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    Behold! Creative bacon dishes to a small paper plate near you! The crème de la crème of sold-out foodie ventures: the Bacon & Beer Festival, held Sunday, January 25 in Austin, Texas, paired craft brews with the bites from popular Central Texas chefs and restaurants.
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    Upon arrival guests were greeted warmly by staff and their very own brews cup with accompanying spork for optimal bacon eatery.
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    The local craft boys of Greenhouse cooked up an elaborate bacon chowder with jalapeño purée and honey bacon croutini
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    Liberty Tavern’s Carlos Cruz preparing a dish for this year’s Bacon and Beer fest
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    Hosted inside the the wide open spaces of Fair Market, the fest attracted a large crowd of bacon and beer lovers
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    Attendees dig in (with the aforementioned sporks) to one-of-a-kind dishes as this year’s bacon fest
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    Celtic Seafare provided salmon/bacon-wrapped jalapeños stuffed with pimento goat cheese to, as they say ”enjoy with your beer.”
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    It was a packed house at this years festival. Proceeds benefit the Capital Area Food Bank.
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    South Austin’s Snack Bar entertains guests lining up to taste.
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    Guest sample pairings at the Bacon & Beer Festival, held Sunday, January 25 in Austin, Texas.
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    Grill and tap house, Abel’s North, sets out samples just as quickly as they are gobbled up by attendees.
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    T-shirts for this event proved to be just as hot of a commodity as the bacon and beer, with lines sometimes stretching longer than the edible aspects of the festival.
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    Save the World Brewing Company, a philanthropic brewing company based out of Marble Falls, Texas, kept the beer flowing all afternoon.
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    St. Arnold’s Brewery provided fresh craft brews
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    Bacon bites and Independence brews
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    Amy’s Ice Cream can make ice cream out of anything, and this was the festival to test that.
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    Chefs from the Bonneville speak with attendants sampling bacon-topped delights
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    With so many choices during the festival, guests needed to clean one dish before moving on to the next
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    Guests line up for first tastes… or sometimes seconds
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    Jack Allen’s Kitchen whipping up beer, bacon, and more beer Borracho style
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    Austin Beerworks serving canned craft beers to attendees of the Bacon and Beer Festival.
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    People take a quick break from the bacon and beer
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    “Defend Bacon” T-shirts made especially for the Bacon & Beer Festival
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    Fair Market, home of the 2015 Bacon & Beer Festival

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