General Information

The second annual New Hampshire Brewers Festival will be held on Friday and Saturday November 12 and 13, 2010, in the Armory at the Radisson Hotel, in Manchester, NH!

This is sure to be a fabulous weekend of craft beer experiences. If you're already a beer geek, you'll have a good chance to sample some new brews and your old favorites, and have a great time while you're at it. You can Learn Your Beer in some cool tasting seminars. This is a great opportunity to taste the good work of your local hard-working craft brewers, find a new "favorite beer"... and party and dance to great live music!

We have a cool “Dinner With The Brewers” event on Friday night, followed by two beer-tasting sessions on Saturday. We will feature your favorite microbrewers from New Hampshire and Massachusetts, with some of the best craft brewers from our friends in Maine, and around New England. Our Radisson Hotel venue features garage parking, restaurant, lounge, and killer package deals with rooms, meals, and brewfest tickets... how convenient is that?! Live music, great food choices, and a comfy and super-convenient venue round out the fun.

Come to the New Hampshire Brewers Festival for a fun time, and to learn more about the great tastes that make craft beer the fastest-growing beer segment in America.

Friday Night Dinner

Each year, the Friday Night Dinner with the Brewers, is a smashing success! The owner-brewmasters from featured breweries meet to discuss and sample what food and brews would be fresh and seasonally-appropriate for New Hampshire's November brewfest. We planned the four-course menu, the brewers decide whose product matches best with each course, some good acoustic music is booked, and we are ready! We'll open the evening with a panel discussion about the brews and breweries. There will be a Brewer sitting at each table of guests, so we can all ask questions and listen to great brewing stories all evening... what a hoot for anyone who likes a good beer, a good story, and some up close and personal contact with New England's craft brewing industry! We'll improve on the winning format by adding a little more "learn your beer" Q&A and discussion, for those who want that. Here's what your ticket package will include:

• A pre-dinner panel discussion and presentation, with the evenings featured brewers about the beer that they each bring to the dinner, moderated by our guest professional industry insider.
• This year’s line-up of craft brewers: Milly’s, Sam Adams, Smuttynose and Shipyard.
• Great, live background music!
• Each dinner table features a brewery employee. Each table of attendees has a chance to talk with, and learn from, a brewing expert while they're enjoying dinner.
• A limited edition New Hampshire Brewers Festival pint glass.

The New Hampshire Brewers Festival is proud to present the New Hampshire Brewers Festival “Dinner with the Brewers.”

6:00pm - Enjoy appetizers, drinks & live music
6:30pm - Q&A with the Brewers
7:15 - Dinner with the Brewers

Beer Tasting Seminars

These are included in the price of festival admission. Times and location will be posted at the festival.

Beer & Chocolate Pairing
In this seminar, the guys from DrinkCraftBeer.com are back again to lead you through a tasting that will pair some of the best craft beers in New England with organic, fair trade chocolate from local bean to bar chocolate company, Taza Chocolate. A crowd favorite last year, don?t miss out this time around!

Beer Pairing with Cabot Cheese
This seminar, featuring Cabot Award-Winning Cheddar, will pair four Cabot cheeses with four of New England's premier craft beers. Come taste the delicious combinations and learn how to create your own at home. Whether you like their 50% Reduced Fat Cheddar or Cabot's famous "Seriously Sharp," this event will have a pairing for you! Beer knowledge to be provided by the guys from DrinkCraftBeer.com.

Taster's Perspective: History of Beer Styles - Stouts and IPAs
Join Bert of Bert?s Better Beers in Hookset, to learn about (and sample!) stouts and IPAs (India Pale Ales): how they developed, historical significance, what goes into them and how best to enjoy them.

Home Brewing 101
Learn as Michael Fairbrother, President of Brew Free or Die, with 15 years of brewing experience, presents an introduction to brewing beer from malt extract. The session will cover equipment needed, sanitation, ingredients, and the process from start to finish.

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Watch this video to get stoked about good beer and about America's craft brewers. This video is produced by Greg Koch and Stone Brewing in Escondito, California. Greg first showed this video to the Brewer's Association at the Craft Brewer's Conference in Boston this past April.

Your Favorite Craft Brewers on VIMEO!

Directions to the Manchester Radisson

For you GPS users, the hotel address is: 700 Elm St Manchester, NH 03101

Manchester is conveniently located in southern New Hampshire, just minutes off routes I-93, I-293, and route 101. Click here for easy mapping and directions.

View The Manchester Radisson at 700 Elm St. Manchester, NH on Google Maps

Introducing The Boston Express Bus - from Boston to Manchester!

For those folks in the Boston area, there is a bus service that goes from Boston to Manchester, called Boston Express Bus. It goes straight up I-93 and makes several stops along the way. It picks up and drops off right in front of the Radisson! Check out their schedule online to see if it works into your brew fest plans!. The Radisson is offering a terrific stay and play at the Brew Fest deal so you can make a weekend of it!