St. Louis Microfest

Buy tickets at the Door!

2:32 pm in General Information by Elizabeth Eisele

Now you can only get Microfest tickets at the door.

Just walk up to the Upper Muny Parking Lot to buy tickets for Microfest. Add $5 to the online ticket price and that’s what you pay at the gate (except Designated Driver tickets).

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by Elizabeth Eisele

Sunday Giveaway: Free Lunch Tote for Mother’s Day

11:42 am in General Information by Elizabeth Eisele

First 500 Mother’s Day tickets purchased receive a

FREE Lunch Tote

with complimentary issue of All About Beer magazine

(we have your Mother’s Day present covered)

Get your FREE upgrade when you purchase a Sunday, May 8th ticket for either the regular or VIP sessions (within the first 500)

Tote color actually Carolina Blue

Buy your tickets here

Sunday, May 8th, session from 1-5pm

Sponsored by the Kirkwood Highlands Restaurant and Brewing Co.

Tags: all about beer, beer, festival, lunch tote, mother's day
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Announcing Beers to be Premiered @Microfest

3:51 pm in General Information by Elizabeth Eisele

Beer enthusiasts throughout the region are getting a sneak peak at micro brews that will be unveiled at this year’s Microfest, which takes place in the Upper Muny Parking Lot of Forest Park on May 6, 7 and 8th.

Special brews making their debut this year at Microfest include:
• Ovila Dubbel, a collaboration between Sierra Nevada Brewery and the monks at the Abbey of New Clairvoux in Vina, California will be offered in the VIP tent.
• From Odell Brewery, the newly released and highly sought after Myrcenary Double IPA will be offered in general admission.
• Also from Odell’s, the seasonal favorite St. Lupulin Extra Pale Ale will make its summer premier in the general admission.
• From Bell’s Brewery, a special reserved keg of Hell Hath No Fury will be featured in the VIP tent, an item not released to the public this past year.
• Other new brews include: ShockTop Raspberry, and three styles of Alexander Keith’s.

Tags: Bell's Brewery, Hell Hath No Fury, myrcenary double ipa, o'dell brewery, Ovila dubbel, ShockTOP Raspberry, Sierra Nevada Brewery, St. Lupulin Extra Pale Ale
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SHOCK TOP Demonstration Tent: Cathedral Square Brewery

6:30 pm in Uncategorized by Elizabeth Eisele

Chef Christopher Lee will be making Stout Cake with Cathedral Square Belgian White Ice Cream. While Brewmaster Brian Neville joins him as they show visitors how to cook with beer.

Cathedral Square Brewery

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Chef Christopher Lee

and Brewmaster Brian Neville

Microfest Session and Time: Session IV, Sunday, May 8th from 1:30-2pm

Chef Christopher Lee

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SHOCK TOP Demonstration Tent: AB-Inbev

6:15 pm in Uncategorized by Elizabeth Eisele

AB-Inbev

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Brewmasters Craig Heisner

and Rebecca Reid

Microfest Session and Time: Session III, Saturday, May 7th from 7:10-7:40pm and Session IV, Sunday, May 8th from 2:50-3:20pm

Craig Heisner is currently the Brewmaster for AB-Inbev’s North American Research Pilot Brewery. He has been in the brewing industry for 14 years which includes experience in Germany and the United States.

Rebecca Reid is a brewmaster in the Innovation and Technical Development Group at AB-Inbev. She has been in the brewing industry for six years.

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by Elizabeth Eisele

SHOCK TOP Demonstration Tent: Chef Kenny Hayden

8:56 pm in Food by Elizabeth Eisele

Explore flavors like you’ve never experienced them before. An attitude of Excellence A Taste of Elegance.

KHayden Chef Services

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Chef Kenny Hayden

Microfest Session and Time: Session I, Friday, May 6th from 8:50-9:20pm

Chef Kenny Hayden

Chef Kenny is a St. Louis native who was a Golden Gloves amatuer boxer as a local, state and regional champ. While working in a kitchen at Union Stations, he realized his new love of cooking. He worked under a few CIA graduates and several of the top country clubs in St. Louis including Racquel Club Ladue, Forest Hills, St. Albans, Meadowbrooks and the Junior League of St. Louis. Now he is the Chef at Lift For Life Academy where he serves healthy, upscale food everyday.

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by Elizabeth Eisele

SHOCK TOP Demonstration Tent: Free State Brewing Company

5:27 pm in Food by Elizabeth Eisele

Flavors of the season find their rightful place alongside Craft Beer. Malt, hops and even carbonation can factor into how you choose a beer to accompany your summer cookout! Let Free State Brewery Chef Rick Martin guide you through three courses of tasty, seasonal bites paired with Free State Beers while he explains some easy tips for matching food with beer. On the menu will be grilled, local asparagus wrapped in La Quercia ham, Oatmeal Stout pork slider with homemade pickles, and hopped chocolate chip cookies with vanilla ice cream.

Free State Brewing Company

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Chef Rick Martin

Microfest Session and Time: TBA

Chef Rick Martin

Rick Martin is the Executive Chef of Free State Brewing Company in Lawrence, Kansas, the first legal brewery in Kansas since before prohibition. In his 19 years at Free State, Rick has created an inviting menu of rustic beer cuisine and inverted interestingly new ways of pairing food with beer and spirits. He’s provided simple yet exciting views on beer and food during cooking performances at the Great American Beer Festival and his recipes are featured in Lucy Saunders’ recent book, “The Best of American Beer and Food.” He’s served as a featured speaker at the 2008 Craft Beer Conference in San Diego, Savor: An American Craft Beer and Food Experience in Washington, D.C. and performs annually at Great Taste of the Midwest in Madison, Wisconsin, and Wichita’s Midwest Beer Festival. A self-taught chef that cooked most meals for his family by the age of 10, Rick believes in a simple, fundamentally sound style of cooking. He shows deep-rooted passions for utilizing locally grown foods and supporting Farm to School programs. Rick enjoys serving his community as a board member for the Community Mercantile Education Foundation, as a member of the Douglas County Food Policy Council and as a steering committee member of the Lawrence Community and Learning Garden–a student vegetable gardening project at Free State High School.

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SHOCK TOP Demonstration Tent: Twisted Pine Brewery

6:10 pm in Brewery by Elizabeth Eisele

Twisted Pine Brewery

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Bob Baile

Microfest Session and time: Session III, Saturday, May 7th from 9:10-9:40pm

Bob Baile

Bob Baile has been the owner and president of Twisted Pine Brewing since 1996 when he purchased the company from its founder, Gordon Knight. Prior to becoming a business owner, Bob spent almost 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry as a research chemist where his duties were similar to that of a brewmaster only instead of making beer, he made drugs. Bob also spent 15 years as a volunteer firefighter and was a lieutenant with High Country Fire Department. Bob lives in Boulder with his wife Alexis.

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SHOCK TOP Demonstration Tent: Square One Brewery

12:34 pm in Brewery by Elizabeth Eisele

Come taste the newest trend in artisan beverages. Steve Neukomm from Square One Brewery & Distillery will talk about craft spirits and pour samples of their award winning Whiskey and other tasty spirits. This new and exciting craft beverage is growing across the country like breweries did in the eighties. Come see why these spirits are different than the larger distilleries across the world.

Square One Brewery

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Steve Nuekomm

Microfest Session and Time: Session II, Saturday, May 7th from 1:30-2pm