Info on 2nd Annual Great Firkin Fest in Mobile

Road trip to Alabama's coast! The 2nd Annual Great Firkin Fest is coming up Saturday, April 18th at Moe’s Original Bar B Que in Downtown Mobile. It's an even featuring local and regional breweries.

This year's fest will showcase distinctive cask ale in a firkin, a barrel made of stainless steel that holds 10.8 gallons of beer. Firkins are unique in the sense that the beer goes through a secondary fermentation in the vessel.

Also slated to participate are 14 participating breweries that include Fairhope Brewing (Fairhope, Alabama), our own Druid City Brewing (Tuscaloosa, Alabama), Brew Stooges (Huntsville, Alabama), Rocket Republic Brewing Co. (Huntsville, Alabama), Back Forty Beer Co. (Gadsden, Alabama), Blue Pants Brewery (Madison, Alabama), Grayton Beer Co. (Grayton Beach, Florida), Cahaba Brewing (Birmingham, Alabama), Yellowhammer Brewing (Huntsville, Alabama), another T-Town favorite in Black Warrior Brewing (Tuscaloosa, Alabama), Tallgrass Brewing (Manhattan, Kansas), Salty Nut Brewery (Huntsville, Alabama), Chandeleur Brewing (Gulfport, Mississippi), and Avondale Brewing (Birmingham, Alabama).

Here's the schedule:
Doors open at 2pm with a tapping ceremony at 2:30pm.
Sampling ends at 5:30pm with an awards ceremony at 6pm.

There will be live music featuring Winston Ramble, Kristen Diable, and Strung Like a Horse.

Tickets are $22 in advance and $25 at the door includes entrance to the festival, samples of each firkin, crawfish, sample glass, koozie, literature and live music. Purchase tickets from eTix and at area Moe’s restaurants. Money raised will go to benefit the local American Cancer Society.