WGBH Hosting Craft Beer Festival

There will be live music, food trucks, and over 20 craft breweries.

WGBH craft beer festival

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If you’re looking for something fun to do this weekend, it’s not too late to purchase tickets to WGBH’s second annual craft beer festival. The PBS affiliate will host over 20 breweries including Jack’s Abby, Aeronaut, and Rising Tide, to go along with food from Roxy’s Grilled Cheese and Mei Mei Street Kitchen. Live music will be performed by The Blue Ribbons, Nemes, and the Roy Sludge Trio. There will also be brewing demonstrations and educational opportunities provided by Craft Beer Cellar, Cambridge’s Homebrew Emporium, and others.

Homebrew Emporium will show guests how to brew an English IPA with Cascade and Fuggle hops and Craft Beer Cellar will host a seminar on blind tasting beer. Below is a current list of participating breweries:

Breweries at WGBH Craft Beer Fest: 

  • Aeronaut Brewing Company
  • Bantam Cider
  • Baxter Brewing
  • Beer Works
  • Big Elm Brewing
  • Blue Hills
  • Cambridge Brewing Company
  • Downeast Cider House
  • Far From the Tree Cider
  • Grey Sail Brewing
  • Harpoon
  • Jack’s Abby Brewing
  • Mayflower
  • Mystic
  • Notch
  • Peak Organic
  • Rapscallion
  • Rising Tide Brewing Company
  • Samuel Adams
  • Smuttynose
  • Urban Farm Fermentory

$50 for non-members or $40 for members, July 12, 7-10p.m., One Guest St., Boston; 617-300-2000 or wgbh.org.