{"id":164763,"date":"2026-04-13T20:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/164763\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T20:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:12:15","slug":"guests-sample-beers-from-around-the-region-at-annual-erie-craft-beer-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/164763\/","title":{"rendered":"Guests sample beers from around the region at annual Erie Craft Beer Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 20th anniversary of the Erie Craft Beer Fest took place at the Brewerie at Union Station in support of WQLN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Guests had the opportunity to sample specially crafted beers from area brewers, including those who traveled from Pittsburgh, New York, and Ohio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/heart-of-the-american-economy-small-business-owners-show-wares-at-spring-craft-gift-festival\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u2018Heart of the American economy\u2019 \u2014 Small business owners show wares at Spring Craft &amp; Gift Festival;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;\u2018Heart of the American economy\u2019 \u2014 Small business owners show wares at Spring Craft &amp;amp&quot;}\"> \u2018Heart of the American economy\u2019 \u2014 Small business owners show wares at Spring Craft &amp; Gift Festival <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There was something for everyone at the event, with other local vendors selling a variety of foods like beef jerky, bundt cakes, olive oil and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Organizers were thankful for the community support in celebrating this major milestone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/dozens-of-students-recognized-at-lecoms-sports-scholarship-day\/?ipid=promo-link-block2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dozens of students recognized at LECOM\u2019s Sports Scholarship Day;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Dozens of students recognized at LECOM\u2019s Sports Scholarship Day&quot;}\"> Dozens of students recognized at LECOM\u2019s Sports Scholarship Day <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWith the loss of federal funding, which was about half our budget, 1.2 million dollars, events like this in the community help continue our mission. So it\u2019s great seeing people come out and show their support,\u201d said Eric Levy, marketing coordinator for WQLN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The funds raised from the event will benefit WQLN\u2019s mission of providing quality educational programming for our local community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 20th anniversary of the Erie Craft Beer Fest took place at the Brewerie at Union Station in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,74224,24640],"class_list":{"0":"post-164763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-erie","9":"tag-erie-headlines","10":"tag-erie-news","11":"tag-the-brewerie-at-union-station","12":"tag-wqln"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}