09/11/2026
😂🎶🍻 Laughter, music, and the clinking of tiny taster glasses filled the air at Kent State Tuscarawas this past Saturday during the 6th annual “Brews & Bites” fundraiser to benefit United Way of Tuscarawas County. Craft b**r and w**e appreciators came out to sample the featured products from 14 local breweries and w**eries while enjoying unlimited food, awesome music, a silent auction, a gift card pull, yard games, and overall good vibes. So many thanks go out to everyone who made this year’s event a success:
• The featured breweries and w**eries:
-Baltic Mill W**ery
-Breitenbach W**ery
-Codex Brewing
-Hoodletown Brewing Company
-Lockport Brewery
-Main Sail Brewery (located inside Atwood Yacht Club)
-Maize Valley W**ery & Brewery
-Millersburg Brewing Company
-Mudd & Gilly's W**e Co.
-Muskellunge Brewing Company
-The Pilot Brewhouse
-Swiss Heritage W**ery (located at Hans’ Place)
-W**etagous
-Wooly Pig Farm Brewery
• Our food vendors:
-Texas Roadhouse (New Philadelphia, OH - 120 Bluebell Drive NW)
-Hog Heaven of New Philadelphia
-Hennis Care Centre of Dover
-Chick-fil-A
• Our event sponsors:
-Presenting Sponsor DoverPhila Federal Credit Union
-Andreas Furniture
-The Belden Brick Company
-First Federal Community Bank
-Ferris Chevrolet, Buick Ferris Toyota
-Jack & Sally Dooling
-Pipes Insurance Service, LTD
-Quanex
-Simona Boltaron
-Staley Technologies
-Troyer & Associates
• Our venue Kent State University at Tuscarawas with special thanks to:
-David Mitchell
-Tom Flood
-Custodial staff
• Our bottled water donor Geib Funeral Homes & Crematories| Dover & New Philadelphia, Ohio
• Our MANY tremendous volunteers
• The BROTHERS band, who truly embodied the spirit of “The show must go on!” (check out the picture of the collapsed blue pop-up tent they had been performing under until a storm rolled in and took it out!)
• Our Silent Auction donors:
-Burial B**r Co.
-The Little Theatre of Tuscarawas County
-Performing Arts Center at Kent State Tuscarawas
-Tuscarawas Philharmonic
-United Way board members
-WJER Radio & 99.9FM WTUZ - Z Country
-Yaggi Cheese House
Keep your eyes peeled for the date for our 7th annual “Brews & Bites” next September—you won’t want to miss out!