June is Pride Month across the country, and five local breweries (and counting) are holding special kick-off events this Saturday. Bow & Arrow and Santa Fe Brewing (at Green Jeans) have their events starting at noon. Tractor Wells Park will host Pridezilla starting at 1 p.m. For those who want to wait until closer to…
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The Week Ahead in Beer: Kicking off busy season with a red-hot weekend
While any meteorologist will tell you that we are still a few weeks from it officially being summer, in the eyes of most people, Memorial Day weekend marks the official start of the season. Back in the day, that meant gathering around to watch the Indy 500 or going to a baseball game or just…
The Week Ahead in Beer: A final calm before the summer storm arrives
There are a few big events this weekend, but for the most part this counts as perhaps the last quiet stretch before everything really ramps up for the start of the summer beer season. The busiest time of year for breweries is nearly here, much to the delight of all of our palates. Until all…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Moms love brews but buy her a present, too
Years ago, I was scrambling to figure out something to buy my mom for Mother’s Day. I sat down at Canteen to think of something over a pint, and it hit me that her favorite beer, Irish Red, was on tap. So I had them fill a growler (remember those days?) and brought it home….
The Week Ahead in Beer: May the cerveza be with you, always
This is one of those big party weekends, where we get the back-to-back double whammy of my birthday and then my hangover. Wait, no, that’s not it, at least not for the rest of you. It’s May the 4th Be With You and Cinco de Mayo, the back-to-back days of wildly different-yet-fun merriment. Of course…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Bow & Arrow celebrates Gathering of Nations
The Gathering of Nations begins this weekend at Tingley Coliseum, and the annual celebratory and educational event will extend to Bow & Arrow. The brewery will host a special webinar today (Wednesday) at 11 a.m. Thursday will feature the Just Vote (Hazy DIPA) release at 5 p.m., along with Protect the Sacred Fireside Chat with…
The Week Ahead in Beer: All the great causes get their day at local breweries
Breweries have been great about tapping into local charities and nonprofits for years now. The variety of good causes supported has been extensive, and this is one of those weekends where it almost feels like every possible cause is being represented. Love to support the doggos? Head to Bosque Nob Hill on Saturday. Love to…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Boxing Bear throws a party for Pink Boots Society
Boxing Bear has been hard at work for a while now building out a kitchen at their Firestone Taproom and Brewery. Well, that hard work has paid off with the food now ready to go, and at a rather opportune time. The brewery will be hosting a release party for this year’s Pink Boots Society…
The Week Ahead in Beer: La Cumbre lends a hoppy hand with charitable IPA
As the pollen blows and swirls around us 24-7 this time of year, a proper hop-forward beer can offer a semblance of at least momentary relief, with its strong aroma and biting flavor restoring senses dulled by juniper and elm. While we joke about IPAs as allergy relief, La Cumbre believes that a proper beer…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Celebrating women, baseball and a Run with Joy
Some weeks it can be hard to pick a single thing to focus on here in the intro. This week, the dilemma was more what don’t we focus on, and leave out, and subsequently feel really bad about doing that. Ah, to heck with it, let us sum up a very event-heavy week with some…
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