What does Beerfest look like in numbers? Start with $5,000 worth of dinner ingredients, 1009 patrons and one traffic stop.
Behind the crowds were chefs working, 100 hours weeks, bakers scrambling to keep up with demand, volunteers managing sprawling campsites, restrooms and garbage collection. The figures offer a glimpse into the logistics required to pull of one of Haines' largest annual gatherings. From attendance to food sales and law enforcement, Lizzy Hahn takes us on this by-the-numbers look at Beerfest this weekend.

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Heather Davis cleans veteran Benson Lewis Davis's grave after a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 25, 2026, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

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