This Weekend's BBW Fun

The big one, of course, is the Maryland Oktoberfest at the Timonium Maryland State Fairgrounds.  The head of Trigger Agency, the company organizing and running the show on behalf of the Brewers Association of Maryland, says that advance ticket orders are ahead of last year's numbers.


Some other selected events Saturday: a "Blind Beer Tasting" at The Judge's Bench:

Return to the not so thrilling days of yesteryear with a blind tasting of 7 prehistoric fizzlagers. On hand will be National Bohemian, Schaefer, Strohs, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Schlitz, Schmidts & Old Milwaukee- all at special pricing. Can you pick 2 out of the 7 correctly? If so, you win a logo t-shirt! Or are they all the same??

Also, a beer ingredients seminar at Grand Cru hosted by Victory rep (and before that BBW co-founder) Joe Gold;  Stillwater and Oskar Blues tasting in the afternoon at Joe Squared, tap handles and homebrew at Mark Supik & Co. in Highlandtown; Duvel three ways (including a new Triple Hop version) at Max's Taphouse; a "beer revolution" tasting (rebuking hop-bomb, high-alcohol beers with "mystery" beers) at Shawan Liquors; and four-ounce pours of double-digit alcohol-by-volume beers at Mahaffey's.

The entire Saturday list of 39 events is here.

Sunday: 30 events, primarily more of the same tasting/food specials hither and yon, but also a beer brunch at Alonso's, a mini-cask festival and more Stillwater at Max's Taphouse, a "Hootenanny" session at Bertha's, a wild game beer dinner at Ellicott Mills in Ellicott City, an Urban Pyrate Beer Cruise out of Fells Point, and an improv film contest screening at the Creative Alliance theater in Highlandtown, complete with music and beer (of course).

Columbus Day: 42 events, starting with a beer breakfast at Metropolitan and a beer history luncheon at Bertha's, another beer lunch at Abbey Burger Bistro, "Octoberfests" all over (Muggsy's is making it a "Hoptoberfest" with all hoppy beers), meet Lancaster Brewing's brewer at Kloby's Smokehouse, meet and greet/harrass the Baltimore City Liquor Control Board chairman during happy hour at the Wharf Rat, a dog-friendly fundraiser with Lagunitas at Little Havana, a Pyrate Pub Crawl of Fells Point, beer trivia at Metropolitan.........  and much more.........