Haddam Brewery To Attend 4th Annual Craft Brew Races

NEW HAVEN, CT — The Craft Brew Races, a national beer and running event, returns to New Haven on August 5 at Edgewood Park. The series, which consists of a 5K run followed by a beer festival featuring both local and regional breweries, is making its final stop of the 2017 season in the Nutmeg State.

Steady Habit Brewing Company from Haddam is one of twenty Connecticut-based breweries featured in the event. (To sign up for the Haddams and Killingworth breaking news alerts and more, click here.)

The Craft Brew Races New Haven is a shaded, tree-lined 3.1 mile/5K run (or walk) starting in and winding through Edgewood Park, then passing the Yale Bowl and finishing at Coogan Pavilion.

Runners will receive a custom finishers medal, then make their way to the post-race beer festival. Participants enjoy beer samples from all attending breweries, water provided by Polar Seltzer, snacks provided by American Flatbread and KIND Snacks, live music, vendors and food trucks.

Ticket options for the event are:

• race and festival
• festival only
• race and designated driver
• designated driver only

The run starts at noon, with the festival doors opening at 12:30. All 5K participants and festival-goers receive a souvenir pint glass and entry to the festival.

All designated driver ticket-holders receive a different bracelet at registration, and are welcome to enjoy the festival, designated snacks and non-alcoholic beverages. The Craft Brew Races urge all attendees to enjoy their time responsibly and recommend participants designate a sober driver or arrange transportation via taxi, water taxi or other forms of public transportation.

A portion of each ticket sold for the New Haven Craft Brew Race will be donated to the The Westville Village +Renaissance Alliance and their efforts to support and grow the local economy and community.

More than 45 breweries will be pouring samples of their brews at the festival, and more may be added before the event. Visit craftbrewraces.com for a full vendor and brewery list, and to purchase event tickets.

Connecticut Breweries that will attend:

• Two Roads Brewing (Stratford)
• Charter Oak Brewing (Danbury)
• Back East Brewing (Bloomfield)
• The Beer'd Brewing Company (Stonington)
• 30 Mile Brewing Co. (Old Saybrook)
• Broad Brook Brewing (East Windsor)
• Black Hog Brewing Co. (Oxford)
• No Worries Brewing Company (Hamden)
• Stony Creek Brewery (Branford)
• Veracious Brewing (Monroe)
• DuVig Brewing (Branford)
• Aspetuck Brew Lab (Bridgeport)
• These Guys Brewing (Norwich)
• Steady Habit Brewing Company (Haddam)
• Thimble Island Brewing Company (Branford)
• Hog River Brewing Co. (Hartford)
• Half Full Brewery (Stamford)
• New England Brewing Company (Woodbridge)
• Cottrell Brewing Company (Pawcatuck)
• Firefly Hollow Brewing Co. (Bristol)

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