Brett is more of the beer connoisseur in our travels, but I definitely enjoy a great craft beer — especially American microbrews. I find the Belgian varieties Brett craves are often too high in alcohol content for me, so I can’t sample too many before wanting to curl up on the couch and take a nap.
For other American craft beer lovers like myself, there’s a whole week devoted to this hoppy red, white, and blue goodness — American Craft Beer Week! This year’s event is May 16 – 22 and is organized by the Brewers Association / CraftBeer.com.
To help celebrate American Craft Beer Week, we will feature a number of posts this month dedicated to some of our favorite craft brews, brewery tours, and other American beer gems. On my Culinary Travel column for Examiner.com, I will be listing some of the upcoming events for American Craft Beer Week. There are a number of other Beer Weeks happening during American Craft Beer Week including:
- Minnesota Craft Beer Week — May 13-22, 2011
- Long Island Craft Beer Week — May 13-22, 2011
- Nevada Beer Week — May 14-22, 2011
- San Antonio Beer Week — May 15-22, 2011
- Chicago Craft Beer Week — May 19-27, 2011
- Seattle Beer Week — May 19-28, 2011
What are some of your favorite American Craft Beers? Please share with us as we’re always looking for a few more good beers!
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Thanks for sharing this. I might check out the long island one. Sounds very interesting.
There are a lot of cool events in conjunction with the beer week — makes me wish we were going to be back in the US this month!
Fun! If I didn’t already have plans, I’d be all over this. I’m actually going to be in Vegas when ACBW is happening, but I won’t be able to check out the festivities. 🙁 SF Beer Week was back in February!
I always enjoyed the Magnolia Brewery in Haight Ashbury, San Francisco. Don’t think they bottle and sell them, though. It’s been too long away from the States for me to recommend any, I’m afraid ~Andrea
I’ve definitely never heard of Magnolia! Sounds like something to research and check out on a trip home if we can. Some of my favorites were in Sacramento — really makes me miss Northern California even more.