Upcoming New England Beer Events…

…that we are going to be attending!  Please click links for more details.  Cheers!

Saturday, October 31 – Great Pumpkin Festival, at the Cambridge Brewing Company, Cambridge, MA.  There will be a large variety of pumpkin beers on tap, both CBC’s and others.  Also, a selection of foods made with pumpkin.  Starts at 4PM, $10 cover charge at the door.

Friday & Saturday, November 6-7 – Maine Brewers Festival, Portland, Maine.  Friday night is the second annual Dinner With The Brewers, at the Clarion Hotel in Portland (6-9PM).  Enjoy expert beer and food pairings, and the brewers will be on hand to answer questions in a panel discussion.  Saturday is the festival itself (16th annual!), where you can sample a large variety of beers from many Maine breweries.  Two sessions on Saturday, Happy Hour (1:30-5PM) and Evening (6:30-10PM).  As always, there is a great lineup of bands who will be performing.

Most tickets are sold out on the website, except for the Friday night dinner.  If you’re in the Portland area, you may still be able to snag tickets at a couple of local businesses…click here for details.  This sells out every single year, so don’t delay!

Friday & Saturday, November 13-14 – New Hampshire Brewers Festival, Radisson Hotel, Manchester, NH.  This is pretty much the same idea as the Maine Brewers Festival above, with the dinner on Friday night and two tasting sessions on Saturday.  It’s run by the same people, so I know it will be excellent!  This one will feature brewers not just from New Hampshire, but Maine and Massachusetts, as well.  There will also be beer seminars and great entertainment.  This will be the first time they’ve done this in NH, and it will be an annual event.

Tickets to the dinner and both Saturday sessions are still available on the website. Also check the website for lodging packages at the Radisson.

Sunday, November 15 – Washburn Underground Beer Dinner, Sweetwater Cafe, Boston, MA.  Six courses, and six perfectly matched beers.  I first heard of this event from @DrinkCraftBeer on Twitter.  I was intrigued by the dish that contains *hop-cured bacon*.  I love hops, and I love bacon.

Tickets just went on sale yesterday, and I wasted no time getting them.  Tickets are $75 each, includes tax & gratuity.  You can order online here.

The doors open at 6PM for a social cocktail hour, with a cash bar.  The dinner begins at 7PM.

Whew!  Sometimes I wish we could get some rv financing and find places to park it outside of all of these events. Would be cheaper than hotels in the long run, and we could just stagger to the rv and pass out after drinking all those beers!

Cheers!