Brooklyn Brewery Austin Mash Events November 10-13, 2016
Award-winning craft brewery brings immersive beer-centric festival to Austin with a weekend of collaborative events featuring local friends in food, music, and beer.
What: The Brooklyn Brewery Mash is a weekend-long cultural festival exploring vibrant communities in cities around the world through food, music, art and beer. The Mash is the largest international traveling tour of its kind, stopping in six U.S. cities plus London, Stockholm and Paris in 2016.
Brooklyn Brewery’s latest iteration of the Mash takes a reimagined look at four time-honored celebrations: the meal, the beer festival, the bar crawl and the concert, by curating a series of forward-thinking experiences through collaborations with Austin-based tastemakers, musicians, chefs, and breweries.
2016 Austin Mash Tour Schedule: November 10 – November 13
Thursday, November 10, 2016: Dinner With Friends at Italic
What and Who: Dinner With Friends is what happens when Brooklyn Brewery Chef Andrew Gerson creates a one-night-only-menu, served in its entirety and paired with some of Brooklyn’s rarest beers. Partnering with the team at Italic, Austin’s farm-to-table rustic Italian eatery, set in the historic Starr Building, this one time event brings together all of our favorite things under one roof. Think of it like this: The more friends you gather at the table, the more dynamic beer pairings you can taste and try together. The merged aesthetic of this unique space, food, company and beers will be unmatched.
Where: Italic, 123 W 6th St.
When: Starts at 7:00 PM
Tickets: Available here starting Friday, October 15, $40
Friday, November 11, 2016: Timberland presents Lee Fields and The Expressions
What and Who: What better way to keep the weekend festivities rolling than with a free concert at The Mohawk? The show, presented by Timberland, will be headlined by Lee Fields & The Expressions, and will feature special deals on Brooklyn Brewery cans.
Opener: Amasa Hines + Mama K and The Shades
Headliner: Lee Fields and The Expressions
Where: The Mohawk, 912 Red River St.
When: Doors open at 7:00 PM; show at 8:00 PM
Tickets: Available here; Free with RSVP
Saturday, November 12, 2016: Beer Mansion
What and Who: An immersive, multi-room beer festival unlike any other. Guests choose their own path and explore a variety of beer styles all while sampling some of Brooklyn’s finest offerings and craft beer from pioneering Austin breweries. Each room promises a different, environment, a different experience and, most importantly, a different style of beer. It’s nothing you’ve ever experienced.
Barrel-Aging Room: Plunge into the Barrel-Aging Room with Brooklyn Brewery’s biggest beer fan, Gabe Barry, for a look inside the magic of barrels with their rarest and most experimental beers.
IPA Room: Rethink all things dank, bitter and tropical in the IPA Room, complete with advice and pours from local brewing friends, along with a few special bottles straight from Brooklyn.
Saison Room: Get food-and-beer pairing tips from Andrew Gerson, Head of Culinary Programming at Brooklyn Brewery, and learn the secrets behind one of his most tactile dishes.
Event Overview: A $20 ticket gains access to Beer Mansion for live music, food pairings, games, virtual reality tours, a Cholula Hot Sauce tasting bar and beer from Brooklyn Brewery, Hops & Grain, Austin Beer Works, Last Stand Brewing, Blue Owl, Independence Brewing Co. and more plus lots of weird surprises along the way.
Where: 1102 E Cesar Chavez St.
When: 5:00-9:00 PM
Tickets: Available here, $20
Sunday, November 13, 2016: East 6th Neighborhood Immersion
What and Who: Over the last five years, Brooklyn Brewery has immersed into a series of different emerging neighborhoods, exploring the best bars, restaurants, boutiques and galleries in their hometown of Brooklyn, NY. Now, Brooklyn Brewery and Timberland are bringing this roving neighborhood party to Austin. Sharing a like-minded dedication to urban exploration and quality craft, they have teamed up to design a pop-up bar and shop called The Trailhead to get the whole thing started.
Event Overview: Kick off your afternoon in the East 6th Neighborhood and check out the two sides of the Brooklyn/Timberland collaboration: a special bottling of our experimental Ghost Bottles and a waxed canvas, insulated beer tote. A $20 Immersion ticket also gets you beers at Rhino Room, Wright Brothers Brew & Brew, The Liberty, and Rio Rita, lunch at Waller Creek Pub House, Kebablicious, or Hi-Hat Public House, exclusive access to the Trailhead pop up bar and Immersion specific specials at Gelateria Gemelli, Encore Records, Maggie Louise Confections, Practice Yoga Austin and many more.
Where: The Trailhead
When: Starts at 1:00 PM; vouchers valid until 6:00 PM
Tickets: Tickets: Available here, $20. (note: ticket pick up from 1:00 – 3:00 PM)
Who: Various spokespeople and Mash tour partners, including:
Chef Andrew Gerson, Brooklyn Brewery’s Head of Culinary Programming, who has joined forces with his old friends to offer unique community dining experiences that celebrate local flavors.
Gabe Barry, Brooklyn Brewery’s Beer Education and Community Ambassador, who brings her colorful personality and unparalleled expertise to answer any and all Austin brewery-related queries.
Watch: The official Mash video trailer
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