26 May 2016 2016 New Jersey Beer & Food Festival

2016 New Jersey Beer & Food Festival

May 26, 2016 By

NJ-Beer-Fest-3-300x200The 8th New Jersey Beer & Food Festival will take place June 25-26 at Crystal Springs Resort at a new location on the corner of Route 94 and Wild Turkey Way. The festival will feature new events for 2016 including a second day of festivities for the first time. The two day extravaganza offers guests beer tastings under the big tent, a beer and chocolate seminar, yoga with beer tasting, golf tournament and more.

Saturday June 25

9AM – Brews & Birdies Tourney on two of Crystal Springs’ award-winning links, Wild Turkey and Ballyowen. The tournament will feature 18 holes of golf and craft beer tastings on 4 different holes. Prizes will be awarded to the winners on each course. Tickets are $195 for Wild Turkey and $205 for Ballyowen. Registration for the golf tournament can be made at GolfGenius.com. 9AM Hoppy Yoga class at the picturesque Crystal Springs Quarry and enjoy a tasting of Schofferhofer Grapefruit ($25) afterwards. 12PM – 2PM – “Chefs & Shorts” Lunch ($45) will be served in the lush Chef’s Garden. 12PM – Beer & Chocolate, a fun, interactive seminar and tasting will showcase a wide variety of beers including Keegan Mothers Milk, Atwater Vanilla Java Porter, Atwater Decadent Dark Chocolate Ale, Sam Adams Nitro Coffee and more ($20). 3PM – 7PM – NJ Beer & Food Festival tasting for adults 21 & over only. Under the tent, beer aficionados can sample over 120 beers, including many craft brews, along with delicious BBQ pulled pork, German bratwurst, spit-roasted Berkshire pork and more. Popular cover band Lima Bean Riot returns to play everyone’s favorite hits ($75). NJ-Beer-Fest-9-300x200

Sunday June 26

12PM – 4PM – NJ Beer & Food Festival family day. Along with being able to enjoy over 150 beers from around the world, families will be welcomed with rides and activities for kids of all ages. There will be a petting zoo, pony rides, three-legged races, face painting in more, while adults can carom off each other playing Knockerball and Human Foosball ($55).  

Tickets for Beer Festival events are available at www.njbeerfoodfest.com.

Cheers,

Veronique

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30 May 2014 NJ Beer & Food Festival at Crystal Springs

NJ Beer & Food Festival at Crystal Springs

May 30, 2014 By

BeerJune 13-14, the NJ Beer & Food Festival will take place at beautiful Crystal Springs’ Grand Cascades Lodge in Hamburg, NJ. The craft beer event happens Father’s Day weekend, a perfect occasion to show dad beer love.

The two-day festival will include the “NJ Chefs & Brews” walk-around tasting on Friday 6/13 (8pm-11pm, $75) with five chefs crafting a menu that will be paired with five New Jersey and New York beers.

Participating chefs include the new Executive Chef John Greeley of Crystal Springs (formerly of New York’s ‘21’), Chef Michael DeNigris of Stony Hill Inn (Hackensack), Carlo Carbonara of Bottagra (Hawthorne), Andrew Rodriguez of Ho-Ho-Kus Inn & Tavern (Ho-Ho-Kus) and Eric Levine of Morris Tap & Grill (Randolph).

On Saturday 6/14, the Beer & BBQ Festival tasting event gives attendees a chance to try 120 beers from 40 breweries including many craft brews from New Jersey and New York matched with barbeque in a scenic outdoor setting (3pm-7pm, $75 early bird, $85 after June 1st).

Also on Saturday 6/14, the “Brews & Birdies” golf tournament starts at 9am on the resort’s award-winning Wild Turkey and Ballyowen courses. Tastings of craft beers will be available on six holes of the course ($195 for golf and beer tastings, includes entry to Beer & BBQ Fest).

On Sunday 6/15, there will be a special Father’s Day BBQ Lunch from 12pm-4pm in the Chef’s Garden with Crystal Springs Executive Chef John Greeley and Top Chef Kevin Sbraga of Sbraga restaurant in Philadelphia and Bravo’s Top Chef Winner (Season 7). Adults $70, Ages 12 – 20 $45, 4 – 11 $22, Under 4 Free.

Reservations for all events can be made at www.njbeerfestival.com or by calling 855-977-6473 x 3.

Cheers,

Veronique

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18 May 2014 NJ Beer & Food Festival at Crystal Springs – Father’s Day Weekend

NJ Beer & Food Festival at Crystal Springs – Father’s Day Weekend

May 18, 2014 By

BeerJune 13-14, the NJ Beer & Food Festival will take place at Crystal Springs’ Grand Cascades Lodge in Hamburg, NJ. The weekend-long craft beer celebration happens Father’s Day weekend, a perfect occasion to show dad beer love.

The two-day festival will include the “NJ Chefs & Brews” walk-around function on Friday 6/13 (8pm-11pm, $75) with five chefs creating a menu that will be paired with five New Jersey and New York beers.

Participating chefs include the new Executive Chef John Greeley of Crystal Springs (formerly of New York’s ‘21’), Mike Carrino of Pig & Prince Restaurant & Gastrolounge (Montclair), Carlo Carbonara of Bottagra (Hawthorne), Andrew Rodriguez of Ho-Ho-Kus Inn & Tavern (Ho-Ho-Kus) and Eric Levine of Morris Tap & Grill (Randolph).

On Saturday 6/14, the Beer & BBQ Festival tasting event gives attendees a chance to try 120 beers from 40 breweries including many craft brews from New Jersey and New York matched with barbeque in a scenic outdoor setting (3pm-7pm, $75 early bird, $85 after June 1st).

Also on Saturday 6/14, the “Brews & Birdies” golf tournament starts at 9am on the resort’s award-winning Wild Turkey and Ballyowen courses. Tastings of craft beers will be available on six holes of the course ($195 for golf and beer tastings, includes entry to Beer & BBQ Fest).

On Sunday 6/15, there will be a special Father’s Day BBQ Lunch from 12pm-4pm in the Chef’s Garden with Crystal Springs Executive Chef John Greeley and Top Chef Kevin Sbraga of Sbraga restaurant in Philadelphia and Bravo’s Top Chef Winner (Season 7). Adults $70, Ages 12 – 20 $45, 4 – 11 $22, Under 4 Free.

Reservations for all events can be made at www.njbeerfestival.com or by calling 855-977-6473 x 3.

Cheers,

Veronique

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