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LOVE ON TAPLocal Craft Beer, Live Music, Games & More!
Spend this Leap Day in Ocean City: World Class Craft Beer, World Class Beauty showcased during the
Shore Craft Beer Fest: Love on Tap Festival! This festival is craft beer meets beercation! Take a tour of the Eastern Shore inside Ocean City's Convention Center and walk through local towns known for their local craft beer to find out why we deserve to be one of the top ten craft beer destinations in the country.
Spend your bonus 2020 leap day with us at the Ocean City Convention Center. Whether you want to have an extra hour to chat with the brewers and try their beers or you want to enjoy 3 hours of tasting over 30 of our world class, locally made brews while enjoying the live music, Love on Tap is THE festival to attend this Winter.
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WHEN: LEAP DAY! FeBREWary 29th from 1.30 pm until 4.30 pm. VIP only hour from 12.30-1.30 pm. General Admission 1.30pm-4.30pm.
WHAT: Take a trip around the Eastern Shore without leaving the Ocean City Convention Center. Participants will be able to talk with brewery representatives from local breweries around the region. Some breweries are making special beers just for FeBREWary and these beers will be available during our Love on Tap. We have only local craft beer with Maryland breweries and breweries from across the Shore. With live music, unlimited free tastings, a complimentary commemorative pint glass for the first 1250 participants, and a chance to talk to the local brewers about their beer.
WHERE: The Ocean City Convention Center with a spectacular bay view. This is not your normal convention center festival. This room has wall to wall, ceiling to floor glass looking out over Assawoman Bay. There is a big area outside where you can still listen to the live music and enjoy the weather - if its good. You can also play games - corn hole and more.
We will turn this festival into a tour of the Eastern Shore with scenes and information on all the cool things to do here on the Shore. Sheltered from any harsh FeBREWary weather, but with the possibility to step outside to enjoy the winter sunshine and play games, this venue has the style and the space to show off Eastern Shore craft beer to its full advantage. Whatever the weather, bring your loved one or friend, or bring lots of them! This is an event you won't want to miss.
WHAT: Take a trip around the Eastern Shore without leaving the Ocean City Convention Center. Participants will be able to talk with brewery representatives from local breweries around the region. Some breweries are making special beers just for FeBREWary and these beers will be available during our Love on Tap. We have only local craft beer with Maryland breweries and breweries from across the Shore. With live music, unlimited free tastings, a complimentary commemorative pint glass for the first 1250 participants, and a chance to talk to the local brewers about their beer.
WHERE: The Ocean City Convention Center with a spectacular bay view. This is not your normal convention center festival. This room has wall to wall, ceiling to floor glass looking out over Assawoman Bay. There is a big area outside where you can still listen to the live music and enjoy the weather - if its good. You can also play games - corn hole and more.
We will turn this festival into a tour of the Eastern Shore with scenes and information on all the cool things to do here on the Shore. Sheltered from any harsh FeBREWary weather, but with the possibility to step outside to enjoy the winter sunshine and play games, this venue has the style and the space to show off Eastern Shore craft beer to its full advantage. Whatever the weather, bring your loved one or friend, or bring lots of them! This is an event you won't want to miss.
A weekend full of fun (and craft beer!)
Friday
5:30 pm: Brewers, Bloggers & Beercations LIMIT: 600
Screening of new Shore Craft Beer film entry into the Ocean City Film Festival and Brewers, Bloggers & Beercations Roundtable. Join us for a fun and informative, lively discussion Friday evening at Ocean Downs Casino. Interact with brewers, see a never before seen film on craft beer here on the Shore, talk with nationally known beer bloggers, and the Mayor of Ocean City. Find out how important breweries and craft beer are to Salisbury and other destinations. Enjoy the company of other craft beer lovers from near and far. Beer bloggers, local leaders, and breweries will discuss craft beer -- and tourism. Learn from the experts. They will also answer your questions. You can download the Shore Craft Beer App during the event and win prizes from local breweries and businesses. This is an hour and a half of fun and information. 8:00 pm: Liquor Before Beer Pre-Party at Seacrets, Jamaica USA Get the party started - and your Leap Day weekend at Seacrets. Live music, local craft beer, local craft spirits and more. $5 for Seacrets local craft distilled cocktails all night for festival goers. Pre registration for Saturday's festival . Collect your t shirt, get you wristband tonight so you can beat the crowds and wear your t-shirt on Saturday at Love on Tap. 
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Saturday
8.00 am:
Delmarva Birding Weekends is partnering with ShoreCraftBeerFest.com to add birding tours to the “Love On Tap” Fest scheduled Saturday's Birding Expedition 8am-11am Assateague, Bayside Ponds and Ocean City Inlet (DRIVING/HIKING) Cost: $25/person Meeting Location: Assateague Island Visitor Center Locals know where to see the best variety of ducks, shorebirds, and raptors. So it is local birders who will guide this sojourn to view birds from the Verrazano Bridge overlooking Sinepuxent Bay, the waterfowl-laden pond at the Bayside community, and the sea ducks of the Ocean City Inlet. Please note: This trip does not enter Assateague Island due to restrictive permitting issues. 12:30 pm VIP entrance to the Love on Tap Shore Craft Beer Fest Join us and the rest of the VIP ticket holders at the Ocean City Convention Center for the best beer festival you'll attend this winter. Live music, 15+ local craft breweries, 40+ different beers, information and displays on local attractions and more. Get your commemorative t-shirt and glass when you enter. 1:30 pm GA entrance to the Love on Tap Shore Craft Beer Fest Live music, 15+ local craft breweries, 40+ different beers, information and displays on local attractions and more. Get your commemorativeglass when you enter (1st 1000). 4:30 pm on Enjoy whatever you like in Ocean City. Bars, restaurants, and breweries are all presenting craft beer related menus, activities and more. A complete list is coming. |
Sunday
8:00 am:
Delmarva Birding Weekends is partnering with ShoreCraftBeerFest.com to add birding tours to the “Love On Tap” Fest scheduled Sunday's Birding Expedition 8am - 11am Newport Farms Winter Wonderland (DRIVING/HIKING) Cost: $25/person Meeting Location: Cul-de-sac at eastern end of Hayes Landing Road The 2,200-acre Newport Farm reveals spectacular winter birding replete with a remote duck-filled 70-acre freshwater pond next to the vast forests and marshes of Newport Bay. Bird lovers on this one-of-a-kind trip will enjoy short walks totalling less than a mile. The bucolic scene provides a breathtaking backdrop to one of Maryland’s most-renowned winter Bald Eagle and waterfowl spectacles. East Coast winter rarities like American White Pelicans and Golden Eagles may surprise, along with the occasional river otter. 10am Love on Tap Brunch at Fins Fins Ale House and Raw Bar on Main Street in Downtown Berlin will be hosting Sunday Brunch the morning following Love on Tap. There will be a Breakfast Beer Flight, with breakfast themed beers including a coffee stout, and an orange beer to enjoy with your breakfast tacos, avocado toast, or a full breakfast! There will be deals on Mimosa pitchers, Mimosas, and Bloody Mary's. In addition to this, Happy Hour prices will be available all day throughout the entire restaurant. This includes deals on oysters, bar snacks, house wine, mixed drinks, and $3.50 Big Oyster Brewery drafts. 
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Breweries, Beers (& Mead) for Love on Tap Festival
This year's Love on Tap festival will allow you to tour the Shore while you unlimited samples of local and regional beers. Breweries and a meadery from the Western Shore join breweries from the Eastern Shore of Delaware and Maryland to give you over 40 local craft beers to sample. Your tastes are unlimited and you can purchase food by CenterPlate throughout the festival. The menu will be chosen to complement the beers on tap so come for the beer, come for the food, come for the music, or come for all of it!
Eastern Shore Breweries, Maryland
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Eastern Shore Breweries, Delaware:
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Other MARYLAND Breweries & Meadery:
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Come hungry, food will be available for purchase at
Love on Tap!
Food will be available for purchase at the festival. This tentative menu has been carefully chosen to pair well with the beer available at the festival, and includes:
Pale Ale Tomato Mac and Cheese Herb and Crispy Leeks,
Pork BBQ Nachos with Sharp Cheddar and Scallions
Brisket Chili Cone Topped with Jalapeno Slices Sweety Drop Peppers and Firecracker Crumbs
Kielbasa and Sauerkraut Cone with Toasted Caraway
Red Ale Beef Stew in a Multi-Grain Bowl with Crispy Leeks
Pineapple Jerk Chicken Salad Cone with Micro Celery Cheddar
Butter rum Chocolate Cupcake with Dried Cherries, French Butter Cream, and Caramel Pearls
Cheese Sampler Plate
Hummus and Pita Plate
House Made 10 Spice Chips
Pale Ale Tomato Mac and Cheese Herb and Crispy Leeks,
Pork BBQ Nachos with Sharp Cheddar and Scallions
Brisket Chili Cone Topped with Jalapeno Slices Sweety Drop Peppers and Firecracker Crumbs
Kielbasa and Sauerkraut Cone with Toasted Caraway
Red Ale Beef Stew in a Multi-Grain Bowl with Crispy Leeks
Pineapple Jerk Chicken Salad Cone with Micro Celery Cheddar
Butter rum Chocolate Cupcake with Dried Cherries, French Butter Cream, and Caramel Pearls
Cheese Sampler Plate
Hummus and Pita Plate
House Made 10 Spice Chips
Our Vendors include:
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COME FOR THE WEEKEND (BEERCATION TIME!):
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Celebrate Craft Beer Lovers Month this FeBREWary and enjoy Ocean City’s World Class Beer, World Class Beauty, AND Great Weekend Rates. Ocean City is beautiful this time of year, so enjoy the Shore Craft Beer Fest:Love on Tap and stay the weekend so you can fully enjoy Ocean City too. Click here to check out special hotel packages for the Shore Craft Beer Fest which include your accommodation, and tickets to the Festival.
- Only those 21 and over will be admitted because of liquor control board requirements.
- Please bring a valid ID to present at the entrance.
There's more to come, we will continue to update the breweries who will be joining us at Love on Tap, as we confirm them.
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