By TIFFANY PRYOR
Marketing, Mad Anthony Brewing Company

FORT WAYNE — It’s time to say “Ok… to OktoBEERfest” and make plans now to join over 40 Indiana breweries for the 17th Annual Mad Anthony Brewing OktoBEERfest Saturday, Sept. 12 at Headwaters Park West.

MABC OktoBEERfest is dedicated to promoting and celebrating locally crafted products: from Indiana beers and ciders to Fort Wayne food and entertainment. At MABC, we believe that there are a lot of great things going on in our own backyard and want to use this festival as an opportunity to showcase them.

Our distributor-free event also gives one lucky attendee the chance to win a trip for two to the Great American Beer Festival.

This year marks the second year for our Mad Brewers Challenge, hosted in conjunction with Fort Wayne’s very own Brewer’s Art Supply. This Challenge allows one homebrewer the chance of having their beer recipe commercially brewed and served within all MABC brewpubs. The top entries will be served at the festival and voted upon by attendees.

Join MABC and Brewers Art Supply in making a homebrewer’s dream come true. Full contest details are available online at madbrew.com.

Another delicious festival attribute is the OktoBEERfest Food Truck Alley, established to showcase Fort Wayne’s growing food truck culture. This year’s trucks will include: Who Cut the Cheese?, Bravas and Ragin’ Cajun.

We are also fortunate to be joined by three great local bands: Rogues & Bandits, Trichotomous Hippopotamus and Desert Train.

Looking for some great craft beer fun before the festival? Check out these fun OktoBEERfest festivities:

• Sept. 10: Craft Beer Dinner at JK O‘Donnell’s.
• Sept. 11: Oktobeerfest Golf Outing at Bridgewater West Golf Course, Auburn.
• Sept. 11: Gears & Beers — Pub Pedal and Crawl starting at Fort Wayne Outfitters.

Tickets for Mad Anthony Brewing Company’s 17th Annual Oktobeerfest are available online at etix.com. Physical tickets are available at all Mad Anthony Brewpubs and Rudy’s Shop in Fort Wayne.

For more information on OktoBEERfest and all its events visit www.madbrew.com or visit our Facebook page.