Providence Journal photo/W. Zachary Malinowski
Bucket Brewery owners, from left, Erik Aslaksen, Drew Powers and Ron Klinger served their beers at Saturday's East Bay Beer Fest in Warren.
WARREN, R.I. -- The first East Bay Brew Fest drew more than 250 craft beer lovers to the Water Street Landing that shares crushed sea shell parking lot with Blount's Clam Shack.
The beer came from Bucket Brewery and Foolproof, both of Pawtucket; Grey Sail, of Westerly; Newport Storm, of Middletown; Narragansett, Revival, Trinity Brewhouse and Union Station, all of Providence; and Ravenous of Woonsocket. Brews were served under a large white tent next to the Barrington River.
Giovanni Cicione, owner of Brickyard Wine & Spirits in Barrington, organized the event that will raise at least $3,000 for TAP-IN, of East Bay and The Hopkins Center, of Barrington, two nonprofits that help the poor and elderly with clothing, services and legal assistance for the indigent.