6th Annual Local Craft Brewfest

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Join us for Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts’ (SBN) 6th Annual Local Craft Brewfest at the Cruiseport Boston located at 1 Black Falcon, Boston - at our new location on Boston harbor. We’ll be the first Brewfest at the Cruiseport! Hosted by SBN and the Boston Local Food Festival Committee. Expanded this year with a new location, Local Craft Brewfest will gather over 1,000 local brew fans to celebrate together with dozens of local vendors. Come taste, discover, socialize and network with dozens of local craft breweries, distilleries, cideries, meaderies, artisan beverage brewers, and local food producers! While celebrating local brews, you can participate in cocktail demos and cool games while savoring live music by Coastal Flux Band and enjoy one of Boston’s finest harbor views.

Local Craft Brewfest is affiliated with and is a major annual fundraiser for the Annual Boston Local Food Festival, considered New England's largest one day Farmers Market and a celebration of local food. The brewfest will take place inside and outside of the Cruiseport Boston with the awesome view from Boston Harbor. More than 120 local tastings and local food bites will be featured and local food will be on sale for only $6 or less per serving size. It’s a great opportunity to meet local brewmasters and owners of local food producers and eateris who are as passionate about local food as you are! VIP tickets are back and this year we’re amping them up!

We are putting more value towards your VIP tickets with:

• Early admission starting at 6:00 pm
• Fast lane check-in + Swag
• One meal voucher to redeem at any of the participating food vendors (including food trucks)
• $10 off towards the 2016 SBN’s 5th Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest at The Armory, Somerville
• More surprises to come!

What's included with the general admission ticket?

• Unlimited tastings from our participating brewers, craft brewers, distilleries, cideries, meaderies, artisan beverage vendors
• Unlimited samples from participating local food vendors
• Access to purchase delicious local food for only $6 or less per serving
• Live music and entertainment
• Festival Guide with listing of all vendors
• Compostable tasting cup
• Cocktail demos
• Cool games
• One of the finest views from Boston Harbor
• Supporting the local food movement by raising much needed funds for the Boston Local Food Program

Sponsors

Over the past 10 years, Boston has seen a re-birth of interest in food. Whether it’s the opening of a farmers market in your town, the interest chefs have in using local products or the increase in specialty food stores, we are seeing an emphasis on seasonal and local food. Edible Boston wants to support this renaissance. Their publication and website is a resource for finding what’s new, available locally, and introduce people who have been instrumental in this change.

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Renew Boston is Mayor Martin J. Walsh's Home Energy Efficiency Program in partnership with Mass Save, Eversource and National Grid. The city has created the goal of 80% emission reduction by 2050, and the main way of tackling this is by helping residents benefit from the Mass Save program [the state's energy efficiency program], through their no cost home energy assessments by the service provider Next Step Living.So far, we've completed over 16,000 home energy assessments in the city! Every energy assessment is bringing the city that much closer to meeting our energy reduction goals.

More vendors are coming, please stay tuned!

Spirits

AstraLuna Brands Distillery, Medfield, MA

Our spirits are ultra premium small batch and crafted in a copper still at our Medfield, MA distillery.

O'Brien's Vodka (gluten-free, non GMO) - 40% ABV

Cape Cod Great White Rum made with highest quality USA molasses - 43% ABV

Crook Jaw's Cape Cod Amber Rum aged in used bourbon barrels -40% ABV

Wiggly Bridge Distillery - York, ME

Small Barrel Bourbon - 43% ABV
White Whisky - 50% ABV
Small Barrel Rum - 40% ABV
White Rum - 40% ABV
Vodka - 40% ABV

Bully Boy Distillers - Roxbury, MA

Vodka, wheat based - 40% ABV

White Whiskey, wheat based, unaged - 40 % ABV

American Straight Whiskey, bourbon/rye hybrid. Made with corn, rye & barely, aged for 3 years - 42% AVB

White Rum, molasses based - 40% AVB

Aged Rum,molasses based, aged for 3 years in used

bourbon barrels- 40% AVB

Hub Punch, Aged Rum infused with various fruits and spices-35% AVB

The Old Fashioned- Aged Whiskey mixed with simple syrup and bitters

GrandTen Distilling - South Boston, MA

South Boston Irish Whiskey 40% ABV
Medford Rum 40% ABV
Wire Works Gin 45% ABV
Fire Puncher Vodka (Bars Farm Chipotle Peppers) 45% ABV
Craneberry Cranberry Liqueur (Cape Cod Cranberries) 30% ABV
Amandine Almond Liqueur (Q's Nuts Almonds) 30% ABV
North County Apple Brandy (New England Apples) 40% ABV

Privateer Rum - South Boston, MA

Privateer Silver Reserve Rum 40% ABV
Privateer True American Amber Rum 45% ABV

Berkshire Mountain Distillers, Sheffield, MA

Greylock Gin, 40% ABV
Ethereal Gin Batch 12, 43% ABV
Barreled Ethereal Gin Expression #3, 43% ABV
Ice Glen Vodka, 40% ABV
Ragged Mountain Rum, 40% ABV
Berkshire Bourbon, 43% ABV
New England Corn Whiskey, 43% ABV
Greylock Gin & Tonic, 13.33% ABV
Ice Glen Vodka & Tonic, 13.33% ABV
Coffee Bitters, featuring Barrington Coffee Roasting Company's Sumatran Coffee, 38.9% ABV
Falernum Bitters, 39.4% ABV
Wormwood Bitters, 39.6% ABV

Turkey Shore Distilleries, Ipswitch, MA

Old Ipswich White Cap Rum 40% AVB
Old Ipswich Tavern Style Rum 40% AVB

Old Ipswich Golden Marsh Spiced Rum 40% AVB

Saxtons River Distillery, Brattleboro, VT

Sapling Maple Liqueur with locally sourced Vermont Maple Syrup 35% ABV

Sapling Maple Bourbon Whiskey with locally sourced Vermont Maple Syrup 35% AVB

Sapling Maple Rye Whiskey with locally sourced Vermont Maple Syrup -35% ABV

Perc Coffee Liqueur with locally roasted coffee beans (Mocha Joe's Coffee Roasters) 30% ABV

Sons of Liberty Spirits Company, South Kingston, RI

Uprising, American Single Malt Whiskey - 40% ABV
Battle Cry, American Single Malt Whiskey - 40% ABV
Sons of Liberty Seasonals Pumpkin Spice Flavored Whiskey-40% ABV
True Born Gin -The Belgian Wheat Act, Genever Style Gin - 45% ABV

Plus sample cocktails using the above products

Dirty Water Distillery, Plymouth, MA

Liqueur, Wildflower Honey from Merrimack Valley Apiaries Billerica, MA - 40% ABV

"Bogmonster" Cranberry Gin, Cranberries from P.J. Cranberries Sandwich- MA 40% ABV

Ginger Artisinal Vodka - 40% ABV

New England Distillery, Portland, ME

Gunpowder Rye Whiskey 43.5% ABV

Ingenium Gin 47% ABV

Eight Bells Rum 45% ABV

Damnation Alley Distillery, Portland, ME

Massachusetts Whiskey - Single Malt - 100% barley from Valley Malt in Hadley, MA - 42% ABV

Massachusetts Whiskey - House - Whiskey made from barley. corn, rye and wheat. Grains from Four Star Farm in Northfield, MA, Mainstone Farm in Wayland and Valley Malt in Hadley, MA.- 42% ABV

Boston Harbor Distillery, Boston, MA

Putnam New England Rye Whiskey - 43% ABV
The Spirit of Boston - 42% ABV (distilled Sam Adams Beer)
Lawley's Dark New England Spirit - 46% ABV (specialty rum)
Seymour's Coffee Liqueur - 23% ABV
Seymour's Boston Cream Liqueur - 15% ABV

New EnglandSweet Water Farm & Distillery, Wincester, NH

Ashuelot Vodka- made from local apples and potatoes in New Hampshire for an exceptionally smooth taste.-40% ABV
Ashuelot Gin- a light botanical gin, vapor infused with juniper berries from the farm and classic botanicals creating an unforgettable flavor- 40% ABV

Craft Beer

Down The Road Beer Company, Newton, MA

Fee des Fluers French style saison 9.25% AVB
Hooligan Nut Brown ale 4.5% AVB
Pukwudgie Pale Ale 4.5%
Rashenmaher Kolsch 4.5%
Undine Double IPA 8.5%

Bad Martha, Martha's Vineyard, MA

Martha's Vineyard Ale

Brewed with premium English malt, the finest English and American hops, and leaves of the grape that gave the island its name. 5.3% ESB (extra special bitter)

Island IPA
English-style IPA.We also use hand picked Martha's Vineyard grape leaves in this brew. 5.5% AVB

Vineyard Honey Ale

Our sultry Golden Ale blends Martha’s Vineyard Honey with Pilsner malt and German noble hops for a creamy smooth finish. 5.0% AVB

Boston Beer Company, Boston, MA

The Boston Beer Company is America’s leading brewer of handcrafted, full-flavored craft beers. Founder and Brewer, Jim Koch, brews Samuel Adams® craft beers using the time honored traditional four-vessel brewing process, and the world’s finest all-natural ingredients. With over 30 distinctive, award-winning styles of craft beer, Samuel Adams offers discerning beer drinkers a variety of brews. The brewery has won more awards in international beer tasting competitions in the last five years than any other craft beer brewery in the world.

Notch Brewing Company, Salem, MA

Session Pils - Unfiltered Czech Lager - 4.0% AVB
Left of the Dial IPA - American - IPA 4.3% AVB
Cerne Pivo - Black Lager - 4.0% ABV

Spiked Seltzer, Norwalk, CT

West Indies Lime - 6% ABV

Indian River Grapefruit - 6% ABV

Cape Cod Cranberry - 6% ABV

Valencia Orange - 6% ABV

Harpoon Brewery, Boston, MA

Harpoon IPA, New England Style IPA, 5.9%vAVB

Harpoon Take 5, Session IPA, 4.3% AVB

UFO White, American White Ale, 4.8% AVB

Winter Warmer, Spiced Ale, 5.9% AVB

Banner Beer, Somerville, MA

Banner IPA, Session India Pale Ale, 4.5% ABV

Banner All Nighter, Extra Special Bitter, 4.5% ABV

Portico Brewing Company, Cambridge, MA

Fuzzy Logic: Belgian Style Kolsch - 5.4% ABV
Chroma: Amber Rye Ale - 6.1% ABV
Sett Seven: Wee Heavy Scottish Ale - 7.7% ABV

Cider & Mead

Bantam Cider, Somerville, MA

Wunderkind - Light, Clean & Crisp, 6% AVB

Rojo - Tart & Mildly Sour, Subtle Cherry, 5.4% AVB

The Americain - Rich & Aromatic, Very Easy Drinking, 5.1% AVB

Artisan Beverage Cooperative, Greenfield, MA

Ginger Libation (gluten free ginger beer) 9% AVB
Liquid Sunshine Mead 14% AVB
Winter Warmer spiced mead (local honey) - 13% AVB
Katalyst Kombucha (hopped with FourStar Farms hops) (non-alc)

Downeast Cider House - Chiarlestown, MA

OB Gone Wild- wild hard cider - 6.9% ABV* (special batch)
Original Blend - Unfiltered craft hard cider - 5.1% ABV
Winter Blend - Spiced hard cider - 6.5% ABV

Moonlight Meadery - Londonderry, NH

Kurt's Apple Pie - Apple Cider (NH), cinnamon, vanilla beans -14% ABV
Desire - Black Currant, Black Cherry, Blueberry Melomel - 15.7% ABV
Red dress - Red Currant Melomel - 13.9% ABV
Sensual - wildflower honey mead - 14% ABV

Woodchuck Hard Cider - Middlebury, VT

Woodchuck Gumption: Traditional cider. Bold and Unique -5.5% ABV

Urban Farm Fermentory - Portland, ME

Dry Cidah

Blueberry Kombucha

Cider Creek Hard Cider, Boston, MA

Original Farmhouse Cider
500ml bottle, Gluten free- 6.9% ABV

Saison Reserve Cider
500ml bottle, Gluten free- 6.9% ABV

Farmer Willie's, Rhode Island

Farmer Willie's Alcoholic Ginger Beer - 4.5% ABV

Far From the Tree Cider, Boston, MA

Apple of my Chai: cider with chai spices - 6.5% AVB

Cider Kin: blend of hard cider and fresh pressed juice - 3.5% AVB

Nova: hopped cider - 6.5% AVB

Artisan Beverages

Common Wealth Coffee Co. - Dorchester, MA

Commonwealth Cold Brew Coffee:

Beantown Blend: A smooth blend of South American coffee with natural cupping notes of hazelnut and mocha

Fall Seasonal: A naturally flavored pumpkin spice coffee cold brewed to autumn perfection

Spindrift, Charlestown, MA

Orange Mango Soda
Grapefruit Soda
Lemonade Soda
Blackberry Soda
Cran Rasp Soda
Ginger Beer Soda
Half Half Soda
Cucumber Seltzer
Rasp-Lime Seltzer
Grapefruit Seltzer
Lemon Seltzer

Sumptuous Syrups of Vermont, Hardwick VT

Farm to Bar Craft Cocktail Syrups

Black Currant - Black currants from CurrantC Crop Pharm, Staatsburg, NY

Yellow Ginger - Yellow Ginger from La Grama, Peru and Lanzar Fruit Farm, Hardwick VT

Black Berry - Wild blackberries from Hardwick VT area and organic blackberries from Cabot Smith Farm, Cabot VT

Lemon 3 Basil - Basil from Mystic Morning Farm, Greensboro Bend VT and Provender Farm, Cabot VT

Sumptuous Chocolate Mole' syrup

Fishers Island Lemonade, CT

Fishers Island Lemonade is a craft cocktail in a can consisting of premium vodka and whiskey spirits, natural lemon and honey at 9% ABV.

Food (Bite size samples and/or serving size meal for sale at $6 or less!)

*American Flatbread - Somerville, MA

Bite size samples of American Flatbread pizza

*sampling vendor

Blazing Salads on Wheels Food Truck, Abington, MA

-Steak and cheese pocket with salad, rice and veggies
-Chicken and cheese pocket with salad, rice and veggies
-Blazing dog in a pocket cheese, salad and rice
-Grilled cheese in pocket with salad, rice and veggies
-Hummus and Tabooli pocket with salad
-Greek salad pocket
-Salted pita chips
-Cinnamon sugar pita chips
-Baklava

All products for sale.

Honeycomb Creamery - Somerville, MA

Ice Cream and Waffle Cones for sale
Locally made small batch craft ice cream with dairy from Mapleline Farms in Hadley, MA

* Taza Chocolate - Somerville, MA

Stone ground, organic dark chocolate made from bean to bar in Somerville, MA. All products are dairy-free, soy-free, gluten-free, and Non-GMO verified

*sampling vendor

* Nola's Fresh Salsa - Jamaica Plain, MA

Salsa Fresca; Roasted Corn and Black Bean Salsa for sale and sampling

* Fancy Pants Baking Co. - Walpole, MA

Mini Crunch Cookies

Flavors: Double Chocolate, Vanilla Sugar, Chocolate Chip, Brown Sugar Oatmeal

*sampling vendor

Red Lentil, Watertown, MA

A variety of vegetarian and vegan prepared food goodies for sale:

Vegan Buffalo Wings

Vegan Springroll

Vegan Samosas

Vegan Ravioli

Slideby Food Truck

Fresh Ground Cheeseburger slider
Double cheeseburger slider with bacon
Nashville "hot" chicken slider
Lobster Fries<b