The second annual Craft Brew at the Zoo is tapping into the kidults (that’s kid-adult, folks) in all of us tomorrow evening at the Columbus Zoo with 50 craft brews, live music, food and some big-pawed party goers.
The VIP experience is sold out but general admission tickets will be on sale through tomorrow for online purchase or at the gates for $30. This includes a 10 oz. tasting glass, 6 beer samples, access to food trucks and admission to the Zoo starting at 9am. Additional tastes can be purchased at the event.
Music for the evening includes local favorites The Wet Darlings and The Pretty Filth with Grammy-nominated rock band The Spin Doctors headlining at 9:15pm. Bonus points if you can get the cheetahs to join you in howling “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” at the moon. A number of food trucks will be onsite including Land Yacht BBQ, Mojo Tago, Yabo’s Tacos and Schmidt’s.
The early birds who snagged tickets to the VIP experience will have access to additional food vendors and specialty brews including the Backstage Blonde from Four String, Hop Hash from SweetWater, a coconut Bodhi from CBC and an American Wile Ale with peaches and salted Belgian chocolate stout from New Belgium.
And here’s the general admission beer list:
New Belgium Fat Tire
New Belgium Ranger IPA
New Belgium Slow Ride
New Belgium Rampant
New Belgium Snapshot Wheat
New Belgium Long Table
Columbus Brewing IPA
Columbus Brewing Summer Teeth
Columbus Brewing Lucy
SweetWater 420
SweetWater IPA
SweetWater Blue
Crispin Original Cider
Blue Moon Belgium White
Long Trail Limbo
Long Trail Mostly Cloudy
Oskar Blues Dales pale ale
Oskar Blues Pinner
Oskar Blues Mammas little yellow pills
Four String Brass knuckle
Four String Payback pilsner
Four String Suncaster Wheat
Craft Brew at the Zoo takes place from 7-11pm tomorrow, Friday August 21. Tickets can be purchased online or in person through Friday. Sober driver tickets are $15.
full disclosure: Superior Beverage, which distributes all of the beer for this event, is a client
