Monday, August 22, 2011

Raleigh Beer Week 2011!

Hello friends, its almost time for our favorite week of the year....RALEIGH BEER WEEK! We have been feverishly working to bring you a bigger & better week of special events.  We have added 2 new beer focused venues that will host some some great events.

Here is the most up to date schedule:
Sunday 8/28
12-4pm Raleigh Beer Week Kick-Off Beer Festival
2 types of tickets available for purchase @ etix.com
VIP $55:Gets you and 49 of your friends 1 hour of access to some of the best craft brews around. Rare, Vintage and one-off specialties from some of our favorite breweries and light appetizers provided by our culinary team.
General Admission $40: Gets you access to all of the delicious brews and light appetizers provided by our culinary team.

6-10 Flying Saucer Presents: Beer Can Chicken Patio Cook out! $20 gets you samples of 5 delicious chickens each cooked with a different canned beer and their respective beers. Consider this a hybrid event of food & beer!

Monday 8/29
6pm Rare DuckRabbit Prix Fixe Dinner
9pm Landmark Cask night! Flying Dog Snakedog I.P.A.

Tuesday 8/30
6pm: Foundation presents Beer Cocktails! Come and sample some Raleigh's favorite beers as the base for delicious cocktails! Join us for inventive cocktails and some special beers from their cellar!

9pm: New Holland Dragon's Milk cask at the Flying Saucer. Come and sample this rare beauty in the most perfect of forms on the bar at the Saucer!

Wednesday 8/31
6pm: Busy Bee Cafe presents: The Brewers Forum in the Hive. Join sour guru Eric Salazar for a moderated discussion on sour beers & barrel aging. Beers that will be poured that night include Eric's Ale & Felix Love.
9pm: Landmark Tavern & Natty Greenes bring you a delicious cask of "Old Towne Brown Ale"

Thursday
6pm: Join Galen Smith & Aviator Brew Crew for a cask of Hogwild IPA conditioned with grapefruit.
9pm: Tir Na Nog Presents: Beer Prophet App Launch & Lonerider Local Beer Local Band. Come out and enjoy

Friday
6pm: Rare beer @ Landmark
9pm: Brewmasters will tap a keg of Sour Abbey Ale from Triangle Brewing Company.


Here's to an amazing week of great beer!