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Hey it’s Wednesday and that means it’s Rumor Mill Time….Some of craft beer’s biggest names are in Washington, DC for SAVOR this week and there are all kinds of things going on that you need to know about! Plus we’ve more news about Boulevard Brewing and an update from Oskar Blues.
So fasten your seat belts everybody because….THIS WEEK’S RUMOR MILL IS ON!
Brunch with Craft Beer’s Rock Stars (Washington, DC) – SAVOR Week is on and if you were among the many unable to secure tickets (which sold out in March in 30 minutes), there are still all kinds of events going on around town that you might be able to get in on. And one of our favorites is happening on Saturday morning at Birch and Barley. The third annual Brewers Brunch has become a ritual of SAVOR weekend and may be the best opportunity for many to meet and mingle with some of craft beer’s most well-known personalities, including Garret Oliver of the Brooklyn Brewery, Peter Bouckaert of New Belgium, Steve Grossman of Sierra Nevada and Phil Wymore of Perennial Artisan Ales.
All ‘Ale to The Ladies (Washington, DC) – Another of SAVOR week’s highlights is happening this Sunday (5/11) when The Black Squirrel hosts the annual All ‘Ale The Ladies – a happy hour and meet-and-greet organized by DC beer writer Tammy Tuck. This year’s keynote speakers will include the Co-founder & CEO of New Belgium Brewing Kim Jordan, the Co-owner and former Editor of All About Beer Magazine Julie Johnson, the Brewers Association’s Julia Herz, and Lucy Saunders, the author of Dinner in the Beer Garden & The Best of American Beer and Food. ACB’s own Co-Editor Amber Medin will be in attendance – so come hang with the ladies!
Boulevard to be Everywhere Soon (Kansas City, MO) – That unstoppable train that is Boulevard Brewing is already sold in 25 states. And KansasCity.com is now reporting that “Boulevard beers could be sold in every state, as well as in Europe,” in the next two-to-five years.
Belgium Beer Culture Seeks Recognition (Brussels) – UNESCO is a specialized agency within the United Nations that does all kinds of things, including recognizing highpoints in the world’s cultural and natural heritage through their UNESCO World Heritage list. Germany recently applied to have the UN organization recognize Reinheitsgebot, the five-century-old “purity” law that once governed how German beer must be brewed, as a world class tradition. And now Belgium is following suit and has applied to have its beer culture recognized and protected by the organization, according to Rachel Martin at NPR.
Things Heating Up at Oskar Blues (Longmont, CO) – Things are smoking at Colorado-based Oskar Blues Brewery. According to the Longmont Times-Call, Q1 “revenues have grown 40 percent and production nearly 39 percent,” and the brewery expects to grow “about 100 percent in production, revenue, and number of employees by the end of this year.”
