'Let's drink beer outside': New beer fest in Green Bay invites attendees to lean into winter in Wisconsin
GREEN BAY - Bundle up, beer lovers.
The first-time Pour Another Round Outdoor Winter Beer Festival will raise a glass to the joys of having a cold one out in the cold from 1 to 4 p.m. March 4 outside Badger State Brewing Co.
It’s the idea of a couple of hardy Wisconsinites, “Pour Another Round” podcast hosts Cameron Teske and Jonathan Eckelberg, who are inviting attendees to toast winter out in the elements with unlimited craft beer tastings, food trucks and fire pits.
“We'll be well past dry January. Most of us will be sick of being cooped up inside. Let's drink beer outside,” Eckelberg said in a news release. “We’ll lean into Wisconsin’s winters and celebrate the durability of the Wisconsin people with this outdoor winter beer festival.”
Fifteen breweries from across the state will be pouring: Badger State; Copper State Brewing Co., Green Bay; Stillmank Brewing Co., Green Bay; Noble Roots Brewing Co., Green Bay; Hinterland Brewery, Green Bay; Titletown Brewing Co., Green Bay; Foxtown Brewing, Mequon; Gnarly Cedar Brewery, Greenleaf; Gravity Box Brewing Co., Mauston; Hillsboro Brewing, Hillsboro; MobCraft Beer, Milwaukee; O’so Brewing Co, Plover; Public Craft Brewing Co., Kenosha; Skeleton Crew Brew, Onalaska; and Wisconsin Brewing Co., Verona.
Tickets are $35 in advance at pouranotherround.com/winter-beer-fest and include a commemorative tasting glass. Prices at the gate will be $45. There’s a $10 designated driver ticket. All patrons must be 21 and older to be allowed inside the festival grounds.
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Wine lovers get their own outdoor festival, too, at Parallel 44
For all the wine lovers who want to be left out in the cold, Parallel 44 Vineyard & Winery near Kewaunee will host its annual Frozen Tundra Wine Fest from noon to 5 p.m. Feb. 25. The popular outdoor event features live music, food trucks, vineyard tours, games and bonfires.
Cost is $10 and includes a commemorative wine glass. Wine is purchased by the bottle or glass. Admission is limited, and all tickets must be purchased in advance at 44wineries.com/events/frozen-tundra-wine-fest-2023.
Kendra Meinert is an entertainment and feature writer at the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Contact her at 920-431-8347 or kmeinert@greenbay.gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @KendraMeinert.
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