Although there is a fairly hearty menu of roasted pig, beer brats, turkey legs and burgers available, if you're heading down to the annual Great Lakes Brew Fest in Racine on Saturday, Sept. 19, do as the regulars do and build yourself a dangling necklace of pretzels to wear during your day-long tasting adventure.

Trust us, the salty snacks come in handy while you're waiting in line for samples (or bathrooms, or other food). And everyone's doing it.

The pretzel necklaces have become a tradition at the craft brewer festival, which celebrates six years at Racine Festival Park, from 3 to 7 p.m. The event gathers more than 250 crafts beers and sodas from about 100 brewers across the country and brings them to the beer heartland, along the western shores of Lake Michigan.

General admission is $35 (the designated driver rate is only $15, though) and that opens the floodgates for unlimited (unlimited!) suds sampling throughout the day. Again, take our advice and wear your snacks for easy access.

Take a holiday from the usual (insert commerical brewery name here) Light varieties and belly up to a few of these bad boys:

• AEppelTreow Winery, Burlington
• Ale Asylum, Madison
• Anchor Brewing Company, San Francisco
• Anderson Valley Brewing Company, Booneville, Calif.
• August Schell Brewing Company, New Ulm, Minn.
• Avery Brewing Company, Boulder
• B.A.B.B.L.E. Lake County Homebrewers, Lake County, Ill.
• Belle City Home Brewers & Vintners, Racine
• Bell's Brewing Company, Inc., Galesburg, Mich.
• Berghoff Brewing Company, Monroe
• Boston Beer Company, Boston
• Boulder Beer Company, Boulder
• Big Sky Brewing Company, Missoula, Mont.
• Blucreek Brewing, Madison
• Blue Moon Brewing Co., Golden, Colo.
• Breckenridge Brewery, Breckenridge, Colo.
• Capital Brewery, Middleton
• Cross Plains Brewery Inc., Cross Plains
• Dark Horse Brewing Company. Marshall, Mich.
• Dells Brewing Company, Wisconsin Dells
• Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, Del.
• Eel River Brewing Company, Fortuna, Calif.
• Fauerbach Brewing Company, Madison
• Flat Earth Brewing Company, St. Paul, Minn.
• Florida Brewing Company, Melbourne, Fla.
• Flatlander's Restaurant & Brewery, Lincolnshire, Ill.
• Flying Dog Brewery, Denver
• Furthermore Brewing, Spring Green
• Goose Island Brewing Company, Chicago
• Gordon Biersch Brewing Company, Bolingbrook, Ill.
• Grand Teton Brewing Company, Victor, Idaho
• Gray's Brewing Company, Janesville
• Great Dane Pub and Brewing Company, Madison
• Great Lakes Brewing Company, Cleveland
• Green Mountain Beverage, Middlebury, Vt.
• High Falls Brewing Co., Rochester, N.Y.
• Hook and Ladder Brewing Co., Silver Spring, Md.
• Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company, Chippewa Falls
• Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales, Dexter, Mich.
• Kenosha Bidal Society, Kenosha
• Lakefront Brewing Company, Milwaukee
• Left Hand Brewing Company, Longmont, Colo.
• Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma, Calif.
• Longnecks Brew Pub, Big Bend
• Lost Coast Brewing Company, Eureka, Calif.
• Mickey Finns Brewery, Libertyville, Ill.
• Minhaus Brewing Company, Monroe
• New Glarus Brewing Company, New Glarus
• New Holland Brewing Company, Holland, Mich.
• North Coast Brewing Company, Fort Bragg, Calif.
• Ommegang, Coopertown, N.Y.
• Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, Lyons, Colo.
• O'so Brewing Company, Plover
• Otter Creek Brewing, Middlebury, Vt.
• Pangaea Beer Co., Wisconsin Rapids
• Peak Organic Brewing Company, Portland, Maine
• Pyramid Brewing Company, San Antonio
• Redhook Ale Brewery, Woodinville, Wash.
• Rock Bottom Brewery, Milwaukee
• Rogue Ales, Newport, Ore.
• Rush River Brewing, Black River Falls
• Shmaltz Brewing, San Francisco
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico, Calif.
• Silverado Homebrew Club, St. Charles, Ill.
• Smuttynose Brewing Company, Portsmouth, N.H.
• Society of Oshkosh Brewers, Oshkosh
• Sprecher Brewing Company, Glendale
• Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point
• Stonefly Brewing Company, Milwaukee
• South Shore Brewery, Ashland
• Southern Tier Brewing Company, Lakewood, N.Y.
• Tommyknocker Brewery, Idaho Springs, Colo.
• Two Brothers Brewing Company, Warrenville, Ill.
• Tyranena Brewing Company, Lake Mills
• Upland Brewing Co., Bloomington, Ind.
• Victory Brewing Company, Downingtown, Pa.
• Water Street Brewing Company, Milwaukee
• Widmer Brothers Brewing Company, Portland, Ore.