9 OF THE BEST BEER FESTIVALS TAKING PLACE AROUND THE WORLD IN 2020
Read about BrewLDN, Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular, Qingdao International Beer Festival, Great British Beer Festival, and more.
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Walla Walla’s 1st Brewfest this weekend!
Walla Walla is having its first BrewFest!
The inaugural Walla Walla BrewFest – Saturday, February 8 from 12-4pm
Beer lovers to come enjoy 25 Oregon & Washington breweries pouring sample beers and ciders in 16 venues in beautiful downtown Walla Walla. This one of a kind event is for those beer & cider lovers and a great opportunity for brewers to showcase their best brews!
Via Walla Walla City
PDX – Brewstillery Fest 2020
6th Annual Brewstillery Festival
Sat, Feb 29 from 12pm – 8pm
StormBreaker Brewing
832 N Beech St
Portland, OR
All ages event. 21+ to imbibe. Only participants need a ticket. Sorry no dogs on event days.
Music Lineup: Coming Soon!
Breweries and Distilleries teaming up to create the perfect pairings. Each pairing will consist of a 4oz beer pour and a 1/4 oz spirit taste. Only like beer? Then just drink beer. You can pick and choose, although we strongly recommend going for the pairing. Advanced tickets on sale now!
Via Oregon Brewers Guild
Would you pay $125 for a beer?
NEW YORK BAR CHARGES $125 FOR A BEER
New York Upper East Side bar Treadwell Park offers Oud Beersel’s Bzart Lambiek for US$125 a bottle, which is probably the most expensive bottled brew on pour in the city. Treadwell Park is one of a growing number of bars adding high-priced bottled brews to their ‘reserve list’. Also pioneering the ‘fine beer’ concept is Manhattan’s Pretty Ricky’s, which besides a long draught list, also serves Brouwerij Bosteels Deus for $90 a bottle.
Via “The Drinks Business”
Cincinnati Winter Beerfest returns this March
Cincy Winter Beerfest returns March 6 and 7 at the Duke Energy Convention Center with beer from more than 130 breweries around the country.
The two-night celebration will feature more than 400 local, regional and hard-to-find craft beers from breweries including Madtree Brewing, Fretboard Brewing Company, Taft’s Brewing Co. and Braxton Brewing Co.
Via WLWT5
AK Beer Week is Back!
10th Annual Alaska Beer Week
Jan 24-Feb 2 2020
A 10 day celebration of Alaska’s Finest Craft Brewers
Here’s a list of dinners, pairings and parties coming to Anchorage!
Via AKBW
Zwickelmania is about to hit Oregon
ZWICKELMANIA 2020
Zwickelmania celebrates its 12th year this Saturday, Feb. 15 in Portland, and statewide on Saturday, Feb. 22.
Zwickelmania is a statewide celebration of the Oregon craft beer scene. More than 100 breweries across the state open their doors for tours, tastings, meet-the-brewer sessions, and, of course, free samples.
This free event runs from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. both Saturdays.
This year, Zwickelmania will run concurrently with Oregon Craft Beer Month. This month-long celebration will include tap takeovers, beer festivals, panel discussions and more. Stay tuned for details!
Visit OregonCraftBeer.org/Zwickelmania for a regularly updated list of participating breweries.
SF Beer Week Opening Gala
It’s the kick off party for SF Beer Week, commencing a multi-day marathon of beer dinners, tastings, tap takeovers and educational events that occur all over the Bay Area.
Bay Area Brewers Bringing It Feb. 7…
The brewery list for the SF Beer Week Opening Gala is live!
Via SF Beerweek
OregonLive and Labrewatory collaborate on #FakeBrews IPA
Let’s make a beer! The Oregonian/OregonLive and Labrewatory collaborate on #FakeBrews IPA
Ever wondered what it’s like to make a beer?
Yeah, me too. So, I’m going to do just that.
I figured if I’m going to write about and critique beer and breweries, I should have a hands-on understanding of the process, its complexities and its challenges. And I figured readers might want to know how it’s all done, too.
So I reached out to Nick Herrera, the head brewer at North Portland’s Labrewatory to see if he’d be willing to pair up with The Oregonian/OregonLive and do a beer collaboration – an endeavor I know very little about.
Via Oregonlive
Utah’s Toasted Barrel Brewery Pays Off Local Students’ Lunch Debt
One Utah brewery has started the new year in the plus column for community karma points by making a noble donation to a local elementary school. Throughout December, Toasted Barrel asked patrons at its tasting room to donate to the cause. On Thursday, Salt Lake City’s Toasted Barrel Brewery donated $1,300 to the nearby Washington Elementary School to pay off student lunch debt.
Via VinePair
Peek Inside The Legendary Amaro Distillery
Get a Sneak Peek Inside a Legendary Amaro Distillery
“This is the magic behind Amaro Montenegro — starting from something disgusting and getting something beautiful,†Matteo Bonoli says, gazing at a beaker of dark, viscous liquid in his hand. The aroma is complex, syrupy, and redolent of molasses.
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Does Your Homebrew Taste Like Homebrew?
Four Reasons Your Homebrew Tastes Like Homebrew (and How to Prevent It)
The best part of being a homebrewer is sharing your beer. But, if you’ve noticed your friends don’t finish their pints, or give it a generic, “It’s good!†for feedback, you may be making one of these very common mistakes. Here are four reasons your homebrew might be subpar, and what you can do about it.
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Beer Choir Twin Cities
What could possibly be better than a blend of beer and song? Enter Beer Choir Twin Cities, a chapter of the national Beer Choir Movement that pairs local beer and breweries with the impossible enthusiasm of song.
Via Twin Cities PBS
Beer key to making fluffiest falafel
After getting frustrated when a recipe merely called for “beer†in the ingredient list, U.K. food writer Melissa Cole spent the next decade digging into the hows and whys of cooking with beer, not just any beer, but the nuanced craft beers that so many Brits and Americans are drinking these days.
Via the Savannah Morning News
A History of the Ancient Peruvian Corn Beer Chicha, (Not) Made With Human Saliva
An Alternative History of Chicha, the Ancient Peruvian Corn Beer (Not) Made With Human Saliva
Chicha de jora, or “chichaâ€, is a corn-based brew originating in southern Peru. Ancient in origin, found on street corners and in municipal markets in the Andean regions of Peru and Bolivia. There vendors pour it in repurposed plastic soda bottles to go, or ladle it into pint glasses for passersby to guzzle on the sidewalk.
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