Hudson Hop & Harvest Festival: 4,500 People, Just 8 Bags of Trash and 1 Excellent Riverkeeper Beer
October 9, 2014
Clear October skies over the Hudson Hop & Harvest Festival in Peekskill.
Riverkeeper volunteers assisted Zero to Go in making the Hop & Harvest Festival nearly zero waste, with just eight bags of trash generated by 4,500 people.
Lucky Sturgeon IPA is advertised along with other offerings at a festival tent.
Rupert, from Red Hook, submitted the winning name for our "Lucky Sturgeon" beer. He told WAMC: “Honestly, I think a sturgeon’s a fish that would be a beer drinker. You look at that fish… That thing is gnarly looking. I think a sturgeon would definitely be an IPA drinker, maybe even a stout.”
The beach at Peekskill's Riverfront Green Park has one of the most gorgeous views anywhere on the Hudson. With work to improve water quality, maybe this could be a beach one day?
Lucky Sturgeon debuted on the board at Peekskill Brewery about a week before the Hop and Harvest Festival.
Captain Lawrence Brewing Co. held a tasting event featuring Lucky Sturgeon Imperial IPA the week before the Hudson Hop & Harvest Festival.
Hudson Hop & Harvest festival visitors gather by the shoreline at sunset in Peekskill.
Sunset at Peekskill's Riverfront Green at Hudson Hop & Harvest Festival.
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