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The Kentucky Craft Beer Festival

Kentucky Craft Beer Festival returns to Elizabethtown on June 16

Elizabethtown, KY – Give 270 will host the 3rd annual Kentucky Craft Beer Festival from 3-8 p.m. June 16 in Elizabethtown at the historic Brown-Pusey House. Specially-priced, first-chance tickets will go on sale this Thursday, April 5 at Presenting Sponsor Liquor Barn’s Pint Night from 5-9 p.m. at its Elizabethtown location in the Star-Lite Center at 1705 North Dixie Highway.

Festival goers at the annual event will be able to sample more than a dozen craft beers and meet some of the brewery representatives behind the products. Headlining this year’s expected line-up of up to twenty craft breweries are Presenting Breweries Flywheel Brewing of Elizabethtown and West Sixth Brewing of Lexington. All proceeds from the festival benefit Give 270, a local non-profit that helps fund unmet needs in Hardin, LaRue and Meade Counties.

“In its first two years, we’ve hosted a sell-out crowd and we anticipate the same great demand this year,” said Kenny Rambo, co-founder of Give 270 and the Kentucky Craft Beer Festival.

“The opening of Flywheel Brewing late last year here in Elizabethtown has only added to the area’s appeal for craft beer enthusiasts,” said Rambo. “We’re expecting another great event this year and are pleased to have the Elizabethtown Tourism Convention Bureau join our local brewery, Flywheel Brewing, West Sixth Brewing and Liquor Barn as our presenting sponsors.

Rambo said the signature fundraiser for Give 270 has helped the non-profit contribute more than $20,000 over the past two years to worthwhile organizations including Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland, The Community Health Clinic of Hardin and LaRue Counties and others.

As part of the festival, the Homebrewers of Hardin County will again host a live beer brewing demonstration and the second annual Hardin County Homebrew Competition judged by the professional brewers at the festival.

Also, local food trucks will be on site, selling a variety of fare.

Tickets will be available at kentuckycraftbeerfestival.com starting Friday April 6. General admission tickets are $35 and include a souvenir sampling glass and a tasting card to receive pours of craft beer. VIP tickets are $45 and include a sampling glass, tasting card, one-hour early admission and a souvenir T-shirt. Designated Driver admission is $10. A $5 early bird discount on general admission and VIP tickets is available until April 20.

Details about the Hardin County Homebrew Competition and festival volunteer opportunities are also available at kentuckycraftbeerfestival.com.

Flywheel Brewing, Rhinegeist join Kentucky Craft Beer Festival

Presenting sponsors join effort to help local nonprofits

Elizabethtown, Ky. – Kentucky Craft Beer Festival organizers today announced Rhinegeist and Flywheel Brewing are presenting brewery sponsors of the festival, set for June 17 at the historic Brown-Pusey House in downtown Elizabethtown.

“We couldn’t be more excited to not only welcome Rhinegeist back to Elizabethtown this year for the second Kentucky Craft Beer Festival, but also to involve Elizabethtown’s first and only microbrewery,” said Kenny Rambo, co-founder of the Kentucky Craft Beer Festival.

Brews from Cincinnati-based Rhinegeist will be among the many craft beers from around the state and beyond that attendees can sample at the festival.

“Kentucky Craft Beer Festival is a great way for us to promote this booming industry and to connect with craft beer enthusiasts,” said Luke Thacker of Rhinegeist. “We are definitely looking forward to getting back to Elizabethtown.”

Flywheel Brewing’s Aaron Hawkins said the festival is a natural fit for the downtown Elizabethtown brewery. They will on hand to share the latest on their brewery and taproom expected to open this summer.

“We thought it was important to be a part of our home festival,” Hawkins said. “We also wanted to step up and support worthy local causes through Give 270.”

The festival is a fundraiser for Give 270, a non-profit established in 2016 to help fulfill unmet needs in Hardin, LaRue and Meade counties. Give 270 partners with United Way of Central Kentucky to identify those needs.

Also returning to the festival is gold level sponsor Liquor Barn as well as the official designated driver sponsor and Kentucky icon Ale-8-One.

Updates on the festival brewery line up, information on the homebrew competition and ticket sales are available at www.kycraftbeerfest.com.

For more information about Give 270, visit www.give270.org.

Ale-8-One sponsors Kentucky Craft Beer Fest

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Kentucky Craft Beer Festival organizers today welcomed Ale-8-One as the festival’s official Designated Driver Sponsor.

The festival, set for June 18 at the historic Brown-Pusey House in Elizabethtown, will feature a number of craft beers brewed throughout Kentucky and beyond as well as Ale-8-One, the only soft drink invented in Kentucky that is still in existence.

“Kentucky Craft Beer Festival organizers are excited to include this Kentucky icon in the inaugural event,” said Kenny Rambo, co-founder of the Kentucky Craft Beer Festival.

DeAnne Elmore, marketing and public relations manager for Ale-8-One, which celebrates its 90th anniversary this year, said the festival is a fun way to support the community.

“With Ale-8-One recently expanding into the Elizabethtown area and Western Kentucky markets, we especially look forward to the Kentucky Craft Beer Festival and supporting some worthy local causes,” Elmore said.

The festival is a fundraiser for Give 270, a non-profit established earlier this year to help fulfill unmet needs in Hardin, LaRue and Meade counties. The non-profit has partnered with United Way of Central Kentucky to identify those needs.

At the festival, attendees can sample Ale-8-One as well as craft beers from around the state and beyond. Ale-8-One joins presenting brewery sponsor Cincinnati-based Rhinegeist and gold level sponsor Liquor Barn in Elizabethtown.

Updates on other breweries and advance ticket sales, including discounted tickets for designated drivers, are available at www.kycraftbeerfest.com. For more information about Give 270, visit www.give270.org.

Liquor Barn sponsors Kentucky Craft Beer Fest

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Kentucky Craft Beer Festival organizers today announced Liquor Barn is a gold level sponsor of the festival set for June 18 at the historic Brown-Pusey House in Elizabethtown.

“We’re excited to involve Liquor Barn in the inaugural festival,” said Kenny Rambo, co-founder of the Kentucky Craft Beer Festival. “As a retailer and as a recent addition to the Elizabethtown community, they are a welcome addition.”

Derrick Whitacre, general manager of Liquor Barn in Elizabethtown, said the sponsorship is an opportunity to support the community and to connect with craft beer enthusiasts throughout the region.

“It’s a win-win for us,” he said. “We want to help promote the booming craft beer industry, and it’s great that we can do that while helping to raise money for worthy causes in local communities.”

The festival is a fundraiser for Give 270, a non-profit established earlier this year to help fulfill unmet needs in Hardin, LaRue and Meade counties. The non-profit has partnered with United Way of Central Kentucky to identify those needs.

At the festival, attendees can sample craft beers from around the state and beyond including brews from Cincinnati-based Rhinegeist, the presenting brewery sponsor. Many of the craft beers featured at the festival are also available at Liquor Barn.

Updates on other breweries and advance ticket sales are available at www.kycraftbeerfest.com.

For more information about Give 270, visit www.give270.org.