Ok Baltimore Beer Fans, it is only one month away until Baltimore Beer Week, the 6th annual celebration of all, well craft beers local in the Baltimore City and Baltimore County areas.
A little background of how the BBW came to fruition. Joe Gold the founder of Baltimore Beer Week had been silently watching the beer landscape of Charm City evolve over the years as it suffered key closures of cherished beer establishments, lost brands – some of which were gold medal winners at the GABF and the perceived apathy from the general populous to this shift was too much to bear. He organized a Baltimore Beer Club to promote the Baltimore Beer scene
Along came Philly Beer Week in the fall of 2008 and the idea of organizing one entire week to the pursuit of raising awareness for “all things beer” in Baltimore suddenly had some merit. Gold met with the organizers of both Philly Beer Week and New York Craft Beer Week to discuss their structure and challenges. In November 2008 Gold convened a small group of individuals at Max’s Taphouse to discuss the possible organization of a beer week in Baltimore. In attendance at that critical first meeting along with Gold were Baltimore beer scene heavy weights Hugh Sisson, Volker Stewart, Casey Hard, Rob Kasper, Dominic Cantalupo, Jim McGinty, Gene Myers and Alexander D. Mitchell IV. Voila!
This year is expected to be bigger and better than ever. Local artist Robert McClintock has offered his services to created the posters and art for the brew event. The celebraton opens with the grand Opening Tap Celebration with Das Best Oktoberfest on Saturday October 11th, 2014.
The Sponsors Include:
Friday, September 12th at 10:00 am, brewers from Heavy Seas Beer, DuClaw Brewing Company, Union Craft Brewing, Red Brick Station, The Brewer’s Art, and Oliver Breweries will work together at Union to brew a German style “fest-bier” using locally grown American hops. A portion of the proceeds from the collaboration beer, to be named Stoop Sitter, will benefit the Jake’s Law charity. This non-profit is working towards making the penalties more severe for vehicular accidents caused by texting while driving. For more information about Jake’s Law, please visit: http://changeforjake.org
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