If Oktoberfest failed to quench your thirst for craft brews, indulge your beer tooth at the second annual Homebrew for Hunger Beer Festival, where all proceeds benefit the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. Sample over 80 beers ranging from long-beloved saisons and IPAs to more original offerings, including Swedish Fish Sour Beer and Smoked Chipotle Robust Porter. Local breweries Three Notch’d, Devils Backbone, Blue Mountain, Champion, and South Street will all be pouring on site, so pick a tap and settle in.
Sunday 10/26. $25-30, 1pm. Fifth Season Gardening Co., 900 Preston Ave. 293-2332.
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