SeaWorld Craft Beer Festival Walkabout Day Two 2021 Photos

SeaWorld Craft Beer Festival 2021

This is the Stout Braised Beef Short Rib item from the Cigar City Snacks kiosk. The rib meat is placed on top of smoked cheddar mashed potatoes and has crunchy onion bits and green onion on top for garnish.

The quality of the meat in the Stout Braised Beef Short Rib item was quite good, with only a small amount of pillow fat. This is one of those items that has some great flavor and texture combinations... warm savory beef with smooth potatoes along with a nice crunch from the fried onion bits and a little garden fresh onion snap as well.

The Cigar City Snacks location has both covered and full-sun seating options. It's also a little off the festival path, so it's not always super crowded.

The SeaWorld Craft Beer Festival Sampler Lanyard is a great way to save some money and time at the festival. There are 8 and 12 sample lanyards this year, and a special 15 sample lanyard that is available to annual passholders.

This is the New Holland Brewing kisok, located just off the exit door (right hand side) of Mama's Pretzel Kitchen.

The Pretzel Wrapped Bratwurst is very similar to an item that's on the normal (non-festival) Mama's Pretzel Kitchen menu. It's served with some optional Grain Mustard Sauce to the side.

Next to Mama's Pretzel Kitchen is one of the festival's performance stages. Here, local bands will play sets at different times of the day.

These guys are pretty great actually! I believe the live entertainment is only available on Saturdays and Sundays during the Craft Beer Festival. (Or at least, I didn't see or hear anyone when I was there on Fridays.)

Small one and two person bands play at SeaWorld's Craft Beer Festival for 2021.

Here's the Beer Garden booth, which is located in a nice grassy area just outside the Sesame Street Land area. For 2021, they're offering beverages from Motorworks Brewing and cocktails made with Tito's Handmade Vodka.

A wider shot of the Beer Garden area shows a good amount of socially distant, full-sun seating options.

The Beer Garden featuring Tito's Handmade Vodka & Motorworks Brewing location is smartly placed just outside one of Sesame Street Land's entrance areas.

This is a 7oz draft sample of Midnight Espresso Coffee Porter from Motorworks Brewing. They roast their own Sumatra and Sulawesi beans to make a blended coffee, which is then infused into the Motorworks porter base.

Beers from Elysian Brewing are available at Glacier Bar, but sadly, there's no food offerings here for the 2021 festival.

This is the Kraft Heinz & Sierra Nevada Brewing Company booth. For the 2021 festival, they're offering three brand new items — a Beer Battered Popcorn Rock Shrimp, a Honeyracha™ Buttermilk Fried Chicken, and a Smoked Brisket Macaroni & Cheese — along with several Sierra Nevada beers on tap.

These are probably not Beer Battered Popcorn Rock Shrimp with Kraft Heinz™ Four Pepper Ranch sauce.

The glaze on these shrimp is somewhat like the Spicy Florida Citrus Marmalade at Sharks — but a little thinner and more sauce-like. I'm not sure if this was a temporary or a permanent replacement for the Beer Battered Popcorn Shrimp that's listed on the menu board.

Oooooo... pretty! This little cup of frozen goodness is a Sangria Frosé from the Ivanhoe Park Brewing Company & Crooked Can Brewing Company booth. It is a frozen Sangria though, and doesn't contain beer from either of those companies.

The Sam Adams Boston Brewery Best Bites booth features two new items at this year's SeaWorld Craft Beer Festival. A Stout Glazed Tuna Lollipop and some Fried Sauerkraut Sausage Balls!

This is the Stout Glazed Tuna Lollipop item from the Sam Adams Boston Brewery Best Bites kiosk. The Tuna Lollipop is served on a wood skewer and rests on a bed of Daikon & Wakame slaw and has some Wasabi Aioli drizzled on top.

The sushi-grade tuna is lightly seared and properly pink on the inside. This is probably one of the more adventurous bites at the festival, but it's a good one! The Daikon & Wakame Slaw is a refreshing change of pace from some of the other fried items at the festival.