Sip & Savour in Sydney

June 16, 2014, by Crafty Pint

Sip & Savour in Sydney

The teams behind some of Australia’s biggest beer festivals are joining forces to bring Sydneysiders a major event to close out this year’s Sydney Craft Beer Week. Sip & Savour will bring craft beer, entertainment and education to the city’s iconic Carriageworks over the weekend of October 25 and 26. It is a joint venture between the Australian Beer Ambassadors, who run Geelong’s Great Australian Beer Festival, and BEST Australia, which has run the Fremantle, Esk and Melbourne Beerfests in the past 12 months.

According to Michael Ward, from the Australian Beer Ambassadors: “Carriageworks is unbelievable. This event lends itself to the week of celebrations that is Sydney Craft Beer Week. It is a great way to raise awareness and also to close the week.”

Sip & Savour will run over three sessions, two on Saturday and one on Sunday, with the organisers hoping to attract up to 3,000 people to each. They plan to have more than 200 beers and ciders on offer as well as live acoustic music, educational seminars on topics such as beer and food matching, home brewing and starting your own brewery, plus entertainment for families, with a particular family focus on the Sunday.

Australian Beer Ambassadors director Kieran Blood says the event will celebrate “the craftsmanship, artistry and passion” that goes into creating craft beer.

“It will promote and encourage awareness, appreciation and understanding while delivering a cultural experience befitting of the great space,“ he says. "Carriageworks is ideal. The historic and heritage venue is a home, an inspiration for the development of creative work and the perfect location to showcase the very artisan nature behind craft brewing.”

The organisers also hope to introduce a film festival element into the event. The hope is to encourage people to create short films about craft beer that can be shown at Carriageworks throughout Sip & Savour. BEST Australia’s James Harding says the aim is to create “an experience that stimulates more than just taste buds and engages on a sensory and intellectual level.”

Adult tickets will cost $39.50 plus booking fee, which covers entry to each session. Once inside, attendees can then purchase drinks tokens that allows them to sample beers and ciders.

“It is important to engage people on multiple levels,” adds Michael. “We don’t just want to be serving up beer. The people that drink craft beer deserve more.”

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The full program for this year’s Sydney Craft Beer Week will be revealed on at July 28. Tickets for Sip & Savour will be on sale next month too.

Session times

Saturday October 25
Session 1: 11.30am to 4.30pm
Session 2: 6pm to 11pm

Sunday October 26
12pm to 6pm Carriageworks is at 245 Wilson St, Eveleigh.

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