A beautiful day on a beautiful new site made for a
beautiful music and beer festival.
Alltech Lexington Brewery - Lexington KY
The newly renovated World's Fair Park lawn was the festival site, just in the shadow of the Sunsphere.
A group portrait of this year's brewers.
Beverage Control of Knoxville brought such notable brands as Dogfish Head, Stone and Mendocino.
Blackhorse Brewpub - Clarksville TN
Blackstone Brewpub - Nashville TN
The Tennessee Valley Homebrewers hosted the festival and served some great home-brewed beers.
Festival director Tom Rutledge kibbutzes with Natalie Abernathy, director of Durham's World Beer Festival.
The Invaders delivered some memorable tunes
from the British Invasion era.
Bluegrass Brewery - Louisville KY
Boscos Brewpub - Nashville TN
Food was available from an array of vendors, including barbecue from Calhoun's and Highland Brewery (above), who both have related brewing operations, and this cleverly namned newcomer to town (below)
Browning's Brewpub - Louisville KY
Blue Ridge Brewpub - Greenville SC
The Throwbacks kept the retro buzz going with a fat dose of American 80's & 90's tunes.
Catawba Valley Brewery - Glen Alpine NC
Calhoun's Microbrewery - Knoxville Tn
& Smoky Mountain Brewery - Gatlinburg TN
Downtown Grill & Brewery - Knoxville TN
Highland Brewery - Asheville NC
Carolina Beer Co. - Mooresville NC
Dogwood Brewery - Atlanta GA
Olde Hickory Brewery - Hickory NC
French Broad River Brewery - Asheville GA
Mash House Brewpub & Brewery - Fayetteville NC
Beerhead.com sold lots of clever beer gear & wear.
Ray McCoy, the current Beerdrinker of the Year title holder, is flanked by 2002 winner Cornelia Corey and 1998 winner Bobby Bush.
Red Oak Brewery - Greensboro NC
Redhook Brewey - Portsmouth NH
A view of the festival at dusk.
R. J. Rockers Brewing - Spartanburg SC
By nightfall, the crowd numbered close to 2000. The festival was a benefit for Community Shares, a local
umbrella fund-raising agency for area non-profits.
