Fifty Fest, a celebration of local beer, food and music, returns Saturday to Fifty West Brewing Company in Indian Hill. Last year, the event was well attended, featuring specialty craft beers from numerous regional brewers and music from local acts like Ernie Johnson from Detroit, Brian Olive, Heavy Hinges, Bucket and many others.
Saturday’s returning event features an equally impressive lineup of music and beer. The beer menu was announced today (Sept. 12) and it’s again huge (with more to be announced; watch Fifty West’s Facebook event page for updates). Besides beer and music, Fifty Fest will have food trucks, cocktails and much more.
Here’s what you can drink on Saturday:
3 POINTS: Origami IPA, Easy Ale Cream Ale, Bird’s Eye Saison
13 BELOW: Lock and Dam 37 Scotch Ale, Confused 13 Dark Ale with Maple Syrup & Honey, Fall Ale
16 LOTS The Major German Pilsner, Homestead Amber Ale, Oktoberfest Marzen
AGAINST THE GRAIN Citra Ass Down DIPA
GREAT LAKES Nosferatu Imperial Red Ale, Oktoberfest Marzen
BRAXTON Summertrip Berline Weisse, Kickback Rose Cider, Storm Cream Ale
DOGBERRY Zestic IPA, Proper Pale Ale
FAT HEAD’S Bumbleberry Honey and Blueberry Ale, Sunshine Daydream Session IPA
FIBONNACCI Hazy Daisy NE IPA with Peaches, Oberhausen Kolsch, 55N 3W Wee Heavy
FRETBOARD Mellowship India Session Pilsner, S23 Session IPA, Feti Mimosa
GRAINWORKS Poundsign Nofilter NE IPA, Oatmeal Stout
HOPPIN’ FROG Turbo Shandy
JACKIE O’S Razz Wheat Raspberry Wheat beer, Firefly Amber Ale
LISTERMANN Shamrock Shake Stout, King of Them All NE IPA
MADTREE Pilgrim Fall Ale, Shade Gose
MARCH FIRST Ohio Pilsner, Baltic Porter, Holtman’s Apple Fritter Cider
MUNICIPAL Orange Agave Blonde Scout IPA True West Coffee Porter
NINE GIANT Silence Kit IPA, Very Emergency Cucumber Key Lime Berliner Weisse
NORTHERN ROW Small Pail Session IPA, End of Summer Beer ESB with Blackberry
OLD FIREHOUSE Pin Up Girl, Maple Porter
PARADISE What the Fork Amber IPA, Peppercorn Pale Ale, Gaivs Plinivs Secvndvs IPA
PLATFORM Luchador Mexican Dark Lager, Chasing the Horizon Black NEIPA
QUEEN CITY Kal Ale Super Amber Ale, Hall of Justice IPA, Chinook-A-Saurus Rex Harvest Ale
RHINEGEIST Wowie Ale with Pineapple & Passionfruit, Cheetah Lager
STREETSIDE J00s3y NEIPA, Be a Lot Cooler if You Did Fruit Beer
URBAN ARTIFACT Finn Tart Pale Ale, Keypunch Sour
WEST SIDE Amber Ale, DIPA
WEST SIXTH Cerveza Mexican Lager, IPA, Cocoa Porter
YELLOW SPRINGS Captain Stardust, Raspberry Springe
The gates open Saturday at noon, with music (presented on three stages) kicking off at 2 p.m. Here’s the band schedule.
2 p.m.: Brussels Sprouts
3 p.m.: 90 Proof Twang
4:15 p.m.: The Bellowing Pines
5:30 p.m.: The Part-Time Gentlemen & Guests
6:45 p.m.: Darlene
8:15 p.m.: Bad Veins
9:30 p.m.: Freak Mythology
10:30 p.m.: The All Mighty Get Down
Tickets are $7 in advance here or $10 at the door (kids 12 and under are not only welcome but get in free; there are children’s activities like a petting zoo to keep them entertained). There are also some limited VIP tickets available for $30, which will get you into the “BC Bottle Lodge VIP Lounge.”
For more on Fifty West Brewing, click here. Find more details on Fifty Fest here.
Here are some scenes from the 2017 Fifty Fest.
This article appears in Sep 5-12, 2018.