It was hard work selecting beers for this year’s Good Zoo Brew, but we’ve picked out over 40 awesome beers for your tasting pleasure. These are the finalists*:
- Budweiser
- Bud Light
- Landshark
- Margaritaville Spiked Tea/Lemonade
- Redbridge
- Shock Top Raspberry
- Stella Artois
- Redhook Longhammer IPA
- Yuengling Black & Tan
- Yuengling Light Lager
- Lord Chesterfield
- Great Lake Lake Erie Monster
- Sam Adams Cherry Wheat
- Sam Adams Light
- Saten Franz Wiess
- Spaten Dark
- Blue Moon
- Warsteiner Larger
- Chimay Blue
- Kingfisher Prem Lager
- Red Tail Ale
- Blue Heron Pale Ale
- Eye of the Hawk
- Black Hawk Stout
- White Hawk Select IPA
- Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
- Sierra Nevada Summerfest
- Sierra Nevada Porter
- Saranac Imperial Stout
- Saranac Imperial Adirondack Lager
- Saranac Black and Tan
- Breckenridge Brewery – Vanilla Porter
- Breckenridge Brewery – Oatmeal Stout
- Breckenridge Brewery – Small Batch 471 IPA
- Harpoon Leviathan Quad
- Harpoon IPA
- Leinenkugle
- Augustiner
- Sapporro
- Miller Lite
- Morgantown Brewing – Zack Morgan’s IPA
- Morgantown Brewing – Old Morgantown Amber Ale
- Morgantown Brewing – Pierponts Robust Porter
- Morgantown Brewing – West Virginia Golden Wheat Apricot/Peach
Breweries on Tap
Beer from the following breweries will be on display:
- Anchor
- Augustiner
- Breckenridge
- Chimay
- Erdinger
- Fordham
- Great Lakes
- Grupo Modelo
- Harpoon
- Leinenkugel
- Redhook
- Sam Adams
- Sapporo
- Saranac
- Sierra Nevada
- Starr Hill
Special Note: Harpoon Brewery and Budweiser will each be sending a representative to discuss the technical aspects of making beer and answer any questions you may have.
Beer Types
A rundown of the beer types shows the following will be on hand*:
- Amber / Copper Ale
- Country Beer
- Double Bock
- ESB
- Fruit (Pumpkin)
- Hefeweizen
- IPA
- Irish Red Ale
- Lager (Dark / Dunkel & Light)
- Pale Ale
- Pilsner
- Porter (Vanilla)
- Pumpkin
- Steam Beer
- Stout (including Oatmeal)
- Trappist
- White Ale
For a great explanation of each style and more, please check out Beer Advocate’s style list.
* List subject to change based on availability. Beers may be added as well.
WV Beer Distributors
We’d like to thank all the West Virginia beer distributors for their help in securing a great selection of beers for this tasting. Many thanks to:
- Carenbauer Distributing
- McCann Distributing
- North Central Distributors Inc.
- Wine & Beverage Merchants of WV
- Standar Distributing
- Morgantown Brewing Company