Hey the work week is almost a wrap… And it’s time for some springtime fun. Well good, because we’re all about it and 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

Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival Returns (Paso Robles, CA) – We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention that the Firestone Walker Invitational  returns to the Paso Robles Fairgrounds this Saturday, May 30^th – even though this thing sold out the day tickets went on sale. This annual celebration has fast become one of the industry best run and most popular craft beer events in the nation and one of the few craft beer festivals that can be considered on par with leading industry event’s like the BA’s SAVOR. ACB will be attending this year – so stay plugged into us this weekend via twitter and Facebook where we’ll be updating you constantly on everything that’s going on!

On The Big Screen – This weekend’s new movie openings include a new film by one of our favorite directors and a cataclysmic earthquake flick that could be stupid fun. Cameron Crowe made one of the best rock and roll movies ever (Almost Famous) and for that reason alone we’d invite you to check out his latest release, Aloha. And the fact that it features actors like Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Emma Stone and Alec Baldwin, doesn’t suck either. There’s also San Andreas which stars Dwayne Johnson (who’ll always be The Rock to us) as a chopper pilot who makes a perilous journey across an earthquake ravaged California in hopes of rescuing his estranged daughter.

Bikes, Beer and Bon Vivants (Washington, DC) –   It’s time to costume up, grab the bike and get ready for an epic day because the Tour de Fat is kicking off its  2015 season in the nation’s capital this weekend! New Belgium’s traveling showcase of bikes, beer costumes and entertainment arrives at DC’s Yards Park this Saturday, May 30^th. The event itself is free – but all donations and proceeds from beer and merchandise sales go to area non-profits. Featured entertainment includes Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds, Charles Bradley, yo-yo performers and vaudeville acts. There will also be a beer education station, rideable art bikes, a “Thousand Person Dance Contest” to win a New Belgium cruiser bike, and even a fashion show are in the mix – so there’s that.

TV Time – Their both on HBO and they’re both follow the uber-popular Game of Thrones – and if you’ve not yet caught up with Veep or Silicon Valley, you’re missing two of the best American comedies currently on TV. Now in its fourth season, Veep stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer a one-time Vice President who is, at least for now, hysterically the President of the United States. Silicon Valley is a brilliant send-up of America’s competitive technocracy and focuses on six young men who struggling to build a startup
company with predictably unpredictable results.

OUR WEEKEND BEER PICK

With Memorial Day now behind us, summer’s on and Deschutes has a perfect beer for it. Deschutes Twilight Summer Ale is a 5% ABV nod to long days and warm nights that’s light bodied and refreshing. This is a sorely underrated beer and it deserves your attention.

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