Photos: Brooklyn Brewery Mash Kicks Off In Austin, Texas

The Brooklyn Brewery Mash, an 11-city festival featuring parties, concerts, private dinners and "humanity's favorite beverage, beer," kicked off on Springdale Farm in Austin, TX this past weekend, as part of the SXSW Festival. The five-day event included a beer-paired dinner with Food Republic Co-Founder Marcus Samuelsson, Jesse Griffiths of Austin's Dai Due and Brooklyn Brewery chef Andrew Gerson. As part of the evening, the New York and Austin-based chefs sat down for a conversation about technology's effect on the world of food, moderated by DJ Jonathan Toubin. Scroll through pictures of the evening's festivities and be sure to catch upcoming stops of Brooklyn Brewery Mash in a city near you.