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The standard ticket is $30 in advance, $40 at the door, and includes a souvenir 3-ounce tasting cup (plastic, which is probably for the best considering all the concrete and kids at the zoo). The event is from 7 to 10:30 p.m., and you can get unlimited tastings during that time, or for as long as you can maintain a passable semblance of sobriety. It also includes zoo admission and music from Rebirth Brass Band and the Spazmatics. Hooters, Genghis Grill, Pizza By Marco and Holy Grail Pub will have food for sale. Check out Mixmaster for more on the non-beer-related fun.

VIP admission ($60) includes parking (saving you $5 or a DART trip) in a designated VIP lot, allows you early entrance at 6:30 p.m. and also includes catered food, liquor samples, select full-size beers and access to the air-conditioned VIP area.

Check out the selection:

Anheuser Busch: Ziegenbock, Shock Top, Shock Top Raspberry, LandShark, Budweiser, Bud Light, Michelob Ultra, Bud Light Lime, Kona Longboard Lager, Widmer Hefeweizen, Redhook Longhammer, Widmer Drifter
Belukus Marketing: Blanche De Bruxelles, Timmermns Strawberry, Wells Banana Bread, Wells Bombardier
Boulevard Brewing Company: TBA
Breckenridge Brewery: Agave Wheat, Vanilla Porter, Avalanche, Lucky U IPA
Brooklyn Brewery: Lager, Brown Ale, Oktoberfest, Pumpkin Ale
California Cider Co.: Ace Perry, Ace Apple, Ace Joker
Choc: 1919 Choc, Signature Belgian Dubbel, Choctoberfest, Summer Ale (if available)
Deschutes Brewery: Black Butte Porter, Mirror Pond Pale Ale, Inversion IPA, Green Lakes Organic Amber
Diageo: Guinness Black Lager
Duvel USA: Duvel, Maredsous Blond, Ommegang BPA, Ommegang Hennepin
Franconia Brewing Co.: TBA
Full Sail Brewing Company: Session Premium Lager, Session Black Lager, Amber, Elevation Imperial IPA
Great Divide Brewing: Titan India Pale Ale, Yeti Imperial Stout
Harpoon Brewery: Harpoon IPA, UFO White, Harpoon Octoberfest, Harpoon Cider
Left Hand: Milk Stout, Sawtooth, Pole Star, Stranger
Merchant du Vin: Ayinger Oktoberfest, Smith Organic Lager, Smith Organic Ale, Lindemans Peche
Rahr & Sons Brewing: TBA
Real Ale Brewery: Fireman's #4, Rio Blanco Pale Ale, Brewhouse Brown, Lost Gold IPA
Saint Arnold Brewing: Lawnmower, Weedwacker, Oktoberfest, Santo (or Elissa IPA if Santo is out of stock)
Sapporo USA: Sapporo Premium, Sapporo Reserve, Sapporo Light
Ska Brewing: Modus Hoperandi, Decadent Imperial IPA, True Blonde Ale, True Blonde Dubbel
Stone Brewing Co.: Sublimely Self Righteous Ale, Arrogant Bastard Ale, Stone Ruination, Cali-Belgique IPA
Sun Shine Imports: Sir Perry Imported Cider, TBA
Total Beverage Solution: Affligem Blond, Moretti La Rossa, Weihenstephan Hefe
Unibroue: Blanche De Chambly, La Fin Du Monde, Ephemere, Trois Pistoles
United States Beverage: Estrella Damm, Tona, Tiger, Murphy's Stout
Woodchuck Hard Cider: Woodchuck Amber, Woodchuck Fall Seasonal, Woodchuck Pumpkin, Woodchuck Granny Smith