Heritage Sandy Springs Beer Festival

August 14, 2010
4:00 pm	to	8:00 pm

Welcome back!

Heritage Sandy Springs will be holding their first ever Beer Festival on Saturday, August 14th. This outdoor beer tasting celebration will feature more than 70 different brews from brewers around the southeast. Local food and live music will round out the event, which runs from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Enjoy the music from Mystery Trip from 4-5:30 and party band, HouseBroken, from 6-8pm. The event will feature a variety of local food vendors including Slope’s BBQ, Meehan’s Public House, Papa John’s Pizza, Mike’s Hot Dogs and Teela Taqueria.

Be sure to check out the large selection of brewers and beers that will be on hand, including 5 Seasons Brewing Co., Belukus Marketing, Jailhouse Brewing, Kona Family, Magic Hat, Magner’s Cider, New Belgium, Peak Organic, Red Hook, RJ Rockers, Shock Top, Southern Tier Brewery, Spaten North America, Sweetwater Brewery, Terrapin, Thomas Creek Brewery, Widmer Brothers, Wild Blue and Woodchuck.

The Beer Fest will be held at the Heritage Green, on the Sandy Springs Society Entertainment Lawn, 6110 Bluestone Road.  Heritage Sandy Springs members receive early access to the event from 3-4 p.m. Admission is $25.00 per person in advance, or $30.00 at the door and includes beer tasting. Tickets can be purchased online at www.hssbeerfest.com or at the gate the day of the event. Attendees can purchase non-alcoholic beverages and food from local vendors on site. You must be 21 or older to attend.

No outside food or beverage is allowed. Pets and smoking are not allowed. Parking is available on Sandy Springs Place in designated parking lots and in the Sandy Springs United Methodist Church’s Hitson Activity Center lot, on Sandy Springs Circle.

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First-Annual Beer Connoisseur Festival

June 12, 2010
3:00 pm	to	8:00 pm

Celebrate the Start of Summer at the First-Annual Beer Connoisseur Festival

A very special extravaganza of world-class brews is coming to Atlanta tomorrow, Saturday, June 12th, 2010 from 3-8pm. Hosted by The Beer Connoisseur® Magazine, Taco Mac, 5 Seasons Brewing Company and restaurants of the The Prado enclave in north Atlanta, the first-ever Beer Connoisseur Festival (a.k.a. Pints at The Prado) will kick-off summer with a celebration of great American beer.

A selection of 150-plus brews hand picked from more than 40 world-class breweries – including big names like Allagash, Avery, Bell’s, Chimay, Dogfish Head, Rogue, Stone and Weihenstephan, as well as local favorites like SweetWater, Terrapin and Atlanta Brewing Company – will be poured, and there will be plenty of rare offerings available at the landmark event.

The festival, which will be covered in the magazine’s fall issue, doesn’t begin and end with just great beer, though. There will be live music, lots of great food, access to TV’s inside Taco Mac and 5 Seasons Brewing to catch all the FIFA World Cup action and domestic beer and liquor drinks will be sold at an additonal charge.

Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door, available only to those ages 21 and over (no children allowed inside the gates). This event will be held rain or shine; no pets or backpacks allowed.

Purchase Tickets Here in Advance

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Erawan Thai – Organic Thai Restaurant

Details that make the Erawan experience effective. The waitress’ concern, the menu’s clear definition of spice and the kitchen’s organic ingredients give the restaurant a bit of an edge.

ORGANIC STYLE

For the past 10 years, diners have been shoveling Erawan’s Thai fare. But when Vara Chieosamut took over the reins six months ago, he transformed the menu to organic. His goal is to have a 100 percent organic menu, although out-of-season veggies are often hard to find. Currently, about 80 percent is organic, including all of the salads, pastas and most of the vegetables. Even brands of organic wine and beer rest behind the bar, like Scotland’s Kelpie Seaweed Ale. Chieosamut says although organic ingredients demand higher prices, he tries to keep the menu priced reasonably. Some longtime customers, he says, have passed on Erawan’s slightly higher organic rates, but some in-town diners make the trek for his culinary niche.

The meal begins with a plateload of deep-fried tofu triangles and a side of sweet and sour sauce with tiny peanut bits floating inside. As personal dining guilt goes, the healthiness of tofu cancels out the fried aspect, which is light to begin with. And the pleasant, homey flavor further negates any concern. But the tempura-battered fried coconut shrimp proves heavier. The coconut flavor comes off as slightly muted, but the crunchy treats are fun to grab by hand. The tart touch of lime accentuates the chicken larb salad. Cooks scramble the minced meat with scallions, roasted rice powder and hot chili. A nearly stark white cabbage wedge buddies next door.

A dessert of mango slices and sweet sticky rice in coconut cream brings an additional chill to the mild combustion the entree left behind. With a full gullet and machismo intact, it’s easy to admire Chieosamut’s mission and Erawan’s charming results.

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