{"id":81659,"date":"2018-08-30T17:40:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T21:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=81659"},"modified":"2018-08-30T17:40:04","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T21:40:04","slug":"sample-35-beers-ciders-at-steelstacks-brewers-village-presented-by-weis-markets-oct-12-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=81659","title":{"rendered":"Sample 35 Beers &#038; Ciders at SteelStacks\u2019 Brewers\u2019 Village Presented by Weis Markets Oct. 12-13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Image:\u00a0Brewers Village 2016 &#8211; by David Happel<\/p>\n<h2><em>Tickets for tasting sessions, which help to support programming at Oktoberfest at SteelStacks, go on sale today at <span data-term=\"goog_932818726\">10 a.m.<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, PA\u2014From German-style M\u00e4rzens to autumn-inspired pumpkin ales, the hand-crafted beers of the Keystone State\u2019s award-winning craft breweries take center stage as the Oktoberfest Brewers\u2019 Village presented by Weis Markets returns for its fifth year <span data-term=\"goog_932818725\">Oct. 12-13<\/span>. Tickets for the two-hour tasting sessions, where attendees can sample more than 35 different beers, are $20 for ArtsQuest Members and $25 for the public in advance and are $25 for ArtsQuest Members and $30 for the public day of. They go on sale today at <span data-term=\"goog_932818728\">noon<\/span> at www.steelstacks\/oktoberfest and 610-332-3378.<\/p>\n<p>At the Brewers Village, which takes place inside the ArtsQuest Center\u2019s Musikfest Caf\u00e9 presented by Yuengling, guests sample a diverse array of local favorites, as well as Oktoberfests, limited-edition and seasonal beers from brewers throughout the commonwealth. This year\u2019s event features the highly anticipated Salmon Pants Brewery and Seven Sirens Brewing Company ahead of each brewery\u2019s grand opening in SouthSide Allentown and SouthSide Bethlehem respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Brewers Village tasting sessions take place <span data-term=\"goog_932818729\">Friday<\/span> at <span data-term=\"goog_932818730\">7 p.m.<\/span> and <span data-term=\"goog_932818731\">Saturday<\/span> at 1, <span data-term=\"goog_932818732\">4 and 7 p.m.<\/span> All attendees receive a commemorative sampling mug and can meet the breweries\u2019 staff and brewers, as well as enjoy the delicious food, fun and games of Oktoberfest, now in its eighth year. Designated driver tickets are also available for $10.<\/p>\n<p>Participants confirmed so far for the 2018 Brewers\u2019 Village include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Angry Orchard, Breinigsville<\/li>\n<li>D.G. Yuengling &amp; Son, Pottsville<\/li>\n<li>Hardball Cider, Bethlehem \u2013 <em>New for 2018<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Hop Hill Brewing Company, Bethlehem<\/li>\n<li>Hijinx Brewing Company, Allentown<\/li>\n<li>North Country Brewing, Slippery Rock<\/li>\n<li>Rusty Rail Brewing Company, Mifflinburg \u2013 <em>New for 2018<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Salmon Pants Brewery, Allentown \u2013 <em> New for 2018<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Samuel Adams, Breinigsville<\/li>\n<li>Seven Sirens Brewing Company, Bethlehem \u2013 <em>New for 2018<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Susquehanna Brewing Company, Pittston<\/li>\n<li>The Colony Meadery, Allentown<\/li>\n<li>The Lion Brewery, Wilkes-Barre<\/li>\n<li>Tr\u00f6egs Independent Brewing, Hershey<\/li>\n<li>Wallenpaupack Brewing Company, Hawley \u2013 <em>New for 2018<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Weyerbacher Brewing, Easton<\/li>\n<li>Yards Brewing Company, Philadelphia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oktoberfest, presented by Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE), is a free-admission festival that features German food, beer and live music, as well as attractions such as the popular dachshund races, stein hoisting competitions and more. Festival dates are Oct. 5\u20137 &amp; 12-14. Hours are Fridays, <span data-term=\"goog_932818733\">5-10 p.m.<\/span>; Saturdays, <span data-term=\"goog_932818734\">noon-10 p.m.<\/span>; and Sundays, <span data-term=\"goog_932818735\">noon-8 p.m.<\/span> Proceeds from the Brewers\u2019 Village go to support the free programming at the event. For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelstacks.org\/oktoberfest\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.steelstacks.org\/oktoberfest&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535751280681000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEQec3Et53-B88qHblDifmYAj_RtA\">www.steelstacks.org\/oktoberfest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Information and image provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMark Demko, ArtsQuest<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/\">http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calendar-events","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BrewersVillage.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}