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Props and Hops Craft Beer Festival at the Palm Springs Air Museum
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njoy airplanes? Enjoy tasting craft beers? Then the 5th Annual Props and Hops Craft Beer Festival at the Palm Springs Air Museum is the place for you on Saturday, Nov. 1. Two dozen breweries throughout California will dispense four ounce tastes inside the Pacific Hangar at the Palm Springs Air Museum, gates open at noon, and last call is 4:45 p.m. “The breweries love coming out here” said Palm Springs Air Museum’s Special Events chair Lisa Slam. “They love the fact that their booths are set up inside the hangar, and our vintage airplanes are only a few feet away. As a matter of fact, the hangar doors (which are about 100 feet wide) remain open, so ev-
eryone can mingle inside and out, sampling beers and watching the ramp, where aircraft will be taking off and landing throughout the afternoon. There will be food vendors, and live music by Machin from noon until 2 p.m. and The Arrangements play from 3 to 5 p.m. You must be 21 or older, friendly dogs on leashes are welcome.” This year’s breweries so far are Babe’s Bar-B-Q Brewhouse; Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, Black Market Brewing Company, Bootlegger’s Brewery, Coachella Valley Brewing Company, Coronado Brewing Company, Escape Craft Brewery, Firestone-Walker Brewing Company, Golden Road Brewery, Hangar 24 Craft Brewery, King
please call (760) 482-1832 to book. Entrance to the Craft Beer Festival is $40 per person. This includes eight 4-ounce tastes, plus event glassware while supplies last. If you can safely handle more than eight tastes of beer (obviously inebriated folk will be cut off) additional tickets can be purchased onsite $5 for two tickets, or one for $3. Although your ticket to the Craft Harbor Brewing Company, Knee Deep Brewing Company, Laguni- Beer Festival does not include entas Brewing Company, La Quinta trance to the museum, the festival Brewing Company, Mad River takes place inside one of the three Brewing Company, Refuge Brewery airplane hangars, and several exhibits and vintage airplanes are and Wiens Brewing Company. Perhaps the most unique feature accessible inside the south hangar of this festival is the Cicerone Rare and outside on the tarmac – the two beer tasting inside a vintage DC-3 locations where the festival takes in flight over the Coachella Valley. place. All of the vintage aircraft Two flights with 14 passengers or normally inside the hangar will be tasters each are available. The cost outside for all to enjoy. for this “Rare” tasting event is $195 each, and includes festival admis- To purchase tickets, visit propsandsion. It isn’t just the airplane, it’s hopsfestival.com. The Palm Springs Air also how much “rare” beer is avail- Museum is located at 745 N. Gene Auable, after all, it is called “rare beer try Trail in Palm Springs. For informatasting” for a reason! Rides inside tion, call (760) 482-1832 and to reach the DC-3 without the beer tastings the Palm Springs Air Museum general are $175 each. Limited availability, information, call (760) 778-6262.