Port to Port Beer Festival To Draw 19 Breweries To Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Beer lovers will descend upon Alexandria to taste beers from near and far at an upcoming festival.

Alexandria-based Port City Brewing Company will host its second annual Port to Port Beer Festival on Saturday, Aug. 16, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 3950 Wheeler Avenue. The festival will feature 19 breweries, from local picks like Lost Boy Cider and Mieza Blendery to Radeberger and Schofferhoffer from Germany.

Attendees will receive a commemorative 5 oz glass and unlimited pours with their ticket. Along with drinks, the event will have yard games, tented seating, a live DJ and private taco station from on-site restaurant La Tingeria. Designated driver tickets are also available.

The hosting Port City Brewing will release a new collaboration with Stone Brewing, Vasen Brewing, and North American Sake Brewing called Koji Kai. The exclusive beer is a Dry-Hopped Grisette brewed with Koji rice, blending flavors of regional malt with the ancient handcrafted Japanese fermentation ingredient Koji. According to the brewery, the beer is fermented with Belgian saison yeast and dryhopped with alora and nelson-sauvin hops. Festival attendees can try the beer during the event and can purchase a four-pack to take home.

In addition to the beer collaboration, Port City Brewing Company will introduce an exclusive festival beer called Watermelon Gose. This tart sour beer comes out pink, evoking flavors of watermelon and a hint of sea salt.

Tickets are $50 per person for early bird registrations and $60 for registrations on Aug. 11 and after. Designated driver tickets are $10 but do not allow alcohol consumption. The Port City Brewing Company tasting room and outdoor beer garden will remain open to the public, but festival beers will only be available to ticketed festival attendees.

Participating breweries include:

• Atlas – Washington, D.C.
• Best Day Brewing – Sausalito, CA
• DC Brau – Washington, D.C.
• Denizens Beer Co – Riverdale Park, MD
• Jackie O’s Brewing Company – Athens, OH
• Jailbreak Brewing – Laurel, MD
• Lost Boy Cider – Alexandria, VA
• Lost Generation Brewing Company – Washington, D.C.
• Liquid Intrusion – Prince George's County, MD
• Mieza Blendery – Alexandria, VA
• Port City Brewing – Alexandria, VA
• Radeberger – Radeberg, Germany
• Right Proper – Washington, D.C.
• Schofferhoffer – Binding, Germany
• Solace Brewing Company – Sterling, VA
• Stone Brewing Company – Escondido, CA
• Soul Mega – Washinton D.C.
• Southern Revere Cellars – Louisa, VA
• Union Craft Brewing – Baltimore, MD
• The Veil – Richmond, VA