Ballarat Beer Festival 2016

Overview

This year's Ballarat Beer Festival is well and truly worth skipping town for, with 35 craft brewers to sample, delicious food trucks and excellent live entertainment on offer at the country festival. On top of all the tastings, there will also be The Sessions: a series of informative talks from brewers and beer aficionados alike.

Some of the brews you can look forward to include award-winning drops from Temple Brewing Co. and Two Birds Brewing, an intriguing green tea-infused Japanese ale from 7 cent Brewery called 'Mista Sparkle', and a gluten free chocolate orange porter from Rebellion Brewing. If by some bizarre cruel twist of fate you find yourself having your fill of beer for the day, there will also be plenty of cider options such as Batlow and Blue Elephant, local wines, and even Trumpeters alcoholic iced tea.

If you're in town early and looking to kick things off, there will be a Friday degustation dinner on the eve of the festival, where Huxtable's Daniel Wilson will be serving up a four-course dinner with beers to match. And if all the fantastic food and drink options weren’t enough, there will be musical performances by the likes of You Am I, Dallas Crane, Kylie Auldist, The ReChords, Bakersfield Glee Club and The New Savages.