10/29/2016 -- Dia de las Cervezas

A frightenly awesome beer tasting by the Ohio Craft Brewers Association. Featuring 30+ Ohio brewers

Dayton, Ohio – Ohio’s craft brewers are concocting frighteningly flavorful beers and the Ohio Craft Brewers Association is launching a haunting event to celebrate them. The inaugural Dia de las Cervezas, a costumes-encouraged beer tasting, will take place on Saturday, October 29 from 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. at the significantly-spooky Top of the Market in Dayton. Thirty-plus Ohio craft breweries will sample brews old and new at an event that will also feature live music, food trucks, a costume contest and more. Dia de las Cervezas is sponsored by Boelter Beverage, Brewers Professional Alliance, Cavalier Distributing, Cellar Dweller Craft Beers, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Christian Moerlein Brewing Company, Crooked Handle Brewing Co., Fat Head’ s Brewery, FigLeaf Brewing Co., Frantz Ward, Hairless Hare Brewery, Lock 27 Brewing, Madison Chemical Co., Seventh Son Brewing, Warped Wing Brewing Company and Yellow Springs Brewery. Our official print media sponsor is Dayton City Paper.

“The Dayton region’s craft beer boom and its embrace by residents has been exciting to witness,” said Mary MacDonald, Director of the Ohio Craft Brewers Association. “We’re thrilled to debut a new craft beer event, Dia de las Cervezas, here and hope that our fun-loving consumers will play along and arrive in Halloween attire to sample our breweries’ hauntingly delicious craft beer.”

Schedule for Dia de las Cervezas
• 4:00 p.m. - VIP and Enthusiast Member early entry and beer sampling begins
• 4:00 – 9:00 p.m. – The Deli and food trucks open (Pa’s Pork and The Drunken Waffle)
• 5:00 p.m. – General Admission entry
• 5:00 – 9:00 – face painting by L. Hetherington, tarot card readings by House of Ravenwood
• 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. – music by Team Void
• 6:45 – 8:45 p.m. – music by The AmpFibians
• 8:00 p.m. – costume contest
• 9:00 p.m. – Dia de las Cervezas ends…procession to Hauntfest on Fifth

Participating breweries include:
Black Cloister Brewing Company (Toledo): Barrel Aged True Scotsman Scotch Ale, Flapjack-O-Lantern Pumpkin beer made with Barrel aged maple syrup
The Brew Kettle (Strongsville): White Rajah, Strangeville, El Lupulo Libre
Carillon Brewing Company (Dayton): Sour Porter, Coriander Ale
Cellar Dweller Craft Beers (Morrow): Corporal Khaos Pale Ale, Eye Opener Hazelnut Coffee Cream Stout, Jeremiah Morrow IPA, Uncle Ronnie Pale Ale, Experimental Hop Ron Mexico.
Christian Moerlein Brewing Company (Cincinnati): Shiver Chai Porter, Bay of Bengal Double IPA
Crooked Handle Brewing Co. (Springboro): Roadside Peanut Butter Porter, Witcher Pumpkin Ale
The Dayton Beer Company (Dayton): Midnight Dream Russian Imperial Stout, Codebreaker DIPA
Eudora Brewing Company (Dayton): Oktoberfest, Mother Fuggle Brown Ale
Fat Head’ s Brewery (Middleburg Heights): Pumpkin Chucker, Alpenglow, Head Hunter, Sunshine Daydream
Fifth Street Brewpub (Dayton): Frances IIPA, Jo-Jo's Midnight Stout
Fifty West Brewing Co. (Cincinnati): Doom Pedal White Ale, Punch you in the EyePA, Shred Red IPA, 50W Lager
FigLeaf Brewing Co. (Middletown): Basmati Cream Ale, Saison Rouge (Red Saison), Isotrope (IPA), Ponderous (Porter)
Four String Brewing Company (Columbus): Brass Knuckle, Payback Pilsner, Switchblade IPA
Great Lakes Brewing Company (Cleveland): Nosferatu, Eliot Ness
Hairless Hare Brewery (Vandalia): Barrel Aged Brown Barrel Bomber, Barrel Aged Buckeye Nation,
Hoppocrisy Session IPA, Dusty Roads Imperial Wit, Rye The Hell Knot
Homestead Beer Co. (Heath): Pumpkin Ale, Snake Oil Super Pale Ale
Jackie O’s Pub and Brewery (Athens): Dark Appartion (Russian Imperial Stout), Meigs County Black (Black IPA)
Lineage Brewing (Columbus): Passion Fruit/ Guava Berliner Weiss, Golden Brett ale aged in wine barrels, Spaceship #6 IPA
Little Fish Brewing Company (Athens): Notes from the Understory (Paw Paw Brett beer), Woodthrush (Biere de Garde), Double Harvey's (Imperial Milk Stout)
Lock 27 Brewing (Centerville): Mouth Breather IPA, Oat Rodeo Stout, Mashie Niblick 90p (Scottish Ale)
Lucky Star Brewery (Miamisburg): Mucho Michelada, OjOs LoCoS (Mexican Lager)
MadTree Brewing (Cincinnati): Blood Orange PsycHOPathy, BBA YOBR, PSA
North High Brewing (Columbus): Pale Ale, Thunderkiss Milk Stout
The Phoenix Brewing Company (Mansfield): Mary Jane Chai Baltic Porter, Black Aggie Russian Imperial Stout, Undertaker Imperial Red Rye IPA, Santa Muerte Spiced Imperial Chocolate Stout
Pinups and Pints (Medway): Pinup Pale Ale
Platform Beer Company (Cleveland): Lair Slayer, High Brow, Esther (Belgian Dark Strong Ale), Speed Merchant, New Cleveland, Palesner
Seventh Son Brewing (Columbus): Wilderman (Autumn Farmhouse Ale), Proliferous DIPA
Thirsty Dog Brewing Company (Akron): Ol Choco (Milk Stout), 12 Dogs of Christmas, Citra Dog (American IPA)
Toxic Brew Company (Dayton): Toxic Blonde, Uno Mas Mexican Lime Lager
Urban Artifact (Cincinnati): Whirligig (Wild Blueberry Ale), Finn (Berliner Pale Ale), Pickle Gose (Pickle Gose)
Warped Wing Brewing Company (Dayton): Creepshow Smoked Porter, Irreverent Red IPA, Trotwood Lager, Gamma Bomb IPA, 10 Ton Oatmeal Stout, Barn Gang Saison
Yellow Springs Brewery (Yellow Springs): Captain Stardust (saison), Zoetic (american pale ale), Barrel Aged Bloodsmoke (imperial smoked red ale), S'more Handsome (variant of our american brown ale w/ marshmallow, chocolate & graham cracker), Andy Paxitup (fresh hopped IPA – VIP ONLY)