2nd Annual Light Rail Pub Crawl by The Great Arizona Beer Festival February 20, 2010

Media Contact: Colleen O’Donnell Pierce
602-478-3867
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CALENDAR LISTING
2nd ANNUAL LIGHT RAIL PUB CRAWL BY THE GREAT ARIZONA BEER FESTIVAL – FEB. 20TH
Food/drink specials, prize drawings, and fine craft beers at top Valley brew pubs

WHAT: The 2nd annual Light Rail Pub Crawl by The Great Arizona Beer Festival features some of the Valley’s best destinations for craft beer, food and drink specials and prize drawings for tickets to the upcoming Great Arizona Beer Festival presented by azcentral.com, as well as other merchandise.

Participation in the pub crawl is free. Guests must be 21 or over. Participants ride the Light Rail to each designated location. A food or beverage purchase at each venue during Pub Crawl hours qualifies guests to enter the raffle. One pair of General Admission tickets to the upcoming 22nd annual Great Arizona Beer Festival presented by azcentral.com will be drawn at each location. The Grand Prize of VIP festival tickets will be given away at the final destination. The VIP Experience at The Great Arizona Beer Festival is presented by 944 magazine.

Festival tickets are ordinarily $40 in advance/$50 at the gate for general admission, $80 in advance/$90 at the gate for VIP admission, and $20 (or $30 in VIP) for designated drivers. Festival tickets are also available for purchase at advance prices at each location along the pub crawl as well as at other participating pubs and retail outlets and at HYPERLINK "http://www.azbeer.com" www.azbeer.com.

The annual Great Arizona Beer Festival presented by azcentral.com is the primary fund-raising event for Sun Sounds of Arizona, a reading service for people who are blind or whose disability prevents them from reading printed material, such as newspapers, magazines and best-selling books.

Follow the Great Arizona Beer Festival on Twitter at GreatAZBeerFest and also on Facebook and MySpace for pre-event contests and opportunities to win free Light Rail passes for the Pub Crawl.

WHEN: The Great Arizona Beer Festival’s Light Rail Pub Crawl will be held on Saturday, Feb. 20th from 2:00 – 7:30 p.m. with the following schedule of stops.

WHERE: First stop: 2 - 3 p.m. @ SunUp Brewing (f.k.a. Sonoran Brewhouse) - 322 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85012, (602) 279-8909
Second stop: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. @ Coach & Willie's - 412 S 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004, (602) 254-5272
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Third stop: 5 - 6 p.m. @ Gordon Biersch - 420 S Mill Ave # 201, Tempe, AZ 85281, (480) 736-0033
Final stop: 6 - 7:30 p.m. @ Dave's Electric Brew Pub - 502 South College Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85281, (480) 967-5353
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CONTACT: For more information visit www.azbeer.com or e-mail [email protected].

— Great Arizona Beer Festival’s Light Rail Pub Crawl —

Official Website: http://www.azbeer.com