Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week

What's better than a nice, cold craft beer? How about an entire week of them...and the brewers that created them and information and food pairings as part of a week long celebration?The biggest week for craft beer in Pittsburgh starts on Friday, April 25th 2014 as Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week 2014 (PCBW14) kicks off. I'll dedicate some posts to previewing PCBW14 through Friday by highlighting some of the events I look forward to most, a special Beer of the Week collaboration (Tuesday night), and some discussion about venues, breweries and brewers involved.
    Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week 2014 runs Friday, April 25, 2014 through Sunday, May 4th, 2014 with events happening at various locations throughout Pittsburgh and its suburbs. The week "will highlight the Pittsburgh region’s craft beer culture, expanding the reach of craft beer through education, collaboration, cooperation and responsible libation." And PCBW14 kicks off with a bang by emphasizing the aforementioned values in quite a unique way.
   One of the most anticipated and most unique events of the week is part of the opening day: Commonwealth Press Beer Barge. Two boats tied together, more than 35 breweries, live bands and craft beer fans will take Pittsburgh's three rivers by storm on Friday night. The event, likely the most popular of the week, sold out its tickets in just four minutes! So if you're reading this and do not have a ticket, unfortunately you will not be able to attend this highly-regarded event. But as long as you follow this blog, you're in luck as you can read a review of the event because I'll be volunteering with a buddy as a beer server.

 

Maybe you don't want to read about such an awesome event if you can't attend, don't worry: there are A LOT of other tap take-overs, beer dinners, samplings & tastings,  and much, much more to look forward to this week. I'll have details about some of these offerings throughout the week, but if you want to check it out for yourself, give this calendar a look for yourself (with customized dates, event-types, and neighborhoods for easy searching).

   For more information and alternative experiences and articles check out these driven and devoted beer bloggers, whom will also provide content throughout the week.

Brian Meyer, author behind the splendid @CraftBeerAcademy twitter account and blog under the same name.
Jason Cercone, 'lead conspirator behind breakingbrews.com ' <--a  blog featuring some of the best content around: style definitions, debates and reviews.
Gwin, Hunter and the rest of the Beer Gaggle team will be attending events and writing up pieces from differing perspectives during PCBW14. Their blog here.

Look forward to posts from all these authors and perhaps a few more I missed during PCBW14. Short summaries of blog entries will be linked through the Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week blog directly to each of our pages, so you can read the intro and decide if you'd like to continue reading (which I would recommend).

Cheers until next time,
KevBot