Hoist a beer with a hearty “Cheers!”
The third annual Top of the Hops Festival in Jackson has more to celebrate than just the cold, crisp refreshment of its signature beverage. This is the first beer festival since the state beer law went into effect, raising the allowable alcohol limit from five to eight percent.
It’s the big new thing this year – high-gravity beers pouring into the state in law’s wake, said Trevor Starnes of Red Mountain Entertainment in Birmingham, event co-producer with Blue Deuce Entertainment of New Orleans.
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Look for our booth at top of the hops! We’ll be selling shirts!
The guys will be there to talk about their new brewery in the works in Hattiesburg as well. ( Southern Prohibition to open brewery in downtown Hattiesburg. )
Hops and Habanas TOTH Booth Preview
We will be the sampling point for Yazoo SUE beer. You know we are big fans of our close friends from just north of us, and they helped us launch of Growler fill program. We are looking forward to seeing you stop by and have a sample at the beerfest.
We will be serving this up to you in a Kegerator that will be Raffled Off at the end of the fest. Tickets will be $5 to win your own full sized 4.9cf kegerator from Vissani. I upgraded a few things along the way. You will have a dual CO2 regulator ($50) and a Perlick stainless faucet ($39). I also want you to take home your own cleaning kit ($49). Also, how bout we (courtesy of Captial City Beverages) throw in a 1/6th keg of your own Yazoo SUE ($99). That’s $636 right there. Oh, and you can take the Yazoo tap handle home with you as well which is ….PRICELESS!!
With your ticket purchase we will give you our 16oz Hops and Habanas Stadium cup while supplies last. If you buy 2 tickets ($10) we will give the first 25 people our Hops and Habanas Pint Glass.
Not a bad deal if I do say so myself…….
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Brewing 101:
Introduction To Brewing With Brad Lovejoy Of Homebrewers
Association Of Middle Mississippi.
4:30-4:50pm
Join me for a look behind the veil of brewing as we discuss the basic brewing processes,
ingredients, and how different styles are created. We will discuss how brewers achieve
the amazing hop forward character in your favorite IPA, the wonderful malt complexity
of a nice stout, and how beer is combined with fruit for a delightfully refreshing fruit beer.(At the Samuel Adams Brew University)
Interested in homebrewing? Be sure to check out this presentation and stop by HBAMM’s booth at the festival.
Food Demonstrations Paired With Sam Adams Beers
With Tom Ramsey Of Underground 119.
5:10-5:40pm
Tom Ramsey, Chef at Underground 119 and media personality will be demonstrating
three reduction sauces made with three different beers from Sam Adams. In this
demonstration, Tom will show how beer can be used in much the same was as wine
in making classic-style sauces and how these sauces pair perfectly with craft beers.(In The Samuel Adams Brew University)
- Saturday 7/28
- 8 PM
Official Afterparty of TOTH-free live music by Stiff Necked Fools, food and drink specials.
BrewPub/Patio
Hops & Habanas is an official sponsor of Top Of The Hops Jackson Beer Festival and will have a booth and outside smoking area.
They plan to raffle off a kegerator and keg at this event. They would also like to work with a brewery and offer samples at their booth this year.
We will have a full size kegerator that we hope to be using to dispense our selection and that kegerator will be raffled off at the end of the show. If can’t have kegs will just
do bottles like everybody else. But again, we plan on raffling off this kegerator. In addition to the kegerator they will be getting their first keg free from us. A Micromatic beer line cleaning kit will also be provided. Tickets will be $5 and you get a Hops and Habanas Plastic TOTH cup. For $10 you get 2 tickets and a Hops and Habanas pint glass (limited to 50).
In the past we have had t-shirts, glassware, cigars and accessories and a bunch of other selected store items for sale at our inside booth. This year we will have clothing and some glassware but want to concentrate on the beer sampling and raffle.
Outside we have the Hops and Habanas Smoking Lounge. Tables are set up outside (under the roof) for people to smoke and it was comfortable. We will have cigarettes, cigars, pipes and pipe tobacco, lighters, ashtrays and so forth at that booth for sale. This went over very well last year.
Don’t have a ticket to Top Of The Hops? Drop by Hops & Habanas. They are an official ticket outlet for the event.
TicketMaster sold out of VIP tickets for the Top Of The Hops Jackson Beer Festival about a week ago, but Hops & Habanas still had a few remaining until today.
Top of the Hops VIP tickets are sold out. Been getting tons of calls about that. General Admission tickets are available for $35. PLEASE NOTE that on Saturday the Ticket Sales price INCREASES TO $40!!
It looks like this year will have a record crowd. If you plan on going, I would recommend buying your ticket now.
Hops & Habanas is a certified ticket outlet for this event. You can avoid the TicketMaster fees by buying them at Hops & Habanas.
Paul and Wanda Blacksmith of Crooked Letter Brewery are scheduled to speak at the Brew University during the Top Of The Hops Jackson Beer Festival:
Opening A Brewery 101 With Paul And Wanda Blacksmith
Of Crooked Letter Brewery.
7:20-7:40pm
The Blacksmiths will discuss the challenges of opening a brewery, but most importantly
how to overcome these difficulties. They will walk through the planning of opening a
brewery from start to finish and the role that Raise Your Pints has in helping local breweries.
Crooked Letter Brewery will also have a booth with special prizes, activities, and give-aways. Stop by and show your support.
