{"id":2251,"date":"2011-08-19T13:35:52","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T20:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=2251"},"modified":"2011-08-19T14:54:07","modified_gmt":"2011-08-19T21:54:07","slug":"encinitas-brewfest-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2011\/08\/19\/encinitas-brewfest-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Encinitas BrewFest Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shot of the crowd with MIHO and Devilicious in the background. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here at West Coaster<\/em>, we attend a lot of beer festivals. We love ’em because we get to meet our awesome readers, sling t-shirts, and spread the gospel of San Diego Beer. Last weekend, we attended BrewFest Encinitas<\/a> and were extremely impressed. The first time festival was meticulously organized, and we had a blast. We called Vembra\u00a0Holnagel, one of the festival’s organizers, to hear what her thoughts were.<\/p>\n

“We did our due diligence by researching what we needed,” Holnagel, a professional party planner with 15 years experience<\/a>, \u00a0stated in a phone conversation earlier this week. She continues: “Chris Cochran at Stone was a huge mentor to us. We customized the location to meet our needs, but he gave us the goods and told us how to run a beer festival.”<\/p>\n

The original team of five organizers \u00a0soon realized they’d need more help to put on a proper festival. Seven more organizers were added, and volunteer pourers were recruited.<\/p>\n

More than 500 people attended the festival that featured 12 different breweries, mostly local. For every $40 ticket, $10 would be donated to a organization of the ticketholder’s choosing. Vembra and The Encinitas Coastal Rotary Club expect to to donate over $5000 to various local charities, including the YMCA Community Resource Center, Mira Costa College Foundation, Boys & Girls Club of Encinitas, and more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How was the festival\u00a0conceived? Every year the Encinitas Coastal Rotary has a Community Service budget. That budget surplus, combined with funds raised by past golf tourmanets organized by the Rotary, left a little war chest. The Rotary decided that they could successfully throw a festival, earn their money back, and donate the rest to their charities.<\/p>\n

Overall? Proper planning and organization made this little charity beer festival stand out from the crowd. We’re looking forward to next year!<\/p>\n

Check out our facebook for more photos<\/a> from the event.<\/p>\n

Full disclosure: West Coaster helped promote the event. We provided print advertising space in exchange for a booth at the festival.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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