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Beers never poured in Florida featured at Saturday’s WakeFest

WakeFest is J. Wakefield Brewing's annual beer festival in Wynwood. This year, 120 of the best beers from around the world will be featured on Feb. 16.
WakeFest is J. Wakefield Brewing's annual beer festival in Wynwood. This year, 120 of the best beers from around the world will be featured on Feb. 16.

Between navigating traffic for the art fairs, boat show, and Gay 8 festival this weekend, you’re going to need a beer.

WakeFest arrives just in time. J. Wakefield Brewing, the Wynwood brewery that innovated tart, refreshing so-called sour beers made with South Florida flavors, will host a beer festival with 120 independently owned craft breweries from around the country, Canada and Europe Feb. 17 from noon to 6 p.m.

This is no debauch. Brewmaster Johnathan Wakefield has been prized for his award-winning beers — from light, refreshing tart beers to rich, powerful stouts — and he has brewed with many of these small, microbreweries to produce beers people love.

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The event, which drew more than 1,400 people last year, is expected to bring as many as 2,000 to Mana Wynwood. Special, $350 tickets that included take-home bottles from sevaral breweries sold out in fewer than 10 minutes. General admission tickets are $60.

Aside from more than 35 beers that have never been poured in Florida before, food trucks will be available.

Click details to pre-purchase admission tickets and for a full list of breweries.

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Full list of breweries

18th Street – Indiana
3 Stars – Washington, DC
Ale Farm – Denmark
All In – Sweden
Almanac – California
Alvarado Street Brewery – California
American Solera – Oklahoma
Anchorage Brewing – Alaska
Ardent Craft Ales – Virginia
Arizona Wilderness – Arizona
Aslin – Virginia
Against the Grain – Kentucky
Austin Street Brewery – Maine
B. Nektar Meadery – Michigan
Bagby Beer Co. – California
Barrel Theory – Minnesota
Barreled Souls – Maine
Basqueland – Spain
Beavertown – England
Bellwoods – Canada
Blackberry Farms – Tennessee
Bottle Logic – California
Brasserie Cantillon
Brasserie Dunham – Canada
Brasserie St Germain – France
Brekeriet – Sweden
Brew Gentlemen – Pennsylvania
Brewski – Sweden
Burial Beer Co. – North Carolina
Burley Oak – Maryland
Buxton – England
Captain Lawrence – New York
Carton – New Jersey
Casa Agria – California
Cellarmaker – California
Cerebral – Colorado
Cloudwater – England
Council – California
Creature Comforts – Georgia
Crooked Run – Virginia
Dry & Bitter – Denmark
Dugges Bryggeri – Sweden
Edmund’s Oast – South Carolina
Equilibrium – New York
Evil Twin – New York
Fantome – Belgium
Finback – New York
Fonta Flora – North Carolina
Frederiksdal Kirsebaervin A/S – Denmark
Fremont – Washington
Garage Beer Co. – Spain
Good Beer Co. – California
Graft Cider – New York
Great Notion – Oregon
Hawkshead – England
Highland Park Brewery – California
Holy Mountain – Washington
Hoof Hearted – Ohio
Horus Aged Ales – California
Hudson Valley Brewing – New York
Interboro – New York
INU Island Ales – Hawaii
Jackie O’s – Ohio
Jester King – Texas
Jolly Pumpkin – Michigan
Kent Falls Brewing – Connecticut
Kings Brewing Co. – California
La Debauche – France
LIC – New York
Lost Abbey – California
Magic Rock – England
Magnify – New Jersey
Malmo – Sweden
Maui Brewing – Hawaii
Mikerphone – Illinois
Mikkeller – Denmark
Mikkeller SD – California
Missbeehavin’ Meads – Indiana
Modern Times – California
Moksa – California
Moonlight Meadery – New Hampshire
Mumford Brewing – California
NOLA – Louisiana
Ocelot – Virginia
Omnipollo – Sweden
Other Half – New York
Poppels Bryggeri – Sweden
Pure Project – California
RAR – Maine
Salud Cerveceria – North Carolina
Siren Craft Brew – England
Southern Grist – Tennessee
Southern Prohibition – Mississippi
Stockholm Brewing – Sweden
Superstition Meadery – Arizona
Surly Brewing – Minnesota
The Answer – Virginia
The Bruery – California
The Veil – Virginia
Toppling Goliath – Iowa
Transmitter Brewing – New York
Trillium – Massachusetts
Triple Crossing – Virginia
TRVE – Colorado
Voodoo Brewery – Pennsylvania
Westbrook – South Carolina
Wild Barrel – California
Wren House – Arizona
Florida Breweries
7venth Sun – Dunedin
Aardwolf – Jacksonville
Angry Chair – Tampa
Calusa – Sarasota
Cigar City – Tampa
Civil Society – Jupiter
Coppertail – Tampa
Cycle Brewing – St. Petersburg
Lincoln’s Beard -Miami
M.I.A. – Doral
Proof – Tallahassee
Slim Pickens Cider & Mead – Tampa
VIP Food Vendors
Federal Chicken
Cake Thai
Stazione 87
Chef Aaron Brook’s (Edge Steak & Bar ) Famous Paella
General Admission Food Vendors
Big O’ Smoke BBQ
Magic Box – It’s a Frita
Ms. Cheezious
Tacos & Tattoos
The Avenue Miami
The Salty Donut
Top Notch

This story was originally published February 16, 2018 at 6:02 AM.

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