In 2020, I conceptualized the primary Queer Beer pageant to seize the distinctive, vibrant, various, and thriving voices of the Queer group within the business. As an evolution of our groundbreaking girls in craft beer pageant Beers With(out) Beards, this occasion represents one other underserved group in beer.
I launched BW(O)B as part of my graduate faculty thesis capstone venture at NYU in 2018. Over the past 4 years, this revolutionary pageant has attracted hundreds of attendees and showcased over sixty women-led breweries. Moreover, the fest has featured over thirty-five occasions highlighting the achievements of ladies throughout all facets of the alcoholic beverage industries.
Constructing on the success of BW(O)B, I began Queer Beer to showcase the LGBTQIA+ drinkmakers and tastemakers, categorical tales of empowerment from prime Queer-owned breweries or breweries actively supporting the Queer group, and construct a stronger tradition of inclusivity within the beer business.
As a Queer girls myself, I’ve struggled to seek out illustration for the Queer group in craft beer. However via occasions like ours and the assist of main breweries within the business, we’ve began to see these tales informed.
Hop Tradition Companions with New Belgium for Queer Beer Fest 2022
This yr, we’re proud to announce that New Belgium shall be our presenting sponsor for the 2nd annual Queer Beer Fest going down on Jun. 4th, 2022, at The Wharf in Washington, D.C.
New Belgium will not be solely one of many world’s pioneering craft breweries, but in addition a longtime and ardent supporter of the LGBTQIA+ group. In truth, final yr the Human Rights Marketing campaign (HRC), a corporation main the battle for LGBTQ+ rights and “making a society the place none of us is left behind,” acknowledged New Belgium as one of many Finest Locations to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality on its Company Equality Index, giving it an ideal rating of 100. On the time of writing, New Belgium is the one craft brewery within the nation to obtain this distinction.
Equally, New Belgium was one of many first breweries to rent a Variety, Fairness, and Inclusion (DEI) Specialist. Most just lately, Patrice Palmer (they/them/theirs), a Black, queer, trans intersectional management educator, held the place, working to create and handle applications and tasks on range and inclusion inside the brewery.
For example, brewing a beer known as Biere de Queer that celebrated Nationwide Coming Out Day, an annual LGBTQIA+ consciousness day noticed on October 11, to assist lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, and transgender folks to “come out of the closet” and rejoice their sexual identification.
In addition they began an inside program at New Belgium known as Pleasure@NBB with over 80 members that hosts bi-monthly Queer Sips.
Their groundbreaking work led us to call them considered one of “The Most Vital Voices in Craft Beer in 2020.”
All in all, New Belgium is some of the LGBTQIA+-friendly breweries within the nation, making large strives to assist the Queer group, and Hop Tradition is honored to accomplice with this pioneering brewery as a presenting sponsor for this yr’s Hop Tradition x New Belgium Presents Queer Beer Pageant.
Why Create Queer Beer?
I began Queer Beer to create an area the place everybody felt welcome to indicate up, style wonderful beers, and domesticate conversations round tips on how to inform the tales of an unrepresented group in craft beer. And now greater than ever, Queer Beer stands as a pageant the place everybody might be heard in a predominantly white, straight, male business.
The second annual Queer Beer takes pleasure in representing lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual of us or allies within the beer business. And this yr, we really feel particularly empowered by those that have additionally had the braveness to talk up concerning the significance of fairness and inclusion in craft beer.
Be a part of us on Friday, June third and Saturday, June 4th, 2022, at The Wharf in Washington, D.C., to rejoice the voice of the Queer group in craft beer. On the pageant, you’ll be capable to take pleasure in beer from thirty breweries which can be both Queer-owned or Queer-operated, have LGBTQIA+-identifying folks in outstanding management positions, or are allies actively supporting the Queer group via applications, initiatives, or beers.
We’re proud that for the previous two years, Hop Tradition has organized this occasion to face along with Queer of us within the beer business. Let’s make the 2022 Hop Tradition x New Belgium Presents Queer Beer Pageant essentially the most impactful one but!
When Do Tickets Go On Sale!?
Tickets for Queer Beer go on sale at 9:00 AM EST on March 18th, 2022. You’ll be capable to buy a ticket to the occasion right here.
Learn on to seek out out solutions to some extra widespread FAQs. In the event you don’t see the reply to your query right here, please attain out to festivals@hopculture.com with any questions.
What’s the Hop Tradition x New Belgium Current Queer Beer Fest?
The Hop Tradition x New Belgium Current Queer Beer Pageant 2022 is an in-person craft beer pageant devoted to supporting Queer and LGBTQIA+-identifying folks in craft beer. As a part of the occasion, we’ll be that includes thirty completely different breweries which can be both Queer owned or Queer operated or which have LGBTQIA+-identifiying folks in outstanding management positions.
This pageant is an expression of Hop Tradition’s mission to be a extra equitable and inclusive enterprise in craft beer.
What Breweries Are Taking part within the Hop Tradition x New Belgium Current Queer Beer Fest?
Scroll via all of them or leap to your favourite:
ANXO Cidery
Washington, DC
This is among the few cidery’s we all know of that has been an energetic participant within the Queer group. The previous couple of Junes to rejoice Pleasure month, the D.C.-based cidery partnered with nonprofit Casa Ruby, a corporation run by transgender girls of colour with the imaginative and prescient to “create a world the place transgender, genderqueer, and gender non-conforming folks can pursue their goals.”
ANXO reworked its flagship Cidre Blanc into special-edition Pleasure cans, donating $1 from the sale of every 4-pack together with a standalone $800 donation that got here instantly from the cidery. Sporting an ombre rainbow hue, the limited-edition can celebrates Queer tradition, however most significantly places a reimbursement into the group to create a greater world for all.
Ardent Craft Ales
Richmond, VA
Ardent Craft Ales has been very vocal and supportive of their native Queer group for years. Up to now, the Richmond-based brewery has hosted varied occasions throughout Virginia Pleasure, created Pleasure beers, and offered Pleasure merch (such because the t-shirt above) which have benefitted organizations comparable to Virginia Pleasure, a non-profit LGBTQIA+ advocacy group.
Beer Tree Brew
Port Crane, NY
We met Beer Tree’s Advertising and marketing Supervisor, Abigail Roe, who identifies as Queer, at Hop Tradition’s fifth annual girls in craft beer pageant Beers With(out) Beards. We had been impressed when Abigail informed us how Beer Tree has been supporting the Queer group of their tiny city of Port Crane, NY. Now we’re excited to ask Beer Tree to affix us for our second annual Queer Beer in Washington, D.C., this June.
Caboose Brewing Firm
Vienna and Fairfax, VA
Caboose Brewing has at all times created a “small-town pub environment in a contemporary surroundings”, which incorporates being a taproom for all. Final yr in 2021, Caboose stayed true to that mantra, internet hosting a Pleasure occasion with Beer Babes Drag, the a premier drag leisure enterprise in Virginia. A portion of the gross sales from these tickets supported PFLAG, the primary and largest group for lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) folks, their dad and mom and households, and allies. Together with the Nationwide LGBTQ Job Drive, an American social justice advocacy non-profit organizing the grassroots energy of the lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender, and queer group.
Metropolis-State Brewing Co.
Washington D.C.
Along with a powerful core of Queer homeowners and traders, Metropolis-State Brewing presents a Pleasure beer all yr spherical. Supporting the Queer group takes work three hundred and sixty five days out of the yr not simply in June, so it’s much more vital to see a brewery like Metropolis-State spreading that ethos. Equality Marriage celebrates how, “The District has pioneered marriage equality throughout race, gender, and faith,” write the brewery on its web site. “Equal Marriage evokes notes of chocolate, espresso, clove, and banana from a faithful mix of various elements and conventional methods.”
DC Brau
Washington D.C.
The nation’s capital has change into a powerhouse for Queer-owned and Queer-allied breweries. Each June, the D.C.-based brewery rebrands its flagship Brau Pils to Pleasure Pils, collaborating with the Washington Blade, America’s oldest LGBTQ newspaper that originated just some months after the notorious Stonewall riots in 1969. All proceeds from the sale of the limited-edition beer profit SMYAL, the Sexual Minority Youth Help League and The Blade Basis that funds enterprise journalism tasks centered on LGBTQ+ and different underrepresented communities. Since 2017, the Pleasure Pils Undertaking has offered over 81k cans and raised over $42,000 for these organizations.
This yr, DC Brau held a contest, asking followers to resolve the profitable can design. Though voting has closed, the profitable art work shall be introduced in early June with cans of 2022’s Pleasure Pils accessible via DC Pleasure.
Denizens Brewing Co.
Silver Spring, MD
Since 2014, after co-founding Denizens in Silver Spring, MD, wife-and-wife group Julie Veratti and Emily Bruno have been constant advocates and voices for the Queer group within the craft beer business. As one of many solely women- and minority-owned-and-operated breweries in Maryland, Denizens focuses as a lot on group organizing as on their crisp lagers, hoppy IPAs, and barrel-aged stouts.
The concept behind the brewery is to be a gathering place for all, usually internet hosting (pre-pandemic) craft festivals, trivia, reside music, a operating membership, and drag reveals.
And, the brewery has usually given again to particular LGBTQ+ organizations such because the Human Rights Marketing campaign, the Sexual Minority Youth Help League, and the MoCo Pleasure Middle.
Exterior of the brewery, Veratti served as chair of the Brewers Affiliation’s Variety Committee and most just lately really left her full-time position with the brewery to simply accept a presidential appointment with the U.S. Small Enterprise Administration. Because the Affiliate Administrator for Subject Operations, Veratti shall be in control of sixty-eight area places of work and ten regional places of work throughout the nation.
In October 2020, Veratti joined us throughout our Girls in Beer Management Roundtable throughout Hop Tradition’s digital girls in craft beer pageant, Beers With(out) Beards.
Fullsteam Brewery
Durham, NC
Fullsteam Brewery’s Director of Taproom Operations Ari Sanders has helped create a extra inclusive surroundings on the Durham-based brewery. Sanders, who identifies as a BIPOC Queer girl, helped the brewery put up inclusive rest room signage, an enormous step for breweries trying to be extra gender inclusive.
She additionally oversaw selections to promote Pleasure merchandise yr spherical (as a result of supporting Queer folx can be a 365-days-a-year form of factor, not simply one thing to solely rejoice in June) and be sure that BIPOC and Queer artists make it into the music rotation on the brewery.
Misplaced Boy Cider
Alexandria, VA
Though not Queer-owned, Misplaced Boy Cider does have Queer-identified cidermaker Tegan Biun serving to to craft the award-winning ciders. Plus, the cidery has persistently made strides to assist the Queer group.
For instance, final yr Northern Virginia’s first city cidery and winner of Virginia’s 2021 Governors Cup gave a Pleasure makeover to their award-winning Comeback Child dry cider. The brand new label included the colours of the Pleasure flag.
However manner past the up to date design, Misplaced Boy donated a portion of the proceeds from the gross sales of the cider to The Trevor Undertaking, a nationwide group centered on disaster intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ youth. Plus, the cidery hosts community-oriented occasions comparable to drag brunches and drag bingo nights.
Chicago, IL
Marz Group Brewing isn’t pulling any punches right here. The Chicago-based brewery’s Homosexual IPA represents precisely what the title says—being Homosexual. And being proud to be homosexual. The colourful phalluses on the can had been initially designed by Zipeng Zhu, a Queer, Chinese language-born designer, artwork director, illustrator, and animator whose work goals to razzle-dazzle. His label definitely did simply that.
Past turning heads, Marz’s Homosexual IPA additionally helps the native LGBTQ+ group with a portion of the proceeds from gross sales donated to organizations comparable to The Legacy Undertaking, Equality Illinois, and ALMA Chicago.
What we love a lot about this double dry-hopped hazy IPA is that Marz has been unapologetically unafraid to embrace Queer tradition and proudly and loudly represents what makes the Queer group so colourful and spirited.
Necromancer Brewing Co.
Pittsburgh, PA
Necromancer Head Brewer Lauren Hughes is killing it within the Pittsburgh beer scene. Final yr, we named Necromancer Brewing one of many 10 Finest Breweries to Watch in 2021. We had a superb feeling concerning the new spot.
We find it irresistible after we’re proper.
You’ll be onerous pressed to seek out one other brewery on the market like Necromancer, which focuses on resurrecting bygone beer types (therefore the title Necromancer… Get it?).
Helmed by Hughes, the second-ever feminine head brewer and one of many solely Queer brewers (so far as we all know) in Pittsburgh, Necromancer’s brewing program focuses on this “Resurrection Collection.”
In simply the final yr, Hughes has brewed a Kentucky widespread ale, a grisette, a purl (a powerful English pale ale brewed with the tops of the wormwood plant), a Belgian IPA, an Adambier (a powerful, darkish, hoppy, bitter ale extensively aged in wooden barrels), a grodziskie, and biere de garde.
It’s a love of oft-forgotten types that put Necromancer on our greatest new brewery checklist in 2021.
Nevertheless it’s Hughes’ unbelievable work that can hold us gratefully consuming Necromancer’s beers for years to return.
New Belgium Brewing
Fort Collins, CO
A stalwart within the craft beer business, New Belgium was based by Kim Jordan in 1991 throughout a time when only a few girls held positions within the business. Jordan and the brewery have pioneered during the last 30 years, just lately hiring Patrice Palmer, a black, Queer, trans intersection management educator because the brewery’s Variety and Inclusion specialist. We’ve been so impressed with Palmer’s work to create and handle applications, tasks, and lead initiatives on range and inclusion inside the brewery that we really named Palmer one of many most vital voices in craft beer in 2020.
Along with Palmer’s revolutionary applications, New Belgium just lately obtained recognition as one of many Finest Locations to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality from the Human Rights Marketing campaign’s Equality Index, with an ideal rating of 100. They’re the one brewery to be awarded this distinction within the business. Final however not least, New Belgium launched Biere De Queer final yr to rejoice Nationwide Coming Out Day, an annual LGTBQ+ consciousness day noticed yearly on October eleventh. The purple Belgian-style ale with honey, cinnamon, apricot, and candy potato raised cash for the Blue Ridge Pleasure in Asheville, NC, and the Pleasure Useful resource Middle at Colorado State College in Fort Collins, CO.
For all these causes we’re honored that New Belgium joined us as our presenting accomplice at Queer Beer in 2022!
Evening Shift Brewing
Everett, MA
This Might, the uber fashionable Boston-based brewery will launch a double dry-hopped IPA known as Proud. At Evening Shift, considered one of their core values is “All Types Welcome.” This references their dedication to inclusivity all through their group and to each one who enjoys a Evening Shift beer or visits considered one of their services.
By brewing Proud, Evening Shift stands by their dedication to be an ally to the LGBTQIA+ group. A portion of the proceeds will profit Fenway Well being, which is a Boston-based non-profit dedicated to bringing accessible healthcare to the LGBTQIA+ group.
Along with the discharge of Proud, Evening Shift is dedicated to supporting the group all through Pleasure Month (any past!). They are going to be internet hosting a Pleasure Market at considered one of their services, and they’re partnering with the Boston Homosexual Sports activities Alliance on sponsorship applications all through the month of June.
Different Half Brewing Co.
Washington D.C.
Extra coming quickly!
Port Metropolis Brewing Firm
Alexandria, VA
Port Metropolis Brewing Firm has LGBTQ+ illustration in management roles inside the firm. For example, Emma Quinn, former Occasions and Advertising and marketing Supervisor at Port Metropolis Brewing (who has moved on to a brand new place at Constructing Momentum). For a number of years in her place, Quinn helped plan and execute LGBTQIA+-focused occasions comparable to Priday, an enormous celebration of Pleasure month in Alexandria.
This yr, Priday 2022 will embrace Queer musical performances, outside video games and actions, featured artists from the Torpedo Manufacturing unit Artwork Middle, and a drag present from the Brewery Babes. Plus, Port Metropolis will donate a portion of all ticket gross sales to the Alexandria-Arlington Homosexual and Lesbian Alliance (AGLA), aiming to assist the group obtain its mission to enhance the LGBTQIA+ group in Northern Virginia.
Crimson Bear Brewing
Washington, DC
Name Crimson Bear Brewing Co. a protected area. Name it Washington D.C.’s solely 100% gay-owned brewery. Or name it simply name it an incredible taproom and group hangout. However don’t simply name it a “homosexual bar.” This can be a proud place striving for equality and inclusivity in a protected and constructive surroundings.
Began by Bryan Van Den Oever, Simon Beer, and Cameron Raspet—all who determine as Queer—Crimson Bear aspires to be a spot of group for its various group members and neighbors. “We now have a slogan: Identical to craft beer, range is scrumptious,” stated Van Den Oever in an article for CraftBeer.com. Peruse the brewery’s core values and also you’ll discover range listed as considered one of its prime core values together with adventurous, high quality, conscientiousness, group, you, aka embracing the spirit of the unicorn.
Resident Tradition Brewing Firm
Charlotte, NC
Together with a number of individuals who determine as Queer on workers, Resident Tradition has been very energetic in supporting its personal Queer group. This previous February, Resident Tradition hosted its personal Pleasure Promenade proper on the taproom. The occasion included drag performances, a reside DJ, a photograph sales space, and naturally loads of beer, and benefitted Transcend Charlotte, a non-profit devoted to pursuing fairness and social justice for transgender and gender expansive communities via training, advocacy, psychological well being, and social assist companies.
Proper Correct Brewing Firm
Washington, DC
Supporting the Queer group ought to occur yr spherical. Not solely throughout the month of June. Each Sunday, considered one of our prime breweries to go to in Washington, D.C, Proper Correct Brewing Firm companions with An Indivisible Artwork Collective to deliver an academic sequence fostering open dialogue via storytelling and elevating the voices of marginalized POC, girls, and Queer-identifying artists. However in fact, the brewery does it proper throughout Pleasure too, internet hosting an unbelievable drag present final yr. We’ll be conserving our eyes peeled for Proper Correct’s plans this yr.
Samuel Adams
Boston, MA
Samuel Adams has not solely been a pioneer of your complete craft beer motion, but in addition of supporting the LGBTQ+ group. The brewery’s work features a $100,000 donation in 2020 to GLAAD, the creation of Love Conquers All, brewing Love Conquers Ale, showcasing a robust video sequence known as Poetry of Pleasure, and forming its personal inside range and inclusion group known as Labels Out. From prime to backside, in and out, Samuel Adams has made large strides to assist the Queer group and Hop Tradition was honored to accomplice with this revolutionary brewery as a presenting sponsor for its inaugural Queer Beer Pageant in 2021.
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SingleCut Beersmiths
Queens, NY
As an ally, SingleCut has made it a precedence to rejoice the Queer group. For a number of years, each June they brew a Pleasure beer with proceeds going on to a particular LGBTQIA+ group. For instance, final yr Shake It Little Tina, a blonde rice ale with rhubarb and lime, supported The Audre Lorde Undertaking. And in 2020, Mighty Actual helped fund The Lesbian & Homosexual Massive Apple Corps.
Ten Eyck Brewing Firm
Queenstown, MD
Owned by a group of Queer girls veterans and first responders, Ten Eyck Brewing Firm makes it a mission to deliver scrumptious craft beer to their Japanese Shore group. Ten Eyck includes a standout crew of seven girls making their mark in craft beer. We met lots of them, together with Yancy and her accomplice Jessica and Nicki, at our fifth annual girls in craft beer pageant Beers With(out) Beards. So we will inform you unequivocally that this can be a actually unbelievable group of individuals devoted to selling inclusivity and equality in craft beer.
The Virginia Beer Firm
Williamsburg, VA
Chris Smith and Robby Wiley began The Virginia Beer Firm with a objective: to alter Williamsburg and to be a spot that’s snug for anybody. For Smith and Wiley which means supporting the LGTBQIA+ group.
The brewery’s Pals of Dorothy is among the extra well-known Queer-supporting beers within the nation. The beer is called after a phrase—”a buddy of Dorothy”—used as a secret sign between homosexual males relationship again to a minimum of World Warfare II when being Queer was unlawful. Saying you had been “a buddy of Dorothy” signified your orientation in code.
The beer respectfully nods to a really powerful time for the Queer group. One the place we persevered and survived.
This can be a Pleasure IPA, however the beer’s that means actually hits us and proves to us that Virginia Beer Co. embodies equality all yr lengthy.
City Backyard Brewing
Washington D.C.
Extra coming quickly!
Extra to be introduced quickly!
How Did You Select Breweries to Take part within the Hop Tradition x New Belgium Current Queer Beer Pageant?
All the breweries attending Queer Beer had been invited by the Hop Tradition group.
Nonetheless, earlier than sending out any invitations, we developed inside standards for invitations that we felt would greatest communicate to our mission of supporting Queer and LGBTQIA+-identifying folks within the craft beer business.
To be thought-about for this fest, breweries had to slot in one (or extra) of the next classes:
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- Queer owned and operated – breweries owned by Queer of us or breweries with Queer of us in outstanding management positions.
- Breweries making Pleasure beers that instantly donate the proceeds to organizations that assist the Queer group.
- Breweries with strong range, fairness, and inclusion applications and with a dedication to social justice work.
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Collectively every of the breweries collaborating in Queer Beer are integral to shifting the dialog of inclusion, fairness, and justice ahead in our business.
Please observe that on account of timing, availability, and results of the pandemic, not everybody we reached out to might take part. We’re additionally repeatedly studying of recent Queer-owned or Queer-supporting breweries and would love to listen to your ideas if we missed somebody that you simply wish to see included subsequent yr. Please tell us by dropping a line to festivals@hopculture.com—notes from our group are the easiest way for us to study!
The place Will the Hop Tradition x New Belgium Current Queer Beer Pageant Take Place
The Wharf at 760 Maine Ave SW, Washington, D.C. 20024.
When Is the Hop Tradition x New Belgium Current Queer Beer Pageant?
Friday, June third and Saturday, Jun. 4th, 2022. This shall be a two-day pageant with three periods to select from.
Session One will happen Friday, June third, from 5:30 PM ET (for VIP) and 6:30 PM ET (for GA) to 10:00 PM ET.
Session Two will happen from Saturday, June 4th, 11:00 AM ET (for VIP) and 12:00 PM ET (for GA) to three:30 PM ET.
Session Three will happen Saturday, June 4th, from 5:30 PM ET (for VIP) and 6:30 PM ET (for GA) to 10:00 PM ET.
What Sorts of Tickets Are Out there for Buy to the Hop Tradition x New Belgium Current Queer Beer Pageant?
There are three ticket choices to attend the occasion: VIP, Normal Admission (GA), and Designated Driver (DD).
GA and VIP tickets might be bought by way of the button beneath:
DD tickets can solely be bought the day of in individual on the pageant venue. There shall be no superior gross sales.
What Does a VIP Ticket Embrace?
A VIP ticket consists of:
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- 4.5 hours of limitless beer sampling from 30 Queer-owned or Queer-operated breweries or people who have LGBTQIA+-identifiying folks in outstanding management positions
- 30 breweries and 100+ beers
- Early admission 1 hour earlier than GA
- Entry to the VIP part within the Dockmaster constructing
- Unique Chef-prepared beers-and-bites pairings
- Non-public restrooms
- Memento tasting cup and VIP lanyard
- Lovely views and meals for buy from Wharf eating places
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What Does a GA Ticket Embrace?
A GA ticket consists of:
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- 3.5 hours of limitless beer sampling from 30 Queer-owned or Queer-operated breweries or people who have LGBTQIA+-identifiying folks in outstanding management positionss
- 30 breweries and 100+ beers
- Memento tasting cup
- Lovely views and meals for buy from Wharf eating places
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How A lot Are Tickets?
A VIP ticket prices $150
A GA ticket prices $65
A DD ticket prices:$10
Purchase your VIP and GA tickets right here on Mar. 18th, 2022 at 9am EST
What Is the Schedule for the Hop Tradition x New Belgium Current Queer Beer Pageant?
The Hop Tradition x New Belgium Current Queer Beer Fest is a two-day pageant with three separate periods.
Session One Schedule
VIP: 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM ET
GA: 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM ET
Session Two Schedule
VIP: 11:00 AM – 3:30 PM ET
GA: 12:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Session Three Schedule
VIP: 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM ET
GA: 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM ET
How Many Samples Do I Obtain with Both a VIP or GA Ticket?
As a part of your admission, you could have entry to limitless 2oz pattern pours from the entire breweries in attendance.
Will There be Any Non-Beer Choices?
Sure, there shall be seltzer, cider and mead tastings accessible, in addition to water. Non-alcoholic choices might be bought at eating places at The Wharf.
What Is the Vaccination and Masks Coverage for the Pageant?
The pageant will observe state and native vaccination and masks mandates. Right now, there are not any vaccination or masks mandates for occasions of this measurement open air. That stated, ought to mandates change Hop Tradition reserves the best to amend this requirement in accordance with state and native regulation., see our Pageant FAQ.
Is There a Pageant Code of Conduct?
Sure, you will discover our Code of Conduct right here.
Can I Get a Refund?
No, all gross sales are remaining.
By buying a ticket, you conform to adjust to all Federal, State, and Native legal guidelines, ordinances, rules, and the principles of the Occasion Organizers when attending the occasion.
All breweries marketed have confirmed their look at Queer Beer; nonetheless, breweries are topic to alter with out discover. There shall be no refunds or exchanges ensuing from the failure of any brewery to seem on the pageant.
Ought to Hop Tradition cancel the pageant for any cause, ticket holders shall be refunded. Tickets are transferable to mates or relations. Hop Tradition will not be chargeable for misplaced, stolen, or forgotten wristbands or lanyards, or for the substitute of wristbands/lanyards for any cause.
Will There be Meals on the Fest?
Sure, meals shall be accessible for buy. The eating places at The Wharf shall be accessible to pageant attendees. A full checklist of meals accessible at The Wharf might be discovered right here.
Can I Usher in Bottled Water?
Sure, sealed bottles of water and reusable containers are permitted.
Will There be Parking on the Fest?
Sure, you will discover extra info right here. Nonetheless, we encourage you to take an Uber, Lyft, taxi, lodge shuttle, or rideshare to the pageant. Please go to the Pageant FAQs and click on on “Is There Parking?” for extra info.
What Objects Are Prohibited?
Please click on right here for venue prohibited gadgets and FAQs.
Do I Should be at Least 21+ Years Previous?
Sure, state regulation requires that each one attendees are 21 years or older. Infants and toddlers, even below parental supervision, aren’t permitted. Please ensure you deliver your ID or different proof of age to be checked on the occasion.
Are Kids or Infants Allowed?
No, state regulation requires that each one attendees are 21 years or older. Minors aren’t permitted.
Are Pets Allowed?
Though The Wharf is pet pleasant, this occasion is restricted to service animals solely.
Does My Ticket Have to be Printed or Can It’s Scanned on My Cellphone?
Please deliver your cellular ticket for a touchless entry course of.
Can I Go away the Pageant and Re-Enter?
Sure, your wristband will allow you to exit and re-enter the occasion at your leisure to entry meals and restrooms.
I Misplaced My ID, What Different Types of Identification Might be Accepted?
The one different type of identification that shall be accepted is a legitimate passport.
I wish to interview Grace Weitz for a bit about Queer Beer. How can I get in contact?
Be at liberty to e mail our Supervisor of Occasion Advertising and marketing, Claire Nikodemus, instantly at claire.nikodemus@untappd.com!
My Query Wasn’t Answered Right here. What Ought to I Do?
Contact us: festivals@hopculture.com.
