One of the fastest growing aspects of the specialty beer segment is beer festivals. They're gushing onto the beer scene in virtually every state in the country, and most major cities play host to multiple beer fests. Another season of organized beer sipping, swishing, and savoring kicks off again as we head into spring.

With huge profits to be made, promotional companies are coming out of the woodwork to stage these labor intensive events. Conversely, many beer festivals are a labor of love, produced by breweries, enterprising beer aficionados, homebrew clubs, and craft beer organizations. It seems everyone is jumping into the fray with their own beer festival once they get wind of the big payoff. Find full story on sallys-place.com

The Great British Beer Festival will be held at Earls Court for the first time this year and is expected be the biggest and best beer festival with over 450 real ales available for visitors to sample. Also known as the Biggest Pub in the World, the festival plays host to a wide range of beers and real lagers from the UK and around the world. This is the largest showcase for real ale and is the perfect place to visit if you want to find out more about real ale or if you have some favourite beers that you want to rediscover.
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This exciting event is San Diego's oldest and largest beer tasting event and is anticipated to feature more than 50 Micro Breweries serving over 120 different beers! Food and non-alcoholic beverages will be available and there will be live entertainment.
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Each year, we invite 72 of the nation's premium craft breweries to participate in this event. Beer is the focus, with many of the classic beer styles represented, including fruity ales, potent bocks, rich porters, formidable stouts, hoppy pale ales, flowery pilsners and syrupy barley wines.
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The Cannstatter Wasen resp. Cannstatter Volksfest is an annual two-week beer festival (sometimes also called Stuttgart Beer Festival) in Stuttgart, Germany. Usually it takes place from the end of September to the beginning of October on the "Cannstatter Wasen". The extensive Wasen area is located in the Stuttgart city district of Bad Cannstatt, near the river Neckar. On the Wasen area, also the Stuttgart Spring Festival (a smaller variant of the Stuttgart Beer Festival) is held each year.
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