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Philly readies for ‘biggest beer’ fest in US

Posted by admin | News | Posted on March 6th, 2009

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- Philly readies for ‘biggest beer’ fest in US
- Students Celebrate ‘Green Beer Day’ In xford
- Boulevard Brewing starts packaging wheat beer in aluminum bottles
- Backseat Film Fest promises gore zombies and beer
- Jimmy Fallon: Four nights in and… beer pong!
- The Great Arizona Beer Festival

Philly readies for ‘biggest beer’ fest in US
USA Today
Major craft brewers from across the country will be in town hoping to build on the success of last year’s inaugural event. Tom Peters the owner of Monk’s Tavern in downtown Philadelphia is one of the organizers of Philly Beer Week. He says there will be more than 100 hundred venues and 400 or more events. He says it will be “the biggest beer festival in the country period. And it’s not just relegated to Philadelphia. Taverns restaurants and breweries will take part in the suburbs and in southern New Jersey.

Students Celebrate ‘Green Beer Day’ In xford
MSNBC
The all-day drinking and party event traditionally begins before dawn on the Thursday before Spring Break at Miami University. Story continues below ?advertisement |.

Boulevard Brewing starts packaging wheat beer in aluminum bottles
Bizjournals.com
_654A0F21D216426B8CF3EC1ECE2D9998. began packaging some of its Unfiltered Wheat Beer in new 16-ounce aluminum bottles on Thursday. The product will hit the market April 1. The Kansas City-based company produced about 2700 cases of beer in the aluminum bottles on its initial run Thursday. The brewery will continue to offer its Unfiltered Wheat in glass bottles and barrels as well. “If you’re out mowing the lawn out at the golf course or at the pool where you can’t have glass you can now drink Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat in an aluminum bottle” said John McDonald Boulevard founder and president.
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Backseat Film Fest promises gore zombies and beer
The Associated Press
An annual celluloid celebration of comedy camp gore and rock ‘n’ roll the nine-day festival starts Friday with movies tackling such profound subjects as dimwitted zombies monster-battling hot rod girls and teen angst apocalypse. Created by Philadelphia film and video production company Backseat Conceptions the festival is in its seventh year. Beer is free and plentiful tickets are cheap (as low as $3 for some events) and after-parties are abundant. “We’re showcasing work that wasn’t being seen at other film festivals” said Doug Sakmann one of Backseat’s founders.

Jimmy Fallon: Four nights in and… beer pong!
Entertainment Weekly
If he was overly effusive with Donald Trump (Celebity Apprentice: "I love it; it’s my favorite!" Really Jimmy?) he had a fine time with Serena Williams playing beer pong with her. There was even a potentially corny audience-member stunt electing someone "President of the Audience" that became funnier the longer it lasted peaking with a nice poker-faced cameo by Rachel Maddow who fist-bumped the host while making her exit.

The Great Arizona Beer Festival
Examiner.com
comCome one come all Tempe Town Lake will host. Taste over 200 brews including over 100 specialty and microbrews including. bluemoonbrewingcompany.