Upcoming Event: 2^nd Annual AmeriCan Canned Beer Festival

The 2^nd Annual Amer­i­Can Canned Beer Fes­ti­val is only a few short days away. We here at the Brew Bros have been count­ing down the days for this event. After all, last year was an absolute blast (for last year’s details, go here). There are sev­eral rea­sons we are look­ing for­ward to the fes­ti­val with excited antic­i­pa­tion this year.

One of the great things about the fes­ti­val is that it is not just a party. There is also a focus on rais­ing aware­ness for cans as a legit­i­mate pack­age for craft beer. 10 years ago there weren’t many craft brew­ers that sold their beer in cans due to the stigma the large macro brew­eries have cre­ated, now there are 184 (thanks to the data from Craft Cans) who pack­age their beer in cans. Many peo­ple walk into a liquor store and see sev­eral brew­eries can­ning but are hes­i­tant to make the pur­chase due to their view on the drink­ing ves­sel. By host­ing a fes­ti­val with only canned beer, it gives the pub­lic a chance to dis­cover that they have actu­ally been miss­ing out.

To that point, the fes­ti­val goes a bit fur­ther by offer­ing beers that are not avail­able to the state of Ari­zona. Granted Ari­zona has a sig­nif­i­cant num­ber of brew­eries that can (7 of them) and has a huge selec­tion as it is, but bring­ing in beers from out­side of the dis­tri­b­u­tion area is bril­liant. Last year, we had an oppor­tu­nity to try sev­eral great beers from brew­eries like Maui (now avail­able in AZ), Bohemian and 21^st Amend­ment. Some brew­eries that were not in atten­dance last year, but will be there this year include: 7 Seven Seas Brew­ing out of Seat­tle, WA; NOLA out of New Orleans, LA; and Uncom­mon Brew­ers out of Santa Cruz, CA.

Before you attend the fes­ti­val, we rec­om­mend tak­ing a look at which brew­ers won medals in this years com­pe­ti­tion and be sure to plan on sam­pling those early. The judg­ing took place Sat­ur­day, May 12^th (we were for­tu­nate to be involved in the judg­ing process) and Ari­zona brought home sev­eral medals in dif­fer­ent cat­e­gories. Take a look at the win­ners here.

As far as enter­tain­ment goes, this fes­ti­val will have it all. Reel Big Fish and 2 Toned Lizard Kings will be there as well as other local acts. The Ari­zona Soci­ety of Home­brew­ers will also be there with some home­brew­ing demon­stra­tions. Also, this year will be the first year The Brew Bros will have a booth set up, so come by and say hello!

If you haven’t picked up your tick­ets yet, do so as soon as pos­si­ble. We have a feel­ing this is going to be a fes­ti­val that you will not want to miss. Prost!

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Patrick

Patrick Schroeder has two rules: 1) Drink beer good peo­ple brew. Craft brew­ers brew for the love of their craft so give every beer a try. B) Never drink the sed­i­ment cake. Other than that, Patrick spends his time home brew­ing, spend­ing time with his fam­ily and tip­ping back a few pints with fel­low beer lovers. If you wish to con­tact him, send an email to patrick@thebrewbros.com. You can also find him on Twit­ter under the name beerguru14. Prost!

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