By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
Dozens of home brewers, a few microbreweries, and others will be on hand Saturday at the Ales West Beer Festival in downtown St. Joseph.
The festival gets underway at noon at Coleman Hawkins Park.
Organizer Billy Campbell says as many as 50 vendors will be on hand. He says what sets this beer festival apart is the number of home brewers who participate.
“What those home brewers can do on that scale with the ingredients that go into that beer (is) just amazing,” Campbell tells KFEQmmunity. “There are home brewed beers that you can have at this festival that hands down will be on par or better than anything commercial, anything at a microbrewery.”
The festival features more than beer. There also will be distilleries and wineries there.
Designated driver tickets will be sold as well. There will be live music featuring Casey Brett thanks to a partnership with the St. Joseph Downtown Association.
Campbell says the festival features a vast variety of drinks.
“There are so many different options that it’s definitely something that you can enter into,” Campbell says. “For a small fee for a ticket you can go try one ounce, two ounce, three ounce samples of something. If you don’t like, you just pour it out. You’re not wasting (anything), it’s just a little bit. Not all beer is for everybody, but at Ales West, everybody can find something.”
The money generated by the festival is donated to various charities in the St. Joseph area.
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