Now That You Know Them, It's Time To Taste Their Masterpieces!
90 Participants Unite to Brew their own casks for Sweet Water Brewing Company’s “Brew Your Cask Off” Festival on March 20th 

ATLANTA (March 15, 2010) – From restaurants to radio stations, first-time brewers to home breweries, Sweet Water Brewing Company has gathered an extensive and exciting list of participants for their “Brew Your Cask Off” Cask Ale Festival. There will be a true, and interesting, sampling of the city and slightly beyond at this do-not-miss festival - Saturday, March 20th from 6 to 10 p.m. The list includes:

15th Street Pizza & Pub
790 The Zone
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
All About Beer Magazine
Allgood Lounge
Aromas/Five Points Bottle Shop
Atkins Park
Atlanta Humane Society
Beer Connoisseur Magazine
Bert’s Big Adventure
Bhojanic
Brick Store Pub
Bullock’s Wine & Spirits
Canvas Systems International Brewing Team
Celebrator Beer News Magazine
Charlie Mopps Public House
Covert Hops Society
Cypress Street Pint & Plate
Dantanna’s
Dark Horse Tavern
Diesel
Draft Magazine
Dunwoody Restaurant Group
Fado
Final Gravity
Fontaine’s Oyster House
Food Group 101/Meehan’s Public House
Gas South
Gibney’s Pub
Green’s
Hand in Hand
Here to Serve Group
Hop City
Hudson Grille
INHBC
Loco’s Grill & Pub
Mac McGee’s Irish Pub
Mac’s Beer & Wine
Manuel’s Tavern
March of Dimes
Marietta Pizza Company
McCray’s Tavern
Mellow Mushroom
Mellow Mushroom Mothership
Midway Pub
Monday Night Brewing
Neighbor’s Pub
Ormsby’s
Padriac’s
Park Pride
Park Tavern
Parker’s on Ponce
Porter Beer Bar
Pub 71
Raging Burrito
Ri Ra
Rocky Mountain Pizza Company
Sherlock’s
Six Feet Under
Smoke Jack BBQ
South Atlanta Homebrewers
Southern Brew News
Steinbeck’s Ale House
Summits Wayside Tavern
Taco Mac (4 participating locations)
Tap
Team United Distributors
The Five Spot
The Marlay House
Tin Lizzy’s Cantina
Total Wine & More
Tower Beer, Wine & Spirits
Trappeze Pub
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
Varners Tavern/North River Tavern
The Vortex Bar & Grill
Wild Wing Cafe

And that’s not all. SweetWater is also putting their dollars to make a difference; with your help! They have invited five of their favorite charities to join the ranks of guest brewers and create casks for "Brew Your Cask Off." The Atlanta Humane Society, Bert’s Big Adventure, March of Dimes, Park Pride, and Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper charities will be in the running, and the public can vote online for their favorite charity. The one receiving the most votes at the end will receive a donation of $1 from every ticket sold, courtesy of SweetWater Brewing Company. Make sure to visit www.brewyourcaskoff.com and vote before Saturday, March 20th!

As far as the rest of the competition, all entries will be judged by a handpicked group from the Atlanta scene led by John Pinkerton, Brewmaster at Moon River Brewing Company in Savannah, The winning casks will be announced at 9pm during the festival. Entries will also be available for festival goers to sample and vote for the People’s Champ Award. The judges’ top four casks and the People’s Champ will have their casks recreated and served at SweetWater 420 Fest on Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18 in Candler Park. 

If rain is on your mind, forget about it! The festival area next to the SweetWater Brewery will be tented, making this a rain or shine event. In addition to all the specially-created cask ales, guests can also savor SweetWater’s award-winning array of brews, get their fill of Mellow Mushroom pizza, enjoy the live music, and take a guided tour of the infamous brewery. Pets are not allowed at “Brew Your Cask Off,” but feel free to bring anyone else that is 21 and up with a valid form of ID (of course). Sponsors include Hop City Craft Beer & Wine, United Distributors, The Midway Pub and Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper. Tickets are on sale now and available online at www.brewyourcaskoff.com for $30 in advance, or $35 at the door.