It’s a scorching summer day, the sweat is pooling on your forehead, and the only think you can think about is cracking open a cold one with the boys. But why do it in your backyard when you could travel the country attending the best beer festivals in the nation?
According to The List, here are the Top 3 Beer Festivals in the U.S.
1. San Diego International Beer Festival
Does 300 beers sound like enough to quench your thirst? Well that’s the number of different beers from breweries around the world that come together at California’s largest beer festival. And the best part is that it coincides with a county fair, so you booze out before (or after) you cruise out on your favorite carnival rides.
[$60 dollar tickets, June 15th-17th]
2. Burning Can Beer Festival
Picture this: Tasting 200 beers from 100 different breweries while nestled at the base of the Rocky Mountains and watching the Lyons Outdoor Games occur. Well that’s what you can expect at the Burning Can festival. Colorado may have just legalized weed, but this festival proves that the state still knows how to have a good time with traditional, old-fashioned beer.
[$45 dollar tickets, June 2nd]
3. Chicago Ale Fest
Finally, we’ll roll up to the windy city to get our last dose of lager love. The perks of this festival is that is features “mystery beers” that cannot be found anywhere else in Chicago. Who ever said the midwest was boring?
[$50 dollar tickets, June 1st & 2nd]
So what are you waiting for? Day drinking begins now!
