San Diego International
Beer Festival

The 2013 San Diego International Beer Festival takes place June 21-23, with many breweries and hundreds of beers from around the world! This year, participants will arrive from around the world and across the country.

New this year for the competition, we will be crowning a Champion Brewery in addition to our Best of Show Beer. The Champion Brewery will be awarded based on points earned for beers entered in the judging.

Check out all the breweries participating in this year's Festival!

Dates and times

SESSION 1		Friday, June 21 Noon-4PM
SESSION 2		Friday, June 21 5PM-9PM
SESSION 3		Saturday, June 22 11AM-3PM
SESSION 4		Saturday, June 22 4PM-8PM
SESSION 5		Sunday, June 23 1PM-5PM

Prices

$55
GENERAL ADMISSION ticket gets you admission into the San Diego County Fair, souvenir tasting cup, and unlimited one-ounce samples of more than 300 beers.

$90
BREWERS LOUNGE VIP experience ideal for the true craft beer enthusiast. Includes a special lounge area overlooking the festival, 6-oz. souvenir glass to use in the lounge area and festival floor, five craft beer stations with food pairing with unlimited grazing for the first two hours of each session, 1/2 hour early admission before the general public, and admission to the Fair.

Tickets

Tickets for General Admission to the San Diego International Beer Festival and Brewers Lounge on sale now at the Del Mar Fairgrounds Box Office and Ticketmaster.

To attend this Festival you must have a Fair admission ticket. For those that already have Fair admission tickets you can purchase the Beer Festival and VIP Brewers Lounge inside the Festival on the day of the show or in advance at the Del Mar Fairgrounds Box Office.

Ticket prices without Fair admission for all sessions:
San Diego International Beer Festival $41
Brewers Lounge $80

All attendees must show valid photo ID at the door to be admitted. You must be 21 or older to participate in this event. No exceptions! Proper identification is the responsibility of the attendee. Failure to present proper, valid photo identification (drivers license or passport) will result in denial of entry with no refund offered.

Breweries in the 2013 Beer Competition

This year, participating breweries were represented by 16 countries and 22 states.

Countries: Austria; Belgium; Canada; Czech Republic; Denmark; France; Germany; Holland; Italy; Mexico; New Zealand; Norway; Papua New Guinea; Spain; Switzerland; United Kingdom

States: Alaska; Arizona; California; Colorado; Delaware; Georgia; Hawaii; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Massachusetts; Minnesota; Missouri; Nebraska; New York; Oklahoma; Oregon; Texas; Utah; Vermont; Washington; Wisconsin

AB InBev, Leuven, Belgium
AB InBev, St Louis, MO, USA
Abita Brewing Company, Abita Springs, LA, USA
Acoustic Ales Brewing Experiment, San Diego, CA, USA
Aftershock Brewing Co., Temecula, CA, USA
Ales Agullons, Sant Joan de Mediona, Spain, Spain
AleSmith Brewing Company, San Diego, CA, USA
Allagash Brewing Company, Portland, ME, USA
Amplified Ale Works, San Diego, CA, USA
Anchor Brewing, San Francisco, CA, USA
Anchorage Brewing, Anchorage, AK, USA
Aspall, Suffolk, England
Avery Brewing Company, Boulder, CO, USA
Ayinger, Aying, Germany
Aztec Brewing Company, Vista, CA, USA
Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, Linda Vista, San Diego, CA, USA
Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, Scripps Ranch, San Diego, CA, USA
Band of Brewers Company, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA, USA
Bear Republic Brewing Company, Cloverdale, CA, USA
Belching Beaver Brewery, Vista, CA, USA
Belgh Brasse, Amos, QuÃ©bec, Canada Belhaven, Dunbar, Scotland
Bellegems, Bellegem, Belgium
Benchmark Brewing, San Diego, CA, USA
Benediktiner, Lich, Germany
Birrificio Ticinese, Stabio, Switzerland
Bitburger, Bitburg, Germany
Black Market Brewing Co., Temecula, CA, USA
Blue Moon Brewing Company, Denver, CO, USA
Blue Moon Brewing Company, Golden, CO, USA
Bockor, Bellegem, Belgium
Bootstrap Brewing, Niwot, CO, USA
Bosteels, Buggenhout, Belgium
Boston Beer Company, Boston, MA, USA
Breakwater Brewing Company, Oceanside, CA, USA
Brouwerij Bavik, Bavikhove, Belgium
Brouwerij Van Eecke, Watou, Belgium
Brouwerij Van Steenberge, Ertvelde, Belgium
California Cider Company, Sebastopol, CA, USA
Cambridge Brewing, Cambridge, MA, USA
ChuckAlek Independent Brewers, Ramona, CA, USA
Cidrerie Duche de Longueville, Normandy, France
Cismontane Brewing, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, USA
Cold Spring Brewery Co., Cold Spring, MN, USA
Coniston, Coniston, , England
Coniston, Keighley, England
Consorcio Cervecero de baja California, Tijuana Baja California, Mexico
Coronado Brewing Company, Coronado, CA, USA
Coronado Brewing Company, San Diego, CA, USA
Cosmic Ales, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Courage, Bedford, UK
Craft Brewing Company, Lake Elsinore, CA, USA
Crispin Cider Company, Colfax, CA, USA
De Halve Maan Brewery, Bruges, Belgium
De La Senne, Brussels, Belgium
De Lagandtsheer, Buggenhout, Belgium
Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR, USA
Dieu du Ciel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE, USA
Drake's Brewing Company, San Leandro, CA, USA
Du Bocq, Purnode, Belgium
Duvel USA / Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY, USA
Eagle Rock Brewery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Eel River Brewing Company, Fortuna, CA, USA
Eggenberg, Gmunden, Austria
Epic Brewing Company, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Erdinger Weissbrau, Erding, Germany
Evans Premium Lager, Corona, CA, USA
Fezziwigs Brewing Company, Carlsbad, CA, USA
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company, Buellton, CA, USA
Fireman's Brew, Canoga Park, CA, USA
Firestone Walker Brewing Co, Paso Robles, CA, USA
Fox Barrel, Colfax, CA, USA
Freigeist, Stolberg, Germany, Germany
Full Sail Brewing Company, Hood River, OR, USA
Golden Coast Mead, San Diego, CA, USA
Golden Road Brewing, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Goose Island, Chicago, IL, USA
Great Divide Brewing Company, Denver, CO, USA
Green Flash Brewing Co, San Diego, CA, USA
Haandbryggeriet, Drammen, Norway
Hangar 24 Craft Brewery, Redlands, CA, USA
Hess Brewing Co., San Diego, CA, USA
Het Anker Brewery, Mechelen, Belgium
High Hops Brewery, Windsor, CO, USA
Hillcrest Brewing Co, San Diego, CA, USA
Hoegaarden, Hoegaarden, Belgium
Home Brew Mart by Ballast Point, San Diego, CA, USA
Huyghe Brewery, Ghent, Belgium
Indian Joe Brewing, Vista, CA, USA
Intergalactic Brewing Company, San Diego, CA, USA
Ironfire Brewing Company, Temecula, CA, USA
Jacob Leinenkugle Brewing Company, Chippewa Falls, WI, USA
Julian Hard Cider, San Diego, CA, USA
Karl Strauss Brewing Company, San Diego, CA, USA
Kern River Brewing, Kernville, CA, USA
Kinetic Brewing Company, Lancaster, CA, USA
Knee Deep Brewing Company, Lincoln, CA, USA
Kona, Kailua Kona, HI, USA
Konig, Duisberg, Germany
Konrad, Vratislavice nad Nisou, Czech Republic
Kostritzer, Kostritz, Germany
La Choulette, Hordain, France, France
La Trappe, Tilburg, Holland
Ladyface Ale Co., Agoura, CA, USA
Lagunitas Brewing Co., Petaluma, CA, USA
Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Lakewood Brewing Company, Garland , TX, USA
Latitude 33 Brewing, Vista, CA, USA
Lefebvre, Quenast, Belgium
Leffe, Dinant, Belgium
Left Coast Brewing Co., San Clemente, CA, USA
Lexington Brewing & Distilling Company, Lexington, KY, USA
Lightning Brewery, Poway, CA, USA
Lost Coast Brewery, Eureka, CA, USA
Mad Lab Craft Brewing, San Diego, CA, USA
Mad River Brewing Company, Blue Lake, CA, USA
Magic Hat, South Burlington, VT, USA
Magners, Clonmel, Ireland, UK
Manzanita Brewing Company, Santee, CA, USA
Marin Brewing Company, Larkspur, CA, USA
Maui Brewing Co., Lahaina, HI, USA
McCashin Family Brewery, Nelson, New Zealand, New Zealand
Meantime, Greenwich, England
Mendocino Brewing Company, Ukiah, CA, USA
Mikkeller, Copenhagen, Denmark, Denmark
MillerCoors, Golden, CO, USA
Mission Brewery, San Diego, CA, USA
Monkey Paw Brewing Co., San Diego, CA, USA
Morgan Street Brewery, Saint Louis, MO, USA
Mother Earth Brew Co, Vista, CA, USA
Mother Road Brewing Company, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
Moylan's Brewing Co., Novato, CA, USA
Nebraska Brewing Company, Papillion, NE, USA
New Belgium Brewing, Fort Collins, CO, USA
New English Brewing Company, San Diego, CA, USA
North Coast Brewing, Fort Bragg, CA, USA
Oceanside Ale Works, Oceanside, CA, USA
Oggi's Pizza & Brewing Co., San Clemente, CA, USA
Old Hangtown Beer Works, Placerville, CA, USA
Oro di Milano, Milan, Italy
Pizza Port Brewing Company, Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA, USA
Pizza Port Brewing Company, Solana Beach, CA, USA
Pizza Port Ocean Beach Brewing Co., San Diego, CA, USA
Pizza Port, San Clemente, CA, USA
Port Brewing Company, San Marcos, CA, USA
Port Town Brewing Company, San Pedro, CA, USA
Prairie Artisan Ales, Krebs, OK, USA
Prohibition Brewing Company, Vista, CA, USA
Pyramid Breweries, Portland , OR, USA
Redd's Brewing Company, Albany, GA, USA
Redhook Brewery, Woodinville, WA, USA
Redstone Meadery, Boulder, CO, USA
Refuge Brewery, Temecula, CA, USA
Rip Current Brewing, San Marcos, CA, USA
Robinson's, Manchester, England Rochefort, Belgium
Rock Bottom Brewery, La Jolla, CA, USA
Rock Bottom Brewery, Gaslamp, San Diego, CA, USA
Rogue Ales, Newport, OR, USA
Rough Draft Brewing Company, San Diego, CA, USA
Ruhstaller, Sacramento, CA, USA
Saint Archer Brewing Company, San Diego, CA, USA
Saint Peter's, Dungay, UK
Samuel Smith, Tadcaster, England
San Diego Brewing Co., San Diego, CA, USA
San Pedro Brewing Company, San Pedro, CA, USA
Sea Dog Brewing, Portland, ME, USA
Shipyard Brewing, Portland, ME, USA
Shmaltz Brewing Company, Clifton Park, NY, USA
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co, Chico, CA, USA
Societe Brewing Co, San Diego, CA, USA
Solvang Brewing Company, Solvang, CA, USA
South Pacific Brewery, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Spaten, Munich, Germany
Speakeasy Ales & Lagers, San Francisco, CA, USA
Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX, USA
St. Feuillian, Le Rouelx, Belgium
Stone Brewing Co., Escondido, CA, USA
Stumblefoot Brewing Co., San Marcos, CA, USA
TailGate Beer, San Diego, CA, USA
Tap It Brewing Co., San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
Thatchers Cider Company, North Somerset, UK
The Bruery, Placentia, CA, USA
The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA, USA
Thorn Street Brewery, San Diego, CA, USA
Tieton Cider Works, Tieton, WA, USA
Timmermans, Itterbeek, Belgium
Traquair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Trumer Brauerei, Berkeley, CA, USA
Unibroue, Chambly Quebec, Canada
Urthel, Tilburg, Holland
Valiant Brewing Co., Orange, CA, USA
Van Honsebrouck, Inglemunster, Belgium
Vermont Hard Cider Company, Middlebury, VT, USA
Wadworth, Devizes, England, England
Wandering Aengus Ciderworks, Salem, OR, USA
Wells and Young's, Bedford, UK
Widmer Brewing Company, Portland, OR, USA
William K Busch Brewing Company, St Louis, MO, USA
Williams Orchards, Herefordshire, England
Wychwood's, Oxfordshire, UK
Wyder's, Middlebury, VT, USA
Youngs, Bedford, UK

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