Hey it’s Friday – Work’s been brutal and the weather not much better so it’s time to forget about things and have some fun. Well good, because we’ve got all kinds of ideas for you. From the nation’s coolest beer festivals, movies and music to cutting edge TV – we’ve got your back big-time.  Plus we’ve a special weekend beer pick for you too, because we know you’ll be drinking!

So welcome to our awesome Weekend Picks…

New York Craft Beer Festival Returns to the Big Apple (NYC) – Exciting new spring seasonals will be showcased this weekend when the NYC Craft Beer Festival returns to the Lexington Ave Armory in Manhattan. This popular two-day three session beerganza is offering an amazing array of the season’s best new beers especially curated for spring’s arrival. Some sessions have already sold out – so you need to act fast – if you’re thing about going. And you can find out more about everything by checking out: NYC Craft Beer Festival

On The Big Screen – Not a great weekend for new movies opening but if you’re in the mood here’s what’s happening…Walt Disney’s live action Cinderella debuts in case you care. It’s directed by Kenneth Branaugh and stars Cate Blanchett as the wicked stepmother – so there’s that. Then there’s Run All Night which stars Liam Neeson as a mobbed-up hit man who runs around all night, acting tough and beating up people. Or you can check out The Imitation Game – one of the best movies of 2014.

Craft Beer Festivals Go Global This Weekend (UK / Spain / Brazil) – ACB has a growing international audience (London is consistently one of our top 5 cities!). And the number of craft beer events taking place this week speaks volumes as to the how craft beer is fast becoming a global movement. The Barcelona Beer Festival is taking place this weekend (March 13^th-15^th) and it’s especially interesting to see that the Brewer’s Association is one of its sponsors! The Brazilian Beer Festival is currently taking place in South America, and it’s offering over 600 beers! Over in the UK the London Drinker Beer & Cider Festival has been ongoing since Wednesday and it’s wrapping up tonight.

TV Time– Why waste your time with this weekend’s questionable movies when stay home drinking serious beer and binging out on the third season of Netflix’s dark political soap opera, House of Cards. This season joins Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) who having schemed (and murdered) his way successfully into the White House finds himself besieged on all fronts. A Putin-like Russian leader is hitting on his wife at state dinners and all his political allies secretly plotting against him. Plus his wife, Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) has started to develop a conscience – and that can’t help but complicate things.

Our Pre-St Patrick’s Day Weekend Beer Pick

St Patrick’s Day is this Tuesday and were getting things started early with one of our favorites from Flying Dog. Lucky SOB Irish Red Ale is a 5.5% ABV seasonal that they say is brewed with specially picked four-leaf clovers (not that we’re buying that).

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