Selected Events (from The Real Beer Page's events database, and beyond!) - July 2000
July 14 - 15, 2000 - Burlington, Vermont
Vermont Brewers Festival
Location: Waterfront Park
Enjoy New England's longest running outdoor festival featuring beers from throughout New England, the Northeast and Quebec. Brewers participating in this event do so by invitation only, based on brewery capacity, distinctiveness, and quality of their products. In addition, the Vermont Brewer's Association is pleased to present several educational programs, including cooking with beer, Meet the Master Brewers and keys to successful home brewing. There will also be live music featured throughout the fest.
Hours: July 14, 5 - 9pm; July 15, 12 - 4pm & 5 - 9pm
Admission: $20/session includes 10 Tasting Tickets + Souvenir Glass; Under 21 & Designated Drivers -- $5/session; Under 5: free
Organization: Vermont Brewers Association
Contact Phone: 802-244-6828
Contact Fax: 802-244-1713
Contact Email:VermontBrewers@bigfoot.com
July 16 - 23, 2000 - Fuzhou, China
China Wine, Spirits and Beverages Fair
Location: Fuzhou International Conference and Exhibition Center
The function of the Fair is to exhibit domestic and international wines, beers, spirits and other beverages including tea (for which Fujian Province has long been famous). Related products such as pottery and porcelain, wine ware, brewing and beverage machinery, packages, packaging equipment and printing will also be exhibited and demonstrated.
Hours: All day and all night
Organization: Alcohol Management Office, the National Trade Bureau, and the Fuzhou People's Government
Contact Name: Mr.Han
Contact Phone: (0591) 7813022
Contact Fax: (0591)7812661, 7835150
Contact Email:ccpitfz@263.net
July 28 - 30, 2000 - Portland, Oregon
Oregon Brewer's Festival
Location: Tom McCall Waterfront Park
North America's largest beer festival in terms of attendance swings into its 13th year with a salute to the beers of Hawaii. Also featured will be beers from 72 craft breweries from across the United States. More than half of this year's breweries hail from outside the Pacific Northwest, and 19 are new to the festival. The Brewers Festival will also offer demonstrations by home brewers, hop grower exhibits, a display of Northwest breweriana and a unique demonstration by Oregon State University's Fermentation Science Department which will showcase sensory detection so patrons can learn what should and should not be present in beer. Food and live music will also be offered.
Hours: Noon - 9 p.m. Friday & Saturday Noon - 7 p.m. Sunday
Admission: Free, but a 2000 souvenir mug is $3 and is required for tasting. Tokens for beer which cost $1 apiece. Patrons pay three tokens for each 14-ounce mug of beer, or one token for a 4-ounce taster.
Website:www.oregonbrewfest.com Contact Name: Art Larrance
Contact Phone: 503-778-5917 or 503-297-3150
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