Upcoming Events
Thanks for coming out to the Bluffton Bold Beer Bash!
Our next event is in Hilton Head, where we’re bringing the Taste of Summer Craft Beer Festival to Shelter Cove Harbour & Marina on Saturday, May 19, 2012 from 2-6pm at. Find out more at http://hiltonheadbeerfest.com.
In celebration of Craft Beer Week, Bear Foot Sports will promote a specialty tasting of fresh and delicious summer and seasonal beers at Shelter Cove Harbour & Marina on Hilton Head Island.
Hilton Head Taste of Summer will be educational and informative, showcasing refreshing Craft Beers including: Pilsners, Hefe-Weizens, American-style wheats, Pale Ales, Fruit Beers, Summer Ales, Ciders and more. A percentage of proceeds from the event will go to benefit two local charities: Palmetto Animal League and the Hilton Head Rotary Club.
Hilton Head Taste of Summer Craft Beer Festival will feature a variety of about 60 different beers from 20 Craft Breweries. These beers are refreshing, flavorful, and fun. The Beer Festival will also feature summertime foods from six to eight Hilton Head area restaurants plus live rock & reggae music.
The Public Tasting will be held from 2-6pm. Admission to the festival is free however a festival ticket ( $25 advance / $30 at gate ) will be required for sampling. A Beer Festival Souvenir Sampling Glass and 15 beer samples will be included with a festival ticket. Additional 4 ounces samples will be available for $1 each. Hilton Head Taste of Summer will be a green event, all bottles, cans and cardboard will be collected for recycling.
Here’s what you missed at the Bluffton Bold Beer Bash …
Start off your St. Patrick’s Day Weekend tonight at the Bluffton Bold Beer Bash, the “High Gravity” beer sampling is from 7-10pm at the old Myrtle’s Restaurant in downtown Bluffton, South Carolina. The specialty beer tasting will feature over 50 Strong International & Craft Beers, Food Pairings and Live Music from “Neil & Bob”.
Admission to the event is $45 in advance and $55 at the Door. ( Tickets are available tonight at the door ) A Beer Festival Souvenir Sampling Glass and 20 beer or food samples are included with a festival ticket. Additional 2 ounce beer or food samples can be purchased at the event for $2 each. Can’t make it until later ? Discounted tickets will be sold after 9pm. Percentage of proceeds from the tasting will go to benefit a Palmetto Animal League. Reeves Outdoor Catering will cater the event.
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The Bold Beer Bash is a showcase of High Gravity beers by style including: Belgian ALES, American Strong Ales, American Double Imperial Pilsners, Stouts, Imperial IPAs, Saisons and Farmhouse Ales.
Check out our BEERS today and see what special malt beverages we will be showcasing at this year’s Bash. Complete list has been posted / Over 50 Beers.
The event will feature the world of beers over 7% alcohol by volume (ABV). Each one of these strong sipping beers have their own personality complexity, color, aroma, and taste.
The brewing industry refers to beers that are brewed with a strong alcohol content as “High Gravity Beers”. They often encompass ‘extreme’ beers, ‘imperial’ styles, or ‘big’ beers. Generally any beer over 7% alcohol by volume (ABV) is considered a high gravity beer.
High gravity beers are not crafted with the sole intent of a higher alcohol content. The higher percentage of alcohol is due to the use of more fermentable sugars and other ingredients that are used by brewers trying to create complex, flavorful and unique beers.
Gravity is simply a measurement of the density of the beer compared to water. Brewers use an instrument called a hydrometer to determine the density of the beer before, during, and after fermentation. This instrument floats in a fresh sample of beer and has a measurement scale on it’s sides. here the surface of the beer meets the floating scale is how the measurement of ‘specific gravity’ is recorded. In other words, the scale will read 1.000 for water, but perhaps 1.105 for a certain high gravity beer.
The measurement before fermentation is called the original gravity and the measurement after fermentation is called the final gravity. These two numbers plus some simple math is how the brewer calculates the overall alcohol content.
Every beer at the Bold Beer Bash will have it’s own personality. A few will be light in color with a fruity taste, some will be dark and robust, but every one will be complex and without a doubt; they will be strong! These are sipping beers. Remember ! RESPECT THE BEER – These “Big Beers” are about quality, not quantity.
The Bluffton Beer Bash High Gravity Beer Sampling is the first of three beer tasting events that Bear Foot Sports is hosting in 2012. The Hilton Head Taste of Summer Craft Beer Festival is May 19th at Shelter Cove Harbour and The 2nd Annual Bluffton International & Craft Beer Festival, returns Nov. 3rd to the Calhoun Street Promenade. More details on those events will be coming soon.
TICKETS FOR THE BLUFFTON BOLD BEER BASH ON SALE NOW – supplies are limited
