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GRAND RAPIDS — Upon entering its fourth year as the Summer Beer Fest in John Ball Park, the WGRD team has admittedly revamped the whole concept behind the project. The festival is now not only a charity event for the West Grand Neighborhood Organization, but it also has a new goal of “Trying to educate all of our markets with beer”, according to the live events manager, Angela Paasche. “You do an event because you want to entertain, but also to educate,” said Paasche. It certainly shows, even to newcomers to Grand Rapids such as myself. The day kicked off with judging several beers coming from not only Michigan, but also Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont and Oregon. Once the results were submitted, I ventured my way around the festival as guests began trickling in. Throughout the day delicious BBQ smoke was wafting through the air as hundreds of patrons tucked themselves under the large tents … |
Source: Mitten Brew
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