UPCOMING BEER EVENTS
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May 31–June 1
Boston, Massachusetts
6th Annual American Craft Beer Fest, sponsored by BeerAdvocate
More info: beeradvocate.com
May 31–June 9
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philly Beer Week
More info: phillybeerweek.org
June 1
Davis, California
9th Annual Davis BeerFest at Sudwerk Brewery
More info: davisbeerfest.org
June 1
Paso Robles, California
Firestone Walker’s second Invitational Beer Fest
More info: SOLD OUT
June 1
Santa Rosa, California
22nd Annual Beerfest at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa
More info: f2f.org
June 1
Turlock, California
Central Valley Brewfest. CVB
More info: cvbrewfest.com
June 1
Lyons, Colorado
Burning Can Festival
More info: lyonsoutdoorgames.com
June 1
Las Vegas, Nevada
4th Annual Brews and Blues Festival at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve with more than 50 craft brews and local and regional blues bands
More info: vegasbrewsandblues.com
June 1
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
10th Annual World of Beer Festival
More info: wobfest.com
June 8
Truckee, California
8th Annual Truckee Optimist Brew Fest at Truckee Regional Park
More info: truckeeoptimist.com
June 14–16
Redmond, Washington
Washington Brewers Festival
More info: washingtonbeer.com
June 15
Glendale, Wisconsin
4th Annual Wisconsin Beer Lovers Festival
More info: wisconsinbeerloversfest.com
June 21–22
Reno, Nevada
18th Annual Great Eldorado BBQ, Brews & Blues Festival
More info: eldoradoreno.com
June 22
Alamosa, Colorado
Annual Rails & Ales Brewfest
More info: coloradotrain.com
June 22–23
Fort Collins, Colorado
24th Annual Colorado Brewers’ Festival
More info: downtownfortcollins.com
July 13
San Francisco, California
13th Annual BreastFest Beer Festival at Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion. $50 in advance, $60 at the door
More info: thebreastfest.org
July 20
Sacramento, California
California State Fair Brewers Festival
More info: bigfun.org
July 24–28
Portland, Oregon
Oregon Brewers Festival
More info: oregonbrewfest.com
July 31
Denver, Colorado
Tickets go on sale for the 2013 Great American Beer Festival (held October 10–12)
More info: brewersassociation.org
August 2–3
Cooperstown, New York
Brewery Ommegang hosts the “Belgium Comes to Cooperstown” festival
More info: ommegang.com
August 9–11
Vancouver, Washington
2nd Annual Vancouver Brewfest
More info: vancouverbrewfest.com
August 10
Carpinteria, California
Surf ’n’ Suds Beer Festival at Linden Field
More info: deepfest.com
August 17
Escondido, California
Stone 17th Anniversary Celebration and Invitational Beer Festival (two sessions)
More info: stonebrewing.com
August 24
Reno, Nevada
5th Annual CANFEST at the Peppermill Resort & Casino
More info: canfestbeer.com
September 13–15
Telluride, Colorado
Telluride Blues & Brews Festival
More info: tellurideblues.com
September 21
Sacramento, California
California Brewers Festival at Discovery Park
More info: calbrewfest.org
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CURRENT CBN FEATURES
CBN'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY BASH
FEBRUARY 17, 2013 – OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
The Celebrator Beer News celebrated its 25th anniversary on Sunday, February 17, 2013, with a brewers party at the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, California. The party was the closing event of the hugely successful SF Beer Week.
Nearly 20 breweries, all over 25 years old, were featured, and over 30 other breweries poured favorite brews as well. Attendees included Celebrator writers from around the country and Canada, beer industry luminaries, pioneer figures in the craft beer movement, and many brewers as well.
» IF YOU MISSED IT, READ ABOUT THE EVENT HERE! |
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CBN'S BEER CAMP : SIERRA NEVADA
SIERRA NEVADA BREWERY — CHICO, CALIFORNIA
A session at the brewery’s pub-restaurant reveals the amazing variety of beers produced by Sierra Nevada. Always pushing the envelope with beer styles, the brewery also started a program of Beer Camps for industry people, homebrewers and various contest winners who were encouraged to learn about brewing by designing their own beer and then making it on the brewery’s 10-barrel pilot system.
Nearly 100 beer camps later, the brewery invited the Celebrator writing staff to brew the publication’s 25th anniversary beer. Click the link below to check out what transpired on our trip to the brewery!
» CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT BEER CAMP SIERRA NEVADA 2013 |
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BREWS CRUISE TO ALASKA 2013
SEPTEMBER 6–13, 2013
Celebrator publisher, Tom Dalldorf, will once again head up a large group of beer enthusiasts on one of Celebrity Cruises's newest and largest ships from Seattle to Alaska's Inside Passage, visiting glaciers, small fishing villages and Alaska's capital, Juneau.
Each day offers beer opportunities, with tutored tastings and seminars, beer dinners, visits to breweries and more. A highlight will be our visit to Victoria, B.C., with chartered bus tours of local craft breweries. We'd love to have you come sail away with us!
» CLICK FOR MORE INFO ON BREWS CRUISE 2013 |
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MICHAEL JACKSON REMEMBERED
IN MEMORIAM: 1942–2007
Michael Jackson and his chérie d’amour Carolyn Smagalski at a beer event in New York City a year before he passed away at home in London August 30, 2007. He was 65 years old. Michael was the first journalist to take the subject of beer
to an art form. His early work rhapsodized the pub culture
found in the great beer bars of England and heralded the existence
of the classic beers of the world.
To know beer is to read the works of Michael
Jackson.
» READ CAROLYN'S PIECE ON MICHAEL HERE
» VIEW THE CBN SPECIAL ON MICHAEL HERE |
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LAGUNITAS BEER CIRCUS 2012
LAGUNITAS BREWING CO. — PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA
The 4th Annual Lagunitas Beer Circus took place Sunday, May 20, at the brewery grounds in Petaluma, Calif. The event had no problem selling out at $40 for general admission and $25 for designated driver. While the beer offerings were choice, it wasn’t about the large number of breweries pouring. It was about the circus!
Mind-bending, vaudeville-style acts took place, with live circus music providing the atmosphere. And ooh-la-la — the scantily clad burlesque dancers were a treat!
» VIEW PIX FROM THE 2012 BEER CIRCUS HERE
» VIEW PIX FROM THE 2011 BEER CIRCUS HERE |
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CRAFT BREWERS CONFERENCE 2012
TOWN & COUNTRY HOTEL — SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
Some 4,500 of the beer industry’s closest friends gathered for a group hug at this year’s Craft Brewers Conference, held May 2–5 at the Town & Country Hotel in San Diego.
Some 95 categories of beer were judged by an impressive list of the world’s foremost beer experts. The craft beer industry’s largest annual gathering got larger this year and shows no signs of anything but continued spectacular growth.
» VIEW OUR CBC 2012 STORY + PHOTOS HERE |
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CBN's 24TH ANNIVERSARY BASH
TRUMER BRAUEREI — BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
 The Celebrator Beer News celebrated its 24th anniversary
on February 19, 2012, with a Brewer’s party at the Trumer Brauerei in Berkeley, California.
This was SF Beer Week 2012's Closing Event, where over
35 other breweries poured favorite brews as well. Guests met up with CBN writers and beer industry luminaries, including pioneering figures
in the craft beer movement.
In case you missed it, we put together a nifty video for you to enjoy. So, be our guest and check out the links below!
» CHECK OUT OUR ANNIVERSARY BASH VIDEO HERE
» CHECK OUR SF BEER WEEK STORY + PHOTOS HERE |
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DANNY WILLIAMS
IN MEMORIAM : 1959–2012
 Sadness permeated the country’s beer community and beyond with the news that Danny Williams had passed away on the evening of January 23, 2012. Williams succumbed to cancer in his mountain home in Sunshine Canyon, near Boulder, Colorado. He was 52.
In his decade of work for the Brewers Association, Williams had the Herculean task of receiving and sorting the thousands of beer entries for the Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup competitions.
In that role, Williams amassed a huge circle of friends. They included industry professionals from coast to coast and a loyal team of local beer enthusiasts who volunteered year after year to help sort beers for the competitions.
With his outgoing and upbeat demeanor, Williams defined the term likeable. A visit to his home was an unforgettable experience. His property includes a cavernous former gold mine that he retrofitted into a beer cellar as well as a former mill building that he converted into...
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VIEW DAN RABIN'S REMEMBRANCE OF DANNY HERE |
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CURRENT ONLINE
ISSUE » EDITORIAL
SHED A TEAR FOR THE THREE-TIER SYSTEM
Tom Dalldorf
 Beer drinkers are blessed with an amazing selection of beers to choose from at their local retail stores and at their favorite bars and restaurants. This era of seemingly infinite choice comes at a price, however — a price that often costs the consumer more money than it should.
Ever since the repeal of Prohibition, the federal government has required the states to regulate alcohol sales and enforce a system whereby alcohol manufacturers and retailers are ostensibly separated by distributors in a three-tier system to prevent the sort of criminal behavior rampant during the Prohibition era. Since repeal in 1933, some states have allowed manufacturers to buy into distributorships, thereby obscuring the separation and giving big manufacturers more control over access to market than smaller players have, as well as a greater influence on the choices made by independent...
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