Real Ale Festival Duclaw brewing company

$55 per ticket for 4 hours of awesomeness, OR $65 per tickets for VIP 5 hours of awesomeness.

No, so pace yourself, OR check out the bus service options below.

12 p.m. to 4 p.m. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for VIPs.

Tickets can be purchased here, beginning June 11th, 2012.

Debit and credit cards only (Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover), viva la finance charge!

Maybe. There are only 700 tickets available, so we're expecting an online sell-out in a matter of minutes that will result in many of you sending us hateful emails later. If there are any available the day of the festival, they will be for sale at the door, but keep in mind, THERE ARE ONLY 700 TICKETS AVAILABLE, FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.

A reduced ticket price! PINT CLUB members can purchase tickets at the PINT CLUB ONLY RATES of $45 per ticket OR $55 per VIP ticket! Membership has its privileges.

All the beer you can eat, all the food you can drink, DuClaw Brewing Company favorites Acoustically Sound playing live, and our usual brand of hijinks.

Nope.

Not only near, one of them is hooking us up! Call the Ramada Conference Center Edgewood and mention that you'll be attending DuClaw Brewing Company's Real Ale Fest and you'll receive a discounted room rate $75.

If your child is 21 years of age or older, sure. If your child is under the age of 21, than no. This event is intended for mature audiences only.

Yep! An all-you-can-eat buffet featuring 3 Roasted Pigs and scores of other goodies.

Yep. We want you all to get home safely and well hydrated so we will have water stations set up. You can also purchase pints of beer and cocktails from the bar.

Safety first! We know that tasting real ale out of anything other than glass is sacrilege, but plastic doesn't shatter and end up embedded in your foot when you drop it.

• Stillwater Artisanal
• Heavy Seas
• Oliver's
• Fordham
• Harpoon
• Old Dominion
• Troegs
• Yards
• Flying Dog
• Stone
• Stoudts
• Red Brick
• Pub Dog
• Brewer's Alley
• Evolution
• Frankiln's
• Brewer's Art
• and a little upstart out of Northeastern Maryland called
  DuClaw Brewing Company.

Yep! Real Ale Festival house band, Acoustically Sound will be will be playing live.

Each brewery is only bringing two casks of beer, when they're gone, they're gone.

www.realalefest.com
www.mapquest.com
410-515-3222

Really? The food is free, better than yours, and you've already paid for the beer, so, no, you may not.

Yes. We will be tagging fest-goers with RF ear-tags when you enter the event so that we can keep track of you. OR there will be a stamp or wristband of some kind.

Sorry, humans only UNLESS your dog is “on the job”: Service animals are permitted.

Bring your slicker, your umbrella and your rubbers, err, galoshes cause rain or shine, the fest must go on.

At your own discretion. DuClaw Brewing Company will not be responsible for lost or damaged vehicles. We encourage attendees, when possible, to carpool, use our bus service (see below) or take public transit.

$25 (VIP or IP) gets you round trip bus service to and from the event from our restaurants at the Bowie Town Center and Arundel Mills Mall, AND from JD's Smokehouse in Baltimore. The VIP buses will depart from Bowie at PRECISELY 9:15 am and Arundel Mills at PRECISELY 10 AM am, and JD's at 10am the morning of the event. The buses for guests holding 12noon to 4pm festival tickets will depart from Bowie at PRECISELY 10:15am, Arundel Mills at PRECISELY 11am, and JD's at 11am the morning of the event. Please be at the bus pick-up location 15 minutes before departure as we're taking this PRECISELY thing very seriously. Have you seen the movie Open Water? That's what happens when you miss your scheduled departure time. Okay, you won't get eaten by sharks, but you will miss out on all of the fun. All buses depart Bel Air for the return trips shortly after the conclusion of the festival.

No. Because of liability issues only professional brewers and DuClaw Brewing Company staff may work the event.

If we won't let volunteers work for free, what chance do you think you have of getting paid to do it? Buy a ticket and start drinking already.

Glad you asked! Contact Elizabeth Hanfman at ehanfman@duclaw.com and tell her that you would like a vendor packet for next year's festival.

A firkin is actually the name of an eleven-gallon keg that holds cask-conditioned ale (real ale).

“Real Ale” is served unfiltered, whereas the yeast in conventionally served ale has been filtered out to give it a “clear” appearance. Real ale is served at “cellar” temperature (50-55°F), unlike conventional ale, which is served cooler. Finally, real ale is lightly carbonated so it almost appears "flat" compared to conventional ale.

If all of the Breweries, free food, live music, etc weren't enough, you'll also be helping a great cause. A portion of the proceeds from the even will be donated to The Cool Kids Campaign, an organization that provides kids with cancer and their families while they battle through the challenges of recovery.