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Hey it’s Friday and the 4th of July is just around the corner. Summer has arrived with a vengeance and you’re ready for some summertime fun. That’s where we come in! We’re all about it and we’ve got your back big-time. Plus we’ve got a special weekend beer pick that you’ll want to track down. So welcome to this week’s edition of our awesome Weekend Picks!
The Epic Beer Festival is taking place tonight and tomorrow (June 28th – 29th) at the Colorado Convention Center and we’ve got to admit – it sounds epic! This inaugural event will feature 160 craft breweries and more than 350 beers to sample…and it’s for a good cause! The festival benefits We Don’t Waste, a Colorado-based nonprofit that is an innovative provider of food for the hungry. They collect unused food from venues, caterers, restaurants, and other food purveyors and distribute the food to Denver’s underserved populations. For more info on what promises to be truly epic, check out: Epic Beer Festival Denver
There are a couple of movies opening this weekend that caught our attention and we thought you might want to know about. The Heat appears to be a continuation in the female-driven comedy phenomenon that started with Bridesmaids…Sandra Bullock stars as an uptight FBI agent forced to partner with a Boston cop (Melissa McCarthy) to take down a local drug lord. Think Bridesmaids with badges. If you’d rather be thrilled than have some laughs, Roland Emmerich’s White House Down might get that done. Channing Tatum stars as a capital policeman who jumps ugly when a paramilitary force overtakes the White House and endangers the President (Jamie Foxx). If you think you might have seen this movie already – well, you may have. Olympus Has Fallen successfully covered similar ground earlier this year but it seems that America can’t get enough of attacks on the White House.
The 17th Annual Great European Beerfest is being held in Pittsburgh this weekend. This event, which organizers describe as America’s “only all-European Beerfest,” is taking place on Saturday and Sunday at the Sharp Edge Beer Emporium and will feature more than 135 beers (including 40 from Belgium). Admission includes 3 hours of endless tastings and 6,000 square-feet of imports. There will be live music…there will be delicious homemade food…but most importantly, THERE WILL BE BEER! For more info on this weekend’s beerganza, check out: The Great European Beer Festival
Jeanna Malines, our Florida Correspondent and Metal Music maniac, would be pissed if we didn’t mention that the 2013 Mayhem Festival Tour was kicking off this weekend in San Bernardino, California and that you should go. Yes, it’s true! June 29th will be your first opportunity to have your brains blasted by the likes of Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch, Mastodon, and Machine Head. For the complete lineup and rollout, check out: Mayhem Festival
Our Awesome Weekend Beer Pick
The Avery Brewing Companyis saying that you should get ready to stock your cellar because their coveted Uncle Jacob’s Stout will be coming out next week. The second release of Avery’s Annual Barrel Series, this year’s Uncle is a 16.5% ABV stout, aged in first-use Bourbon barrels for 6 months.The Avery Tap Room in Boulder, CO, will host the release of Uncle Jacob’s Stout, starting sales at 5 PM on Sunday, July 7.This year, Avery has decided to turn the release into a “cellar building party” so fans will be able to buy up to one case (24 12 oz. bottles) so they have some to enjoy now and have enough to drink in the years to come to explore how the beer changes over time.
