NewYorkStateBrewersAssociationsponsors2ndAnnualCraftNewYorkBrewersFestivalattheFXMattBrewingCompanyinUtica,NY

Utica,NY–June11,2016NewYorkStateBrewersAssociationCraftNewYorkBrewersFestival,Saturday,June11th,4-8pmattheFXMattBrewingCompany,830VarickStreet,Utica,NY-FundraiserfortheNewYorkStateBrewersAssociationTheNewYorkStateBrewersAssociation,FXMattBrewingCompany,ILoveNY,andBlueRockEnergyisproudtoannouncethe2ndAnnualCraftNewYorkBrewersFestivaltotakeplaceonSaturday,June11thattheFXMattBrewingCompanyinUtica,NewYork.ThiscelebrationofNYScraftbeerwillbringtogether45+NewYorkbreweriesfromacrossthestatefeaturingupto100hardtofindandawardwinningbeers.AsalwayswithNYSBAfestivals,thebrewersandbreweryrepswillbepouringallofthesamples–notvolunteers!Therewillalsobelivemusicandfoodfromarearestaurants.“ThegrowthandqualityofcraftbeerinNewYorkStatehasbeenincredible,”saidPaulLeone,ExecutiveDirectoroftheNewYorkStateBrewersAssociation.“Soforthesecondyear,we’vebroughttogether45breweries,5malthousesandhopgrowersfromaroundNewYorkatoneofthemosticonicandoldestbreweriesinthestate,thiscombinationalonemakesthisaoneofakindeventforthisregion”.Withover240craftbreweriesinNewYork,the45+thatwillbepouringsampleswillcomefromeveryregionofthestate."Lastyearseventwasextremelywellattended,andwethinkthisisagreatopportunitytoshowcasebeerfromacrossNewYork"saidFredMatt,PresidentoftheFXMattBrewingCompany."OnSaturday,June11th,weareproudtohostourfellowbrewersatthisveryuniquefestival."AllproceedsfromthiseventwillbenefittheNewYorkStateBrewersAssociationtohelpfurthertheirmissionofpromotingthegreatcraftbeerbeingproducedinNewYorkStateeveryday.TheCraftNewYorkBrewersFestivalwilltakeplacebetween5–8pmwithaVIPsessiontakingplacefrom4pmto5pmattheFXMattBrewingCompany,locatedat830VarickStreetinUtica.TicketscanbepurchasedattheSaranacgiftshop,ortheycanbepurchasedon-linebygoingtohttp://thinknydrinkny.com/2015/11/2nd-annual-craft-new-york-brewers-roots-festival/

NewYorkStateBrewingIndustryQuickFacts• ThenumberofNewYorkStatebreweriesgrewfrom95in2012to240in2015• In2015,NewYorkStatewasthe5thlargestbeerproducingstatebehind

California,Pennsylvania,Colorado,andOregon• NewYorkStatecraftbreweriesincreasedproductionby46%from557,436in

2011to1.1millionbarrelsin2015.Nationally,thecraftbeersegmentgrewby17%inthesameperiod

• NewYorkranked3rdinthecountrywithandoveralleconomicimpactof2.2billiondollarsin2012withanincreaseof$3.5billiondollarimpactin2014.

AbouttheNewYorkStateBrewersAssociationTheNYSBAwascofoundedin2003byDavidKatleskiofEmpireBrewingCompanytoserveasapromotionalandlegislativeproponentforNewYorkStatebreweries,microbreweries,brewpubsandbrewingaffiliatedbusinesses.ThegrowthoftheCraftBeersegmentcontinuestobestrongandNewYorkState’sshareofthatgrowthhasexceededthatofbreweriesonthenationallevel.In2013,theNYSBAappointedPaulLeoneasitsfirsteverExecutiveDirectoraswellasanewBoardofDirectorswithrevitalizedenergyandexpertise.Withthisaddedlevelofmanagerialexperience,theNYSBAisworkingdiligentlytorivalotherState’sassociationsandguildsandbringself-sustainability,andprofitabilitytoanalreadystrongandvitalorganization.FormoreInformation:TheNewYorkStateBrewersAssociationhttp://www.thinknydrinkny.com/NYSBAExecutiveDirectorPaulLeonepaul@newyorkcraftbeer.comor585-469-1012CraftNewYorkBrewersFestivalinfohttp://thinknydrinkny.com/2015/11/2nd-annual-craft-new-york-brewers-roots-festival/