6th Annual Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest

WHEN:                Friday, June 9th, 2017 (6:30 – 9:30 pm, invitation only industry session from 5:30 – 6:30 pm)

Saturday, June 10th, 2017 (3-6 pm, 7-10 pm)

COST:                 $48 per ticket / $89 per pair

TICKET SITE:      hyperlocalbrew.eventbrite.com

CONTACTS:        Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest Festival Team: (617) 395-7680, localcraftbrew@sbnmass.org

For brew fans and lovers of New England fare, the Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts (SBN) is presenting the 6th Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest to The Center for Arts at the Armory in Somerville, MA for three public sessions over two days.  Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest is the only festival of its kind in the country that focuses on local brews with locally sourced ingredients. The festival brings together dozens of breweries, cideries, meaderies, and artisan beverage crafters offering more than 75 tasting samples along with food from skillful local chefs and bakers from all over New England to celebrate with local craft brew fans. This year SBN is launching an invitation-only Industry Session in collaboration with aimed at connecting local restaurants, institutions, and retailers interested in sourcing local beverages with local brewers and artisan beverage makers.

The Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest is a unique opportunity to meet the makers of local brews and beverages in an intimate setting while exploring brews that go beyond local.  To qualify as “Hyper-Local,” not only are the beers, ciders, meads, and artisan beverages made by New England producers, many of the products reflect local sourcing created with ingredients grown, made, or harvested in New England, or malted in local facilities. This year we look forward to Ale made from local beets, cold-pressed coffee sweetened with New Hampshire honey, ciders made from New England Apples, and much more.

While all three sessions are jam-packed with local goodness, the Friday Beer on Cask Tasting night session (June 9th, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm) calls out to the most passionate, adventurous, and curious and die-hard of brew fans. Cask night also features commercial brews and is coordinated by Randy Baril, former Head Cellerman of NERAX (the New England Real Ale eXhibition). Attendees can sample unfiltered and unpasteurized beer with no nitrogen or carbon dioxide added. Cask products are made exclusively for the festival from six craft brewers and a cider producer listed .

The Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest is not only an opportunity to sample the cornucopia of flavors New England offers, it’s a chance to raise your glass to a good cause. A fundraiser for the Boston Local Food Program, the festival is a double-win: drink craft beer, and feel good doing it! Admission is $48 for a single ticket, $89 for a pair. Tickets are available through Eventbrite at hyperlocalbrew.eventbrite.com.  Admission includes unlimited samples of beer, cider, mead, and artisan beverages from local vendors. Local food will be on sale for $6 or less and there will be local food samples.

Vendors Include (as of June 1, 2017):

SBN’s Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest is sponsored by Aeronaut Brewing, Edible Boston, Samuel Adams, Green Cambridge, Maine Brew Bus, and The Williams Agency. The Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest is affiliated with, and is a major annual fundraiser for, the Annual Boston Local Food Festival, produced by the Sustainable Business Network, Sunday, September 17, 2017 on The Greenway in Boston, MA. The Sustainable Business Network, founded in 1988, aims to support the local food economy and defines “local” as products grown and produced in New England with Massachusetts as the first preference. SBN’s Local Craft Spirits Festival highlights local products as well as products that include local ingredients. To learn more about SBN, please visit sbnmass.org