MOLINE, ILLNIOIS - Under beautiful skies along the Mississippi River in LeClaire Park, 2,000 people attended WQPT's 13th annual Brew Ha Ha on Saturday, September 15, 2012.
Throughout the day attendees sampled beers, cheeses, played games and listened to music of Minus Six and to the comedy of the Blacklist Comedy Troupe. Voting for the best brews took place from 1:30 to 4:00 pm when the votes were tallied and the top three brews were named. All of the winners were decided on by the attendees.
The winners were all from Bent River Brewing.
1st Place: Bent River Brewing Co. - Uncommon Stout
2nd Place: Bent River Brewing Co. - Mississippi Blonde
3rd Place: Bent River Brewing Co. - Jalapeno Pepper Ale
(Pictured is: Garrett Butler, Head Brewer from Bent River Brewing Co.)
WQPT's Brew Ha Ha is one of the stations largest fundraising events with proceeds going to support educational outreach and programming. Sponsors include Old Chicago Bettendorf, Rock 104-9 and Cumulus Broadcasting, Rhythm City Casino, River Cities Reader, KWQC, Mediacom, Dimitri Wine & Spirits, Inc., Glazer's Distributors of Iowa, Blue Moon, Budweiser, Cabot Cheese Cooperative of Vermont, Downtown Davenport Partnership, The Blacklist Comedy Troupe, Hawkeye Ice, Iowa American Water, Millennium Waste, Quad City Golf Cars, and Sunbelt Rentals.
WQPT is a public media service of Western Illinois University - Quad Cities located in Moline, Illinois.