So, here goes…

Festival of Beer is a Blog about the celebration of Beer. I, like a lot of people, enjoy drinking good, well made craft beer – (I define craft [...]]]> A few people have asked me to provide a more in depth description of my site, Festival of Beer.

So, here goes…

About Festival of Beer

Festival of Beer is a Blog about the celebration of Beer. I, like a lot of people, enjoy drinking good, well made craft beer – (I define craft beer as beer that is brewed using just the four basic ingredients; water, barley, hops and yeast. Craft beer is not mass produced but brewed in small batches to allow the full brewing process to occur naturally). The only thing better than drinking good, well made beer is drinking it with great people.

That is what this site is about.

It celebrates great beer but it also lists where you can go to taste craft beer with like-minded people. I have created a database of Beer Festivals and Beer Tasting events that you can search. All you need to do is enter the location that you wish to search against and if there are any upcoming events then they will be displayed for you.

As a list like this is only as good as the data contained within it I have included for you, the readers and organisers of Beer Festivals, the ability to add new Beer Festival events to the database. This will allow you to advertise your event but ultimately it will help spread the word about the countless small breweries around the world that are brewing some fantastic beers!

And if we can bring people together to drink great beer then surely the world will become a better place?

For a bit of fun I have created the Beer Festival Ratio. This measures how far a society is advanced in terms of celebrating the production and consumption of craft beer. Check out my previous post to read more about the Beer Festival Ratio – the results, which will be updated on a regular basis, are contained in the side bar of this website. At the moment America is the most advanced craft beer nation on the planet!

So there it is. My Blog is about celebrating craft beer with friends and like-minded people. In putting this site together I have also provided a database of upcoming Beer Festivals.

I would love to get your feedback.

What do you like about this site. What can I improve and what else would you like to see. I am also open to guest bloggers publishing on this site (see the Write For Us page for more details), and for Beer Festival advertisers to post articles describing their upcoming Beer Festivals. I would also love for craft beer brewers to post articles describing their beers, how they got into brewing, the state of the industry and so forth.

Should you wish to contact me to post a comment, submit a suggestion or request an article be posted on the site then I can be contacted through the About page.

Until next time, Cheers!

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In my last post, “Where are all the Australian Beer Festivals?“, I was wondering why Australia, a country that has such a deep association with beer, has very few Beer Festivals.

Well, their cousins across the water in New Zealand seem to do somewhat better. [...]]]>

photo credit: munksynz

In my last post, “Where are all the Australian Beer Festivals?“, I was wondering why Australia, a country that has such a deep association with beer, has very few Beer Festivals.

Well, their cousins across the water in New Zealand seem to do somewhat better. A search in the Festival of Beer Search Box shows that there are at least two Beer Festivals planned for 2009.

Why is this a better state of affairs than Australia? Australia has a population of just over 20 million, whilst there are only just over 4 million Kiwi’s. This means the Beer Festival Ratio* (a measure that I have just invented!) for New Zealand is 2 million people to 1 Beer Festival, whilst the ratio in Australia is 7 million people to 1 Beer Festival.

Clearly New Zealand is the better place to live!

You can help improve the Beer Festival Ratio in either Australia or New Zealand (or any country for that matter) by going to the Add Your Beer Festival page and submitting the details of the new Beer Festival.

The Liquorland New Zealand Beer Festival

Mark your diaries for The Liquorland New Zealand Beer Festival that is taking place in Wellington on 28 February 2009.

There will be over 20 breweries, with over 70 beers, represented at this Beer Tasting event. Most of the beers will be from New Zealand. However, I notice that the Miller Brewing Co. are included! Yes, Miller of dubious beer and sore heads fame.

If you are going to this event make sure you taste the quality craft beer that is produced in New Zealand by New Zealanders – don’t waste your delicate taste buds drinking rubbish beer. After all, these Beer Festivals are designed to showcase the best that is on offer in a country. The best ingredients, the best brewing processes and the best beer!

Cheers to New Zealand!

* The Beer Festival Ratio is simply a measure of the number of people in a country to the number of Beer Festivals that are held in that country. Obviously, the smaller the ratio the better chance you have of attending a Beer Festival in that country!

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Are you looking for a Beer Festival or Beer Tasting event that is happening in 2010 in a location near you? Then you’ve come to the right place!

Here at Festival of Beer we have created a unique database of all the Beer Festivals, Beerfests and Beer Tasting events that are taking place around the world. We have major events, such as the Great American Beer Festival, to all the events that are being hosted by CAMRA, right through to the Beer Tasting event that is being held at your local pub!

Global Beerfest Database

Just enter the location that you wish to search for in the Beer Festival Search Box at the top of this page and see what’s happening near you!

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