AUTUMN BREW REVIEW

Tickets on sale now! Buy yours here.

Discount Early-Buy Pricing: On October 1, prices will increase for all tickets. Buy yours by September 30 to get the best deal! (This is the same as ‘early-bird’ pricing, but please note it does not grant you access to the festival early!)

General Admission tickets include:

• Unlimited samples of hundreds of MN craft brews, including beer, cider, seltzer, NA product, and more
• A commemorative tasting glass
• Live music, activities, games, and entertainment

Special Tickets:

• VIP Early Entry Tickets – VIP Early Entry ticketholders enter the fest through a separate entry at 1pm, getting an extra half-hour to sample! VIP tickets are you best way to ensure you get to try all the special releases MN’s breweries are brewing up for you!
• NA Tickets: Not into alcohol or THC? No problem! Our low-cost NA ticket let’s you enjoy everything at the festival, minus the altering beverages! Sample MN-made NA beers, seltzers, hop waters, ciders, and more throughout the fest and at our designated NA tent. (NA ticketholders do not receive a tasting glass and cannot sample alcoholic or THC options.)

Refunds: No refunds on purchased tickets. Festival is held rain or shine; no refunds will be issued if the event must be canceled due to unforeseeable circumstances such as dangerous weather or other public health & safety concerns.

Please do not purchase secondhand tickets!

Every year, we turn away dozens of attendees who have purchased a fake or duplicate ticket to ABR. Scammers often buy a single ticket and sell it to multiple people, or copy our branding to create fake websites and fake QR codes to mimic real tickets.  There is no way for us to ensure the authenticity of your secondhand ticket before the fest, and those with fake/duplicate tickets will not be let into ABR.

ABR sells out every year; buying your ticket directly from us is the only way to guarantee an authentic ticket. Please only purchase secondhand tickets from people you know and trust.

56 Brewing
9 Mile Brewing
Alloy Brewing Company
Arbeiter Brewing Company
Back Channel Brewing
Bad Weather Brewing Company
Bald Man Brewing
Barrel Theory Beer Company
Bauhaus Brew Labs
Bear Cave Brewing
Bent Paddle Brewing Company
Blacklist Brewing Company
BlackStack Brewing
Boom Island Brewing Co
Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative
Brühaven
BŪCH Hard Kombucha Seltzer
Castle Danger Brewery
Chanhassen Brewing Company
Dangerous Man Brewing
Dual Citizen Brewing Company
Duluth Cider
Elm Creek Brewing Co
Fair State Brewing Cooperative
Falling Knife Brewing Company
Fat Pants Brewing Co.
Fish Dream Brewing
Forgotten Star Brewing Co.
Freehouse
Fulton Brewing
Gambit Brewing Co
Garphish Brewing Company
Giesenbräu Bier Co.
Gluek Beer
Goat Ridge Brewing
Gravity Storm Brewery Cooperative
Haggard Barrel Brewing
Headflyer Brewing
Heavy Rotation Brewing
Hoops Brewing
Imminent Brewing
Inbound BrewCo
Indeed Brewing Company
Insight Brewing Company
Invictus Brewing Company
Iron Exchange Tavern and Brewery
Jack Pine Brewery
Lake Monster Brewing
Lift Bridge Brewing Company
Little Thistle Brewing Company
Lost Saint Brewing Co
Luce Line Brewing
Lupulin Brewing
Mana Brewing
Mankato Brewery
Minneapolis Cider Company
Modist Brewing Co.
Montgomery Brewing
Moose Lake Brewing Co
Nouvelle Brewing
OMNI Brewing
Outstate Brewing Company
Paddlefish Brewing Co.
Pryes Brewing Company
Rail Werks Brewing Depot
Sociable Cider Werks
Spiral Brewery
Steel Toe Brewing
StormKing Brewpub & Barbecue
Summit Brewing Company
Surly Brewing Company
Sunken Ship Brewing Company
Talking Waters Brewing Co
Third Street Brewhouse
Trove Brewing
Uncommon Loon Brewing Company
Under Pressure Brewing
Unmapped Brewing Co.
Urban Growler Brewing Company
Ursa Minor Brewing
Utepils Brewing
Wabasha Brewing
Waconia Brewing Company
Waldmann Brewery
Wandering Leaf Brewing Company
Wild State Cider
Wooden Ship Brewing

Get the ABR Guide Here!

Live music by Grunge Unplugged and Some Sh¡tty Cover Band

Llama Petting Zoo

Back by popular demand: the ABR Petting Zoo! This year, you can visit with Dill and Pickle of Happy Jolly Llamas!

Why do we have a petting zoo at ABR? Mostly for fun! But also to highlight the special relationships between MN’s brewers and the MN agricultural industry. Breweries often partner with small farmers throughout the state to turn their spent grain, a brewery by-product, into nutritious animal feed for all kinds of animals.

The ABR Marketplace opens at 12:30 p.m. (one hour before the fest opens). You can check in to the fest early to browse the Marketplace and purchase food from local businesses, then be let into the fest right at 1:30 p.m.

Food Trucks

Amazing Momo
Cheese Curd Tacos
La Cochinita
Potters Pasties
Pronto Pups
The Anchor Fish & Chips
Unbakeable

Shops & Artist Info Coming Soon!

Head Count
Lovely Little Uglies
Madison Marti Designs
Minnesota Hop Growers Association
MNOpeners
Must Be Ruff
Sneaky Link Permanent Jewelry
Star Tribune

Getting to Autumn Brew Review

The festival takes place at Boom Island Park. We encourage festgoers to use public transit, bikes, or taxis/ride-shares for this fest, and plan a safe trip home! See Boom Island Park on Google Maps.

• Public Transit: Thank you Metro Transit for sponsoring the festival! Click here to take a quick survey for a free transit pass for ABR!
• Bicycle: Boom Island Park is easily accessible via bike and there will be bike racks near fest-entry. Bikes must be removed by 6:00 PM on Saturday.
• Ride Share/Taxi Drop Off: 434 NE Main Street, Minneapolis MN 55413.
• Parking: No public parking is available in the park lots.

Autumn Brew Review FAQs and Information

Can I bring…?

• Bags – Yes. All bags (and large coats) will be checked at the gate.
• Umbrellas – Yes.
• Folding Chairs and Blankets – Yes – encouraged! There is very little public seating at the fest.
• Snack Necklaces – Yes! All sorts of snack necklaces are welcome!
• Drinks – One empty or factory-sealed water bottle, or an empty camel-back type bag is allowed per person. There will be many locations to fill your water bottles in the Marketplace and the fest. No other outside drinks are allowed.
• Medication, masks, hand sanitizer, etc. – Yes. Please bring the personal health/wellness items that you need to have a safe and fun experience!
• Children or Pets – No. MNCBG festivals do not allow infants, children, or pets. Service animals are welcome.
• Food – No (with the exception of snack necklaces).
• Weapons – No. All weapons including pocket knives are strictly prohibited. Bags and coats will be checked at entry.

Is this fest accessible?
ABR is held in Boom Island Park. Much of the fest is located on uneven/sloped grass that may be wet, muddy, or soft. Areas of the festival grounds may be difficult to access via wheelchair. There will be multiple ADA-compliant restroom stalls. Guests are encouraged to bring their own seating.

How early should I arrive?
To avoid check-in lines, ABR will have early check-in.

Guests can begin the ticket/wristband process at 12:30 and wait for the fest to open in our ABR Marketplace. Once in the Marketplace, you will not be able to leave and re-enter. (There will be bathrooms and water access within the Marketplace.) At 1:30p.m. anyone in the Marketplace will be immediately let into the festival to begin sampling. Once the Marketplace is full, early check-in will stop.

Will there be any special or rare brews?
Yes! You can find the beers being poured on our beer list; more details will be available in the weeks preceding the fest.

Will there be non-alcoholic drinks?
Yes. Brewers are bringing Minnesota-made N/A options that will be poured in a designated N/A tent and throughout the fest. There will also be plenty of water.

Will there be an ATM?
No. All beer samples at ABR are free, and most marketplace shops and food trucks have electronic payment systems. Please bring cash with you if desired.

Will there be tickets day-of?
Likely not. ABR usually sells out at full capacity, meaning there will not be any extra tickets, including NA tickets. Please purchase your tickets early to ensure you’ll get yours! If there are tickets available day-of, you must purchase them online; we do not accept cash at the door.

What kind of ID do you accept at entry?
We accept any non-expired, government-issued photo ID.

Your ID must be valid. If your Driver’s License or Non-Driver Photo ID has expired in the last 12 months, you may present it with printed documentation of renewal/extension or a temporary ID from the DVS/DMV. An electronic version (on your phone) of the renewal/extension) is not acceptable.

• Driver’s License (Issued within the U.S., including U.S. Territories)
• Non-Driver Photo ID (Issued within the U.S., including U.S. Territories)
• U.S. Passport.
• U.S. Passport Card.
• Foreign Passport.
• U.S. Military ID Card.
• U.S. Military Dependent’s ID Card.
• Tribal Card.

Could the festival get canceled?
We do everything we can to provide a quality event for craft beer fans, and the health and safety our festival attendees, workers, and volunteers are of utmost importance. The event would be canceled if conditions that threaten the health and safety of people at our festival occur, including extreme weather, dangerous air quality, or other public health or safety emergencies. We make every effort to alert festgoers as early as possible if these conditions are likely, or if we have to cancel an event. Unfortunately, if a cancellation like this occurs, we are not able to issue refunds or reschedule the festival.

Why isn’t the festival longer?
This is one of our most frequent requests, and we wish we could! Unfortunately, we cannot legally make the festival longer. Minnesota law limits non-profit tasting festivals like ours to 4 hours. To get the most time possible, purchase a VIP ticket to get that extra half hour of sampling at the beginning of the festival.

I have another question.
For additional questions or concerns, please email us.