OPENING BASH is a celebration of craft that treats you to over 160 samples of beer from 38 NYC breweries & 40 more of the best brewers from across the US & beyond. It’s a unique opportunity to meet & spend time with the people who make the beer in your glass & taste their extra special brews.

• GA tickets include: entry, unlimited sampling, a souvenir sampling glass, access to our craft food court and the chance meet & greet your favorite brewers
• VIP tickets include: all the benefits of GA + an hour early entry + 4pk of the official 2020 NYC Beer Week DDH IIPA, brewed collaboratively by NYC’s brewers at SingleCut*

Craft Food Court:

• Lager Dog
• Empanada Papa
• Groundling Pizza Co
• Stuf’d

The party will be going on all day long with music by DJ Rob Swift & with special guest appearance by Chris Maestro of BierWax.

THE BREWERIES (subject to updates & changes):

NYC: 18th Ward • Alewife • Big aLICe • Bridge and Tunnel • Bronx Brewery • Brooklyn Brewery • Circa Brewing • Coney Island • DaleView • Evil Twin NYC • Fifth Hammer • Finback • Five Boroughs • Flagship • Folksbier • Greenpoint Beer • Grimm Artisanal Ales • Gun Hill Brewing • Iconyc • Interboro • Keg & Lantern • KelSo • Kills Boro • KCBC • LICBP • Mikkeller NYC • Non Sequitur • Other Half • Randolph • Rockaway • Singlecut • Sixpoint • Strong Rope • Talea • Threes • Torch & Crown • Transmitter • Wild East

New York State: Barrier Brewing • Common Roots Brewing Company • DUBCO • Equilibrium Brewery • Graft Cider • Greenport Harbor Brewing Company • Hudson Valley Brewery • Sand City Brewing Co • Shmaltz Brewing • Thin Man • West Kill Brewing

Beyond: Amor Artis Brewing • Banded Brewing Company • Blaze Brewing Company • Brewski • Bunker Brewing Co. • Burial Beer Co. • Civil Society Brewing • Collective Arts • Commonwealth • Dancing Gnome • Fonta Flora • Forest and Main • Half Acre Beer Company • Hop Butcher for the World• Icarus Brewing• Kent Falls Brewing Co.• Lost Nation Brewing • Maine Beer Co. • Modist Brewing • Monday Night Brewing • Mumford Brewing • Oxbow Brewing Co. • Pure Project • Rockwell Beer Co. • Screamin Hill Brewery • Springdale • Stoup Brewing • Twin Elephant • Vitamin Sea Brewing • Widowmaker

Session 1

• VIP - 11:30am - 3:30pm, VIP only hour 11:30am - 12:30pm
• GA - 12:30 - 3:30pm

Session 2

• VIP - 5:30pm - 9:30pm, VIP only hour 5:30 - 6:30pm
• GA - 6:30pm - 9:30pm

All proceeds from OPENING BASH go to support the NYC Brewers Guild & mission to advocate for & celebrate brewers, brewing & beer in New York City. For more information about NYC Beer Week, our member breweries, NYC beer, and finding events throughout the year, visit: NYCBrewed.com & follow us @NYCBrewers.

*4-pks & full cases will also be available for sale primarily at Opening Bash. Limited inventory may be available through SingleCut after the event.

FAQ & Code of Conduct:

• This event is 21+. No one under 21 will be admitted. Government issued ID must be presented at the time of entry.
• No pets allowed. ADA service animals are accepted.
• No cans or bottles may be opened by attendees during the festival per State Liquor Law.
• No coat or bag check will be on site.
• Refunds requests will be honored up to seven (7) days prior to the event. No exceptions will be made. (NYC Brewers Guild is a 501c)
• Brewery list subject to change. (Although, not to worry, we're doing everything humanly possible to ensure your favorites will be there pouring, and ready to see you!)
• Opening Bash is an unlimited sampling beer festival, and although we want everyone to enjoy themselves, anyone who is visibly intoxicated and/or behaving inappropriately will be asked to leave.
• All attendees are expected to behave in a respectful manner. Attendees who disrupt the event or otherwise make other attendees uncomfortable or unsafe will be asked to leave. Sober event monitors will be on-site & are there to assist you should a situation arise while you’re at Opening Bash.