Waterloo Festival Celebrates All Things Local & Boozy

A fun and boozy event is going on in Waterloo this weekend!

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The Cedar Valley Stem & Stein: Beer & Wine Fest returns for yet another year. This year's will be the 11th annual incarnation of the Waterloo event.

Attendees can explore the multitudes of alcoholic beverages like spirits, wine, and beer that come from the very best of the best in the Cedar Valley.

Here are just a few of the boozy vendors you can visit over the course of this August evening:

• CRAZE Home Brew Club
• Cedar Ridge Distillery
• SingleSpeed Brewing Co.
• Eagles Landing Winery
• The Long Drink Company
• Second State Brewing
• NoCoast
• Peace Tree Brewing Co.
• Wildcat Distilling Co.
• Winneshiek Wildberry Winery
• Tellurian Brewing
• Fahr Beverage
• Fireside Winery
• Johnson Brothers
• Southern Glazer’s

Another fun part about Stem & Stein will be all of the food you'll be able to sample from local restaurants like Chad's Pizza and Lark Brewing!

Stem & Stein is set to take place Saturday, August 12th at the RiverLoop Expo Plaza in Downtown Waterloo. The event is slated to start at 4:00 PM and wrap up at 8:00 PM.

Tickets to the event are still currently on sale. You can snag a ticket for $40 a pop at local Hy-Vees, Waterloo Center for the Arts, Kimball Avenue Hy-Vee Wine and Spirits, and online.

Proceeds from the fest will go back into the community through the Friends of the Waterloo Center for the Arts.

This will help the organization put on future community events.

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