Updated (3:51 p.m. Monday): Congrats to reader walrus27, who won our contest and two tickets to Schlafly Cabin Fever with this entry:
"Big time Nashville, TN Schlafly fan here. I am a high school English teacher who is dying to try the blackberry mead after endless references to mead while teaching Beowulf this year. I am ashamedly a mead virgin and would love to lose such shameful purity to no one other than Schlafly at the Cabin Fever tasting!"
Congrats, walrus27, and we hope you enjoy you time in St. Louis. Thanks to everyone who participated. More giveaways soon!
As we mentioned this week, Schlafly Cabin Fever is one of several beer festivals/parties/tastings coming up -- and here's your chance to win two free tickets.
But first, take a look at the lineup of beers being poured at this year's event, which runs from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 21, at Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue). Note that beers are subject to change: American IPA, Barleywine, Bière de Garde, Black IPA, Blackberry Mead, Bock, Christmas Ale, Coffee Stout, Doppelbock, Dry-Hopped APA, Grand Cru, Hefeweizen, Imperial Stout, India Brown Ale, Irish Extra Stout, Kolsch, Maibock, Oatmeal Stout, Pale Ale, Pilsner, Pumpkin, Quadrupel, Raspberry Coffee Stout, Rye IPA, Schwarzbier, Scotch Ale, Singel, Smoked Porter, Southern Hemisphere IPA, Strawberry Cider, Strawberry-Cocoa Porter, Tripel, Vanilla Milk Stout and Winter ESB.
For a chance to win two tickets, leave a comment on this post with the beer on this list you're most excited to drink and a reason why. I'll pick a winner at noon on Monday.
Evan S. Benn is the assistant editor of Go! magazine. He also writes about beer and food, and he is author of the 2011 Post-Dispatch book "Brew in the Lou: St. Louis' Beer Culture - Past, Present and Future," available here. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
