The Canadian American Beer Festival is an event that attracts thousands of visitors each year. It is a unique festival that features craft breweries from both British Columbia and Canada, as well as American breweries from New York and Washington. The festival lasts nine days and offers a wide variety of beers and ciders from over thirty breweries. The Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest is one of the most popular beer festivals in Canada.
It is held annually in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario and features more than 130 beers and ciders from 31 breweries. This includes five American beers from Washington and Alaska, giving visitors a unique opportunity to sample some of the best craft beers from both countries. In Germany, Oktoberfest-style beer festivals are held throughout the year in most major cities. The largest of these is the Munich Oktoberfest, which is held annually in Munich and lasts for 16 days.
The second largest beer festival in Germany is the Cannstatter Volksfest, held at the Cannstatter Wasen in Stuttgart. Until recently, it was difficult to market beer in Canada due to laws that required manufacturers to make their own beer in the province where it was sold. However, this law has since been changed, making it easier for craft breweries to distribute their products across the country. Emma Krasov is a journalist, author, food and wine writer, panelist at the San Francisco International Coffee Festival and the San Francisco Pistahan Filipino Food Festival, judge of the San Francisco International Chocolate Show, The Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off (Sparks, Nevada) and the San Francisco International Fragrance Show.
She is also a certified waitress and author and photographer of the food on tap and beer cookbooks Food on Tap and Beer Bread. Gary Schwind is a music journalist and beer enthusiast who learned practically everything he knows about beer from Bart Bullington, a former member of the Laguna Beach Brewing Company. As a freelance writer, Hudson Valley NY craft beer columnist, and beer blogger, he's discovering the rest of his life, sip by sip. The Canadian American Beer Festival is an event that offers visitors an opportunity to sample some of the best craft beers from both countries. With its wide selection of beers and ciders from over thirty breweries, it's no wonder why this festival attracts thousands of visitors each year.
