Yesterday me and Chris along with my fellow beer blogger Danno and his wife Amy attended the first annual Treasure Coast Beer Festival in downtown Ft. Pierce, FL.  It was held in the lower floor of the newly constructed parking garage in the downtown area.  This was nice so that everyone wasn’t out in the beating sun all afternoon.  Upon paying our admission we were given our TCBF mini mugs for all our tasting needs.

We worked our way around the perimeter sampling from many of the top breweries in America that were present.  Many of these tables had actual representatives from the company there to explain the different beers that they offered for tasting.  Unfortunately some did not and were only run by volunteers but that wasn’t that big of deal.  Many of the breweries had literature on their different brews along with little pieces of swag like stickers, coasters, buttons, etc.  Two very well placed water coolers were put out to allow people to wash out their mugs in between tastings so not to contaminate the taste of each beer.

Some of the brewers that I sampled were the following: Dogfish Head, Yuengling, Sierra Nevada, Samuel Smith, Shipyard, Lagunitas, Rogue, Bell’s, Brooklyn,Terrapin.

The festival also included food provided by Hurricane Grill as well as some independent vendors.  The local PP Cobb General Store had a booth and provided $1 off coupons for when you buy a mix and match six pack.  There was a free raffle for 4 baskets of beers, which none of us won.

Overall we all had a really good time and after speaking to the even organizer hope that this does become an annual thing.  The Treasure Coast Beer Festival was well organized in a nice location and with some great breweries.  We look forward to this happening again.