This Saturday in Bellingham, enjoy beers from 40 different breweries at the annual April Brews Day beer festival. Not just great beer, but a great cause as well. The event takes place Saturday, April 27 from 6:30 – 10:00 (VIP tickets will get you in an hour earlier). Depot Market Square, which also hosts the weekly farmers market, is conveniently located right across the street from Boundary Bay Brewery.
This festival focuses on breweries from the northern interior. In addition to all three of Bellingham’s own breweries (Boundary Bay, Chuckanut, and Kulshan) you will also see less-familiar breweries like North Fork Brewers from Deming, Menace Brewing from Ferndale, and Birdsview Brewing from Concrete. The complete list of breweries is provided below.
Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Your $35 VIP ticket gets you in an hour early so you can hobnob with the brewers. In addition to Saturday night’s beer festival, there is also a “Rebound at Boundary Bay” brunch scheduled for Sunday. For complete details about the event, including more ticket info, visit the website at http://www.maxhigbee.org/april-brews-day.html.
April Brews Day is a benefit for Bellingham’s Max Higbee Center – a nonprofit organization that provides recreation programs for teens and adults (ages 14+) with developmental disabilities.
List of Breweries
21st Ammendement Brewery
Alaska Brewery
American Brewing Company
Anacortes Brewery
Birdsview Brewery
Boundary Bay Brewery
Chuckanut Brewery
Diamond Knot Brewing Company
Dicks Brewing Company
Elysian Brewery
Fish Brewing Company
Flyers Brewery
Foggy Noggin Brewing Company
Fort George Brewery
Georgetown Brewing Company
Harmon Brewery
Harvester Brewing *Gluten Free
Kombucha Town *Gluten Free
Kona Brewing Company
Kulshan Brewery
Lazy Boy Brewing
Mack & Jack Brewery
Maritime Pacific Brewery
Menace Brewing
Ninkasi Brewing Company
North Fork Brewers Inc.
North Sound Brewery
Northwest Brewing Company
Odin Brewing Company
Old Schoolhouse Brewery
Omission Beer *Gluten Free
Oskar Blues Brewery
Pike Brewing Company
Port Townsend Brewery
Rainy Daze Brewery
Redhook Brewery
Skagit River Brewery
Stone Brewing
Tieton Ciderworks *Gluten Free
Widmer Brewery