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Promoting the "Craft" in Craft Brews

October 5th - 2-6pm - Grayson City Park

Craft Beer Lovers are in for a TREAT!  

The Brewer's Association defines the American craft brewer as "small, independent and traditional." The small is defined in the number of barrels produced each year, independent refers to the ownership, and traditional is a "brewer who has either an all malt flagship (the beer which represents the greatest volume among that brewers brands) or has at least 50% of its volume in either all malt beers or in beers which use adjuncts to enhance rather than lighten flavor."

Yeah. All that.

We spent some time at Red Hare Brewing and Monday Night Brewing to find out how their spectacular brews came about ... and the challenges that go along with that. You can check that out here.

Georgia has seen a growth in it's legacy of craft brewers in the last few years and the Grayson Blues and Brews will showcase some of our newest breweries as well as some of our all-time favorites. We're also bringing you some of the nation's highest acclaimed craft beers ... and a few with some international recognition. 

Our list is still growing, so there are sure to be a few surprises on Saturday, October 5! It will be an afternoon of great music provided by Stephen Hendrix and Friends with our headliner act, the Sonny Moorman Group. Get your tickets at www.grayson-bluesandbrews.com or locally at the Hail Mary Pub, Johnny's Pizza of Grayson, or the Beverage Superstore of Grayson.

Sponsored by Goose Island and hosted by the Grayson Downtown Development Authority, the 4th Annual Grayson Blues & Brews will bring you the following brands and brews: 

2013 Brews List

GEORGIA BREWS

Monday Night

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  • Eye Patch Ale
  • Drafty Kilt
  • Fu Manbrew
  • Blind Pirate

Red Hare

  • Longday Lager
  • Gangway IPA
  • Watership Brown
  • Forbidden Fruit

Jekyll Brewing

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  • Hop Dang Diggety
  • Big Creek Kolsch
  • Cooter Brown
  • Merican Amber
  • Southern Session

Fannin Brewing

  • Hiawassee Gold
  • Harvest Rye

Yes Face

  • Yes Face IPA

Cherry Street Co Op

  • Red I Jed Eye
  • Monkey Hammer

Terrapin

  • Hopsecutioner
  • Recreation Ale
  • Tree Hugger

Wild Heaven 

  • Invocation
  • Ode to Mercy

Strawn Brewing

  • Strawn Amber  

Jail House

  • Slammer Wheat
  • Mugshot IPA
  • Breakout Stout

Blue Tarp (Decatur)

  • Funk Weisse

Sweetwater

  • Georgia Brown
  • LowRyeDer IPA 

Red Brick Brewing

  • Laughing Skull
  • Hoplanta
  • Fall Seasonal

OTHER CRAFTS

GOOSE ISLAND  

  • 312
  • Honkers
  • IPA
  • Harvest
  • 25th Anniversary
  • Pere Jaques
  • Pepe Nero
  • Matilda Sofie

New Belgium

  • Fat Tire
  • Ranger
  • Pumpkick
  • Rampant
  • Shift
  • Trippel

Lazy Magnolia

  • Southern Pecan
  • Jefferson Stout
  • Indian Summer
  • Backwoods Belgian Seasonal

Lonerider

  • Sweet Josie
  • Shutgun Betty
  • Peacemaker
  • Seasonal

Southern Tier

  • Live Pale Ale
  • Hop Sun
  • Phin and Matt’s
  • Harvest
  • Pumking
  • Crème Brulee

Sixpoint

  • Sweet Action
  • Bengali Tiger
  • The Crisp
  • Resin
  • Seasonal

Bayou Teche

  • LA 31 Pale Ale
  • Boucanee
  • Acadie
  • Passionne

Redhoook

  • Audible
  • Pumpkin Porter
  • Longhammer IPA

Widmer

Alchemy

  • Okto
  • Rotator IPA
  • Omission Lager
  • Omission Pale

Kona

  • Fire Rock
  • Longboard Lager
  • Big Wave

Pipeline Porter

Magic Hat

  • #9
  • Pistil
  • Blind Faith
  • Sceance

Krombacher

  • Pils
  • Weizen
  • Dark

Magners

  • Original
  • Pear

Bells

  • Two Hearted Ale

Dog Fish Head 

  • 90 Minute IPA

Full Sail

  • Full Sail Amber
  • Full Sail IPA
  • Sessions Red
  • Sessions Black

Leinenkugel

  • Sunset Wheat
  • Berry Weiss
  • Hoppin' Helles
  • Oktoberfest
  • Big Eddy (Barleywine)

Paulaner

  • Hefeweizen
  • Marsen
  • Salvator

Mike's

  • Shandy
  • Smashed Cider
  • Pink Lemonade
  • Cayman Jack

Highland

  • Claw Hammer
  • Oatmeal Porter
  • Gaelic Ale
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