CL's summertime beer festival was back — with a bang! ⚡

We teamed up with your favorite hockey team, the Tampa Bay Lightning, to bring you the craft beer drinking event of the summer, Bolts Brew Fest presented by Creative Loafing.

That's right, Loafers — we took over the event floor at AMALIE Arena where you sampled your way around more than 100 craft beer varieties from more than 50 local and national breweries; took part in fun Lightning-themed games; purchased food from tasty local restaurants like Holy Hog BBQ, The Independent Bar and Cafe, Buya Ramen, and Empanada World; and much, much more!

A portion of proceeds benefitted Humane Society of Tampa Bay!

Bolts Brew Fest
presented by Creative Loafing
Saturday, August 5th | AMALIE Arena
VIP: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. | GA: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Attendees needing somewhere to stay before or after Bolts Brew Fest stayed at Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina!

Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina is less than ½ a mile away from AMALIE Arena!


FEATURING CRAFT BEER BY:

3 Daughters Brewing
 Beach Blonde Ale & Grapefruit Shandy

7venth Sun Brewery
 Graffiti Orange & Headbanger

Angry Chair Brewing
 Space Grass & Vodnik

Avery Brewing Co.
 Liliko'i Kepolo & Salvation Belgian

Ballast Point Brewing Company
 Grapefruit Sculpin & Wahoo White Beer

Big Storm Brewing Co.
 Helicity Pilser & Tropic Pressure Florida Ale

Big Top Brewing Company
 Hawaiian Lion Toasted Coconut Coffee Porter & Trapeze Monk Witbier

Brew Bus Brewing
 Rollin Dirty Irish-Style Red Ale & You're My Boy, Blue

Brewski Brewing Company
Head Spin (with Angry Chair) & The Good, the Bad, and the Honey (with Cigar City Cider & Mead)

Cigar City Brewing Company
 Creative Loafing's Best of the Bay Cherry Lime Florida Weisse, Florida Cracker, & White Oak Jai Alai

Cigar City Cider & Mead
 Hard Cider & Homemade Apple Pie Cider

Coppertail Brewing Co.
 Independent Pilsner, Pinky Swear, Powder, & Unholy Trippel

Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
 St. Bretta Citrus Wildbier & Vieille Artisanal Saison

Crooked Thumb Brewery
 Florida Grapefruit Gose & Harbor Vienna Lager

Cycle Brewing
 Cream & Sugar, Please & Fixie Session IPA

Darwin Brewing Company
Ayawasca Abbey Dubbel & Circa 1926 Tangerine Wheat

Dogfish Head Brewery
 90 Minute IPA & SeaQuench Ale

Elysian Brewing Company
 Space Dust IPA & Superfuzz Blood Orange Pale Ale

Florida Avenue Brewing Co.
Florida Avenue Ale & Passion of the Heights

Funky Buddha Brewery
 Hop Stimulator Double IPA & Pineapple Beach

Green Bench Brewing Company
 Bench Beer & Sunshine City IPA

Hidden Springs Ale Works
 Deja Moo & Orange Crush

J Wakefield Brewing
 El Jefe Hefeweizen & Frank White

Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Bam Bière & Calabaza Boreal (with Anchorage Brewing Company)

Lord Hobo Brewing
Company Boomsauce & Hobo Life

M.I.A. Beer Company
 Hard Water Cucumber & Mega Mix

Mad Beach Brewing
 Pirate Booty Mead & Watermelon Sangria

Magic Hat Brewing Company
 #9 & Electric Peel

Mikkeller Brewing
San Diego San Diego Beer Geek Brunch & Waves (Bølger)

MotorWorks Brewing
Midnight Espresso & Pulp Friction

New Belgium Brewing Company
 Fat Tire Belgian White, Lips Of Faith Flowering Citrus Ale (with De Koninck Brewery), & Voodoo Ranger

Oskar Blues Brewery
 Dale's Pale Ale & G'Knight Imperial Red IPA

Pair O' Dice Brewing Co.
 Lucky Lucy Strawberry Blonde & Mo' Guava

Perrin Brewing Company
 Black Schwarzbier & Grapefruit IPA

Pinellas Ale Works
 Milk Bone Sweet Stout & Sit American Amber

Prairie Artisan Ales
 'Merica Saison & Prairie Flare Gose

Rapp Brewing Company
 Gose & Rapp North German Alt Bier

Rock Brothers Brewing
 JJ Grey's Nare Sugar Brown & Umphrey's Nothing Too Fancy

St. Somewhere Brewery
 Assoiffé & Roselle

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
 Otra Vez Gose Ale & Pale Ale

Six Ten Brewing
 CBGB & Tent Beer

Slim Pickens Cider & Mead
 Ananas Pineapple Cider & South Beach Fat Kid

Southern Tier Brewing Company
 Salted Caramel & Live Pale Ale

St. Pete Brewing Company
 McCracken Scottish Ale & Orange Wheat

Stone Brewing Co.
 Double Bastard Bigger Longer Uncut & Ripper San Diego Pale Ale

SweetWater Brewing Company
 420 Extra Pale Ale & Goin Coastal

Tampa Bay Brewing Company
 Last Days of Summer & Reef Donkey

Terrapin Beer Co.
 Hopsecutioner IPA & Watermelon Gose

Victory Brewing Company
 Blackboard Series #6 Peach Belgian Blonde & Golden Monkey

Wicked Barley Brewing Company
Eradicator & Maibock

Attendees RSVPed on Facebook and invite your friends here!

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TICKETS


General Admission

$50 Advance | $60 Door

GA includes:
• Unlimited beer sampling
• Complimentary ticket voucher for a 2017 Lightning preseason game

VIP Admission
SOLD OUT!

$100 Advance | $125 Door

VIP includes:
• Unlimited beer sampling
• Early entry from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. for an extra hour of sampling without the crowds
• Access to AMALIE Arena's Lexus Lounge featuring exclusive VIP-only beer & food
• Exclusive private tour of the Tampa Bay Lightning Locker Room
• Complimentary ticket voucher for a 2017 Lightning preseason game
• Parking included

Prices do not include facility fee or service charges. 


Attendees needing a ride to or from Bolts Brew Fest took Uber! First-time Uber users got their first ride free up to $20 by downloading the app, creating an account, and entering the code BOLTSWIN in the 'Payment' section at checkout.

Special thanks to AMALIE Arena, Tampa Bay Lightning, and sponsors and partners World of Beer, Whole Foods Market, Tampa Triumph, Buya Ramen, Coppertail Brewing Co., Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina, and Florida Print Solutions!

 

Advanced parking passes were available at Ticketmaster.com or the ticket office.
Visit amaliearena.com or call 813.301.2500 for more information.

#CLBolts

For more information on this event, contact Alexis Chamberlain at 813.739.4879 or alexis.chamberlain@cltampa.com.

21+ only. Programming, breweries, & beer list subject to change. Event takes place rain or shine.

This article appears in Apr 27 – May 4, 2017.