This year we celebrate 12 beautiful years of Reformation with three days of fun in downtown Woodstock, October 24th-26th.
This FREE annual event is Cherokee County’s largest independent music & beverage festival. Bring your babies, your best friends, your beer buddies, and yer-mom-and-them for a good ole time.
FRIDAY, Oct 24th, 3pm-11pm
Join us Friday as festivities kickoff with live music and 40+ unique draft options including beer, cocktails, and zero alcohol options on tap all weekend. A Silent Disco will have you grooving from 8-11pm.
SATURDAY, Oct 25th, 8am-11:30pm
Saturday is the main event, with a carnival setup, food trucks, and live music all day long including headliner Nicholas Jamerson & the Morning Jays – plus local talents like Jonathan Peyton, and Hunter Blalock. Dance your heart out with a live DJ closing out the night.
SUNDAY, Oct 26th, 9:30am-7:30pm
Sunday Funday goes into effect with an early morning Yoga class on the Woodstock Arts green, plus more live music under the Elm tree in Woodstock’s backyard. Shop the Maker’s Market, sip on some Reformation, and take a swing on golf simulator.
Draft Beer Spotlight: Cadence Fair
Come taste over 40+ unique draft options on tap next weekend for Cadence Fair (while they last)! Here’s a sneak peek of what’s coming soon.
Coconut Stark | Coconut Porter | 5.5% ABV Made with real toasted & fresh coconut, this toasted porter is a throwback to Reformation’s early days. Enjoy this draft preview of our Fall seasonal release while it lasts.
Hop Royale | Fresh Hop IPA | 7.0% ABV From farm to fermenter in less than a day thanks to Crosby Hop Farms, freshly picked Cascade hops offer notes of grapefruit, & subtle spiciness.
Velvet & Flame | Fruited Sour | 6.0% ABV A fruited sour that balances softness & intensity. Brewed on a smooth base of pilsner malt, wheat, oats, +chit, then brightened with blood orange and jammy, ripe plum.
Cascade Hypnosis | Hazy Pale Ale | 5.5% ABV All about Cascade – hypnotically bright, juicy, and endlessly refreshing with waves of waves of citrus zest, grapefruit, floral spice.
Love Made Visible | Imperial Pastry Stout | 10% ABV Balanced bold roast with layers of dessert-like indulgence. Dark chocolate, wild Thai banana, coconut, vanilla, and *macadamia nuts. *contains nuts
Pink Zen | NA Pink Lemonade Seltzer | 0% ABV Tart pink lemonade delivers a citrusy kick, while adaptogenic Cordyceps and Lion’s Mane may support natural energy & stamina.
Check out the full schedule and festival details at cadencefair.com.
🥂 Crawl. Stamp. Laugh. Repeat.
🍕🍺🍔🍸 Six stops, one afternoon, endless stories.
📍 Nov. 15 | 2–5PM 🎟️ After Party @ Pisanos at 5PM
Every great story starts when people come together. Join us Saturday, Nov. 15 (2–5PM) for the Downtown Kennesaw Pub Crawl, presented by Reformation Brewery & Downtown Kennesaw!
Collect stamps on your Pub Crawl Card as you visit:
Winners are restricted to 21+ and up with valid ID. No purchase necessary. Good luck, Reformers!
“Really proud of the Reformation brew crew and their work on our top-selling beer, A Cold One. Taking home any medal in any category when there are over 8k entries and only 349 awarded in the U.S. Open (a major championship) is simply hard.
Taking home a silver in the German Pils category, beer that tastes like beer, and a category where you can’t hide flaws in the craft, is outstanding.
But the icing on the cake is when your business invests deeper into quality and makes it a key performance indicator for the year, and you receive this kind of third-party recognition so soon, it is just exceptionally satisfying.
If you’re a drinker of the megacorporate beers but would like to support local independent makers, I implore you to give this one a shot; we think it’s about as near damn perfect as there is in the land.
Kick up your heels, crank up the volume, & cruise down the river this July 3-5th. We got your 4th of July weekend in Canton covered!
📍 Reformation Canton | The Mill on Etowah 📅 July 3rd – 5th – Canton, Georgia
Kick off the holiday weekend right—Float on the Fourth is back July 3–5. Check in at Reformation, float the river, then come back for a cold one. Your ticket includes a drink on us (yes, that includes our non-alcoholic brews too). Limited spots available each day—don’t wait!
This July 4th we’re turning up the heat at a special Friday Night Live – Red, White, & Boots with a special performance from Cody Bolden & The Road Hands! Join us for a night of line dancing, live music, and family fun featuring high-energy country music that’ll have you dancing all night long!
Break out the neon, tease up that hair, and crank the volume to 11—the hottest 80’s tribute band in the Southeast is coming home to The Mill on Etowah for one epic night of throwback magic! Saturday, July 5th — we’re rewinding the clock to the days of mixtapes, leather jackets, and arena anthems.
Update 10/7/24 Spencer Nix, CEO & Cofounder Reformation Brewery
“Thank you for the overwhelming support and donations. You not only helped us get tangible support to those in need affected by Helene, but also helped us cover all our costs for the water project and likely have helped us get a Foundation started to be even better stewards of your trust and generosity.
Due to the trust our community has given Reformation through these donations, I took a large delivery of donations and went up to Asheville, the airport, Biltmore Village, Hendersonville, and the Flat Rock area yesterday to get a better idea of how our support is being used and how best to move forward.
Our personal contacts, Brandi and Matt, are doing incredible work through their 30 years of local relationships and their produce distribution business relationships. They love their community well and take supplies to those with the least. Almost all the donations of our community have already been distributed to the area of need. From my experience with non-profit logistics amid disasters, that’s impressive and inspiring. From my assessment, it’s definitely the harder-to-reach places around Asheville that are still in the most dire need. While Asheville, and specifically the Arts District, looks devastated, I was pleasantly surprised with the rest of the downtown and how the orgs and FEMA are mobilized in the city.
Our venue can keep being a drop-off location for the supply list items only. I will coordinate taking supplies to Brandi and Matt as they request, and what they don’t need, we will get to other orgs doing work in response to the hurricane; Angel Flight and a group of pilots out of Gainesville are a few options.
List of accepted items: Water Diapers Formula Wipes Charcoal Non-perishable foods
As far as the water project, we will rely on Brandi and Matt to make requests, and we can run a pallet of water as we can find time. I’ve got volunteers who are able and willing to run it to them with very little notice.
Thank y’all again for being awesome and agile. Our collective efforts have done good things for people in real need. From experience, that’s not easy to do. A lot of charitable efforts are well-meaning, but only a fraction of the charity impacts the greatest needs. Our quick and precise efforts have accomplished what we had hoped, and I’m very proud of our community for coming together to meet this need.”
Update 10/4/24
Exporting a little hope is good for the soul. Shout out to Shane Hoover for the transport to Western Carolina today and to @zipcain and @servinternational for the pallets of MREs that provide 2 servings with one can of @reformationbrewery emergency drinking water. The generous and collaborative spirit of our community is truly remarkable. We are shipping donated items within hours of receiving them. We will continue for the next 48 hours and then reevaluate the need. We will take your donations throughout the weekend and add them to our water shipments to Flat Rock, NC, Augusta, Vidalia, and Valdosta (all on the schedule). Thank you again!
Update 10/3/24
We’re not done yet, but I feel I must pause and just say wow, the response from our community in Woodstock, Canton, Smyrna, and North Georgia has been simply amazing. You are donating your goods, your labor, and your dollars to our water relief project without hesitation, without tax ramifications, and without the desire to be recognized. The generosity of individuals has once again been on full display, and all I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you.
Canned water, as well as other critical goods, are on the way to Augusta, Valdosta, and Western Carolina as I write this. More is going out tomorrow. Our canning line has been running at full capacity because of your generosity. My amazing production crew has jumped on this project with full hearts and countless hours. I fear I’m going to leave out some key partners, from our can supplier (Battle and Associates) to our landlords (Moxie Property Group) at The Mill to our restaurant neighbors Community Burger and Queenies, and last but certainly not least, our lifelong friends Kim and Kevin Griggs for countless volunteer and coordinating hours; thank you, thank you, thank you for your kindness and generosity.
I truly feel a sacred trust with this community and Reformation, and I am privileged and committed to doing all we can to steward that trust as we export your love and kindness to others in the throws of real human despair. Prayer is no magic bullet, but if you’re so inclined, I know the folks in these areas of devastation would not begrudge those prayers tonight. And whatever your perspective might be, count your blessings. North Georgia, we love you, and there’s nothing you can do about it, cheers.
~ Spencer Nix, CEO & Cofounder Reformation Brewery
Our neighbors in Western Carolina need our help.
We got the request from a farmer’s wife in western Carolina for WATER for her small community. In less than 12 hours we’ve got a pallet of the best water in the United States heading her way. Shout out to Kimberly and Kevin (@serpentanddovemusic) for handling the logistics and shipment.
The waters are receding and the discoveries of what lay beneath are horrific. Many, many small communities are still at the highest level of triage, needing basic survival commodities. They are using ATVs and mules to get back into some of the hollers because there is simply no other way. And as you can imagine, there are real dangers drawing a hungry crowd, and the hunger is increasing.
The community need is huge, and they’re asking for MORE HELP!
DONATE NOW at REFORMATION WOODSTOCK or CANTON. Goal is to ship as many items as possible
List of accepted items: Water (Reformation is canning water now, $5 creates a case of water, donate here so we can keep it running https://venmo.com/u/reformationbrewery ) Diapers Formula Wipes Charcoal (this one is huge!!) Non-perishable foods Hand Sanitizer
The earliest days after the devastation are best suited for locals helping locals, small communities helping small communities. Larger organizations and governments are just not agile enough in these early critical moments for the smallest communities, they’re most helpful and equipped for the longer-term recovery chapter and ALL help is needed.
Stay tuned for more opportunities. We’re looking at having a helicopter transport to get it to places of need quickly.
Coming soon to Reformation Woodstock, Cadence Fair returns this Oct. 25-27th! Save the date for 3 FULL DAYS of Bourbon, Beer, & Music to celebrate Reformation’s 11th Anniversary.
It’s the biggest little folk music and beer fest you ever saw, right in the heart of Downtown Woodstock. Join us for this FREE family friendly event in Woodstock, Georgia. More delicious details and full music lineup at cadencefair.com
In case you didn’t already pickup on the theme, Bourbon is the word of the weekend for this year’s special Anniversary release lineup. Sip into a ready-to-drink Bourbon Smash made with mint, lemon, and simple syrup. Savor a barrel-aged Pecan Imperial Stout aged on homemade pralines in freshly emptied Reformation bourbon barrels. And celebrate with our 6 year bourbon. Bourbon for all!
Bourbon Smash
If you loved the ready-to-drink cocktail we made for Jonathan Peyton’s album release, then you’ll love this Bourbon Smash reboot ready for drinking at this year’s Cadence Fair for 2024. A classic bourbon cocktail made with Reformation’s house bourbon, fresh mint, real lemon, and just the right amount of sweetness for balance – this canned cocktail will be available on draft and in 4pks to take home.
“Lucky 11″ BA Pecan Stout
Aged in freshly emptied Reformation Bourbon barrels for 11 months, a small batch Pecan Imperial Stout aged on homemade pralines takes the cake! Roasty, slightly sweet, and a little bit nutty – it’s the perfect beer profile to describe the state of Reformation as we raise a glass to our 11th Anniversary! Because you’ve got to be just a little bit crazy about this industry to make it to year eleven. Am I right?
6 Year Bourbon
A story in the making, we’re back at the Bourbon straight up with this release. With notes of brown sugar, smooth oak, vanilla, rye spice, and a subtle touch of dark cherry – Reformation’s 6 Year Bourbon is a special gift we’ve been saving just for the moment. Stop by and get a taste, or take home a bottle to keep the party going.
Thirsty for more?
Get all the details including the full music lineup at cadencefair.com.
Cozy flannels? In on it. Sliding into your DMs with broken promises. Gaslighting you in your dreams. Toying with your gentle Autumn heart.
We’re calling it.
Sweater weather is a lie (at least in September)
Fortunately, there’s a beer for that.
What’s a North Georgia beer lover to do when the whiplash of False Fall strikes? Head to Reformation for a Blonde Pumpkin Ale of course.
Autumn Crossing is golden, lightly spiced, and softly sweet – with real pumpkin, baking spices, & milk sugar for the perfect gateway to Fall drinking.
And at 5.2% there’s no stopping you from taking two and calling Fall in the morning. Don’t breakup with the season. Sip into Reformation instead!
Available from your neighborhood Reformation starting 9/27
Why a Blonde Ale? We love the tradition of big, heavily spiced, Imperial pumpkin beers (except for Spencer, you pumpkin hater). But this year we were craving something balanced, easy, and suited for switching between sweaters and being sweaty as the season swings from open windows and cool breezes to +90 degrees and hurricane warnings.
And be kind to your small business friends who have an **asterisk** next to any events this weekend (speaking for a friend, of course).
With hurricane Helene rapidly strengthening and making landfall, we are activating our storm refuge SOP at all Reformation locations. Now through Saturday (9/28), the first draft pour for any hurricane Helene evacuees will be free with out of state or South Georgia ID.
The Latin community in Woodstock and Cherokee County plays a vital role in enriching the cultural fabric of our region. With vibrant traditions, rich history, and a deep sense of community, Latin residents contribute significantly to the local economy, arts, and social life. Their influence can be seen in the delicious cuisine served in local restaurants, lively festivals, and the warm sense of togetherness that characterizes many community events.
One such celebration is the upcoming Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) on November 2-3, 2024. This beautiful holiday honors loved ones who have passed, allowing families to come together to remember, celebrate, and share stories. It’s a time for reflection and joy, where the rich traditions of the Latin community shine through vibrant tables, colorful decorations, and traditional music.
We invite everyone in the community to join us at the Woodstock Arts Green in Woodstock’s Backyard for this meaningful celebration. Whether you are part of the Latin community or simply want to experience the culture, this event promises to be a memorable occasion filled with activities for all ages, live performances, and authentic Latin food.
Come and be part of this beautiful cultural celebration. Let’s honor our ancestors together and strengthen the bonds within our diverse community. Reformation is honored to be partnering and offering our Light Mexican Lager for the moment. We look forward to seeing you there!
