Belgian Beer Fest

The Belgian Beer Fest, hosted by Beer Advocate at the Cyclorama in Boston’s South End, will begin on Friday, October 16, 2009 @ 06:00PM. Tickets this year are slightly higher then last year, at $45 a piece ($52 for Friday’s Night of the Funk). Purchase your tickets here.

Featuring Belgian’s such as Duvel, Allagash, Delirium Tremens, and Chimay, the Belgian Beer Fest has become one of Boston’s most popular, and beloved beer events of the year.

Mercury Brewing Company

Mercury Brewing Company was established in 1999 by founders Paul Sylva and Jim Beauvais.  The Ipswich Massachusetts based brewery is responsible for Ipswich, Dorbusch, Stone Cat and other house brews.

Mercury Brewing Company

For more information about Mercury Brewing Company, visit their website.

Cape Ann’s Fisherman’s IPA

Cape Ann’s Fisherman’s IPA is a full bodied India Pale Ale. Fisherman’s IPA is carefully brewed by Cape Ann Brewing, which is based out of Gloucester, MA. This beer is best served at 55 degrees, and goes great with red meats, grilled seafoods and roasted chicken.

Read more about Cape Ann Brewing here

Cape Ann’s Fisherman’s Ale

Cape Ann Brewing’s Kolsch Pale Ale, the Cape Ann’s Fisherman’s Ale, is a refreshing, easy to drink 20th century German inspired Pale Ale. Light, full bodied, and perfect for a day out in the sun, or a relaxing night at home after a long days work.

Brewer: Cape Ann Brewing

Cape Ann Brewing

From the Great American Beer Club newsletter, Beer Expiditions, Vol XV, Issue VII.

In the summer of 2002, Jeremy Goldberg, after experiencing the tragic events of 9/11 first hand while working on Wall Street, had decided life was too short. Quitting his job as a bond broker, he joined his friends in making a documentary about craft beer in the United States. In the making of the film, called American Beer, they traveled from Maine to California, Seattle to New Orleans, visiting 38 breweries in 40 days.

Returning, Jeremy knew his future lay in beer. Within 6 months, along with his brother-in-law and father, the Cape Ann Brewery was in the works in Glouster, MA, home of America’s oldest seaport. In May 2004, Cape Ann Brewing released their flagship, Fisherman’s Brew. Today, Cape Ann Brewing’s beers are available in 9 states from Maine to Virginia. Their offerings include 3 year-round beers, an award-winning German-style Kolsh, and three seasonal brews. Additionally, in their recently-opened brewpub on the sight of the brewery, they offer additional interesting and unusual varieties to their patrons.

Cape Ann Brewing is proud to donate to the Northeast Seafood Coalition, a non-profit organization dedicated to working with government regulators and evironmentalists to preserve the longterm health of fishery resources, communities and industry.

Cape Ann Brewing

For more information visit – Cape Ann Brewing
Credit: The Great American Beer Club, Beer Expeditions, Vol XV, Issue VII

American Craft Beer Fest

The American Craft Beer Fest, hosted by BeerAdvocate, is the east coast’s largest American craft beer festival to date.  This year, it will return to the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, featuring 75 American brewers and over 300 craft beers.  The event will take place on Friday and Saturday (2 sessions on Saturday), June 19th and 20th.  This is a must-attend event.  Buy tickets here.

Here is a list of Breweries that will be in attendance.  For the most updated list, visit BeerAdvocate.

21st Amendment Brewery (CA)
Anderson Valley Brewing Co. (CA)
Arcadia Brewing Co. (MI)
Ballast Point Brewing Co. (CA)
Bear Republic Brewing Co. (CA)
Berkshire Brewing Co. (MA)
Boston Beer Co. (MA)
Boulder Beer (CO)
Brewery Ommegang (NY)
Brooklyn Brewery (NY)
Butternuts Beer & Ale (NY)
Cambridge Brewing Co. (MA)
Cape Anne Brewing Co. (MA)
Cisco Brewers (MA)
Clipper City Brewing Co. (MD)
Coastal Extreme Brewing (RI)
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (DE)
Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery (NC)
Eel River Brewing Co. (CA)
Flying Dog Brewery (MD)
Foothills Brewing Co. (NC)
FX Matt Brewing Co. (NY)
Harpoon Brewery (MA)
Haverhill Brewery (MA)
High & Mighty Brewing Co. (MA)
Honest Town Brewery (MA)
Ithaca Beer Co. (NY)
John Harvard’s Brew House (MA)
Kennebec River Brewery (ME)
Lagunitas Brewing Co. (CA)
Left Hand Brewing Co. (CO)
Odell Brewing Co. (CO)
Opa Opa Brewing Co. (MA)
Mad River Brewing Co. (CA)
Magic Hat Brewing Co. (VT)
Mayflower Brewing Co. (MA)
McNeill’s Brewery (VT)
Milly’s Tavern (NH)
Narragansett Beer (RI)
Paper City Brewery (MA)
Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project (MA)
Pennichuck Brewing Co. (NH)
Rogue Ales (OR)
Sebago Brewing Co. (ME)
Sherwood Forest Brewers (MA)
Shipyard Brewing Co. (ME)
Shmaltz Brewing Co. (CA)
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (CA)
Sixpoint Craft Ales (NY)
Smuttynose Brewing Co. (NH)
Southern Tier Brewing Co. (NY)
Stone Brewing Co. (CA)
Stoudts Brewing Co. (PA)
Terrapin Beer Co. (GA)
Tuckerman Brewing Co. (NH)
Unita Brewing Co. (UT)
Victory Brewing Co. (PA)
Wachusett Brewing Co. (MA)
Weyerbacher Brewing Co. (PA)