World Beer Festival Announces Brewery Sneak Peek | Arts & Culture

The World Beer Festival Columbia announced a sneak peek of the brewery list for the 2013 festival to be held this Saturday, January 19 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.

The following is a sneak peek of some of the breweries serving at the festival: Abita Brewing Co

Almaza Beer

Anchor Brewing Co

Aviator Brewing Co

Batch 19

Birra Peroni

Boston Beer Co

Bottletree Beer Co

Boulder Beer Co

Brooklyn Brewery

Carolina Beer Co

Conquest Brewing

Crispin Cider

Dundee Brewing Co

Foothills Brewing Co

Founders Brewing Co

Full Sail Brewing Co

Goose Island Beer Co

Guinness

Heineken

Henry Weinhard's

Highland Brewing

Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co

Lagunitas Brewing Co

New Belgium Brewing Co

New South Brewing Co

O'Dempseys Brewing Co

Old Speckled Hen

Oskar Blues Brewery

Palmetto Brewing Co

Pilsner Urquel

RJ Rockers Brewing Co

Rogue Ales

Sapporo USA

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co

Spoetzl Brewery

SweetWater Brewing Co

Terrapin Beer Co

The Duck-Rabbit Brewery

Thomas Creek Brewery

Vermont Cider

Warsteiner USA

Weihenstephan

Windy Hill Orchard

Yuengling Brewery

The festival offers two sessions, the first session will be from noon to 4 p.m., and the second session will be from 6 to 10 p.m.  The festival will feature more than 150 beers from 70+ breweries including Columbia’s own Conquest Brewing Company.  Festival goers will also have the option to purchase food from local restaurants; Blue Marlin, New York’s Famous Hot Dogs, Breaker’s Bar & Grill, J Gumbo’s, Village Idiot Pizza, The Oak Table and Wet Willy’s. 

Tickets for the Columbia 2013 World Beer Festival are now on sale and can be purchased online at www.AllAboutBeer.com/WBF or at participating festival sponsor locations: Green’s, Morganelli’s Party Store and World of Beer.  There are also a limited amount of VIP tickets available for purchase.  VIP patrons get access to a separate lounge area, a catered meal and a unique selection of beers not available in the main beer gardens. 

The Columbia World Beer Festival is also sponsored by the Bet Mar Liquid Hobby Shop, Carolina Ale House, Columbia Regional Business Journal and Flying Saucer Draught Emporium.

A portion of the proceeds from the festival will go to Columbia Opportunity Resource (COR). The mission of the World Beer Festival is to educate the public in beer appreciation and beer quality, and to build the local beer community. Every aspect of the World Beer Festival focuses on promoting the positive attributes of the growing beer culture.