Call it experience, call it trial by fire, but I have found that the best way to maximize your beer festival participation is to have a plan.  After perusing the attending breweries, all of which I love, I found a thread for this years plan – The New Kids On The Block.

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Point Labaddie Brewery

1029 Thiebes Rd.
Labadie, MO 63055
(636) 742-2861
[email protected]

Founded by brothers Andy Grimm and Rob Grimm, Point Labaddie Brewery is an independent craft brewery located on 17 acres in Labadie, Missouri.   The Brother’s Grimm got their start home brewing over 13 years ago using 5 gallon pots on an electric stove burner.  It took exactly one batch for them to fall in love with brewing, and pretty soon we were fantasizing over home brews about one day making a living at it.

That became a reality for the brothers at the end of 2015, when they closed on 17 acres of pasture and woods on the south side of the community of Labadie, MO.  By September 2016, they were brewing their first batches and opened our tap room to the public with 8 guest beers on our taps.  We served the first Point Labaddie beer, our Batch 1 Saison, at the end of October 2016.

For their Heritage Festival debut the Grimms will be pouring the following:

Batch 1: Saison – 7.1% – 27 IBU – Unfiltered Belgian Style Saison brewed with Hallertauer Mittlefrueh hops.  Brewed using only malt, hops, yeast and water, this beer has earthy, peppery and spicy notes.

Third Wheel Brewing

Steampunk Brew Works

287 Lamp & Lantern Village
Town and Country, Missouri 63017
636-230-8277

Until just this past week, the address housing Steampunk was a well-known homebrewers destination, St. Louis Wine & Beermaking.  Owner Dave Deaton decided it would be a cool idea to put a microbrewery inside the shop.  After some research he applied for the Brewers Notice and after doing the proper work is now ready to pour.

Steampunk Brew Works contains a 3-barrel brew system and a tasting room with a rotating selection of six brews on tap.

For their debut at the festival, the Steampunk crew will be pouring their Kolsch, a New England IPA and a Cherry Wheat.  I’ve never had an New England IPA, but here is a description I found with Vine.com

They pour hazy or cloudy, which can give these brews a smooth, creamy mouthfeel – a departure from the light/dry mouthfeel you often get with West Coast IPAs – with little to no hop bitterness at the end utilizing hops that impart a tropical, juicy sweetness rather than the classic bitter, dank or citrus-y flavors West Coast IPA lovers have come to expect.

Wellspent Brewing Co.

Two Plumbers Brewery + Arcade

We first ‘ran’ into these guys, literally as they were putting the finishing touches on their brewhouse and arcade about a week before their grand opening.

Now up and running, our the St. Charles brewers are making their mark with incredible craft beer, while at the same time filling the void of no good place to play arcade and pinball games in St. Charles County.

This will mark not only Two Plumbers first time pouring at the Heritage Festival, but attending as well. So to mark the occasion, they are bringing two of their best beers with them.  Chinook Man, is the first of their new ‘Robot Boss single hop IPA’ series and Player 2 Pale Ale an applewood smoked pale ale. Purchase Tickets: Click here to get yours

Bluewood Brewing

Address: TBD

Truthfully, I don’t know much about these brewers, which makes them so intriguing.  But I can tell you that they have been busy brewers because they are coming to the Heritage Festival armed with ALL TEN beers they have been crafting.

Here is their list:

Afternoon Session:
Barrel-Aged Leviathan Blend #3 (Very Limited)
Arch City Haze – New England IPA
Sail Away – Citra IPA
Barrely Legal – Chardonnay-barrel Peach Sour
La Feux de la Rampe – Lime & Coriander Saison