Fall Beer Festival

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium will host its fourth annual Fall Beer Festival in the Flying Saucer parking lot in Sundance Square on Saturday, Oct. 17 from 2 to 10 p.m.

Flying Saucer’s Fall Beer Festival will feature five beer tents, each with crafted brews chosen by Flying Saucer’s own resident beer guru, Keith Schlabs, and longtime Fort Worth Flying Saucer general manager Marc Castaldo. Featured beers will include rare special releases and a limited-edition cask-conditioned ale, including Brooklyn Chocolate Stout and Allagash Curieux in the East Coast tent and Stone 13th Anniversary Ale in the West Coast tent. Attendees also can go inside Flying Saucer to sample other special-release beers.

The Captain’s Picks tent is scheduled to feature, among others, a brew made by Captain Keith at Sierra Nevada’s recent beer camp. The brew, called Sierra Nevada Edge of Darkness, will be offered in a very limited supply.

“We’ve had a great response to the Fall Beer Festival in the first three years, so we wanted to make the fourth year better than ever,” said Shannon Wynne, owner of Flying Saucer. “Captain Keith and Marc Castaldo have chosen some great beers for this year’s event, a few of which aren’t available anywhere else in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Marc and his team have been cellaring beers all year for this event, most of which will be available in our UR Not Worthy tent. It’s an event beer enthusiasts won’t want to miss!”

Admission to the event is free, but for $15, event goers will receive a commemorative glass and tasting card that can be redeemed for a sampling of 10 of the 20-plus featured beers. Brats, kraut and Bavarian pretzels also will be available, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Lance Armstrong Foundation.