Grab a drink and mingle at the WinterFest Beer Garden

BY PATRICK MCCORMACK

Mutiple beer vendors will be on hand at the Meadowbrook Inn, inside the Highland Room, from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28 for the annual WinterFest Beer Garden.

The 2023 Beer Garden event is sponsored by The Speckled Trout Restaurant and Bottle Shop, and attendees of the proceedings can sample many different types of beer from local and regional breweries.

WinterFest’s motto is “Don’t Hibernate, Celebrate!” and that accurately conveys the intent of the event: to encourage people to socialize and share good times and good drinks with others, instead of staying cooped up all winter.

“The beer garden will return to being held indoors this year,” said John Goheen, Events and Communications Director at the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce. “We haven’t done that in a while due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Continuing, Goheen said, “Several local breweries will be present, offering event-goers opportunities to learn about the beers as they drink them. Most of the vendors that will be at the this year’s Beer Garden are local breweries, with only a couple from outside the High Country.”

Commemorative WinterFest pint glasses will be offered, but only while supplies last.

Tickets are $35 and you must be 21 or older with a valid ID to sample beer. For more information or to reserve your tickets, call the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce at (828) 295-7851.

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