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Vol. 03
No. 19 --- 18 July 2002
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Publisher:
Peter LaFrance
Editor: Deven
Black
From
Behind The Bar: Chris Halleron
On The
Loose: Kurt Epps
On The
Beat: Alan Wax
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LATEST NEWS:
Ohio Town All Wet After 80 Dry Years
Stevens Point Gets New Life
SABMiller Pulls Float Plans
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SPECIAL REPORTS:
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A Peel to Your Sensibility
By Chris Halloren
A Good Place to Drop Anchor
By Kurt E. Epps
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PROMOTIONS – EVENTS – DINNERS:
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Great Divide Teams Up With Thorndyke’s To Celebrate The Tour
De France
Gorge Games & Full Sail 4th Annual Street Party
Music City Brewer's Festival
Great International Beer Festival & Great International
Beer Competition
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CHECK THESE OUT: Links to interesting sites.
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FROM THE PUBLISHER:
This is the second of the bi-weekly issues of HotTrub@BeerBasics.
Yours truly has taken the editorial reins this issue as
financial and technical glitches continue affect schedule, publishing dates,
and design.
I intend to offer a piece on the Summer beer and food trends
as well as
Introduce you to some chefs and brewers who are doing some
interesting things with summer beers and menus.
Yes, the “Fire Brewed in Colorado” story will be covered,
but in greater depth and a few weeks later than originally planned. Stay tuned.
What is more important is that I hear from you, the
subscribers.
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If I am missing the point let me know.
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Cheers!
Peter LaFrance
Publisher
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LATEST NEWS:
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http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/3049437.html
TALLMADGE, Ohio – After eighty years, Prohibition finally
came to an end last week for this Akron suburb. For the first time in more than
80 years, alcohol sales became legal last Monday in Tallmadge. Mayor
Christopher Grimm celebrated by sipping a beer at Delanie's Neighborhood
Grille.
When Prohibition ended in 1933,
Tallmadge remained dry, fearful that the change in the law would result in a
deluge of new taverns. The voters repealed their local Prohibition last year,
prompted by a desire to attract chain restaurants that rely on sales of
beverage alcohol to prosper.
According to the Star Tribune
article announcing the news, ``It's definitely not a coincidence that there are
no big chain restaurants in Tallmadge,'' said Delanie's owner, Nicholas Dadich.
``It's because it has been dry.''
(Look out
Tallmadge, here comes a thirsty America! … PLF)
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Stevens Point Gets New Life
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2002/07/08/story7.html
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin – James Wiechmann, a Milwaukee real
estate investor, and Milwaukeean Joe Martino, a brewing industry veteran,
purchased Stevens Point brewery earlier this year from Chicago-based Barton
Beers Ltd. Terms of the deal, which closed March 29, weren't disclosed.
Over the past three months,
Wiechmann and Martino have launched changes aimed at sparking interest in the
brewery's brands; Point Special, Classic Amber, Bock and Pale Ale.
Their long-term goal is to produce more of the Point brands
and less of contract-brewed beers, which account for the majority of beer
bottled at the Point plant, which is operating near its 70,000-barrel capacity.
The new owners also have hired a
Milwaukee advertising agency to increase awareness of the company's brands and
spruce the image of the 145-year-old brewery.
Wiechmann and Martino say that
their Point-centric approach will be a contrast to Barton, which purchased the
brewery in 1992. Barton focused much of its attention on importing Corona, a
Mexican-made beer that is one of the best-selling imported brands in the United
States.
"When you have a brand that big, it's hard to give
other brands a lot of focus," Wiechmann said. "We are going to do
nothing else but work on Point."
Under the existing arrangement,
Stevens Point Brewery is producing beer for some of its competitors at a lower
markup than its own brands, Wiechmann said. He declined to identify the
brewery's private label customers.
A full-scale advertising campaign
for all Point brands will be launched in early 2003, he said. Television and
billboard advertisements likely will be a part of the plan.
(Keep an eye
on this one folks…. PLF)
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SABMiller Pulls Float Plans
http://just-drinks.com/news_detail.asp?art=17309&dm=yes
London, UK – Just -Drinks reports that SABMiller, the
world's second largest brewer, has dropped plans to raise close to £650m in a
share placement.
A company spokesperson is quoted
as saying “In light of prevailing market conditions, SABMiller plc has decided,
in the best interests of its shareholders and the company, not to proceed with
the proposed placing of ordinary shares.”
The move comes just 12 hours after SABMiller had announced
its intentions to raise funds to pursue global acquisitions by offering
institutional investors 120m shares, at £650m. The group's share capital would
have enlarged by around 12%.
SABMiller said it might try again later this year, but
conceded it may lose the flexibility to pursue specific deals.
(I would have
liked to have been in their boardroom last week after “W” spoke … PLF)
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SPECIAL REPORTS
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A Peel to Your Sensibility
By Chris Halleron
It's certainly an understatement to for a bartender to say
patrons tend to exhibit some peculiar behavior. There's the way they can slam
down a just-emptied shot glass with the bravado of game winning goal scorer,
thus leaving if not a shattered shot glass to be swept off the bar then at
least a mess to be wiped up from that little bit of liquor that they invariably
fail to finish in their race to exhibit the fact they are the dominant
alpha-male of the drinking pack. There's the fact that they can get a dart into
a bull's eye 7 feet, 9 and 1/4 inches away, but they can't get their cigarette
ash in the ashtray. There's the way patrons can flag down a bartender with the
tenacious fervor of a floor trader, then switch disposition to the pout-faced
preschooler when they beg for a free glass of water (by the way--with bottled
water consumption projected to surpass that of beer in the United States by
2004, beer wholesalers are fools if they don't carry a bottled water brand to
make it more readily available to the bar distribution channel. I'd love to be
able to charge those dolts when they take my attention away from another
potentially paying/tipping customer). But one of the most mystifying is that
uncontrollable need to peel the labels off their bottles of beer.
I say "they" in this
case like they're a group to which I don't belong, but I have to admit I find
myself scratching at that label every now and then and consciously having to
tell myself to stop. It's just something people feel they need to do.
I had always been told that
peeling the label off your beer bottle is a sign of sexual frustration, but I
think that rumor was started by a bartender who grew tired of scraping the
labels off walls and mirrors every night so he tried to shame his patrons out
of doing it. But just to be sure, I contacted Aldo Pucci, President of the
National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists who says, "The
reasons for this behavior can be many--as many as there are different people.
However, I think most often it's just boredom and lack of something better to
do with your hands." I pushed the sexual frustration point a little
further (just for my own, personal reassurance), and Pucci says, "It can
[be that], I suppose, but I don't think that's usually the case." (phew)
So the answer to why people do it is fairly simple. But why is it so simple for
people to peel the labels off?
One would think that as a beer
marketer, you would want the trademark's label firmly emblazoned on the
product. It identifies the product not only while it's in the cooler but also
when it's in the hands of other drinkers--being raised to the lips and lowered
with hypnotizing marketing effectiveness. When I did on-premise marketing (the
best job in the world) for Anheuser-Busch, we were instructed to have a beer in
our hands at all times with the label facing out, a habit for which I am still
programmed today whenever I drink bottled beer. But it was also when I was
working for A-B that I theorized the reason behind the ease at which labels can
be removed when I saw my supervisor plaster his perfectly peeled label over a
competing brand's point-of-sale mirror. Was this something done intentionally
by the manufacturer to provide short-term point-of-sale after the beer is
empty?
You don't have to be a marketing
rep to be guilty of sticking a semi-adhesive label from a beer bottle to a
wall, a mirror, a window, or your drunken buddy's forehead. The one's I most
often find myself scraping up are Budweiser, Miller Lite, Heineken, and Coors
Light (the Coors Light label comes of right in your hand when a cold bottle
sweats--I've actually had them slip out of my hands and smash in the cooler
when I've grabbed them by the neck and the label slid off). These are major
brands with major marketing agendas, and I was curious to see if that had any
correlation to their relatively weak label adhesion.
My calls to A-B and Miller went
unanswered, as did my calls to Krones, Label-Jet and other labeling machine
manufacturers. Perhaps I'm on to their top-secret plans…
Regardless, please try to busy
yourself with some alternative manual activity when drinking bottled beer.
You'll avoid being a slave to marketing and you'll certainly avoid pissing off
your bartender--which is most important.
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A Good Place to Drop Anchor
By Kurt E. Epps
A PubScout® Review
Those who complain about the impact of illegal aliens on
America probably never met Charles Clawson, who, like many other visitors to
the quaint and picturesque waterfront city of Beaufort, NC, decided to stay. He
was a Swede who jumped ship around the turn of the century, hitched up with a
local girl named Mary and decided to open a grocery store to accommodate the
needs of the local “Down Easters.” Word of his goods, especially his baked
goods (made in the oldest brick building in Beaufort), spread rapidly and soon
sailors all along the East Coast were making regular stops in Beaufort to stock
up on his fare. Although his first building was blown down by a hurricane, he
relocated across the street from the wharf he occupied.
That building is now the home of Clawson¹s 1905 Restaurant.
“Restaurant” may be a misnomer. The food is exceptional and reasonably priced,
but Clawson¹s might easily pass for a museum as well. Fred and Joyce McCune purchased the place in 1986 and have
attempted to preserve the history of the building by displaying memorabilia
from the grocery store and Beaufort¹s past. Decorated with historical and
whimsical bric-a-brac, adorned with various styles and types of authentic
woodwork, Clawson¹s is a feast for the eyes. The operation is set in a complex
that houses not only a restaurant--complete with mezzanine seating--but a
separate pub, a gourmet coffee shop, a small grocery store and a gift
shop. There¹s even a gas fireplace off
to one side (with a color TV inset above the mantle) surrounded by four
overstuffed set-yourself-down-and-chat-a-spell chairs and a coffee table.
Credit that comfort-inducing idea to managing partner Joey McClure¹s wife
Elana.
Clawson’s is nothing if not comfortable. That comfort
extends to a brick-walled back room with 25-foot ceilings reserved for just for
nonsmokers. Look for the brass cash register that saw service in both Mr.
Clawson’s Grocery and this restaurant until 1990, when those newfangled things
called computers pushed it into retirement. Try to figure out what the two huge
green metal things in the middle of the room are (no fair asking a server).
Indeed, there is so much to look at in Clawson’s, you might forget why you
came.
With eight working taps--four standards and Newcastle Brown,
Guinness, Yuengling Lager and Bass-- and a constantly changing 80-bottle
repertoire, there is something for every beer lover¹s taste. Imports from
Germany, Czechoslovakia, Holland, Jamaica, Mexico, England, Denmark, Canada and
Australia line the walls just waiting to be summoned to duty. Most specialty
brews cost just over three bucks a bottle, although some go for four. Be sure
to try an Aussie Sheaf Stout (23 oz.), if available.
Of course, the microbrew entries from the US are in
plentiful supply as well. Rogue from Oregon, Jack Daniels from Tennessee,
Blackened Voo-Doo from Louisiana and a host of Sam Adams (Massachusetts, some
say) selections assert their states’ rights. North Carolina, no slouch at beer
making, produces some outstanding brews itself, so be sure to sample the First
Reserve Lager, Dergy¹s and Johnson¹s Amber. Of course, California offers Red
Seal, Sierra Nevada and Anchor (appropriate for a port like Beaufort).
General manager and partner Joey McClure, locally grown
(Harker’s Island) and the quintessence of Southern Charm, is a wealth of
information about the place and the city. He¹ll be happy to tell you about the
tourist trade due to the “mild winters” in Beaufort, even as he points out the
pictures with the eight-foot snowdrifts from a Christmas Eve in 1989. (It all
melted within three days, he adds.) He even encourages you to visit what must
be a competitor--the tiny Back Street Pub (dogs always allowed) --, which now
occupies what used to be Mr. Clawson¹s bakery. Take him up on it; the Back
Street Pub should be on every beer drinker¹s list of must-sees. Claiming “you
can’t train attitude,” he oversees a hard-working, pleasant staff of 85
employees.
The diverse brew selection is coupled with outstanding food
overseen by Head Chef Vance Buffington, one of three in Clawson's employ.
Anthony Godette serves as Sous Chef and Amy Parrish is the Pastry Chef.
The appetizer menu features Buffalo Shrimp (hey, Beaufort's
a port, after all) and a to-die-for Hot Crab Dip. A wide variety of salads,
soups (an outstanding Seafood Bisque), steaks, ribs, seafood, sandwiches (try
the Oyster Po Boy), burgers and a Clawson's special called a Dirigible (very
large stuffed potato) provide a menu with something for every taste. Hint:
Don't miss the Shrimp and Grits and a must-try dessert called Mud Pie. Most of
the desserts, by the way, are homemade.
Although the old building has seen many other uses and Mr.
Clawson is long gone, his spirit and dedication to pleasing customers are
apparently alive and well in the thriving business which bears his name. A
fascinating ambience and an efficient, friendly staff make Clawson¹s 1905 Restaurant
a good place to drop anchor while in Beaufort.
©Kurt E. Epps 2002 All Rights Reserved
Clawson¹s 1905 Restaurant
429 Front St.
Beaufort, NC 28516
252-728-2133
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EVENTS:
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Great Divide Teams Up With Thorndyke’s To Celebrate The Tour
De France
DENVER, Colorado – Building on the success of Thorndyke’s airing of live
TV coverage of the 2002 Tour de France from 7:30am-9:30am daily, Great
Divide Brewing Company and Thorndyke’s have joined forces to promote a
“Tour de France Happy Hour” each evening from 7:00pm-9:00pm during TV
coverage of the daily race recap.
Brian and Tara Dunn, owners of Great Divide Brewing Company and Ron
Phelps, owner of Thorndyke’s, discovered a common interest in following
the Tour de France day by day. Ron was overwhelmed with the number of
patrons who lined up at 7:30am to drink coffee and watch live Tour
coverage, so the three of them brainstormed a way to enjoy the evening
recap of the world’s most challenging event.
During the evening coverage from 7:00pm – 9:00pm, Thorndyke’s will
feature Great Divide Denver Pale Ale and Whitewater Wheat at the happy
hour price of $2.25 per pint. As an added celebratory measure, each day
that Lance Armstrong wears the yellow jersey of the race leader, Great
Divide pints will be $1.50 per pint during the 7:00pm-9:00pm race
coverage at Thorndyke’s.
Thorndyke’s, a Ballpark Neighborhood café and bar is located at 2203
Larimer Street in Downtown Denver. Catch live Tour TV coverage and
breakfast specials from 7:30am-9:30am daily during the race and Great
Divide beer specials during the evening TV recap from 7:00pm-9:00pm
nightly during the race.
For more information call Tara Dunn at 303-296-9460.
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Saturday, July 13, 2002
For more information, contact Aaron Bray 541-386-7354.
Operated by Octagon Marketing, the Gorge Games is a
preeminent weeklong
outdoor sport and lifestyle festival July 13th - July 21st
that takes place
throughout the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon. Competitors vie
for the gold in nine
disciplines: 24-Hour Mountain Bike Racing, 49er Sailing,
Adventure Racing,
Climbing, Kayaking, Kiteboarding, Outrigger Canoeing, Trail
Running and
Windsurfing. For more information visit www.gorgegames.com
.
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Music City Brewer's Festival
Saturday, July 27, 2002
Hilton Park Downtown Nashville
12 noon - 8 pm
Contact: Candace Price Special Events Director
Clear Channel Radio
55 Music Square West
Nashville, TN 37203
ph- (615) 664-2484
fx- (615) 664-2497
candace.price@clearchannel.com
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GREAT INTERNATIONAL BEER FESTIVAL & GREAT INTERNATIONAL
BEER COMPETITION
The Great International Beer Festival and the Great
International Beer Competition return to Providence, Rhode Island on November 8
and 9. This year marks the ninth year for the festival and the sixth year for
the competition, both held at the Rhode Island Convention Center.
Previously named the Great Northeast International Beer
Festival and the Great Northeast International Beer Competition, the two events
are greatly expanded in scope this year, bringing in more beers from around the
country and around the world. This expansion necessitated the dropping of the
word Northeast from the events' names.
The Great International Beer Festival, held on Saturday,
November 9, expects to attract approximately 5,000 people during the afternoon
and evening sessions. Over 300 beers will be offered from at least 60
breweries.
The Great International Beer Competition, taking place on
Friday, November 8, expects to draw several hundred professionally brewed
domestic and imported beers and ciders. The beers and ciders will be judged in
blind tasting panels by professional brewers. Gold, silver and bronze awards
will be awarded in style categories.
Information about the Great International Beer Festival and
the Great International Beer Competition is available from Festivals of
America: www.click2beers.com,
401-274-3234. Brewing News.com is the media sponsor for both events.
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JULY
6 – Colorado Brewers Rendevous, Salida,
CO, www.coloradobeer.org
6 – Belgium Comes To Cooperstown IV,
Cooperstown, NY, 800-656-1212,
www.belgianexperts.com
12-14 – Portland International Beer Festival, Portland, OR, www.portlandbeerfest.com
15 – Garden State Craft Brewers Guild Festival, Trenton, NJ, www.njbeer.org
19 – Alaska Craft Beer Festival, Fairbanks, AK, 907-452-1105,
www.fairbankschamber.org/gdays.html
19-20 – Vermont Brewers Festival, Burlington, VT, 802-244-6828,
www.vermontbrewers.com
20-21 – 5th Annual Great
Eldorado BBQ, Brews and Blues Festival, Reno, NV,
800-648-5966, www.eldoradoreno.com
26-28 – Oregon Brewers Festival, Portland, OR, 503-778-5917, www.oregonbrewfest.com ,
26-28 – Cotswold Beer Festival, Winchcombe, England, www.visitcotswoldsandsevernvale.gov.uk/events
27 – Music City Brewer's Festival, Nashville, TN, 615-664-2484, candace.price@clearchannel.com
27 – Michigan Brewers Festival, Ypsilanpi, MI, 616-382-2338 x12,
www.michiganbrewersguild.org
27 – State College MicroBrewers & Importers Exposition, State College, PA,
814-353-8426, www.scbrewexpo.com
27-28 – Harpoon New England Barbecue Championships, Windsor, VT, 888-HARPOON
x31,
www.harpoonbrewery.com
27 – McMenamin’s 6th Annual Festival of IPA's, Seattle, WA, 206-632-6505,
www.mcmenamins.com
28 – Red Hot Blues & Chili Cookoff & Micro Competition, East Hartford,
CT, 860-290-5440, kpreston@marchofdimes.com
AUGUST
3 – 11th Annual Great Eastern Invitational Microbrewery
Festival, Adamstown, PA,
717-484-4385, www.stoudtsbeer.com
3 – Phillips Avenue Music and Beer
Festival, Souix Falls, SD, www.downtownsiouxfalls.com
3 – 7th Annual Summer Beer Festival, Ketchican, AK, 800-663-4431 www.ketchikancharr.com/beer.html
4 – Den Bonten Os, Baarle Hertog, Belgium, www.bierclub-brouwershuis.nl
6-10 – Great British Beer Festival,
London, England, www.gbbf.org
10 – 16th Annual Great Taste of the Midwest, Madison, WI, www.mhtg.org
10-11 – 6th Annual River Run Bluegrass and Beer Festival, Keystone, CO,
877-625-1556, www.keystonesnow.com
11 – Beer Cans & Breweriana Show, Blue Ash OH, 859-371-4415,
http://home.fuse.net/mries/qcc.htm
16-17 – 9th annual Brews, Brats, & Bands Festival, Stevens Point, WI,
www.pointbeer.com
17 – Valhalla Rhythm & Brews, Stateline, CA, 888-632-5859,
www.valhalla-tallac.com/brews.htm
23-25 – Seattle International Beer Festival, Seattle, WA, www.portlandbeerfest.com
SEPTEMBER
6-7 – Emerald Coast Beer Festival, Pensacola Beach, FL, 850-438-0610,
http://emeraldcoastfest.tripod.com
7-8 – Tavern Days Celebration, Croton-on-Hudson, NY, 800-656-1212,
www.belgianexperts.com
12-15 – Mt. Angel 36th Oktoberfest, Mt. Angel, OR, 503-845-6882, www.oktoberfest.org
13 – Friday the Firkenteenth,
Philadelphia, PA, 215-624-2969
13-14 – Altamont Schuetzenfest, Altamont, IL, 618-483-5532, altschuetzenfest@yahoo.com
13-15 – Poperinge Hops Festival, Poperinge, Belgium, www.poperinge.be
13-15 – Telluride Blues and Brews Festival, Telluride, CO, 888-278-1746,
www.tellurideblues.com
13-15 – Weekend of Beer - Confederation of Belgian Brewers, Brussels, Belgium,
www.beerparadise.be
19-22 – 15th Annual Addison Oktoberfest, Addison, TX, 800-ADDISON,
www.addisontexas.net
20 – Oktoberfest, Modesto, CA, 209-571-6480, www.modchamber.org
20-22 – Fremont Oktoberfest, Seattle, WA, 206-706-9869, www.freemontoktoberfest.org
21 – World Beer Festival, Durham, NC, 800-977-BEER, www.allaboutbeer.com
21 – 16th Annual Great Tucson Beer Festival, 520-296-2400,
www.sunsounds.rio.maricopa.edu/Tucson/index.html
21 – McMenamin’s 5th Annual Barley Cup, Salem, OR, 503-363-7286,
www.mcmenamins.com
21- 6 – Oktoberfest Munich, Munich -
Germany, www.oktoberfest.de
21- 6 – Stuttgart Beer Festival, Stuttgart, Germany,
www.stuttgart-tourist.de/english/festivals/highlights.html
26 – Beer 2001(trade show), Brussels, Belgium, 32 (0) 2 474 85 38,
www.beerexportexhibition.com
OCTOBER
3-5 – Great American Beer Festival, Denver, CO,
303-447-0816, www.beertown.org
3-5 – 4th Twickenham Beer Festival, Twickenham, England,
www.jobin.freeserve.co.uk/camra4.htm
4 – Brewfest at the Beach, New London, CT, 860-447-0425, www.jayhayes.com/rotary
4-6 – Harpoon Oktoberfest, Boston, MA,
888-HARPOON, x31, www.harpoonbrewery.com
4-6 – Pilsner Fest 160, Plzen, Czech Republic, www.pilsner-ququel.com
5-6 – Greater Saint Louis Beer Festival, St. Louis, MO, 314-576-2727 (*call
first,
may be canceled), www.mhcc.com
11-19 – Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest, Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada,
888-294-HANS, www.oktoberfest.ca
12 – Waffles and Puppets at Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY, 607-547-8184,
www.belgianexperts.com
12 – Acadia's Oktoberfest and Food Festival, Southwest Harbor, ME,
800-423-9264,
www.acadiachamber.com/oktoberfest.html
12-13 – Harpoon fest in Vermont, 888-HARPOON x31, www.harpoonbrewery.com
17-20 – Tulsa Oktoberfest, Tulsa, OK, 918-744-9700, www.tulsaoktoberfest.org
18-20 – MBAA Annual Convention, Austin, TX, 414-774-8558, www.mbaa.com
19 – Shiner's BOCKTOBERFEST, Shiner, TX, 713-867-3135, www.shiner.com
19 – 11th Great Eastern Invitational Microbrewery Festival, Adamstown, PA,
717-484-4385, www.stoudtsbeer.com
25 – 9th Annual Charleston International Beer Festival, Mt Pleasant, SC,
843-689-3440, www.bearfootsports.com
25-27 – 25th PINT-Bokbierfestival, Amsterdam, www.pint.nl
26-27 – Washington Cask Beer Festival,
Seattle, WA, www.washingtonbrewersguild.org
NOVEMBER
1-3 – 25th PINT Bokbierfestival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
www.bbf.htm
2 – 4th Annual AHA Teach A Friend to Homebrew Day, Anywhere You Happen To Be,
888-822-6273, www.beertown.org/AHA/
2 – Maine Brewer's Festival, Portland,
ME, 207-771-7571, www.mainebrew.com
8 – 9 -- The 6th Annual Great Northeast Beer & Cider Competition/
9th Annual Great Northeast International Beer Fest, Providence, RI.
Contact: Competition Director: Gregg Glaser, 203-834-0800;
Contact: gregg@yankeebrew.com
Festivals of America: Maury Ryan, 401-272-0980;
Contact: ryan@lovecraft.com
22-23 – 10th The Great Canadian Beer Festival, Victoria, British Columbia,
250-383-2332, www.gcbf.com
DECEMBER
6-7 – Harpoon Christmas Party, Boston, MA, 617-574-9551 ext
3,
www.harpoonbrewery.com
14-15 – 7th Annual Kerstbierfestival (Christmas Beer Festival), Essen, Belgium,
http://home2.pi.be/gmarch/eng/kerst_eng.htm
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