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SHORE CRAFT BEER FEST
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The 10th Annual Octoberfest Shore Craft Beer Fest is once again WATERFRONT and will be held at Bayside Park between 3rd & 4th Street in Ocean City.  This fabulous event features breweries from Maryland and across the Shore.  We have added some regional breweries as well.  In addition, we will offer mead and hard seltzer.  There will be new breweries featured, like the Berlin Beer Company which is about to open in downtown Berlin, MD and Fin City which opened its first dedicated brewery in West Ocean City this year.

featured breweries...

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Dogfish Head Brewing

​Off-centered ales for off-centered people.  This brewery is the biggest on the Shore and offers beers for every palate.  
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Beer Styles for the Festival:​
  • Hazy Squall: 6.5% ABV, 50 IBU;  hazy IPA
  • Punkin Ale:  7% ABV, 28 IBU;  pumpkin beer
  • Sam O'fest:  5.3% ABV, 16 IBU;  märzen
  • Twisted Tea: 5% ABV; hard tea​

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Big Oyster Brewing

Big Oyster Brewery, operating since 2015, brewing local craft beer made by the people for the people. Named 2018's fastest growing independent craft brewery in America by the Brewer's Association.
Find us in the Big Red Barn located at 1007 Kings Hwy, Lewes Delaware. Our taproom & kitchen is open daily for lunch & dinner with 16 beers on tap, a full bar, wine list, 4-packs to go, crowlers, and growlers. Tune in to our social media for updates on Limited Can Releases, New Beers on Draft, & Daily Food & Drink Specials.
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Beer Styles for the Festival:​
  • Whale Song: 5% ABV, N/A IBU;  sour fruited
  • Shucking' Pumpkin:  5.5% ABV, N/A IBU;  pumpkin beer
  • Hammerhead:  6.4% ABV, 30 IBU;  IPA
  • Noir et Bleu: 9% ABV, 10 IBU; Belgian Tripel
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Fin City Brewing Company.

​Fin City is opening this fall in West Ocean City, MD.  They are bringing back some old favorites and adding some new flavors for this festival.
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Beer Styles for the Festival:​
  • Poor Man’s IPA:  6.6% ABV, 77 IBU;  American IPA
  • Double Huk Double IPA:  7.9% ABV, 88 IBU
  • Reel Haze:  6.7% ABV, 35 IBU; Hazy IPA
  • Captain Jack’s Pumpkin Ale:   ABV,  IBU; Pumpkin Ale

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The Buzz Meadery

​The Buzz Meadery is also located in downtown Berlin.  They offer many different meads all made with honey.  Now, they have partnered with EVO Craft Brewing in nearby Salisbury, MD to create a canned honey mead and seltzer hybrid called Honey Lit.  If you've never tried mead, now's your chance.
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Beer Styles for the Festival:​​
  • Honey Lit Seltzer/Mead hybrid, 4% ABV

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Evolution Craft Brewing

​Evolution Craft Brewing doesn’t just make top-rated beers. Our beers are made to pair well with great food. Whether it’s the food served at our restaurants or the food you make at home. While our beers are delicious on their own, you can choose to elevate the experience. Gather with friends and crack open a can, bottle or growler of your favorite eVo beer. Create your own favorite pairings for the ultimate culinary creation. Ever-better beer for ever-better food. An excellent recipe for ever-better
times.
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Beer Styles for the Festival:​​​
  • American Light Lager​, 4% ABV
  • Jaques O' Lantern, 6.3% ABV, 20 IBU
  • Oktoberfest, 6% ABV, 20 IBU
  • Tea-Ki Torch Hard Tea, 5% ABV
    • Back up - Hoop Tea on tap (Original)


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Burley Oak Brewing Company ​
Beer Styles for the Festival:
  • Lost IPA, 7.2% ABV, 21 IBU
  • Badger Dog Schwartz Beer
  • Oktoberfest, 4.7% ABV, 23 IBU 
  • Sea Heathen Especial, Vienna Lager, 6% ABV, 29 IBU

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Hoop Tea

Beer Styles for the Festival:
  • Mango, 6% ABV
  • Peach,  6% ABV
  • ​Original,  6% ABV
    • ​​If they run out, then Original will be on tap at the EVO trailer

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Big Truck Farms and Brewery 

Beer Styles for the Festival:
  • Half Cab Hazy IPA, 6% ABV, 35 IBU
  • Motor Oil, IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Ale, 6.2% ABV, 40 IBU
  • topless Blonde Ale, 4.5% ABV, 24 IBU
  • ​Trucktoberfest

 more breweries...

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  1. Oktoberfest:  5.5% ABV, N/A IBU;  Märzen
  2. Excellent Adventure:  7% ABV N/A IBU; American IPA
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  1. Royal Crusht:  6% ABV, 10 IBU;  Juicy IPA
  2. Utica Club (FX Matt Brewing NY):  5% ABV N/A IBU; Pilsner


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  1. American Lager:  5% ABV, N/A IBU;  Lager
  2. Octoberfest:  5.8% ABV N/A IBU; Märzen
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  1. Nanticoke Nectar IPA
  2. Stunts Sour Ale
    1. ​Back-up #1 Cumulus Hazy IPA
    2. ​Back-up # 2 Surplus Hazy IPA
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  • disGOURD Pumpkin Ale (6.3%)
  • Blueberry Seltzer (5.5%)
  • Wood and Wake Barrel-Aged Golden Belgian (7.0%)
  • Black Sails Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout (9.5%)


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  1. Optimal Wit:  4.9% ABV, 15 IBU;  Wheat Beer
  2. Octoberfest:  5.2% ABV24 IBU; Märzen

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