Wicked Weed Brewing and Pints for Prostates’ annual Funk Asheville festival is scheduled for Saturday, July 18th with VIP and general admission ticket sales available May 15th via ETIX.
Now in its second year, Funk Asheville is a gathering of sour and wild ales from across the country featuring, both well established and up and coming breweries that are paving the sour and wild path for craft beer.
“We believe strongly in this craft and the cause it supports,” states Head Blender, Walt Dickinson. “We want to be a voice moving the conversation about sour beer forward in the Southeast. Funk Asheville’s goal is to bring breweries, who are dedicated to the craft of sour beer from all across the country into our own back yard to showcase the full potential of American barrel-aged sour and wild ales.”
The currently confirmed list of attending breweries includes:
- The Lost Abbey Brewing, CA
- Jester King Brewery, TX
- Almanac Beer Company, CA
- The Rare Barrel, CA
- Cascade Brewing, OR
- Ecliptic Brewing, OR
- Perennial Brewing Co., MO
- Allagash Brewing, ME
- Evil Twin
- Crooked Stave Brewery, CO
- Avery Brewing Co., CO
- Societe Brewing, CA
- Goose Island Brewery, IL
- 7venth Sun Brewing, FL
- Bluejacket Brewery, DC
- Green Bench Brewing, FL
- Cigar City Brewing, FL
- Creature Comforts Brewery, GA
- Burial Brewing Co., NC
- Oskar Blues Brewing, NC
- Free Range Brewing, NC
- 4 Hands Brewing, MO
- Anderson Valley Brewing Co., CA
- Fonta Flora Brewery, NC
- Full Steam Brewery, NC
- Haw River Brewing, NC
- Mystery Brewing, NC
- New Belgium Brewing, CO
- Night Shift Brewing, MA
- Orpheus Brewing, GA
- Stillwater Artisanal Ales
- Stone Brewing Co., CA
- Surly Brewing, MN
- Trophy Brewing, NC
- Upland Brewing Co., IN
- Westbrook Brewing, SC
- Wrecking Bar Brewpub, GA
- Yazoo Brewing Co., TN
Funk Asheville will commence at 7pm (with a 6pm entry for VIP) in the wooded outdoor space at Wicked Weed’s new production brewery in Candler. General admission tickets are $80 (plus fees and NC tax) and VIP tickets are $100 (plus service fees and NC tax) Purchase of VIP tickets offer early entry with no lines, a collaborative food and sour pairing from Chef Terry of Wrecking Bar and Chef Cardiff of Wicked Weed, the ability to talk one on one with brewers, and free entry into a drawing for a nine night BeerTrips.com tour to Prague, Bamberg, Cologne and Brussels.
