This sure is a old thread, I have never looked in the reginal forums before. But anyways I am from a little shithole village in Perry county called Corning. It is about a half hour from Athens, or Zanesville, about 45 min. from Lancaster.
There is not a beer fest around here that I know of, but about 10 min. away or so there is a Moonshine Festival, its in New Straitsville the moonshine capital of the world.