Syracuse, N.Y. — Sometimes you want more than just to drink a beer. You want to know how it was made, who brewed it and what its back story is.
That’s what you’ll find Saturday when the New York State Craft Brewers Festival makes its seventh stop in Syracuse. The fest is 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20 at the Landmark Theatre.
It features more than 55 breweries from across the state pouring a wide variety of beers, from pilsners to porters, sours to saisons, and no doubt a lot of hazy IPAs. Tickets include admission and unlimited beer samples. There’s also food available for purchase from local vendors. (See details below)
It’s presented by the New York State Craft Brewers Association, which explains why so many brewery owners and/or brewers will be on hand.
“This is really one of our favorite events,” said Paul Leone, the brewers association’s executive director. “It’s a great way to support New York state beer, and at the same time support Syracuse, the Landmark Theatre and Armory Square.”
The brewers association sponsors similar brewer-led fests across the state, but Leone has a special fondness for the Syracuse event because it was the first. That was largely through the effort of David Katleski, former owner of Syracuse’s Empire Brewing Co. and the founder of the brewers association.
The Syracuse festival also continues a tradition of being one of the bookend events for CNY Beer Week. This year, CNY Beer Week started Sunday Nov. 14 with events every day through Saturday. The brewers fest is the final event of the week — unless you count the official after-party at The Hops Spot at 116 Walton St. in Syracuse. That starts at 8 p.m.
Another special feature of this year’s fest is the chance to say farewell to Shmaltz Brewing, a legendary New York brewery that combined beer, including the He’brew line, with a generous helping of what founder Jeremy Cowan called “shtick.” Cowan is closing down Shmaltz and is making the Syracuse fest part of his farewell tour, with a special beer appropriately called Exodus 2021.
Craft breweries, like many other businesses, struggled during the Covid pandemic, which also led to the cancellation of last year’s Syracuse brewers fest.
But Leone hopes the return of the event this year marks a milepost in the continuing growth of the state’s craft beer industry.
“We’re now at about 490 breweries (in New York), so we’re very close to reaching a very big, very significant number,” Leone said. “This is the chance to come out and try your favorites and discover some of the new breweries you haven’t discovered yet.”
The Details
What: New York State Craft Brewers Festival
When: 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20
Where: Landmark Theatre, 362 S. Salina St., Syracuse
Tickets: $55 in advance or $65 at the door (if available). Designated Drivers: $15. Buy advance tickets. Admission entitles you to unlimited 3-ounce samples and a souvenir glass.
Participating breweries
18th Ward Brewing | 42 North Brewing | Anything But Beer | Artisanal Brew Works | Aurora Brewing | Big aLICe Brewing | Big Ditch Brewing Company | Big Slide Brewery | Blue Point Brewing | Bottomless Brewing | Bound By Fate Brewing | Brewery Ardennes | Brewery at CIA | Common Roots Brewing | Community Beer Works | Eli Fish Brewing | Ellicottville Brewing | Embark Craft Ciderworks | Endless Life Brewing | Evil Twin Brewing | Finback | Flashback Brewing | Freight Yard Brewing | Frequentem Brewing Co. | Full Boar Brewing | Fulton Chain Craft Brewery | Garland City Beer Works | Greenport Harbor Brewing | Heritage Hill Brewhouse | Heroes Brewing Company | Hot House Brewing | Interboro Spirits and Ales | K2 Brothers Brewing | KCBC | Lake Placid Pub & Brewery | Laurentide Beer Company | Liquid Shoes Brewing | Lithology Brewing | Local 315 Brewing | Meier’s Creek Brewing Co. | Middle Ages Brewing Co. | Mill House Brewing Co. | ONCO Fermentations | Other Half | Peacemaker | Pressure Drop Brewing | Prison City Brewing | Rare Form Brewing | Reinvention | Rohrbach Brewing Company | Saranac | Shepherds Brewing | Shmaltz Brewing | SingleCut Beersmiths | Soul Brewing Company | Stout Beard Brewing | Strong Rope Brewing | Talking Cursive Brewing Co. | Underground Beer Lab | Water Street Brewing | WeBe Brewing | West Shore Brewing | Wild East Brewing | Willow Rock Brewing | WT Brews
Food vendors (separate purchase)
Limp Lizard BBQ | Pastabilities | Moon Bee Honey | Danny’s Steaks | BeerPass | Dreams Aren’t This Good Salsa!
Covid protocols
- All guests and ticket holders must display proof of vaccination along with valid identification at the gate. Acceptable forms of proof of vaccination include a CDC vaccination card or the NYS Excelsior Pass.
- Guests and ticket holders that fail to display proof of vaccination at the gate will not be permitted to enter the Landmark Theatre. No refunds will be issued.
- Facemasks are encouraged but not required.
- Sanitation stations will be available throughout the festival.
Note: During Thanksgiving week, Nov. 22 to Nov. 28, the state brewers association is also celebrating NYS Pint Days, with special 2021 pint glass available at participating breweries across the state. See details.
Don Cazentre writes about craft beer, wine, spirits and beverages for NYup.com, syracuse.com and The Post-Standard. Reach him at dcazentre@nyup.com, or follow him at NYup.com, on Twitter or Facebook.
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