Cool brews help local beer fans cope with the summer's intense heat.
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Brewer Dave Miller (c) of the Blackstone Brewpub
in Nashville TN
The Hopsing Project opened the festival.
Attendance was light (above) during the early part of the day but grew considerably (below) as dusk fell and temperatures cooled.
Boscos Brewpub in Nashville TN
Norm Randall of Carolina Beer Company
in Mooresville GA
Pat McLaughlin
A variety of food vendors fed the crowd.
The Dogwood Brewery in Atlanta GA
Brewers Josh Brewer (l) and John Pinkerton of the
Moon River brewpub in Savannah GA
Gary Nicholson & The Change
Festival organizers tried a novel approach to cope with the heat of the day by bringing in a temporary
air conditioning unit to cool one of the spectator tents.
Los Lonely Boys
(Above) Boscos brewer Fred Scheer draws the name of one lucky contest entrant who received a variety of goodies and the chance to go to the Great American Beer Festival, courtesy of the brewpub. (Below) This lass was selected "cellarman of the day" and had the honor of tapping Boscos' daily cask conditioned ale.
The Stone Cup Roasting Company was on hand with coffee, and their coffee stout beer, brewed using beer from Big River Brewpub.
SweetWater Brewery of Atlanta GA
Terrapin Brewing of Athens Ga
Headliner C.J, Chenier closed out the festival with a rousing set of zydeco music.
