A Preview of Houston Press BrewFest [Plus a Ticket Giveaway!] ⋆ Houston Beer Guide

A Preview of Houston Press BrewFest [Plus a Ticket Giveaway!]

| Apr 24, 2017

On Saturday, May 20th, the sixth annual Houston Press BrewFest will be held at Silver Street Studios. The festival will include over 150 beers, food trucks, and an indoor and outdoor music festival, as well as a Whole Foods Market sponsored hangout area and a Central Auto Group sponsored beer garden.

A General Admission ticket gets you in the door at 3pm and access to 8 – 3 oz. beer samplings (with the ability to purchase more beer tickets at the event.) The VIP ticket gets you in the door an hour earlier and gives you access to the VIP area with specialty and seasonal beers, as well as free appetizers. They even gave us a promo code which extends the early bird ticket prices for a few more weeks.

General Admission: $35 (use code GUIDE for $5 off)
VIP Tickets: $60 (used code GUIDE for $5 off)
Beer Me Pack: which is 4 General Admission tickets for $100 (just $25 per ticket)

Ticket Link

Ticket Giveaway:

BrewFest has given us 2 General Admission tickets to give away to our readers. Between now and April 29th, follow us on Instagram (@houstonbeer) and include both our username and #BrewFestHOU in the caption of your photos. We’ll pick our favorite photo and announce the winner on our Instagram on Monday, May 1st.

There’s no limit to the number of entries, just make sure they meet the criteria!

The recap video they made from last year’s event should give you a great idea of what to expect: beer, games, food, and fun.

Beer & Brewery List:

We’ll keep the list updated as breweries announce what they will be bringing.

512 Brewing Company
11 Below Brewing
Adelbert’s Brewery
Alamo Beer Company
Alaskan BrewingCompany
Arrogant Brewing
Austin Eastciders
- Blood Orange
- Original
- Pineapple
B-52 BrewingCompany
Blue Moon
Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits
- Sculpin
- Grapefruit Sculpin
- Bonito Blonde
- Sour Wench
- Victory at Sea Variant
Brash Brewing Company
Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company
Cedar Creek Brewery
Community Beer Company
Deep Ellum Brewing Company
Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales
Founders Brewing Company
Goliad Brewing Company
Green Flash
Guinness
- Guinness Draught
- Guinness Blonde Americal Lager
- Guinness Irish Wheat
Holler Brewing Company
- Holler IPA
Hops & Grain
- A Pale Mosaic
- The One They Call Zoe
- Greenhouse IPA
- Dispensary IPA
Independence Brewing Company
- Stash IPA
- Illustrated Man
- Power & Light
- Liberty Lunch
- RedBud Berliner Weisse
Lagunitas Brewing Company
Left Hand Brewing Company
Leinenkeugel’s
Locust Cider
- Dark Cherry Hard Cider
- Sweet Aged Apple Hard Cider
- Hootenanny Vanilla Hard Cider
Odell Brewing Company
Revolver Brewing
Sierra Nevada
- Pale Ale
- Sidecar Pale Ale
- Tropical Torpedo IPA
St. Killian Importing
Stone Brewing Company
Sweetwater Brewing Company
- 420
- Blue
- Grass Monkey
Under the Radar Brewery
Unibroue
Victory Brewing Company
Whole Foods Market Brewing Company

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Josh F.

Josh is an Aerospace Engineer and an avid homebrewer. When he's not designing airplanes, he enjoys long walks on the beach, experimenting with fermentation, and drinking craft beer.

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