Sit down stouts, adios ales and later on lagers because this approaching festival is all about a various type of brew.

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

" We have over 25 various brand names and every brand brings at least four various flavors, in some cases even more," said Kate Levenstien, creator and CEO of Cannonball Productions, manufacturers of the event.

" This offers people an opportunity to be able to sample and taste a lot of various type of seltzers," she added.

Difficult seltzers, which are alcohol-spiked carbonated water beverages, have actually been getting popularity in the past couple of years with the success of market giants such as White Claw and with beer business like Heineken USA, Anheuser-Busch, Boston Beer Co. (makers of Sam Adams) and Corona introducing their own variation of difficult seltzers,

The taking a trip festival was introduced four years back and has actually ridden the wave of this trend with drop in cities like Boston, New York and Chicago.

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

Among the locals participating in the festival will be Anaheim-based Brewery X, which brews several varieties of hard seltzers including a Huckleberry Hard Seltzer in addition to watermelon lime and kiwi strawberry tastes.

To get one of the most bang for your buck try the Blackberry Mojito, Jungle Juice, and Paloma difficult seltzer tastes that can be found in between 10-13.5% alcohol by volume.

Corona's Storytellers Brewery will also exist putting brews like the Pineberry Hard Seltzer and Flightless Dragons Kiwi Strawberry Seltzer, plus difficult teas like the Berry Wild Cape Town Hard Tea.

" I constantly love the local breweries, I believe they always do such a terrific job," she stated.

And for those who wish to take it up a notch, they'll want to take a look at the CANtina-- yes, CANtina, get it? This area is a sort of a separate beer garden, well, seltzer garden, within the celebration open to all ticket holders.

At the CANtina people can find canned mixed drinks with tequila-infused drinks from brewers like Irvine's Caza Azul makers of tequila sodas that are available in tastes like mango, peach and lime plus beverages made with Ghost Tequila. Be prepared for a kick since this is a hot tequila.

Seltzerland

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