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4th Annual American Craft Beer Fest (ACBF) starts tonight 6/3 (MA)

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Hello Craft Beer Fans, let the celebrations begin.

If you’re a fan of craft beer, than you probably know about the ACBF and you might have been waiting for this night all year.

Tonight marks the celebration and highlight of Boston Beer Week 2011 – the 4th Annual American Craft Beer Festival, hosted by Beer Advocate.  Although there have been many discussion (on the web) about the usage of “craft” in the name microbrews, you can’t take “craft” out of ACBF (If you did, it would only be the ABF and who wants to attend that :))

Anyways, within the next 48 hours, there will be three festival sessions held at the Seaport World Trade Center Boston.  The American Craft Beer Fest (ACBF) is the east coast’s largest celebration of American beer, featuring over 100 American brewers and over 500 beers!

Hope to see you there!

Sean, Ryan and Ian.

2009 ACBF Recap

Here’s a peak into the breweries who are attending the event: (currently 106 with 509 beers)
For a complete list, please visit: http://beeradvocate.com/acbf/beer

Allagash Brewing Co. (Portland, ME – allagash.com)
Amherst Brewing Co. (Amherst, MA – amherstbrewing.com)
Anchor Brewing Co. (San Francisco, CA – anchorbrewing.com)
Anderson Valley Brewing Co. (Boonville, CA – avbc.com)
Atlantic Brewing Co. (Bar Harbor, ME – atlanticbrewing.com)
Atwater Block Brewery (Detroit, MI – atwaterbeer.com)
Barrier Brewing Co. (Oceanside, NY – barrierbrewing.com)
Baxter Brewing Co. (Lewiston, ME – baxterbrewing.com)
Bear Republic Brewing Co. (Healdsburg, CA – bearrepublic.com)
Beer Works – Fenway (Boston, MA – beerworks.net)
Berkshire Brewing Co. Inc.(South Deerfield, MA – berkshirebrewingcompany.com)
Blue Hills Brewery (Canton, MA – bluehillsbrewery.com)
Bobcat Cafe & Brewery (Bristol, VT – bobcatcafe.com)
Boston Beer Co. (Samuel Adams) (Boston, MA – samueladams.com)
Boulevard Brewing Co. (Kansas City, MO – boulevard.com)
Brewery Ommegang (Cooperstown, NY – ommegang.com)
Brooklyn Brewery (Brooklyn, NY – brooklynbrewery.com)
Butternuts Beer & Ale (Garrattsville, NY – butternutsbeerandale.com)
Cambridge Brewing Co. (Cambridge, MA – cambridgebrewingcompany.com)
Cape Ann Brewing Co. (Gloucester, MA – capeannbrewing.com)
Cape Cod Beer (Hyannis, MA – capecodbeer.com)
Cisco Brewers Inc. (Nantucket, MA – ciscobrewers.com)
Clipper City Brewing Co. / Heavy Seas Beer (Baltimore, MD – hsbeer.com)
Clown Shoes (Ipswich, MA – clownshoesbeer.com)
Coastal Extreme Brewing Co. (Newport, RI – newportstorm.com)
Cody Brewing Co. (Amesbury, MA – codybrewing.com)
Defiant Brewing Co., (Pearl River, NY – defiantbrewing.com)
DL Geary Brewing Co. (Portland, ME – gearybrewing.com)
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (Milton, DE – dogfish.com)
Element Brewing Co. (Millers Falls, MA – elementbeer.com)
Flying Goose Brewpub & Grill (New London, NH – flyinggoose.com)
Franklin’s Restaurant, Brewery & General Store (Hyattsville, MD – franklinsbrewery.com)
Frosty Knuckle Brewing Co. (Ipswich, MA – frostyknuckle.com)
Gardner Ale House (Gardner, MA – gardnerale.com)
Genesee Brewing Co. / Dundee Brewing Co. (Rochester, NY – geneseebeer.com)
Goose Island Beer Co. (Chicago, IL – gooseisland.com)
Grand Teton Brewing Co. (Victor, ID – grandtetonbrewing.com)
Gritty McDuff’s Brewing Co. (Portland, ME – grittys.com)
Harpoon Brewery (Boston, MA – harpoonbrewery.com)
High & Mighty Beer Co. (Holyoke, MA – highandmightybeer.com)
Ithaca Beer Co. (Ithaca, NY – ithacabeer.com)
Jackie O’s Pub & Brewery (Athens, OH – jackieos.com)
John Harvard’s Brew House (Cambridge, MA – johnharvards.com)
Kennebec River Pub & Brewery (The Forks, ME – northernoutdoors.com)
Lagunitas Brewing Co. (Petaluma, CA – lagunitas.com)
Lake Placid Pub And Brewery (Lake Placid, NY – ubuale.com)
Lawson’s Finest Liquids (Warren, VT – lawsonsfinest.com)
Left Hand Brewing Co. (Longmont, CO – lefthandbrewing.com)
Long Trail Brewing Co. (Bridgewaters Corners, VT – longtrail.com)
Magic Hat Brewing Co. (Burlington, VT – magichat.net)
Maine Beer Co. (Portland, ME – mainebeercompany.com)
Martha’s Exchange (Nashua, NH – marthas-exchange.com)
Matt Brewing Co. (Utica, NY – saranac.com)
Mayflower Brewing Co. (Plymouth, MA – mayflowerbrewing.com)
McNeill’s Brewery (Brattleboro, VT – mcneillsbrewery.com)
Mendocino Brewing Co. (Saratoga Springs, NY – mendobrew.com)
Mercury Brewing Co., Inc. (Ipswich, MA – ipswichalebrewery.com)
Napa Smith Brewery (Napa, CA – napasmithbrewery.com)
Narragansett Brewing Co. (Providence, RI – narragansettbeer.net)
New Jersey Beer Co. (North Bergen, NJ – njbeerco.com)
Northshire Brewery (Bennington, VT – northshirebrewery.com)
Notch Brewing (Ipswich, MA – notchsession.com)
Odell Brewing Co. (Fort Collins, CO – odells.com)
Offshore Ale Co. (Oak Bluffs, MA – offshoreale.com)
Olde Burnside Brewing Co. (East Hartford, CT – oldeburnsidebrewing.com)
OPA-OPA Steakhouse & Brewery (Southampton, MA – opaopasteakhousebrewery.com)
Oskar Blues Grill & Brewery (Lyons, CO – oskarblues.com)
Otter Creek Brewing / Wolaver’s (Middlebury, VT – ottercreekbrewing.com)
Paper City Brewery Co., Inc. (Holyoke, MA – papercity.com)
Peak Organic Brewing Co., LLC (Portland, ME – peakbrewing.com)
Pioneer Brewing Co. (Sturbridge, MA – hylandbrew.com)
Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project (Cambridge, MA – prettythingsbeertoday.com)
Prodigal Brewing Co. (Effingham, NH -)
Redhook Ale Brewery (Portsmouth, NH – redhook.com)
Rogue Ales (Newport, OR – rogue.com)
Sebago Brewing Co. (Gorham, ME – sebagobrewing.com/home.php)
Shipyard Brewing Co. (Portland, ME – shipyard.com)
Shmaltz Brewing Co. (He’Brew) (shmaltz.com)
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (Chico, CA – sierra-nevada.com)
Sixpoint (Brooklyn, NY – sixpointcraftales.com)
Smuttynose Brewing Co. (Portsmouth, NH – smuttynose.com)
Southern Tier Brewing Co. (Lakewood, NY – southerntierbrewing.com)
St. John Brewers (St. Johns, – stjohnbrewers.com)
Stillwater Brewing Co., LLC (Stillwater, MN – stillwaterbrewingco.com)
Stone Brewing Co. (Escondido, CA – stonebrew.com)
Stoudts Brewing Co. (Adamstown, PA – stoudtsbeer.com)
Surly Brewing Co. (Brooklyn Center, MN – surlybrewing.com)
The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery (Farmville, NC – duckrabbitbrewery.com)
The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery (Charlotte, NC – oldemeckbrew.com)
The Tap & Haverhill Brewery, Inc. (Haverhill, MA – tapbrewpub.com)
Thomas Hooker Ales & Lagers (Bloomfield, CT – hookerbeer.com)
Three Heads Brewing (Rochester, NY -)
Trinity Brewhouse (Providence, RI – trinitybrewhouse.com)
Tröegs Brewing Co. (Harrisburg, PA – troegs.com)
Tuckerman Brewing Co. (Conway, NH – tuckermanbrewing.com)
Tullycross Tavern & Microbrewery (Manchester, CT – tullycrosstavern.com)
Uinta Brewing Co. (Salt Lake City, UT – uintabrewing.com)
Victory Brewing Co. (Downingtown, PA – victorybeer.com)
Wachusett Brewing Co., Inc. (Westminster, MA – wachusettbrew.com)
Wandering Star Brewing Co. (Pittsfield, MA – site.wanderingstarbrewing.com)
Watch City Brewing Co. (Waltham, MA – watchcitybrew.com)
Weyerbacher Brewing Co. (Easton, PA – weyerbacher.com)
White Birch Brewing (Hooksett, NH – whitebirchbrewing.com)
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. (Portland, OR – widmer.com)
Woodstock Inn Brewery (North Woodstock, NH – woodstockinnbrewery.com)
Wormtown Brewing Co. (Worcester, MA – wormtownbrewery.com)

Here are some beers that we are interested in sampling:

Anderson Valley – Hop Ottin’ IPA — American IPA, 7%
Atlantic Brewing Company – Manly Man Sea Smoke — English Barleywine, 7.7%
Baxter Brewing Company – Stowaway I.P.A — American IPA, 6.9%
Berkshire Brewing Company – Coffeehouse Porter — American Porter, 6.2%
Bobcat Cafe & Brewery – Saison De Cassis — Saison / Farmhouse Ale, 6.5%
Brooklyn Brewery – Brooklyn Blast Pale Ale — American Double / Imperial IPA, 8%
Clown Shoes – Black IPA
Cisco Brewers – Pechish Woods — American Wild Ale, 4.9%
Flying Goose Brewpub & Grill – Maple Brown Ale – American Brown Ale, 4.98%
Franklin’s Restaurant, Brewery & General Store – Tennessee Tuxedo — American Stout, 7%
Jackie O’s Pub & Brewery – Berliner Weiss — Berliner Weissbier, 4%
Lawson’s Finest Liquids – Double Sunshine IPA — American Double / Imperial IPA, 8%
Maine Beer Co. – Zoe — American Amber / Red Ale, 7.2%
Oskar Blues Grill & Brewery – G’Knight Imperial Red Ale — American Double / Imperial IPA, 8.7%
Peak Organic Brewing Co., LLC – Peak Organic French Oak Mocha Stout — American Double / Imperial Stout, 8.5%
Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project – Baby Tree — Quadrupel (Quad), 9%
Surly Brewing Co. – Bender — American Brown Ale, 5.1%
White Birch Brewing – White Birch Belgian Style Pale Ale — Belgian Pale Ale, 9.5%