Now in its seventh year, the Ninety9Bottles Craft Beer Festival returned to Oyster Shell Park in Norwalk on June 3. Craft beer lovers enjoyed an expansive range of tastes and samples from local and regional brewers, plus food trucks and music, all with scenic water views from the park. A portion of the proceeds from the event went to Adoption Hope Foundation, a 501(c)(3) based in Fairfield, whose mission is to help break the financial barrier of adoption by providing grants to people who choose to build their families through adoption.
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- Rich Dunn, Co-owner, Ninety9Bottles; Jill Dun and Kymberly Soleng, Event Directors; and Sjur Soleng, Co-owner, Ninety9Bottles.
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- Guests enjoyed local and regional craft brews at Oyster Shell Park in Norwalk on June 3.
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- Michael Ward, Craft Beer Manager, Mancini Beverage – Northeast Beverage Division and Gabriele Ogoley, Sales Representative, Wormtown Brewery.
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- William Donovan, Brand Representative, Narragansett Beer.
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- Narragansett Del’s Shandy and Rhode Island Iced Tea.
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- Kathy Cinci and Kevin Frey pouring for Two Roads Brewing Company.
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- Kevin Langan, State Manager, Stateside Urbancraft Vodka.
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- Stateside Urbancraft Vodka and Surfside Iced Tea + Vodka ready-to-drink canned cocktails.
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- Allison Loh, Brand Representative, Campari’s bottled Aperol Spritz.
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- Local and regional brews were poured, including from breweries such as Kent Falls Brewing Co.
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- Food from an array of vendors accompanied brews, including Coals Pizza in Norwalk.
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- A colorful shrimp taco from the Urban Taqo Company food truck.
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- A freshly poured sample at the Ninety9Bottles Craft Beer Festival.
Photos by Andrew Dominick.
