|  Mark your calendars! 8th Annual Brewfest July 28, 2012 Despite a very nasty storm, spirits were not dampened and Brewfest 2011 was another great success. We want to thank all festival goers, participating breweries and local merchants for their continuing support. We look forward to 2012 and a day of NO RAIN, just good beer, good food, good music, good fun and plenty of good sunshine!! Pictures are up. Enjoy Hope to see you all again in 2012! Torpy Park in downtown Minnocqua on the shores of beautiful Lake Minocqua. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets will become available on-line, at the Chamber, by mail and at all participating Trigs stores after April 31, 2012. $25 pre-buy ; $30 at the gate Designated drivers - $5 ; Children remain free. Please present ID when arriving at the gate. You will be given a wrist band, commemorative pilsner tasting glass, a program, and ballot for People's Choice Award. Sampling of craft and specialty brews will be in the historic pavilion & adjacent tents. Vote for the People's Choice Award. Merchandise and cash raffles all afternoon. Brats, hot dogs and hamburgers available on the grounds. Brewfest T-shirts, hats & beer caddies for sale. Back by popular demand live music with DUBLIN O'SHEA Keith Kucharski as lead vocal & guitar, Lisa Jones on fiddle & vocals, Aaron Craft with all things percussion & vocals, and John Tillison on mandolin, Bouzouki, guitar & vocals.  
Unfortunately, because of liability, dogs are not allowed. Seating under the old white pines is limited. Feel free to bring lawn chairs. Smoking is not allowed in the pavilion or tents. Taxi service is available before and after the event. Play Hammerschlagen with Tom Wilson! ALL PROCEEDS GO TO LOCAL AND STATE CHARITIES Among others we support, Lions Camp for the Blind in Rosholt, WI, Wisconsin Lions Eye Bank, Lions Leaderdog, Dr. Kate Hospice, Lakeland Food Pantry, Lakeland Sharing, Diabetes Awareness, Habitat For Humanity, Lakeland Senior Center, Northwoods Wildlife Center, LdF Domestic Abuse Center, LdF Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Dept., LdF Museum, Tribal Boarding School Project, and four college scholarships. | | 
These Great Breweries Participated in 2011! Abita Brewing Co, AbitaSprings, LA Anheuser-Busch, Missouri; (Shock Top & Alexander Keith's) August Schell Brewing Co., New Ulm, MN Bells Brewery, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI Black Husky Brewing, Pembine, WI Berghoff Brewing Co., Monroe, WI Big Bay Brewing, Shorewood, WI Capital Brewery, Middleton, WI Central Waters Brewery, Amherst, WI Cross Plains Brewery, Cross Plains, WI Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL Great Dane Brewpub Co., Madison/Wausau, WI Grumpy Troll Pub & Brewery, Mount Horeb, WI Horny Goat Brewery, Milwaukee, WI Keweenaw Brewing Co., South Range, MI Leinenkugels Brewery, Chippewa Falls, WI Lost Lake Brewing, LaCrosse, WI MillerCoors Blue Moon, Denver, CO Minhas Brewing Co., Monroe, WI Minocqua Brewery, Minocqua, WI New Belgium Brewing, Fort Collins, CO New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI Northwoods Lush, Inc., home brewers from the area O'So Brewing Co., Plover, WI Point Brewery, Stevens Point, WI Potosi Brewing Co., Potosi, WI Rhinelander Brewing, Rhinelander, WI Sand Creek Brewing Co., Black River Falls, WI Sierra Nevada, Chico, CA South Shore Brewery, Ashland, WI Sprecher Brewing Co., Glendale, WI Summit Brewing Co., St. Paul, MN Thirsty Pagen, Superior, WI Tyranena Brewing Co., Lake Mills, WI White Winter Winery, Iron River, WI 
  A brewfest is designed for sampling of micro, craft and specialty brews. The brewers are proud of their product. Ask them questions and please remember to thank them. Have fun and, above all, DRINK RESPONSIBLY!
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