9/8/2017 -- Tap It Forward Festival: Experience Beer from 40 New York State Breweries and Cider Makers

Tap It Forward Festival: Experience Beer from 40 New York State Breweries and Cider Makers

WHAT: The Tap It Forward Festival is a community beer festival focused on education and celebrating Rochester and New York state as a destination for great beer. This year’s event is bigger and better than last year’s, with 40 NYS breweries and cider makers represented. Proceeds benefit the New York State Brewers Association, which brings together the beer industry, providing leadership and advocacy.

The day's events include beer from around New York state, more than a dozen vendors, artisans and suppliers, several food trucks and much more! Must be 21+ to attend.

WHEN: 5-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8

WHERE: Genesee Brew House parking lot, 25 Cataract St., Rochester, N.Y. 14605

TICKETS/ $20 in advance (limited supply)
MORE INFO: tapitforwardfest.eventbrite.com


BREWERIES: 1911 Established Cider; Big Ditch Brewing Company; Blue Point Brewing Company; Bottomless Brewing; CB Craft Brewers; Ellicottville Brewing Co.; Empire Brewing Company; Fairport Brewing Company; Fleur de Lis Brew Works; Flying Bison Brewing Company; Four Mile Brewing; Genesee Brew House; Good Nature Farm Brewery & Tap Room; Hamburg Brewing Company; Ithaca Beer Co.; Knucklehead Craft Brewing; The Lost Borough Brewing Co.; Lunkenheimer Craft Brewing Company; Naked Dove Brewing Company; Nedloh Brewing Company; Prison City Pub and Brewery; Railhead Brewing Company; Resurgence Brewing Co.; R.G. Brewery; Roc Brewing Co.; Rohrbach Brewing Company; Rootstock Ciderworks; Saranac Brewery; Seneca Lake Brewing Company; Shmaltz Brewing Company; Southern Tier Brewing Company; Stoneyard Brewing Company; Swiftwater Brewing; Three Heads Brewing; Triphammer Bierwerks; Two Goats Brewing; War Horse Brewing Co.; and Woodcock Brothers Brewery.

VENDORS: Black Bird Design, Bluebell Hopyard, Crazy Dog T-shirts, Draughtlab, Hedonist Artisan Chocolates, Hopp’d & Brew’d Sauce Co., Hungry Hound Beer Grain Treats, New York Craft Malt, NYS Brewers Association, Orange Vessel Co., Paris-Kirwan Associates, Pioneer Malting Inc., Rocco Gaetano D’Angelo Fine Cigars, LTD.; and Upstate New York Homebrewers Association

FOOD TRUCKS: Le Petite Poutine, Neno’s, Roc City Sammich, The Meatball Truck

TRANSPORT: All guests are encouraged to use ridesharing services to get to the event,
including Uber, Lyft, Rochester taxi providers and public transportation.

PARKING: Parking is available at the High Falls Garage (240 State St.) or MCC Downtown
Campus at the corner of State Street and Morrie Silver Way, where guests can park and walk the Pont de Rennes bridge. Limited parking is available at St. Paul Street and St. Bridgets Drive.