- December 4, 2025
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Some attendees adored themselves in pretzels, a classic necklace for beer festivals. They wore it to snack and drink.
Brooke Sims, Jason Ostermann, Emily Sims and Al Camacho were happy to have the beer fest back. It was Emily Sims’ first time being old enough to attend.
Tobias Kruhm attended the fest with a moving beer hat he got in Munich, Germany. He went with Michael Deutsch.
Steve Delany from Crooked Can, a local brewery from Winter Garden, attended. He served its signature sixth man lager.
People smiled as they enjoyed each other’s company and tasty beers.
Mary Gomez and Edwin Nieves went to the first Windermere Beer Fest nine years ago.
Celebration Brewing Co’s team stood together. The brewery’s Oktoberfest brew recently won a silver medal in the Best Florida Beer competition.
Eric and Tara Neumann, Jeff Hallam and Amy Tempelton toasted with their glasses filled of crafted beer.
Cappy and Courtney Surette enjoyed the size of the festival.
Breweries displayed their house-made drinks. There was a range of beer, cider and seltzers.
Shauna Gates smiled with her two sons. Tucker Gates dressed up as a race car driver and Jackson Gates went as a surgeon.
People enjoyed freshly made food from tents at the festival. The food vendors displayed replicas of their items so guests could visualize what they would get.
Jesse Dilemma, Javier Candelaria and Sam Murad liked trying the local breweries and discovering what their favorite was.
Nazifa Mohamed attended the fest decked in her Halloween gear. She had never been before.
Natasha Jones poured Three Odd Guys Brewing drafts out of a small tap wall.
Grant Basham and Pam Schrimsher enjoyed each other’s company in the chairs they brought to the fest.
Nicole O’Brien held the Florida ivory millipede. She said the festival was donating some of their proceeds to the Oakland Nature Preserve.
The festival was a hit in its return to Windermere. People crowded Main Street as they voyaged between tents.
Kent Waugh worked as Crooked Can’s event planner when the Windermere Craft Beer Festival occurred in 2019.
The festival returned to the community for the first time in six years Saturday, Oct. 25 and so did Waugh, this time as the head brewer of Celebration Brewing Co.
“It’s special for me to be back,” he said.
Guests sampled drafts from local breweries that lined Main Street, talked with friends, enjoyed live music from the Down Brothers, and tasted food from vendors.
