Bacon and Beer Festival

Bacon. Beer. Sold.  No further description is needed, Eat and Bowery Boston’s latest festival says it all in the name.  The 2011 Bacon and Beer Festival will be held at The Royale on April 30th from 1:30pm to 4pm.

The Bacon and Beer Festival will showcase, yes, Bacon and Beer, from local establishments.  The brews will be served from your favorites, such as Blue Hills, Sam, Brooklyn, Cape Ann, Pretty Things, Clown Shoes and more.  The Bacon dishes will be served up from local restaurants from the South End as well as a few fine shops such as Whole Foods.

Come on, this event is a no-brainer.  If you like beer, you like bacon. If you like bacon, you like beer.  So sign up now!  $35 dollars. Learn more at the Bacon and Beer Website

Beer Summit 2011

This year’s Beer Summit will be held on April 15 & 16, 2011 at the Park Plaza Castle in Boston, MA. If you’ve never been to a Beer Summit before, you’re missing out. The Summit showcases great local beer from over 30 brewers.

This is the current list of Brewers that will be at the Beer Summit (More to come!): 50 Back, Affligem, Berkshire Brewing, Blue Hills, Boulder, Brooklyn, Buffalo Bill’s, Cape Ann, Cape Cod, Cisco, Clown Shoes, Franziskaner, Gardner Ale House, Geary’s, Gerbs Pumpkin Seeds, Gina Cigar, Harpoon, Heavy Seas, Innis & Gunn, JW Dundee, Ireland on the Road, Long Trail, Magic Hat, Mayflower, McNeill’s, Mercury, Narragansett, New Century, Newport Storm, Offshore, Olde Burnside, Oskar Blues, Otter Creek, Paper City, Peak Organic, Sam Adams, Shipyard, Southern Tier, Spaten, Stawski Imports, Stiegl, Trinity Brewhouse, Tuckerman, Union Station Brewery, Weihenstephan, Widmer Bros, Woodchuck, Woodstock Inn, World Class Beer, Wormtown.

Park Plaza Castle, Boston MA

For more information, visit http://www.beersummit.com/

Harpoon St. Patrick’s Festival 2011

It’s that time of year again!  Time to get your crew together and head down to the South Boston Waterfront for another Harpoon Fest. Never been, or don’t remember the last one!? Well, Harpoon Fests are a must.  Hundreds of beer drinkers gather at Harpoon Brewery and enjoy a wide variety of Harpoon Beers, food, music and more.

The St. Patricks Festival is always a great one to attend.  The weather is getting nicer so what better reason to drink outside on a Saturday?  Plus, it’s a week before actual Paddy’s day so you basically get an extra weekend of celebration.

The 2011 St. Paddy’s festival will be held at March 4th and 5th at the South Boston Brewery.  It’s $20 a ticket but you’ll get a discount if you have a friends of Harpoon card.  Free shuttles run from south station all day long, so no excuse.

Tickets are purchased at the door. Remember to come early! Lines are usually pretty long…

Harpoon Brewery

For more information visit http://www.harpoonbrewery.com/

Belgians Belgians and More Belgians

Never enough Belgian beer.  If you love the complex brewing style of Belgian beers, even if you don’t, you need to go to the Belgian Beer Festival on November 5 & 6th at the Cyclorama in the South End.

Note: This event is sold out if your lucky, you might find some tickets on craigs or ebay, because like all Beer Advocate festivals, this will be a great!

For more information visit http://beeradvocate.com/fests/bbf

Head up North to the New Hampshire Brewers Festival

Head up north next weekend – jump on the bus, take a cab or hitchhike. Doesn’t matter.  What better excuse to get out of the city and enjoy New Hampshire in the fall than a beer fest?

The second annual New Hampshire Brewers Festival will be held on Friday and Saturday November 12 and 13, 2010, in the Armory at the Radisson Hotel, in Manchester, NH!  You can expect the normal bunch including Redhook, Longtrail and Harpoon, but there will also be a handful of brewpubs in attendance such as the Portsmouth Brewery and Milly’s Tavern.  Sounds good to me.

For more information visit http://www.learnyourbeer.com/

Fall & Winter’s at Harvest Fest 2010

Fall and Winter are my favorite seasons for beer by far. I love the subtle spices of fall ales, and the complexity of winter stouts. Luckily, for people like me, Beer Summit is hosting “Harvest Fest” on November 19th and 20th. Unfortunately, I will be traveling to DC that weekend and cannot attend, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t!

Brewers such as Berkshire, Blue Hills Brewery, Boulder Beer, Brooklyn and Cape Ann Brewing will be in attendance.

For more information visit http://www.beersummit.com/

Yankee Homecoming Brewfest

After a year off, Newbury will host it’s annual brewfest as part of Yankee Homecoming.  If you haven’t checked out a Yankee Homecoming event before, this is the year to go.  Yankee Homecoming is a yearly festival on the Newburyport waterfront which features live music, parades, food, etc, etc.  All of the good stuff for the whole family.

At July 24th at 4pm and lasting through 9pm, the Yankee Homecoming Brewfest will feature over 30 craft beers room local breweries and live music from the band Ol Brown Shoe.

This will be my first Yankee Homecoming Brewfest.. very excited about it. Newburyport is one of my favorite cities in the state, sure to be a good time!

First Annual Amesbury Brewfest

On July 2nd from 5-8pm, Amesbury will host its first annual brewfest entitled “Amesbrewery Days International Craft Brewers Festival.” I’m sure the actual brewfest will be better than it’s name.

This event will be held at the Amesbury Mass Town Hall parking lot next to Maggie Sundae. The brewfest will cost $25, but the moeny will go directly to the 2011 Amesbury Days Festival and Fireworks display. Not sure what that means… Beerfest!!!

For more information go to www.amesburydays.com

American Craft Beerfest 2010

Mid June is my favorite time of year in Boston. No, not because the temps break 70 for the first time all year, but because the best of American Craft Beer assembles at the Seaport Hotel.

2010 marked the third year of the American Craft Beer Fest, and again it did not disappoint.  I found the lines to be somewhat long this time around, as the word seems to have gotten out amongst the city.  Not like 2008 or 2009 had poor attendance, but some of the lines this year were ridiculous.  Dogfishead and Pretty Things led the way with lines backed up to the bathrooms, while others such as Harpoon watched from near-empty booths.

Beeradvocate, you did a great job.  Please, please host your other yearly events at the Seaport – The Cyclorama events seem to fall very short after this event.

Beer Summit at the Park Plaza Castle

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