Bootleg Biology, a full-service yeast lab, and Riverbend Malt House will host the second annual Southern Lager Invitational on May 25 from 5 to 9pm at The Mule at Devil’s Foot Beverage’s production facility. This event will feature 30+ beers made for the occasion, two food trucks, and live music. Proceeds will be donated to the North Carolina Craft Beverage Museum.
Open to interpretation, Southern Lager, an unofficial but emerging beer style, tends to be a cold-fermented, dry-finishing, lower-ABV beer that pairs well with sweltering heat. At the Southern Lager Invitational, craft brewers from across the South will serve their expressions of true-to-style lagers made with Riverbend malt and fermented with Bootleg Biology yeast to capture a sense of Southern terroir.
Here are some of the beers to look forward to:
Cellarest Beer Project Narcissus Wheat Lager
Cherry Street Brewing Cumberland Cold Snap Cold IPA
DSSOLVR Ceni Cero Gold Mexican Corn Lager
Fireforge Crafted Beer Descent Into Helles Helles Bock
Fonta Flora Brewery Grodziskie Smoked Lager
Fullsteam Brewery 100 New Southern Lager
Grand Central Brewhouse St. Pete Export Helles Export
Leveller Brewing Co. + Fait La Force Brewing Feed My Horse On Corn and Hay Rustic American Pilsner
Little Animals Brewery Night Hoss Dark Wheat Lager
Mythk Brewing The Beholders Rye Lager
Skeeta Hawk Brewing Back In The Day Malt Liquor
Soul and Spirits Brewery Brewery Raunchy Rotbier
South Main Brewing Co. Cumberland Southern Lager
Two food trucks will serve at the Southern Lager Invitational— Shaa’bingo with Jamaican Street Food and The Po Wagon Creole cuisine. DJ Chrissy Zebby will be spinning Southern soul, reggae, and hip hop-inspired beats on vinyl.
Tickets are now on sale for the Southern Lager Invitational at devilsfootbrew.com. Proceeds support the North Carolina Craft Beverage Museum, an organization dedicated to preserving and interpreting the state’s craft beverage story. It celebrates its role in building and defining the local, state, and national community.
This celebration of local lagers is made possible by sponsors ASK Law and Boelter .
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