SF Beer Week 2010 Updates

With SF Beer Week 2010 just 18 days away, time is certainly starting to fly by very quickly. I am in the middle of planning many of the south bay SF Beer Week events and, let me tell you, it’s hectic! It takes me a about a month to plan one of my normal beer & food pairing events so you can only imagine how stressful it is trying to plan 4 events at the same time. Thankfully I’m not doing this alone and I’m getting a lot of help. In some instances, I’m the one doing the helping.

In any event, here are some updates regarding the events I’m planning/helping to plan:

• Beer & Cheese, featuring the Milk Pail – This event is officially on the board. The final details are being set in concrete this week. Looking forward to this one. If you’re looking to volunteer for this event, shoot me an email.
• Beer & Chocolate Dinner – I’m behind in planning this event and will be hitting it hard this week. Of all the events I’m working on, this one makes me the most nervous.
• The Swine, the Steer & the Beerfest Meat the Brewer – Planning for this event is going fantastic. I’ve always wanted to participate in putting on a Beer festival and it looks like I’m getting my wish. You can scope out all the details on the Tied House’s webpage. If you’re interested in volunteering for this event, please email Carolyn here.
• How to Taste Beer Session Beer Appreciation 101 - Planning is about 90% done for this event. I am looking to get this event officially on the board early this week. The only downside is that it’s on Super Bowl Sunday so the people who show up are a) really into beer and would like to learn more, b) have no idea what a Super Bowl is, or c) really, really love me and want to support all that I do.

Other South Bay events that I know of are:

• Brewery Night: Firehouse & Palo Alto Brewing Company – This event is on a Monday night and will be at the Rose & Crown in Palo Alto. Here’s a description of what’s going down:

Firehouse and Palo Alto Brewing Co. will be showcasing some one-off beers they have collaborated on, plus they’ll bring out some Imperial and Barrel-Aged Beers. Come by try the beers and meet the brewers.

• Brewery Night: Russian River Brewing Company – This event will be conflicting with the Beer & Cheese event I’m holding at Firehouse but I’m planning on hitting up Rose & Crown after my Beer & Cheese event to put back a couple pints of Pliny the Younger. Who’s with me?
• Vintage Beer Night – The Rose & Crown comes through again with this event. In their own words:

We will be bringing out vintage bottles and draught from our cellars. Barleywines, Belgians and more…

• Brewery Night: Drakes Brewing Company – Argh! Another conflict! This event will be on the same evening as the Beer & Chocolate dinner I’m planning. Same plan as before, do the Beer & Chocolate and then head up to Rose & Crown afterwards for pints featuring the beers from Drakes.

As you can see, there will be quite a few SF Beer Week events here in the south bay. It’s a bummer that there’s going to be some conflicts but y’know, that’s a good problem to have. I’d rather I have to miss out on some great events than not to have any events at all. I’m hoping that the south bay brew scene gains more traction next year and that there are even more events to choose from.

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