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Boston Beer Week – Today’s Events (Wednesday June 16th)(Boston, MA)

Here is a snap shot into the Boston Beer Week events for Wednesday June 16th.

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June 16: Samuel Adams Boston Brewery Open House in Jamiaca Plain – The brewery opens its doors for tours, sampling, and a look at the Beer museum. For more info visit http://www.samueladams.com.

June 16th: Pretty Things Posh beer dinner at American Craft in Brookline. Menu is fab & indulgent. We will be loosening our 1970s vintage polyester pants and making total piggies of ourselves, all the while regaling you with stories, poems, jokes and the like. http://www.eatgoodfooddrinkbetterbeer.com/americancraft

June 16th: Beer Pairing at the Asgard in Cambridge – So apparently the Norse Hall of the Gods is in Cambridge! Who knew? Actually, it’s an Irish Pub with an impressive craft beer selection, so let’s give them a chance. For more info call 617-577-9100 or visit http://www.classicirish.com.

June 16: Left Hand and Lake Placid Beer Dinner at Cambridge Common Restaurant – From the first stepping stone to the calm lake waters, here’s the second beer dinner for Boston beer Week.

• Premeal Beer: Left Hand 400 Pound Monkey AND Lake Placid Honey Rye!
• Soup ~ Watermelon Gazpacho with a Spicy Shrimp Bruschetta paired with Left Hand Polestar Pilsner AND Lake Placid Maibock
• Salad ~ Chop Salad with Ranch, Egg, Applewood Bacon, Cherry Tomatoes, and Avocado paired with Left Hand Chainsaw AND Lake Placid IPA
• Entree ~ Herb Roasted Half Chicken with a Lemon Wit Butter, Grilled Asparagus, and Smashed Potatoes paired with Lake Placid Wit OR Ginger Crusted Salmon with a Cucumber Salad and Basmati Rice paired with Left Hand JuJu Ginger
• Dessert ~ Milk Stout Chocolate Cake with UBU Ice Cream paired with Left Hand >Milk Stout AND Lake Placid UBU

For more info call 617-547-1228 or visit http://www.cambridgecommonrestaurant.com.

Boston Beer WeekThe American Craft Beer (Fest) Dinner @ Green Street: We are proud to announce the American Craft Beer (Fest) Dinner @ Green Street on Wednesday, June 16th, BeerAdvocate’s official beer dinner event for Boston Beer Week.

An American Craft Beer Dinner featuring craft beer, craft chocolate, and local New England cheeses all in the spirit of the American Craft Beer Festival and Boston Beer Week.  Come and meet the producers of the beer, chocolate, and cheese as we are treated to a spectacular dinner featuring all three American Craft elements.

We will be featuring Sixpoint Craft Ales and Cambridge Brewing Co. As well as featuring American craft chocolate producers Patric Chocolates from Columbia, Mo., and The Mast Brothers from Brooklyn, NY.  And don’t forget the artisan cheese from American craft cheese makers Jasper Hill Farms from Vermont. http://greenstreetgrill.com.

Beer Tastings Every Night! – Mr. K’s Discount Wine & Spirits – Newton, Massachusetts – To celebrate Boston Beer Week, Mr. K’s is hosting nightly beer tastings from June 11-20. As always, tastings are free, fun, and informative. Come in and celebrate Beer Week with us! Our featured Breweries include:

Casktastic! @ Redbones – Redbones Barbeque – Somerville, Massachusetts: Come sample some of the freshest local beer you can find at Redbones from June 11-18, during Boston Beer Week (June 11-20). Help us celebrate our local brewers within the 128 belt by tasting 2 to 5 local cask beers every night!

CBC Beer Dinner –  Cambridge Brewing Company – Cambridge, Massachusetts – CBC will be hosting a 3-course beer dinner paired with 3 CBC brews. The whole dinner including brews will go for 35 bucks.  Menu:

• Appetizer: Colchester Neighborhood Farm Ham Croquettes, Verril Farms Greens and Radishes, Kolsche Mustard Cream, Paired with Three Rings (Belgian Pale Ale)
• Entree: Sauteed Rhode Island Striper, Local Sugar Snap Peas, Bok Choi, Savoy, Hefeweizen Curry Sauce, Paired with Hefeweizen (Bavarian-style Weizenbier mit hefe)
• Desserts: Butter Brook Farm Strawberry-Rhubarb Crostada, Toscannini’s French Vanilla Ice Cream, Paired with Arquebus (Summer Barleywine)

Dogfish Head Tasting – Wine Emporium – Boston, Massachusetts – In celebration of Boston Beer Week, The Wine Emporium welcomes Derrek from Atlantic Imports for a tasting of year-round and seasonal beers from Dogfish Head. As a special offer for this event and Boston Beer Week, all Dogfish six- and four-packs will be on sale for $1 off their regular price ($9.99 for most). Featured beers: Festina Peche * 60 Minute IPA * 90 Minute IPA * Raison d’Etre * Palo Santo Maron

Dueling Bukowskis: Pick a Spot & Meet a Troegs Brewer – Bukowski’s Tavern – Boston, Massachusetts and Cambridge, Massachusetts: Each Bukowski location will feature one of the founders of Troegs, Chris or John Trogner. Troegs beers will be available on cask and draft.

Annual Spring Beer Tasting – Blanchard’s Liquor Of West Roxbury – West Roxbury, Massachusetts: Back by popular demand – The Blanchard’s annual summer beer festival. Come join us for this free spectacular beer tasting featuring many local breweries, seasonals, organic and some of the finest imports! Beers featured will be a long line up, but some of the brew that will be represented are breweries as Left Hand, Original Sin, Blue Hill, Victory, Avery, Stone, Dogfish Head, Berkshire and many others. It’s a Boston beer event you won’t want to miss!

Have a Beer with Harpoon Brewery Co-Founder Rich Doyle in Celebration of Boston Beer Week! – Cheers (at 84 Beacon Street) – Boston, Massachusetts: As part of Harpoon’s celebration of Boston Beer Week, you are invited to join to Harpoon co-founder and CEO Rich Doyle at Cheers on Beacon Street in Boston. It was nearly 24 years ago to the day that the Mass Bay Brewing Co. (Harpoon) was incorporated. Look how far the beer scene in Boston has come – thanks to Boston’s great beer lovers (you)!

On tap at Cheers for this special event will be:

• 100 Barrel Series Pott’s Landbier (kegged on June 14)
• Leviathan Big Bohemian
• Harpoon Belgian Pale Ale
• And a special gravity cask, TBA

Join Rich and Harpoon to celebrate Boston’s great beer scene!  The event will take place at Cheers, located at 84 Beacon Street in Boston.  If you are a Friend of Harpoon, present your Friend of Harpoon card and Harpoon pint will be yours, on us. If you are not a Friend of Harpoon but would like to become one “officially”, please visit www.friendofharpoon.com. Consider it your complimentary passport to local beer and events.

The Deep South @ Deep Ellum – Deep Ellum – Allston, Massachusetts: Come out to Deep Ellum on Wednesday June 16th to try some NC beers from The Duck-Rabbit and Foothills!

BBC Beer Week Event – The Kinsale Irish Pub & Restaurant – Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday June 16th Beer Promo 7-10pm. BBC Brewery- representative from the brewery here to answer questions and provide samples of a variety of BBC beers.

Bloomsday Beer Dinner-Celebrate James Joyce’s Ulysses – Prose – Arlington, Massachusetts: 3 Course Prix Fixe Family Style with a different beer paired to each course $50 per person, beer Included. June 16, One Seating 7pm. Please Reserve in Advance

Duvel Green Launch – Jacob Wirth – Boston, Massachusetts: Celebrate Boston Beer Week – 7pm-9pm for our launch of Duvel Green. Tasting & Duvel Green Glassware giveaway (While Supplies Last)

New England Brewers Night – Lord Hobo – Cambridge, Massachusetts: Selling only New England Beers this night.
Allagash special releases * Smuttynose Cellar releases * High n Mighty brews, including BOG w/bret * Pretty Things brews * Clown Shoes * Cambridge brews and a few others we can’t mention yet.

Open House @ the Harpoon Brewery to Celebrate Boston Beer Week! – Harpoon Brewery – Boston, Massachusetts: Open House at Harpoon to Celebrate Boston Beer Week! 7:30 pm until 9:00 pm. What better way to celebrate Boston Beer Week than to take a tour of the first brewery in Massachusetts to brew and bottle beer after a prolonged 25-year drought! From 7:30 pm until 9:00 pm we will be offering complimentary tours of Harpoon. Stop in and try our newest 100 Barrel Series beer, Pott’s Landbier (packaged on June 14th), and then hop on a tour of the brewing floor. Then head back to the tasting room for another sample for delicious, Boston-brewed beer! We look forward to celebrating with you!

Meet the Brewers of Troegs – The Independent – Somerville, Massachusetts: Come to The Independent, meet and share a pint with the founders of Troegs, Chris & John Trogner. A ridiculous variety of Troegs beers will be available on cask and draft. Expect your favorite Troegs creations, maybe discover a new style, experience something rare and indulge in some you may never see again…

Victory @ The OtherSide! – The Other Side Café – Boston, Massachusetts: Rare, Limited, and Unusual offerings from Victory Brewing on draft and cask. What better place could there be to resist prohibition than at the OSC?!!