This Weekend: Valley Forge Beer Fest

It’s an oldie but definitely still a goodie: the Valley Forge Beer Festival comes to town on December 6, and this year, you’ll notice something different: cider and mead. Playing off the popularity of craft ciders – as well as the relationships forged by the promoter, Starfish Junction, through its annual cider fest – there will be cider and mead. And lots of it.

For two sessions, 75 breweries, cideries and meaderies will pour 150 different products at the Oaks Expo Center. A few of the cidermakers are local newcomers, so look for Haymaker Meadery, Wyndridge Farm and Kurant Hand Crafted Cider–some of which are so new you can’t even buy them in stores. Brewery stand-outs include Cigar City, Rock Art, Bullfrog, and plenty of local and national favorites. If you haven’t had a chance to try liquid from relative newbies like Iron Horse and Twisted Manzanita Ales, or less familiar imports like Le Brewery, here’s your opportunity.

Tickets are $40 and you can buy them here.

Valley Forge Beer Fest [Official]