Yinzer Valley Farms in Westmoreland County. (Courtesy of Yinzer Valley Farms)

Lots of events have spirits and beers, wines and ciders. But one Sunday in East Huntingdon in the Laurel Highlands also has fire.

The first Bonfires, Barrels & Brews event will be crackling from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at Yinzer Valley Farms cidery and event space (681 Mulberry Hill Road, Mount Pleasant, 15666).

Sponsored by the GO Laurel Highlands tourist organization, the event will feature craft beverages of its Pour Tour as well as food trucks, vendors and live music for adults 21 and older.

The tour, which comes with its own passport that travelers can fill with stickers to earn prizes, links nearly 50 craft beverage makers across Fayette, Somerset and Westmoreland counties.

Admission to this event — $40 — includes an event passport sticker, a long-sleeve (of course) T-shirt, tasting glass and beverage check for purchases. You can get tickets at https://www.golaurelhighlands.com/plan/pour-tour/bonfires-barrels-brews/.

Eric Knopsnyder, Go Laurel Highland’s director of public relations and community outreach, says, “Yinzer Valley Farms will be pouring Irish coffee, nonalcoholic hot cider and a bloody mary bar.” It also offers some beautiful scenery from the hexagonal former clubhouse of what used to be Timber Ridge Golf Club.

Connellsville’s Yough River Brewing is one of the participating pourers in the first Bonfires, Barrels & Brews event at Yinzer Valley Farms in East Huntingdon on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. (Courtesy of GO Laurel Highlands)

Other beverage makers scheduled to attend:

• Chapel Hill Wines, Dawson.

• El Diablo Brewing, Greensburg.

• Four Seasons Brewing, Latrobe.

• Greendance Winery, Mount Pleasant.

• Greenhouse Winery, Irwin.

• La Vigneta Winery, Greensburg.

• Laurel Highlands Meadery, Greensburg.

• Own Brook Winery, Scottdale.

• Red Barn Winery, Delmont.

• Rusty Musket Distilling, Boswell.

• Tall Pines Distillery, Salisbury.

• White Valley Distilling, Export.

• Yough River Brewing, Connellsville.

Greensburg’s Laurel Highlands Meadery is another one of the participating pourers. (Courtesy of GO Laurel Highlands)

Scheduled food vendors are:

• Big Buns Cinnamon Roll Co.

• Circle Pit Pizza.

• El Diablo Brewing Co. and Wood Fire Kitchen.

• Jessi’s Chickens.

• Little Garden Kitchen.

• The Olde Spitfire Grill.

Craft vendors are:

• Artique Gallery Market.

• Artworkontherun.

• Clementine.

• Green Goddess.

• Inclined Designs.

• Link and Bonded LLC.

• Mountain Top Engraving.

• Ohiopyle Coffee Roasters.

• Ren and Brush.

• Scents By Stacey.

• Soldier Boy Beef Jerky.

• Wander & Root.

• YinzLidz.

Musical entertainment will include The String Theory plus Manic Mango.

Salisbury’s Tall Pines Distillery will also be pouring at the first Bonfires, Barrels & Brews. (Courtesy of GO Laurel Highlands)
Bob Batz Jr.

Bob, a feature writer and editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, is currently on strike and serving as interim editor of the Pittsburgh Union Progress. Contact him at bbatz@unionprogress.com.

Bob Batz Jr.

Bob, a feature writer and editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, is currently on strike and serving as interim editor of the Pittsburgh Union Progress. Contact him at bbatz@unionprogress.com.