Move over beer, Seltzerland is taking over this downtown Los Angeles park

Sit down stouts, adios ales and later lagers because this upcoming festival is all about a different kind of brew.

Seltzerland, a festival aimed at introducing people to the many varieties of hard seltzer flavors and celebrating the lighter side of brews, takes over Grand Park in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 13.

“We have over 25 different brands and every brand brings at least four different flavors, sometimes even more,” said Kate Levenstien, founder and CEO of Cannonball Productions, producers of the event.

“This gives people an opportunity to be able to sample and taste a lot of different kinds of seltzers,” she added.

Hard seltzers, which are alcohol-spiked carbonated water drinks, have been gaining popularity in the past few years with the success of industry giants such as White Claw and with beer companies like Heineken USA, Anheuser-Busch, Boston Beer Co. (makers of Sam Adams) and Corona launching their own version of hard seltzers,

The traveling festival was launched four years ago and has ridden the wave of this trend with stops in cities like Boston, New York and Chicago.

It made its debut in Long Beach last year and now comes to downtown Los Angeles with a lineup of national seltzer makers and local breweries too.

Among the locals taking part in the festival will be Anaheim-based Brewery X, which brews several varieties of hard seltzers including a Huckleberry Hard Seltzer as well as watermelon lime and kiwi strawberry flavors.

To get the most bang for your buck try the Blackberry Mojito, Jungle Juice, and Paloma hard seltzer flavors that come in between 10-13.5% alcohol by volume.

Corona’s Storytellers Brewery will also be there pouring brews like the Pineberry Hard Seltzer and Flightless Dragons Kiwi Strawberry Seltzer, plus hard teas like the Berry Wild Cape Town Hard Tea.

“I always love the local breweries, I think they always do such a great job,” she said.

And for those who want to take it up a notch, they’ll want to check out the CANtina — yes, CANtina, get it? This spot is a sort of a separate beer garden, well, seltzer garden, within the festival open to all ticket holders.

At the CANtina people can find canned cocktails with tequila-infused drinks from brewers like Irvine’s Caza Azul makers of tequila sodas that come in flavors like lime, peach and mango plus drinks made with Ghost Tequila. But be ready for a kick because this is a spicy tequila.

Seltzerland

When: 11 a.m.- 6 p.m. May 13

Where: Grand Park, 200 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles

Cost: $49-$75

Information: seltzerland.com