America on Tap Fest Coming to Sea Isle: The Story Behind Forgotten Boardwalk Beer

America on Tap is coming to Sea Isle City on Saturday, May 16th from 2:30PM to 6:00PM, right outside of Kix McNutley’s!

The three hour premium event will showcase over 100 releases from some of America’s best craft breweries and imports as well. Attendees will sample beers in an atmosphere filled with live music, delicious food available for purchase, and great vendors.

In addition to sampling over 100 brews from America’s best craft breweries, we are happy to announce that this event will feature live music from The Mike Thompson Band and delicious food available for purchase from Kix McNutley’s!

I am a sucker for a craft beer with an interesting name. One beer at the upcoming America on Tap event in Sea Isle that caught my attention immediately was Forgotten Boardwalk.

There had to be a good story behind a beer called Forgotten Boardwalk, and there was.

Here's more on the beer's owner, Jamie Queli, and the creation of Forgotten Boardwalk.

Jamie Queli started out as a beer enthusiast and then moved on to becoming a homebrew hobbyist. Now, she is able to add brewery owner to her resume.

The 30-year-old New Brunswick resident is the founder of Forgotten Boardwalk Brewing, which took over the former Flying Fish Brewery building left completely vacant in Cherry Hill.

Originally from Wall Township, Jamie said taking the leap to opening up a full-fledged brewery, complete with a boardwalk-themed tasting room seemed like the next logical step for her. “I started out as a beer enthusiast, then finding information about beer and reading about beer which turned into creating my own beer,” she said, adding that she recently left a career as a product manager in investment banking. “The professional arena seemed like a natural progression.”

Having grown up at the Jersey Shore, Queli installed two skeeball machines, a spin wheel and funhouse mirrors, all while instilling both the memories of her time there, as well as part of the brand.

"My favorite thing about Forgotten Boardwalk is the facility itself. My aim when I was building it was to make it into an experience. I wanted people to not only come and visit for the beer but come and visit and enjoy its whimsical setting. I put in skeeball machines, fun house mirrors, spinning wheels, and antiques.

It’s an adult playground. I grew up at the shore and I am a huge history buff. My grandmother used to call me an “old soul” as a little girl. As I visited different shorelines and coasts through my adult years, I found myself seeking out the odd history, most the stories people told me were lost stories but not completely forgotten.

That is the vision for the company and each brand of beer. Each beer will tell an old forgotten story that took place around the boardwalk. I think it is especially fun to, not only have a great beverage, but to have a consumer learn of an old tale."

Try Forgotten Boardwalk' s "Round Trip" pilsner or "On the Waterfront" session IPA at the upcoming America on Tap Beer Festival with Lite Rock at Kix McNutley’s in Sea Isle. See you there!

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