So, mark your calendars now, because on Saturday, Dec. 15th 2012

The Charlotte Beer Club and Good Eats & Meets are at it again! #CLTSantaCon is back! What is SantaCon you ask?  Santacon is a non-denominational, non-commercial, non-political and non-sensical Holiday party that occurs once a year for absolutely no reason in over 260 cities and 36 countries around the world. SantaCon is a global phenomenon that has been gong on for more than 2 years.  So, in 2011, we decided Charlotte needed one.  Who doesn't love Santa!?!?  Who doesn't love beer!?!?  Well, we put both together for an event that celebrates the LOCAL craft beer community, where all the adults can also enjoy the holiday spirit, in EVERY way! The NORTH POLE is coming to occupy Charlotte!!! Join us as we SING, MINGLE and JINGLE our way through all 6 of CLT’s craft beer breweries.

One Day…One Night…One BIG Hangover…CLTSantaCon is Here!!!    

The Lowdown for the Ho-down:

 Four Friends Brewing: 11AM-1PM-CLTSantaCon Sign in w/Food Truck

10913 Office Park Drive, Charlotte, NC 28273
(704) 233-7071 http://www.fourfriendsbrewing.com/

Four Frends will have the Bill Miller Band performing live at 11:30 and we will have the Herban Legend food truck serving yummy vittles. Four Friends will also be releasing TWO BRAND NEW beers...Santa's Dirty Little Secret, a 9.4% Double Chocolate Imperial Stout and a Praline infused Porter called Fireside Snuggles

http://www.reverbnation.com/billmillerband

http://www.theherbanlegend.com/

NoDa Brewery/BirdSong Brewery: 1:15-2:45

2229 North Davidson Street, Charlotte, NC 28205
(704) 451-1394 http://www.nodabrewing.com

NoDa will be Randalizing(on the spot flavor infusion) their Cold Crash Holiday brew with cinnamon and nutmeg

2315 North Davidson Street, Charlotte, NC 28205
(704) 332-1810 http://www.birdsongbrewing.com/

Birdsong will be featuring their 8.4% Pride Abbey Ale featuring Belgian yeasts, specialty malts with flavors of cherry, fig and dark caramel

Heist Brewery: 3-4 serving Lunch

2909 North Davidson Street #200, Charlotte, NC 28205
(704) 375-8260 http://heistbrewery.com/

Heist is releasing a BRAND NEW beer, their Brown Porter that day just for CLTSantaCOn

The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery: 4:15-5:15

215 Southside Drive, Charlotte, NC 28217
(704) 525-5644 http://oldemeckbrew.com/

OMB will have their Dunkel, a Winter seasonal brew and their Yule Bock, their Christmas sigle batch beer

Triple C Brewing Company: 5:30-6:30 w/Food Truck

2900 Griffith Street, Charlotte, NC 28203
(704) 372-3212 http://www.triplecbrewing.com/

Triple C will have their Imperial Smoked Amber, brewed with cherry wood malts and nutty oats with an added choclate malt flavor and their Winter Ale 6% with a unique malty/nutty flavor and Organic cinnamon/vanilla bean from the Savory Spice Shop

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Join the red tide and take part in the CLTSantaCon for only $10, which gives you the ability to visit any and all of the breweries taking part, please refer to the above schedule as we will be following it.

Back again this year, we will have the CLTSantaCon Santa Sleigh Party Bus, which takes you and all the other Santa's to all the breweries for only an additional $20 on top of your CLTSantaCon ticket.  Leave everything up to us…no worries, just have FUN!

The CLTSantaCon will be HO HO HO Much Fun!

Check out our Facebook Page...Like Us & pass it on to ALL of your FACEBOOK FRIENDS. We want this to be HUGE!!

https://www.facebook.com/CLTSantaCon

Check out our Twitter page...Follow us and pass the info to all your Twitter pals...

@cltsantacon

Please use #cltsantacon for all mentions

Check out SantaCon…http://santacon.info/

The CLTSantaCon Toy Drive

We are asking those that can to open up their wallets/hearts and bring an unwrapped toy or a donation that we will be sending to A Child's Place.  We will have collection areas at each location. 

http://www.achildsplace.org/

What to Wear to SantaCon? How to Put Your Own Spin on a Santa Suit!!?

SantaCon is about making merry with hundreds of your fellow Santa’s, but that doesn't mean you can't stand out in the crowd! There is more than one way to pass as Kris Kringle, so choose a Santa suit that fits your own SantaCon style at one of Party City’s more than 750 stores nationwide. Party City is the official SantaCon costume sponsor. Grab a bandana and gear up as biker Santa or rock the Vegas version of Ol' St. Nick.  Whatever you choose, Party City helps you get your holiday party on…literally!

http://santacon.info/Buy-Santa-Suits.html

So, if you are looking for a Jolly Good Time? Look no further! Join hundreds of Santa's as we hop around the Queen City and our awesome craft beer community.

For more information on the Charlotte Beer Club and Good Eats & Meets go here...

http://www.meetup.com/beerclub/

http://www.meetup.com/geamclt/