New Summer Solstice Beer Festival debuts Saturday, tix still available

One of my favorite beer festivals over the 15 years has been the Centennial Beer Festival, which grew from featuring a three-hour tasting, a few dozen beers and a couple of hundred guests to a week-long festival highlighting the Brewmaster’s dinner, home brewers contest, yoga buzz, the Brewer’s Guild, hundreds of beers, dozens of local brewers and thousands of annual beer fans.

But recent events, including the fire that ravaged the historic Centennial Malt House, which gave the festival its name, have forced the folks behind the festival to make a course correction.

“We find ourselves entering into a new chapter and as we fondly remember the Centennial, we look to the future and start the Summer Solstice Beer Festival,” wrote the Hamilton Hospitality Group in an email. “We are starting a new festival down the street at the Rhone which features both indoor and outdoor facilities and changed the date to take advantage of the longest day of the year. From music to venue to beer and food this festival will have a decidedly summer feel.”

Saturday Festival Tasting Tickets ~ $55
1-5pm
Featuring Music by Cree Rider Family Band & Noah Glen

Optional Upgrade– Additional $30
VIP Experience
Serving rare, limited release & vintage selections.
Special tasting glass and food included

Purchase Tickets Online

The Beer

One of the best features of the Centennial / Summer Solstice Beer Festival is that they provide a complete pour list by brewery. So plan ahead and enjoy.

Breweries	Beers
2nd Shift	Hibiscus Wit	General
2nd Shift	Little Big Hop	General
2nd Shift	Brewligans	General
2nd Shift	Technical Ecstasy	General
2nd Shift	Summer Skies	VIP
Avery	Avery Clear Horizons Ipa	General
Avery	Avery Island Rascal	General
Avery	Vanilla Bean Stout	VIP
Avery	Twenty Five Anniversary ’18-Oak Aged Dark Ale	VIP
Avery	Fimbulvvinter Quintuple ’17	VIP
Bells-Summer Mix Pack	Two Hearted	General
Bells-Summer Mix Pack	Oberon	General
Bells-Summer Mix Pack	Lager for the Lakes	General
Bells-Summer Mix Pack	Change of Heart IPA	General
Big Deal Golden	Big Deal Golden Ale	General
Boulevard	Brewer’s Choice	General
Charleville	Pineapple Mango Habanero Ale	General
Charleville	Half Wit Wheat	General
Charleville	Strawberry Blonde	General
Charleville	Tornado Alley Amber	General
Civil Life	Jake’s Choice	General
Civil Life	Jake’s Choice	General
Civil Life	Jake’s Choice	General
Civil Life	Jake’s Choice	General
Delirium	Delirium Tremens	General
Delirium	Delirium Red	General
Deschutes	Planete Rouge BA Sour	VIP
Elysian	Variety Pack	General
Ferguson	Pecan Brown	General
Ferguson	Peach Wheat	General
Ferguson	Munich Dunkel	General
Firestone Walker	Firestone Walk 805	General
Firestone Walker	Firestone Walk Hopnosis	General
Founders	Founders Green Zebra Variety Pack	General
Friendship	Brewer’s Choice	General
Golden Road	Variety Pack	General
Goose Island	Lolita ’15	VIP
Goose Island	Hug Family Mix	General
Goose Island	Bourbon County Stout Elijah Craig ’21	VIP
Kansas Territory Brewing	KB Life Coach Lager	General
Kansas Territory Brewing	KB Life Coach Pineapple	General
Kansas Territory Brewing	KB Bradford Light	General
Kona	Big Wave	General
Lagunitas	Brewer’s Choice	General
Logboat	Logboat Rocket Shark Ipa	General
Logboat	Logboat High Tide Amer Wht	General
Logboat	Logboat Giraffe	General
MacKenzie Brewing Company	Brewer’s Choice	General
Melvin	Scuba Suit IPA	General
Melvin	Melvin Scuba Suit	General
Melvin	Melvin Eureka Cz Pils	General
Melvin	Melvin Eureka Blk Is Beautif	VIP
New Belgium	Atomic Citrus	General
New Belgium-Summer Folly Pack	Juicy Haze	General
New Belgium-Summer Folly Pack	1985 IPA	General
New Belgium-Summer Folly Pack	Dominga Paloma Sour	General
New Belgium-Summer Folly Pack	Fat Tire	General
Odell-Summer Montage Variety Pack	Peach Stand Rambler	General
Odell-Summer Montage Variety Pack	Lagerado Crispy Lager	General
Odell-Summer Montage Variety Pack	Sippin Lemonade	General
Odell-Summer Montage Variety Pack	Drumroll Hazy Pale Ale	General
Old Bakery	8th Anniversary	VIP
Old Bakery	Old Bakery Up River GUAVA Ipa	General
Old Bakery	Old Bakery Bluff City Lager	General
Old Bakery	Old Bakery Citrus Wheat	General
Perennial	Vacation Dad	General
Perennial	Suburban Beverage	General
Perennial	Poolside Breeze	General
Perennial	Cave Torch Tangerine IPA	VIP
Public House	Public House Rods Crm Ale	General
Public House	Public House Elusive Ipa	General
Public House	Public House Seasonal Gose	General
Public House	Public House Headshot Helles	General
Public House	Public House Sub BA Brown Ale	General
Public House	Anthony’s Pacification Stout	General
Schlafly	Just a Bit Hazy IPA	General
Schlafly	Summer Lager	General
Schlafly	Rasp Hefe	General
Schlafly	Hazy Punch IPA	General
Six Mile	Six Mile Dia De Muertos	General
Six Mile	Six Mile Irish Red Ale	General
Six Mile	Six Mile Blood Orange	General
Six Mile	Six Mile Dbl Hop Citra Ipa	General
Springfield Brewing Company	SBC Blue Canoe	General
Springfield Brewing Company	SBC 417 Lager	General
Springfield Brewing Company	SBC Greene Dragon DIPA	General
Toppling Goliath	TG Pseudo	General
Toppling Goliath	TG Pineapple Papaya	General
Toppling Goliath	TG Haze Bus	General
Urban Chestnut	Urban Chestnut Stammtisch	General
Urban Chestnut	Urban Chestnut Lil Fritz	General
Urban Chestnut	Urban Chestnut Big Shark Tan	General
Urban Chestnut	Urban Chestnut Ku Damm Prick	General
WAVES	Waves Cider Pineapl	General
WAVES	Waves Cider Semi Swt	General
Yuengling	Yuengling Lager Nr	General
Yuengling	Yuengling Gld Pils Can	General

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