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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Beer Line-Up Announced for 3rd Annual Meadowlands Racetrack Beerfest


Sixty-Seven Participating Breweries on Saturday, May 19th

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ –On Saturday May 19th, the beer will flow at Meadowlands Racing and Entertainment for the 3rd Annual Spring Beer Fest.  Doors open for VIP at 4:30 pm with General Admission at 5:30 pm and beer is poured until 9:30pm. It is an evening of great craft beer and horse racing. 

Sixty-seven breweries and cideries are participating including a number of local New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York craft brewers.   NJ favorites 7 Mile Brewery, Flying Fish, Beach Haus,  River Horse, 902 Brewing Company, Forgotten Boardwalk, Bolero Snort, Ironbound Cider and Melick’s Hard Cider will be at the festival.  PA favorites including Weyerbacher, Victory, Neshaminy Creek, and Yards will also be onsite.  Brooklyn, Defiant, Saranac, Bronx, Captain Lawrence and Ommegang are just a few New York based companies that will be attending.  Other breweries and cideries attending the festival include: Breckenridge, Red Hook, Elysian Brewery, Golden Road, Virtue Cider, Goose Island, Devil’s Backbone, Kona, 10 Barrel Brewing, Terrapin, Oskar Blues, Left Hand, Sweetwater Brewing, Boulevard Brewing, Austin East Cider, Two Roads, and Dogfish Head.

The complete list of breweries and the full beer lineup is posted https://meadowlandsracetrack.ticketleap.com/2018-meadowlands-racetrack-beer-festival/details

Special VIP only tastings include a Blue Point cask of Mosaic IPA with cucumber, Devil’s Backbone Oso Muerte, an Imperial  Stout with chili peppers, Neshaminy Creek’s Leon, a Russian Imperial Stout and a 7 Mile’s Walter White. 

The 3rd Annual Beer Fest will be held in the Backyard and on the East Apron and will open to the public at 4:30 pm for VIP admission.  The VIP ticket is $75 and includes an additional 1 hour of sampling, exclusive VIP Tent beer samplings, and food.  General Admission begins at 5:30 pm and is available in advance for $35 or at the door for $45.  Live harness racing will commence at 7:15 pm.