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- Sample 55+ rare,
cask-conditioned ales from the USA and UK!
- Check out the amazing 2019 cask list here.
- See participating breweries at bottom of
this site.
- Take home a free
souvenir glass!
- Experience one of the Southeast's most
highly regarded craft beer events!
- Delectable food from 5 Seasons will be 10% off!
- Vote for "People's Choice" award!
- A morning panel of beer judges will award
medals to the top cask ales!
CHECK-IN:
Do NOT enter 5 Seasons for ACAT check-in. Rather,
walk to the right of 5 Seasons, back between the brewpub and HopCity.
The ACAT desk will be to your left, just behind 5 Seasons in the
covered walkway.
Tickets on sale NOW!
- Tickets are only
$43.50 plus tax and a low processing fee. Tickets will sell
out online, and no tickets will be available at the door.
- Bring
your
ticket on your smartphone or printed out for entry. Also bring photo
ID. We can check you in without a copy of your ticket, but this will
take longer.
- Tickets are
transferable to other persons. We do not need prior notice on transfers.
- 21 and up. NO
children or pets please.
- Tickets are
non-refundable for any reason.
- Also be sure to see
the "Attendance Notes" section near the bottom...
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Beers
at this event are licensed GA brands purchased by 5 Seasons (a licensed beer retail server) from licensed Georgia
distributors and sold to attendees by 5
Seasons as part of a ticket
price. All federal and state taxes on the beer will be paid by 5
Seasons and Georgia
distributors. Brewers/distributors
do not pay for nor provide any monetary or promotional consideration to
the
organizers or to the locations of the event.
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10% OFF
FOOD after the event!
We encourage attendees to hang around after the event for food
and beer at 5 Seasons. Get 10% off
your food purchases with an ACAT necklace!
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After
operating and organizational costs, proceeds benefit the Atlanta
Humane
Society. AHS will also be present at the event to accept
additional, tax-deductible donations.
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Live Music from
Tre Powell
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Just
what is cask
ale (a.k.a. real ale)?
From London's Independent Real Ale Guide...
"Real ale
or cask-conditioned beer is a natural, living product. The beer is not
filtered, pasteurised
or artificially carbonated. It's placed into casks (called firkins),
often with extra hops for aroma, and delivered in unfinished form to
pubs. Here the beer enjoys a secondary fermentation in cask that
creates a full, mature flavour. In UK pubs, when the yeast has
settled, the beer is drawn by the familiar hand-pump attached to a
suction pump known as a beer engine. Some pubs without cellars still
serve beer straight from the cask using a simple gravity tap."
The Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting utilizes simple gravity taps to serve its
real
ales.
This is fresh ale the way it
was meant to be served. Attendees
at the Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting
(ACAT) will be amazed at the complexity and smooth, delicious character
of
these special real ales. The beer lineup at ACAT
will include cask versions of classic styles, some
dry-hopped versions (with fresh hops added to the cask),
and many
specialty beers with exceptional ingredients! A panel of beer
judges
will conduct a morning blind judging session and award "best of show"
ribbons.
UK
casks are typcially elegant golden ales, pale ales,
bitters, mild ales, old ales or dark ales. Many brewers in the
USA (and a
few in the UK) include special ingredients and/or processes with the
10.8 gallons of beer placed in their casks (spices, fruit, wood,
chocolate, etc.). ACAT features casks from the UK and
USA for interesting comparisons.
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All Your Cask Ale Equipment Needs
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ATTENDANCE
NOTES:
- Bring your print-at-home ticket for scanning at the door on
paper or your smartphone. Bring photo ID. Tickets are transferable to other
persons. We do not need prior notice on transfers.
- All attendees must agree to a liability release
waiver and terms/conditions on our ticket site.
- Dress in warm
clothes and bring a hat and gloves. The facility will be cold to
keep the beer at the
proper serving temperature.
- We do ask that all guests be
responsible, use
moderation, have a designated
driver,
and remember that this event is
for beer tasting and appreciation - not overindulgence. 21 and up -
bring photo ID. Uber and Lyft are easy in Atlanta, so please do not drink and drive.
Designated drivers are not
allowed in cask serving areas but are welcome to sit and eat at 5
Seasons.
- In case of
severe winter weather, every effort will be made to
postpone the event to the following day - Sunday. To check on
event status in case of pending
severe weather, see the BREWTOPIA EVENTS LLC Facebook page or www.Brewtopia.Info.
Sorry, there can be NO refunds for any tickets - even if severe winter weather forces
postponement.
- Brewers/distributors
do not pay for nor provide any monetary or promotional consideration to
the
organizers or to the locations of the event. All beers are
purchased by 5 Seasons from licensed Georgia wholesale
distributors.
- Some
beers will
run out before the end of the event.
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