Performing Arts Society Beerfest 2011

The Performing Arts Society 3rd Annual Beerfest is Saturday, October 22 from 12:00 NOON to 6:00 PM at The Forum in downtown Macomb. Beerfest features 70 beers and complimentary snacks to attendees 21 years and older. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door for the public and $5 for students with a valid university ID.

The PAS Beerfest is the only chance in west central Illinois to taste some of the most sought after brews around. Tasting tickets are $.75 each or 8 for $5. Taste beers from Michigan, Colorado, California, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Illinois, New York, Oregon, Canada and Germany.

The “Special Release Beers” tasting is one of the highlights of the event. Every hour on the hour, from 1:00 to 5:00, Beerfest will feature a very hard to get brew: 1:00—Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine; 2:00—Smuttynose Older Brown Dog 2007; 3:00—
Two Brothers Askew; 4:00—Left Hand Wake Up Dead Imperial; and 5:00— Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout.

The Performing Arts Society Beerfest is a chance to taste exotic brews, meet fellow beer devotees, and support the arts! The PAS raises money every year to support the Youth Performing Arts Series that brings over 6000 children to the WIU campus every year for free live arts performances; Summer Music Camp scholarships for over 200 local students; the Bureau of Cultural Affairs; and the Academic Support Program grants that provide College of Fine Arts and Communication faculty and staff with the chance to pursue arts related projects that benefit WIU and the Macomb community.

Don’t miss Beerfest 2011. You’ll meet your friends pouring and have the chance to mingle and exchange notes with other beer aficionados. Tickets are available at West Pierce Liquors and the College of Fine Arts and Communication, 117 Browne Hall.

The PAS thanks the sponsors of Beerfest—West Pierce Liquors and The Forum of Macomb, IL. And we can’t do it without the help of our distributor MarketPlace Selections of Peoria, IL.

For more information about Beerfest and to see the most current list of beers, go to wiu.edu/pas and select the Beerfest link.