Harpoon St. Patrick’s Festival 2010

The 2010 Harpoon Brewery St. Patrick’s day celebration will take place on Friday, March 6th and Saturday, March 7th. Plan to show up to the South Boston brewery early because there WILL be a line. This celebration is a rain or shine event – it will be hosted under huge tents, with the outdoor section opening up behind the brewery as the weather allows.

As you know, nobody does a celebration of life, beer, and music quite like Harpoon. The city of Boston will be in attendance, so make sure you are too!

Tickets will be sold at the door, starting at 5:30 on Friday, and 2pm on Saturday.  Free shuttles will run from South Station to the waterfront brewery regularly.

A peak into this years event from the Harpoon website:

What is Harpoon St. Patrick’s Festival all about?

• Kick off the St. Patrick’s Day Holiday season in Harpoon style!
• What better place to begin the season than inside the largest brewery in Boston?!?!?!
• Food vendors selling Corned beef & cabbage along with other delicious food
• Cash bars offering a selection of fresh Harpoon and UFO beer featuring Celtic Ale
• Featuring live Irish and Rock and Roll bands from the Boston area
• Come dance the jig, enjoy Harpoon beer, and celebrate St. Patrick!

Great Boston Beer Marathon 2010

The Great Boston Beer Marathon is Boston and New Englands largest pub crawl. Last years attendance reached nearly 2,000 people, and this year will be even bigger.

The 2010 takeover of Boston will be happening July 10th, might as well be on board.

The 2010 bar list will be coming shortly. In the meantime, here’s a list of the bars featured in last year’s Great Boston Beer Marathon:

01. House of Blues
02.House of Blues Restaurant
03. Church
04. Big City
05. Joshua Tree
06. Bleacher Bar
07. Game On!
08. Harrys Bar & Grille
09. La Verdad
10. The Lansdowne (formerly Jake Ivorys)
11. An Tua Nua
12. Who’s on First
13. Sports Depot
14. The Kells
15. The Draft
16. Soul Fire
17. Jillians
18. Lucky Strike
19. Tequila Rain
20. Boston Beer Works
21. The Baseball Tavern
22. Our House
23. Cask N’ Flagon
24. Olivers
25. Common Ground
26. Wonder Bar

Learn more and register for the Great Boston Beer Marathon at their website

Great Boston Beer Marathon from Beer Marathon on Vimeo.

Beer Summit Winter Jubilee

The 2010 Beer Summit Winter Jubilee will be held at the Castle at the Park Plaza on 1/15 through the 17th. This annual winter celebration features live music, craft beer samplings, and beer education from local enthusiasts and brewers. Get out of the cold and enjoy the big, bold flavors of winter!

Session 1: Fri 1/15 @6 – 9:30pm    Buy tickets
Session 2: Sat 1/16 @12:30 – 4pm    Buy tickets
Session 3: Sat 1/16 @5:30 – 9pm    Buy tickets

Current list of brewers:

Franziskaner
Sierra Nevada
Boston Beer
Harpoon
Newport Storm
Woodstock Inn
Olde Burnside
Narragansett
Grittys
Martha’s Exchange
Watch City
Stiegl
Long Trail
Opa Opa
Southampton
Goose Island
Widmer
Redhook
Gardner Ale House
Boulder
Cisco
Affligem
Southern Tier
Clipper City
New Century
Union Station
Victory
Paper City
Mercury
Offshore
Lagunitas
Oskar Blues
Brooklyn
Dogfish Head

For more information visit Beer Summit

Extreme Beer Fest

BeerAdvocate will host their annual Extreme Beer Fest on February 10th at The Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts in the South End of Boston.  There will be two sessions to this Beer Fest – Session one will be held from 1 to 4:30pm, and the second session will resume at 6pm and pour till 9:30pm.

As always, this beer fest will consist of 2oz pours, a tasting cup, fest guide, and all the beer education you can handle.  The brewer list has not been released as of yet, but you can get a good idea of who will be in attendance from the partial list of brewers from last years extreme beer fest below.

Allagash Brewing Co.
American Flatbread
Bell’s Brewery
Boston Beer Co.
Cambridge Brewing Co.
Captain Lawrence Brewing Co.
Dark Horse Brewing Co.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (Sponsor)
Foothills Brewing
Founders Brewing Co.
Haverhill Brewery / The Tap
Ithaca Beer Co.
Lagunitas Brewing Co.
Magic Hat Brewing Co.
Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey
Rock Bottom
Rogue Ales
Shmaltz Brewing Co.
Shorts Brewing Co.
Sixpoint Craft Ales
Smuttynose Brewing Co.
Southern Tier Brewing Co.
Stone Brewing Co.
Three Floyds Brewing Co.
Tröegs Brewing Co.
Weyerbacher Brewing Co.

For more information about the Extreme Beer Fest of 2010, visit BeerAdvocate.

New Hampshire Brewers Festival

New Hampshire’s largest beer fest of the year. Have a meet and greet with brewers and beers from the New England area, and try new brews and listen to great live music.

This year’s event will be held at the Manchester NH, Radisson Hotel

Manchester Radisson

Here are the brewers in attendance:
Boston Beer Company (Samual Adams)Gritty McDuff’s Brewing Company

Kennebec River Brewery

Manchester Brewing

Martha’s Exchange

Milly’s Tavern

Moat Mountain Smokehouse and Brewing Company

Peak Organic Brewing Co.

Redhook

Sebago Brewing

Shipyard Brewing Co.

Smuttynose Brewing Company

The Flying Goose Brew Pub

Tuckerman Brewing Co.

Woodstock Inn Brewery

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

Harpoon Octoberfest

The 20th annual Harpoon Octoberfest will be held on Friday and Saturday, October 2nd and 3rd at the South Boston Harpoon Brewery.

The 2009 Harpoon Octoberfest will feature German music, food, and of course Harpoon’s own beer offerings, the Harpoon Octoberfest, Harpoon IPA, and the new UFO Pale Ale will be making an appearance as well.

Be sure to arrive to the brewery early, as lines often take upwards of 2 hours., and reach capacity well before doors close.

Read more about Harpoon Brewery

Riverfront Brewfest

Haverhill Brewery is hosting their 4th annual Haverhill Brewery Riverfront brewfest on September 19th.  This event will consist of two sessions, 12:30 – 4pm and 5:30 – 9pm at the Tap Brewpub, in Haverhill MA.

The Riverfront Brewfest will feature over 20 different local micros, a DJ from WFNX, food and more.

Brewers in attendance:

Sam Adams, Harpoon, Mercury Brewing (Ipswich), Smuttynose, Berkshire, Cape Ann, Magic Hat, Pennichuck, Woodchuck Cider, Cambridge Brewing, John Harvard’s, Boston Beer Works, Martha’s Exchange, Milly’s Tavern, Honest Town (cask), Gardner Ale House (cask), Haverhill Brewery

click here for more information.

Ipswich Ale Harvest Fest 2009

Mercury Brewing Company, and Ipswitch Ale, have recently announced that their annual Harvest Fest will return to the Green Meadows Farm (Hamilton) this year. There will be live music from the Orville Giddings Band, and food by the Ipswich Clambake.

For more information, visit www.mercurybrewing.com

Samuel Adams Octoberfest 2009

Beer Summit and Sam Adams are throwing their annual Octoberfest on September 1th and 12th this year, at the Park Plaza Castle in Boston, MA.

Samuel Adams Octoberfest 2009 – Park Plaza Castle, Boston, MA

The Sam Adams Octoberfest will be broken down into two parts – the Friday OFest Reception, and the Saturday Octoberfest.

Friday OFest Reception – An evening package that includes 4 beers, live German music, beer games, more beer, and the great keg tapping.  Jim Koch, Sam Adams founder, will also be in the building.

Saturday Octoberfest – A 10 hour, yes TEN hour long traditional German Beer Hall event, including two live bands, beer games, and over 10 different styles of Sam Adams.

For more information and tickets, visit https://beersummit.com/

Blue Hills Beerfest

From the Blue Hills Website

Saturday – June 13, 2009 @ 12:00PM / ends @ 06:00PM

Beer Festival @ Irish Cultural Center
Canton, Massachusetts
comments@bluehillsbrewery.com

Event Details:

Blue Hills Brewery’s first annual beer celebration is noon-6pm on the grounds (40 acres) of the Irish Cultural Center on Route 138 in Canton. We are planning for six styles of fresh beer (our brewery is across the street). Ribmaster from Chili Head BBQ Co. will be there, other area restaurants, bands (including The Diamond Mines, Brian Henry Experience, and Birdface), tents, vendors and a great celebration of a great new brewery. We will be 19 weeks old by then.
Family Friendly! Other activities, keg hurling, raffle, face painting and balloons for kids.

No entrance fee! Pay-as-you-go tickets will be available for food and bar.

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