The American Craft Beer Weekend Picks – October 16, 2015

American Craft Beer|October 15th, 2015|

Hey the work week is over… And it’s time to start thinking 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…

Oktoberfest Southern Style (Richmond, VA) – The 47^th annual Richmond Oktoberfest returns to the Old Dominion Building at the Richmond International Raceway this weekend and you don’t want to miss it. This two evening celebration (Oct 16^th-17^th) is Virginia’s largest German / American Oktoberfest festival and it draws crowds from all over the world. Expect a full array of German Foods including essentials like bratwurst, knockwurst, sauerkraut, pretzels, and of course, potato pancakes. And, yes, there will be bier! For more info on this epic throwdown checkout: Richmond Oktoberfest

On The Big Screen – Two big movies from two big-time directors are opening this weekend and they couldn’t be more different. Stephen Spielberg’s cold war drama, Bridge Of Spies, stars Tom Hanks as an American lawyer is recruited by the CIA to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union. And Guillermo del Toro takes on the haunted house classics in Crimson Peak, an audacious supernatural Victorian era thriller. Mia Wasikowska stars as an aspiring young author who falls for a mysterious outsider (Tom Hiddleston) and ends up in the world’s spookiest mansion.

Big Sky Big Beer (Missoula, MT) – The Montana Brewers Association will be presenting their 7^th annual Fall Brewers Festival this weekend and it’s going to be awesome. This one-day (Oct 16^th) afternoon/evening beerganza will feature an exciting All-Montana lineup of craft beers, artisan food and non-stop music in a beautiful open-air park, setting so you don’t want to miss that! For the complete lineup of everybody coming, check out: Fall Brewers Fest

TV Time – One of television’s most brilliant apocalyptic drama’s returned for its sixth season last week and if you’ve not yet starting watching AMC’s The Walking Dead, we’re pissed at you. Now in its sixth season this dark meditation on zombies and the morality of survival has never been smarter or more frightening.

OUR WEEKEND OKTOBERFEST BEER PICK

With Oktoberfest season now upon us, we’re in full-on celebration mode here at the ACB compound – and Flying Dog just sent us something that suits this time of year perfectly. Brewed with 100% imported German ingredients Flying Dog’s Dogtoberfest is a rich 5.6% Märzen that’s not too sweet and never cloying.