Every year in September, EPCOT’s International Food and Wine Festival brings a taste of international cuisine to Orlando’s tourist destination. In distant memory, the beer selection has been dominated by beers from AB-InBev and its variety of breweries around the world. In more recent memory, AB-InBev still pours many beers in the festival (Stella Artois, Leffe, and Hoegaarden among others), but Florida’s (and America’s) craft breweries are gaining increasing popularity among festivalgoers. It started with Samuel Adams’s beers and slowly progressed onward and outward to Sierra Nevada then other local craft beers. This year, some new names and old favorites are back among the beers of the Food and Wine Festival.
What craft beers are pouring at the Food and Wine Festival this year?
At the Farm Fresh Pavilion:
*Orlando Brewing Company, I-4 IPA – Orlando, FL
*Ba Ba Black Lager, Uinta Brewing Company – Salt Lake City, UT
*Duke’s Cold Nose Brown Ale, Bold City Brewery – Jacksonville, FL
*Florida Cracker Belgian Style White Ale, Cigar City Brewery – Tampa, FL
At the Fife and Drum Pavilion:
*Mmmhops Pale Ale
At the Craft Beer Pavilion:
*Florida Beer Company, Sunshine State Pils – Cape Canaveral, FL
*Magic Hat Brewery, Dream Machine IPL – South Burlington, VT
*Terrapin Beer Company, Rye Pale Ale – Athens, GA
*Sierra Nevada, Kellerweis® – Chico, CA
*Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Punkin Ale – Milton, DE
*Shiner Brewery, Wild Hare Pale Ale – Shiner, TX
*Abita Brewing Company, Purple Haze – Abita Springs, LA
At the Hawaii Pavilion:
*Kona Brewing Company, Big Wave Golden Ale
*Kona Brewing Company, Castaway IPA
At the Hops & Barley Pavilion:
*Samuel Adams® Octoberfest
*New Belgium Brewing Company Snapshot
*Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat®
At the Intermissions Cafe:
*Einstök Icelandic White Ale
For a complete list of beer and food available at the festival, click here.
Look for some other possible surprise selections throughout the festival. The EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival begins September 19th at Disney’s EPCOT Center.