{"id":204780,"date":"2026-04-10T21:08:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=204780"},"modified":"2026-04-10T21:08:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:08:50","slug":"craft-beer-festival-is-next-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/04\/10\/craft-beer-festival-is-next-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Craft Beer Festival is next Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets remain for the Van Wert Chamber of Commerce\u2019s fourth annual Van Wert on Tap Craft Beer Festival, which will be held from 6-9 p.m. Saturday, April 18,\u00a0 in the Junior Fair building at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds. Those attending will be able to enjoy unlimited tastings of selected wine and craft beer from some of the best breweries in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Returning breweries include Moeller Brew Barn, Buffalo Rock Brewing Co., Brewing Green, Second Crossing Brew Co., Findlay Brewing Co., Twenty One Barrels Hard Cider, False Chord Brewery, 4KD Crick Brewery, and Brewing Green. New breweries this year include Juniper Brewing Co., Oncore Brewing, and Old Route 69 Brewery. Smashdogz, Drop Zone Pizza and Fat Pig BBQ will be on site to offer food for purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>General admission tickets (unlimited tastings, commemorative cup and entry at 6 p.m.) are $30 per person and VIP tickets (unlimited tastings, commemorative cup, and entry to the 5-6 p.m. VIP hour) are $50 per person, Click <a href=\"https:\/\/events.topshelftix.com\/events\/van-wert-on-tap-2026-4-18-2026\">here<\/a> to get your tickets. Tickets will also be available at the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Premier Sponsor of the event is First Federal Van Wert. Also sponsoring are Central Insurance, Tekniplex, Tenneco, Inc, Laudick\u2019s Jewelry, Mid-State Industrial, Danfoss, and Bridgemill Private Wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For questions about sponsorship or ticketing, contact Mark Verville at the Van Wert Chamber of Commerce at 419.238.4390 or email <a href=\"mailto:mark@vanwertchamber.com\">mark@vanwertchamber.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information Tickets remain for the Van Wert Chamber of Commerce\u2019s fourth annual Van Wert on Tap Craft Beer Festival, which will be held from 6-9 p.m. Saturday, April 18,\u00a0 in the Junior Fair building at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds. Those attending will be able to enjoy unlimited tastings of selected wine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 02:48:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204781,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204780\/revisions\/204781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}