42 North Brewing Company will host its fifth ‘Barrel Jam’ Barrel-Aged Beer Festival. The event celebrates winter and the art of barrel-aging beers with live music and winter sports around the brewery "campus" at 42 North. Nationally acclaimed breweries from across the United States will each pour their barrel-crafted offerings for festival goers. Participating breweries include: Brewery Ardennes, Eli Fish Brewing Company, Meier's Creek Brewing Company, Jack's Abby, Drowned Lands, Brewery Ommegang, Strangebird Brewing, Prison City, Ellicottville Brewery, 1927 Brew House, 1911, Big Ditch, and of course 42 North. Other popular features of the event include a Rail Jam ski/snowboard competition hosted by Holiday Valley with a ramp and rail set up in the alley behind the brewery. The event concludes with the upbeat, reggae sounds of Olmsted Dub in the taproom.
