Tickets Are Now Available For The Inaugural Omaha Beer Fest

Omaha, NE – Tickets are now for sale for the largest craft beer festival in Nebraska.

The inaugural Omaha Beer Fest takes place Friday and Saturday, May 20 and 21, during American Craft Beer Week at the Lewis and Clark Landing. Tickets are available at online on the festival website, www.omahabeerfest.com or at Spirit World on 75th and Pacific.

Over 100 unique craft brews and imports will be available for tasting from 25 breweries, including Goose Island Beer Co (Chicago), New Belgium Brewing Co (Fort Collins, CO) and Kansas City’s Boulevard Brewing Co. Brewers and representatives from the breweries will be on hand to sample their crafts and meet their fans.

“American Craft Beer Week is a celebration of the creativity and passion of small brewers nationwide,” said John McDonald, founder and president of Boulevard Brewing Company. “It’s markets like Omaha, who embraced our beers early and have remained outstanding supporters of the craft beer movement, that make it possible for our industry to create an estimated 100,000 jobs annually.”

Beer-related seminars and beer and food pairings will be offered throughout the two day event, including Extreme Beer & Cheese Pairing (Goose Island Beer Co), Cask-Conditioned Ale Tapping (Empyrean Brewing Co), and Barrel Aged Beer & Spirits (Lucky Bucket Brewing Co).

The official festival beneficiary is Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, who will receive a portion of the ticket sales.

Other festival sponsors include Omaha Magazine, DocuLynx, Inc., JM Web Designs, Liberty Tavern, and Nebraska Beer Blog. Beers sampled at the festival will be available for sale on-site at the festival through Spirit World. Live entertainment and local food vendors will also be on-site.

Tickets are now available for sale online at www.omahabeerfest.com and at Spirit World, 7517 Pacific St. in Omaha:

• Taster Tickets (entry either Friday or Saturday), $30 in advance, include unlimited 2 oz sampling of craft beers, ability to attend seminars.
• Connoisseur Combo Tickets – include entry into the Spiegelau Beer Classics seminar featuring

Goose Island Craft Beer on Thursday, May 19 at Old Mattress Factory, include a Taster Ticket,
$60, available ONLY at Spirit World (not available online)

Omaha Beer Fest Participating Breweries
Granite City
Rock Bottom
Crabtree Brewing
Madhouse
Great Divide
Odell
Breckenridge
Boulder
Boulevard
Samuel Adams
Unibroue
Goose Island
Widmer
Summit
Spaten
Franziskaner
Tallgrass
SchillingBridge
Boddingtons
Stella Artois
Leffe
Hoegaarden
New Belgium
Gambrinus (Shiner)

From Nebraska
Nebraska Brewing Company
Upstream Brewery
Empyrean
Spilker Ales
Thunderhead Brewing Co
Lucky Bucket Brewing Co