertise is. Everything listed above is all included for the relatively small
price of the paid admission to this year’s event.
The
Nebraska Beer Blog will once again have a booth at the festival tomorrow so if
you’re in the area and can attend, please come by and say "Hi" to
some of our writers. We are located at Table #1 (nearest to the seminar tent)
and always enjoy talking to you, our avid readers who enjoy “Your Source For
Nebraska Beer News.”
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