The 6th Annual San Diego International Beer Festival starts this weekend Friday, June 22nd and ends Sunday June 24th. A festival within the San Diego County Fair (aka Del Mar Fair), the general admission has two sessions Friday 6/22 at 12-4PM & 5-9PM, and Saturday 6/23 at 11A-3PM & 4-8PM. There is also one session on Sunday from 1-5PM. The general admission ticket is $48 with Fair entrance included. Inspired by the Great American Beer Festival and organized by Tom Nickel (of O’Brien’s, Julian Brewing Co., and West Coast BBQ & Brew), the festival will serve unlimited 1oz tasters of over 300 beers from nearly 140 breweries from around the world.
At the VIP Brewers Lounge, beer drinkers can taste unlimited, larger 6-oz pours not only from the 300+ beers being tapped, but also from extra brews located only in the Lounge area. VIP ticket-holders also enjoy half-hour early admission to the Festival, food stations with unlimited grazing for the first two hours of the session, and a special souvenir tasting glass. VIP admission is $90 with Fair admission, and has sessions on Friday 6/22 from 4:30-9PM, Saturday 6/23 from 10:30AM-3:00PM & 3:30-8PM, and Sunday 12:30-5:30PM
Click here for tickets! (Enter passcode BARLEY on Ticketmaster and save $10 for the Friday 4:30-9PM session or for the Saturday 10:30AM-3PM session. Use passcode MALT for $10 off the Sunday VIP session)
Further reading:
San Diego Beer Blog’s post on the 2011 SDIBF
Peter Rowe’s Recap of the 2010 SDIBF
This post sponsored by the San Diego International Beer Festival
Post updated 4:37PM on 6/19 with corrected passcode info & extra Sunday VIP session