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Hey it’s Friday and we hope everybody had the best Christmas ever. But now you’re done with that and ready to get out on the town and have a little fun. Well good, because we’re all about it and 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 a weekend beer pick for you too, because we know you’ll be drinking!
So welcome to our awesome Weekend Picks…
Craft Beer Festivals Pause For The Holidays – We always try to highlight one or two of the nation’s best craft beer festivals in our weekly picks but at this time of year we traditionally hit a wall. There are absolutely no noteworthy festivals happening anywhere this weekend so we’re suggesting a different strategy…Why don’t you consider checking out some of the new brewery start-ups in your neck of the woods? Every major city has at least one or two new arrivals that are making some noise – and now’s the time to check them out. Nothing’s better than discovering a great new brewery in your own hometown – and with the craft beer festival scene on a temporary hiatus – this weekend’s a perfect time to do it!
On The Big Screen – Yes the holidays are a terrible time to catch a craft beer festival – but they’re a great time to take in a flick. And they’re a number of movies showing right now that you might want to check out…
Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken opened nationally yesterday. This much anticipated filmed version of Laura Hillenbrand’s bestseller tells the life story of Olympian and war hero, Louis Zamperiniwho, along with two other crewmen, survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII-only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
The filmed version of longtime Broadway hit Into the Woods also opened on Christmas Day. Directed by Rob Marshall, it’s is a modern twist on several Brothers Grimm fairy tales that intertwines plots from classic stories like Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel and throws in some song and dance. Yes we know, we know, it’s a musical – but with a cast that includes names like Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine and Emily Blunt – maybe it won’t suck.
And don’t forget about Reese Witherspoon’s newest film which debuted recently and has been generating all kinds of buzz. Wild tells the true story of a self-destructive woman’s 1,100-mile solo hike on the Pacific Crest trail undertaken as a way to recover from the 
dissolution of her marriage and the loss of her mother. Wild captures the terrors and pleasures of the journey she was completely unprepared for – and some critics are calling it Witherspoon’s best role of her career.
Our Weekend Beer Pick
When days grow colder – we like our IPA’s darker and bolder – and we’ve a classic for you from the Firestone Walker Brewing Company. A unique twist on the Cascadian Dark Ale style, Firestone Walker’s Wookey Jack is award-winning 8.3% ABV Black Rye IPA that’s perfect for long nights and roaring fires and worthy of revisiting.
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