The Comet to Host Hopnosis 7 Craft Beer Festival this Weekend

Thirty kegs of rarities, debuts and fine brews Friday and Saturday

Dec 5, 2014 at 10:53 am

If you're a fan of craft beer, you might want to set up camp outside the Comet in Northside this weekend. The bar is hosting its seventh annual Hopnosis beer event, featuring 30 kegs of small batch beer, tapped hourly over Friday and Saturday.

The bar, which is already known for its wide beer selection, will be tapping rarities, debut releases and other fine brews from the likes of Great Lakes, Deschutes, Rhinegeist, MadTree and more. They list 19 of the included brews on their site:
  • Great Lakes Blackout Stout 
  • Deschutes Pine Drops 
  • Green Flash Jibe 
  • Victory Hop Harvest 
  • Lagunitas Extra Double Dry Hopped Pale 
  • Epic Element 29 
  • Brother’s Drake Apple Pie Mead 
  • Brew Kettle EL Lupulo Libre
  • Brooklyn Quadraceratops 
  • Affligem Noel 
  • Southern Tier Gemini 
  • Troegs Blizzard of Hops 
  • Smuttynose Smutlabs White IPA 
  • Bell’s Kal-Haven 
  • Christian Moerlein Tart Cherry Honey Almond Ale 
  • Rhinegeist Asterix 
  • Rhinegeist Ink 
  • MadTree Axis Mundi 
  • MadTree Funke Blue 
  • and more
4 p.m.-1 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Free entry; beer costs money. 4579 Hamilton Ave., Northside, cometbar.com.