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2B Midweek Edition-March 1-2, 2023
The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com
LIFE
Georgia Beer Day returns this weekend
Photo provided by Georgia Craft Brewers Guild
The third annual Georgia Beer Day is set for Saturday, March
4, to celebrate and support craft brewers across the state.
BY RACHEL ESTES
restes@gainesvilletimes.com
Whether perspectives
tilt toward half full or half
empty, this weekend poses
a prime opportunity for
craft beer connoisseurs to
raise a glass to their favor
ite Georgia microbrews.
And it’s refillable.
Slated for Saturday,
March 4, Georgia Beer
Day celebrates the state’s
brewmasters and their
malty, hoppy fermenta
tion whilst also giving a
financial toast to mem
bers of the Georgia Craft
Brewers Guild.
In partnership with
Boelter Glassware, over
70 participating breweries
— including Liquid Nation
Brewing in Gainesville,
NoFo Brew Co. and Dis
tillery in Cumming, which
will soon be brewing in
Georgia Beer
Day
When: March 4
Where: Breweries across
the state including these
Northeast Georgia
participants:
Liquid Nation Brewing,
21100 Atlanta Highway,
Gainesville
NoFo Brew Co., 6150
Ga. 400 Suite A/B,
Cumming
Tantrum Brewing Co.,
1939 Helen Highway,
Cleveland
The Dahlonega Brewery,
3003 Morrison Moore
Parkway E, Dahlonega
All participating breweries:
georgiacraftbrewersguild.
org/georgia-beer-day
Gainesville, and Tantrum
Brewing Co. in Cleveland
— will be offering a com
memorative pint glass,
pouring $1 from each into
the guild. In turn, the guild
protects and advocates
for Georgia’s burgeoning
craft beer industry.
“Georgia Beer Day is
a day to celebrate local
beer, and support our
small breweries across
the state that help make
our communities great
places to live, work, and
visit,” said Georgia Craft
Brewers Guild spokes
man Joseph Cortes. “It’s
also an opportunity to
support the organiza
tion that serves the craft
brewing industry through
advocacy, education, and
awareness.”
This year’s 16-ounce
glass, sporting the theme
“Let’s Get Peachy,” show
cases colorful sketches of
Georgia peaches and hops
by artist Baily Crawford.
Beer lovers can snag one
of their own, filled with
a pour of their choice, at
any participating brewery
while glasses last.
“We are thrilled to be
a part of Georgia Beer
Day with our fellow local
breweries for the third
year in a row,” NoFo
Director of Marketing
Eliana Barnard said. “It’s
awesome to see the com
munity and all the local
breweries come together
to support Georgia beer.”
NoFo is set to offer “a
wall full of great beers”
including a new collab
orative brew with Gaines
ville’s Downtown Drafts,
a new special barrel-aged
bottle release and spe
cialty cocktails crafted
with a new blue agave
spirit.
At Liquid Nation, owner
Pap Datta said the good
times are set to pour with
food truck fare by El
Guero Super Tacos and
live music by Peyton Kyle.
For a full list of the
breweries participating
in this year’s Georgia
Beer Day, visit georgia-
craftbrewersguild.org/
georgia-beer-day.
Lake Lanier Boat Show docking at Margaritaville
BY DONNELL SUGGS
dsuggs@gainesvilletimes.com
Spring is nearly here and
with that comes more oppor
tunities to spend time on the
lake with family and friends.
And time on Lake Lanier
means there are going to be
boats — lots of boats.
The Lake Lanier Boat
Show is returning to Margar
itaville at Lanier Islands for
its first spring show Friday,
March 3. The biannual event
debuted last October.
Hosted by Marine Trade
Association of Metro Atlanta,
the three-day Lake Lanier
Boat Show combines more
than 50 boating brands, 18
local dealerships and 270
boats for people to see, touch
and purchase.
It is also the unofficial
start of spring and summer
boating activities, according
to Concept 365 event coordi
nator Ashlyn Armistead.
“It’s encouraging people
to get out there because
there’s nothing like seeing
boats on the water,” she said.
Armistead added that the
boat show on the lake is dif
ferent from similar events
that take place elsewhere.
Typical boat shows take
place in large convention
centers, and though there
are ample opportunities to
board boats, it’s not the same
experience as what takes
place at the Lake Lanier
Boat Show, she said.
“The great thing about
this show is it’s outdoors and
you get to actually experi
ence the boats on the water, ”
Armistead said.
For those who’ve had their
fill of water, the parking
area at Margaritaville will
lead visitors to the “vendor
village,” a designated area
full of things to do on land.
Photos by SCOTT ROGERS I The Times
Visitors to Nichols Diner in Oakwood beat the busy lunch
crowd Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the popular restaurant.
NICHOLS
■ Continued from 1B
with people over time,”
Alan said.
He added the diner
almost closed before the
brothers exchanged owner
ship, but he advised Craig
against selling the land and
closing the restaurant.
“I said, ‘No, no, no, we
have been doing this too
long. Let’s let it run,”’ he
remembered. “And we’re
still doing it.”
Through many changes,
tough times, ups and downs,
Nichols Diner is still churn
ing out plates of comfort
food one diner at a time.
When asked what 20
means of business means
to him, Alan said it means
they have done business
the right way.
“In this business, it’s
rare. Not too many places
make it,” he said of the two-
decade milestone. “You’re
only as good as your word.”
The words above the reg
ister say it all.
Dawn LeCroy stacks drink cups Wednesday, Feb. 22,
preparing for the busy lunch service at Nichols Diner.
There will also be live music
on the Margaritaville docks
along with food trucks and a
coffee camper.
LandShark Bar & Grill,
Margaritaville’s signature
restaurant, will also be
open and the site for fishing
seminars.
“It’s going to be a great
family-friendly event,”
Armistead said. “People
will have a chance to see not
only the boats but have fun
learning about boating and
fishing.”
There will also be an
opportunity for a lucky guest
to win a boat. Transcend
Roofing System, a Cum-
ming-based roofing service
and the lead sponsor of the
boat show, is sponsoring the
“Crack the Code” contest in
Lake Lanier Boat
Show
When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
March 3-4; 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. March 5
Where: Margaritaville
at Lanier Islands, 7000
Lanier Islands Parkway,
Buford
More info:
lakelanierboatshow.com
which participants have a
chance to win a $56,000 boat.
The boat show is set for
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday-Sat-
urday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday.
General admission is $15
per person and includes
parking.
Tickets can be purchased
at lakelanierboatshow.com.
Photo provided to The Times
The Lake Lanier Boat Show is set to dock at Margaritaville at
Lanier Islands March 3-5.
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