Building a Better Beerfest

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Listen here for a second, bub: There are a couple of things you're going to need to do in order to prepare yourself for the hoppy Valhalla that is the New Times Original Beerfest, sponsored by Paul & Young Ron and BX Beer Depot. First, head to miaminewtimes.com and pick yourself up some advance tickets for just $20 (they'll be $25 at the door and will likely sell out). Second, clear your calendar this Sunday — you're not going to be doing anything except having a little hair of the dog after the Saturday-night fest is through with you.

The 12th annual Beerfest is the longest-running celebration of its kind in Fort Lauderdale, wrangling up more than 50 craft and imported beers for a night of unlimited sampling. This year, New Times' marketing team has cordoned off an extra block of space around SW Third Avenue in order to accommodate the sizable crowd the fest draws. To that end, booths have been more strategically spaced, eliminating bottlenecks (the bad kind, anyway) and allowing drinkers quicker access to the brews they love. There will be more than two times the supply of suds from craft brewers such as Sierra Nevada, Abita, Brooklyn Brewery, Highland, Red Hook, St. Somewhere, and Thomas Creek, meaning you'll never want for a satisfying ESB or a rich stout. And what's a good booze party without beer's best friends, food and music? Red Hot Chili Peppers cover band Behind the Sun will give it away on the Revolution Live stage along with Fourth Dimension, and New River Pizza, Maracas Mexican, Palm Grill, Gordon Biersch, and many others will supply free (that's right, free) grub to help soothe those bound-to-be-growling bellies.

Is your beer gut excited yet?
Sat., April 18, 7 p.m., 2009