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We blame the industry for this… It used to be that when we wrapped up our Weekend Picks on Friday, we could coast through the weekend. There was little need to check in for updates – things were pretty much done. But clearly all that’s changed.
So here’s some of what’s happened in the world of craft beer while you were off enjoying yourselves.
Belgium Comes to Cooperstown Goes on Sale April 1st (Cooperstown, NY) – Tickets to Brewery Ommegang’s fantastic summertime festival Belgium Comes to Cooperstown go on sale this Wednesday, April 1st. So know that you’ve been warned because this event will sell out that day! This unique two-day festival (Aug 7th–8th), which takes place at the Ommegang farmstead, will offer beer lovers the opportunity to enjoy hard-to-find Belgian ales from across the pond as well as Belgian-style ales from all over North America. Again this event will sell out immediately – so if you’re thinking of buying tickets – you need to go HERE on Wednesday morning.
Drafty In There (Cincinnati, OH) – Cincinnati baseball fans will be able to serve themselves this season because the Reds are adding 20 self-serve beer machines around Great American Ball Park in time for Opening Day.
Brewers Association Gets An Executive Chef (Boulder, CO) – Adam Dulye, the visionary behind San Francisco’s The Abbot’s Cellar and The Monk’s Kettle, has been named Executive Chef of the Brewers Association where he will continue to use his culinary experience to promote the value and compatibility of craft beer and cuisine. He’ll also continue to provide the culinary vision for BA events including SAVOR, the Farm to Table Pavilion at the GABF, and the World Beer Cup dinners. Chef Dulye writes regularly for CraftBeer.com and recently co-authored a book, CraftBeer.com’s Beer & Food Course, along with the BA’s own Julia Herz. No word as to whether he’ll now be called upon to provide late-night grilled cheese sandwiches for the BA’s executive staff – but we kind of like the idea!
Saisons Get More Respect (Everywhere, USA) – Most craft beer drinkers don’t love Belgium-Style Saisons like they do their IPAs. The raw numbers don’t lie and the difference between the two is truly astounding. IPAs command more than 21% of all craft beers sold. Saisons, on the other hand, only account for a meager 0.13%, but things are changing, according to Fortune, who’s reporting that sales of the less 
popular style nearly doubled last year.
Beer & Film Returns (Ft. Collins, CO) – New Belgium is taking its 2015 Clips Beer & Film Tour to twenty cities in 2015. The beer-fueled film fest runs from May to October this year, with proceeds from beer sales going to local nonprofits. Since its inception in 2010, Clips Beer & Film Tour has raised more than $520,000 for nonprofits nationwide and brought more than 35,000 people out to their local parks for a fun and philanthropic night of movie watching and beer tasting.
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