According to PRNewswire, Get Real NY has announced its 1st Annual Belgian Beer Festival at the historic Altman Building on Friday, July 8 and Saturday, July 9, 2011. As attendees have come to expect of a Get Real NY beer fest, the Belgian Beer Festival will include two days of all you can drink Belgian-style beers and home beers, live music, interactive tasting panels and plenty of Belgian fare. The event serves as a celebration of Belgian brewing and an introduction to some popular beer styles that are taking the craft beer world by storm.
The Belgian beer festival will feature 100+ of the most diverse, unique and hard-to-find Belgian and Belgian-inspired brews around from craft breweries at home and abroad. Featured breweries include Cantillon, De Ranke, Hitachino, Rodenbach, Jolly Pumpkin, Lagunitas, Cigar City, Allagash, and more.
The two-day event kicks off on Friday, July 8th with the “Sour Sessions” from 3:00-6:00pm and 8:00-11:00pm, featuring a special section with dozens of sour brews including plenty of gueuze and lambics. The festival continues Saturday, July 9th with the “Extreme Belgian Sessions” featuring a selection of rarefied, funky beers that push the boundaries of brewing. There will be three VIP sessions, Friday 7:00-11:00pm, Saturday 2:00-6:00pm, and 7:00-11:00pm, with exclusive and limited quantity beers, special foods and tasting panels. New at the festival will be the Belgian Beer Hall with communal tables reminiscent of a European beer garden where attendees can unwind with good beers, good food, good music and good company.
General admission tickets are $85, and come with a souvenir glass, unlimited tasting pours, a fest beer guide, unlimited food sampling, live music, tasting panels and beer education. VIP tickets are $115 and include everything the general admission does in addition to one-hour early access to the festival, admission to a special VIP tasting room featuring several rare and hard-to-find beers and access to brewery tasting panels and discussions.
For three days only beginning Friday, May 27, 2011, General admission tickets will be offered for $75 and VIP will sell for $100, and only through BeerMenus.com and Yelp.com. After this period expires, there will be no further price reductions through online coupon sites.
This is a 21+ only event. For more information on the Get Real NY Belgian Beer Festival, visit http://www.grbfny.com.
