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Inaugural South Shore Beer Fest Coming to the Region

Brewers of Indiana Guild

WHITING - If you want to work your way to trying as many craft beers as possible that are made in Indiana, the inaugural South Shore Beer Fest in Whiting, on Saturday, September 21st will put you in direct access to over 50 Hoosier Breweries.

The Brewers of Indiana Guild is having its first ever event at from 2 PM - 6 PM at Whihala Beach.

Athena Scholl, Director of Marketing and Communications for the Brewers of Indiana Guild says the local beer industry and its products are the feature and there will be plenty to sample.

A couple of local breweries, 18th Street Brewery, Burn 'Em and Bare Hands Brewery, have committed to open up its cellars and and share some speciality brews that have never been tried.

The list of participating breweries is long.  Breweries from outside the Region will also be making the trip to appear at this event, according to Scholl.

Scholl says three dollars ($3) from every ticket purchase will benefit a local charity partner.

The Brewers of Indiana Guild has a Facebook page with information on the South Shore Beer Fest.  You can also get information at the Brewers of Indiana website at drinkin.beer.

Participating breweries include: 10-56 Brewing Company, 18th Street Brewery, 2Toms Brewing Company, 3 Floyds Brewing Company, 450 North Brewing, Bare Hands Brewery, Black Acre Brewing Company, Broad Ripple Brewpub, Burn ‘Em Brewing, Byway Brewing Co. Chapman’s Brewing Company, Creatures of Habit Brewing Co., Crown Brewing, Deer Creek Brewery, Devil’s Trumpet Brewing, Fountain Square Brewery, Hop River Brewing, HopLore Brewing, Indiana City Brewing Company, Ironwood Brewing Co., Junk Ditch Brewing Company, Kekionga Cider Company, Mad Anthony Brewing, Maidens Brewery & Pub, Metazoa Brewing Co., Misbeehavin’ Meads, New Day Craft, New Oberpfalz Brewing, Off Square Brewing, Plat 35 Brewery, Pokro Brewing Co., Shoreline Brewery, Sour Note Brewing, St John Malt Brothers Inc., St. Benedicts Brew Works, Sun King Brewing Company, Switchyard Brewing, Taxman Brewing Company, Triton Brewing Company, Upland Brewing Company, Windmill Brewing, Zorn Brew Works Co., MashCraft Brewing and more.

 

Sharon Jackson is the local host of "All Things Considered" and a reporter for Lakeshore Public Radio. She has been with 89.1 FM since its launch in 2009. Sharon is also a radio DJ in Chicago, and has been since 2004. In her previous job at Metro Networks/Westwood One, she was heard on am 890 WLS, WGN radio 720 am and am 560 WIND. She has also delivered news and traffic reports on radio stations all over Chicago and the suburbs including 95.9 The River, 98.3 WCCQ and Star 96.7.