THE AMERICAN CRAFT BEER WEEKEND PICKS

Hey it’s the Weekend…and you’re ready for some serious fun. Well good, because we’ve got all kinds of ideas for you. From the nation’s coolest beer festivals to movies, music and cutting edge TV – we’ve got your back big-time.  Plus we’ve another weekend beer pick for you too, because we know you’ll be drinking!

, THE AMERICAN CRAFT BEER WEEKEND PICKSBeer / Sports / Beer / Music / Beer /Camping / Beer (Brevard, NC) – Billed as a celebration of craft beer in a can and the adventurous lifestyle, Oskar Blue’s Burning Can ExtravCANza is taking place in North Carolina this weekend (July 15th-16th) and it sounds like a wicked good time. Burning CAN NC condenses what’s best about the craft can lifestyle into a multi-day, outdoor festival with nationally touring bands, 50+ of the best canning breweries from around the country, camping, a Beer Relay competitive trail run, paddle trips, group rides, and a premier dirt-jumping competition. For a complete rundown of all the breweries attending check out: Burning Can East

On The Big Screen – We’re not sure that the world was ever asking for another sequel to Ghostbusters, certainly not one, thirty-two years after the original, but that’s the big movie that’s opening this weekend. Ghostbusters 2016 stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones as an all-female team of paranormal warriors who ban together to rid
, THE AMERICAN CRAFT BEER WEEKEND PICKSManhattan of a ghost apocalypse. Could it suck? Possibly. Will we go? Most definitely.

Drink Serious Beer This Weekend By Lake Champlain (Burlington, VT) – Part of what makes for a great beer festival (in addition to the beer itself) is its setting. And that’s one of the reason’s we love the Vermont Brewers Festival taking place this weekend (July 15th-16th) on the shore of beautiful Lake Champlain with the Adirondack Mountains in the background. This year’s two-day, four-session event will feature over 150 beers from nearly 50 of the region’s most dynamic brewers, so you absolutely don’t want to miss it! For more info on what promises to be an awesome event check out: Vermont Brewers Fest

Music Mania At Pitchfork  (Chicago, IL) – Celebrating its 11th year in action, the internationally acclaimed Pitchfork Music Festival returns to Union Park this weekend and if you care about music this is where you want to be! This legendary festival is three days of music (July 15th-17th) and some 50+ bands. They’ll also be serving up vast amounts of serious beer including specialties from Goose Island. This year’s talent , THE AMERICAN CRAFT BEER WEEKEND PICKSincludes musical icons like Brian Wilson and hipster favs like Beach House and Broken Social Scene. For the complete lineup and stage times check out: Pitchfork 2016

OUR WEEKEND BEER PICK

The ACB crew is planning on “getting stupid” this weekend and we recently received something from Lagunitas that should help us with that. Lagunitas Stoopid Wit is their 6.3% ABV hop-forward Belgian Wit hybrid that’s brewed with the summer’s heat in mind.

 

 

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