Pumpkin Beers, BBW Preview, and more

• Tonight at No Idea Tavern in Federal Hill, the first of what is promised to be a series of pumpkin beer "fests."  $20 gets you "all you can drink"; $5 per individual beer. 
• Tomorrow (Thursday) at Max's Taphouse will feature a "pep rally" happy hour for Baltimore Beer Week, from 5 to 7 PM, with t-shirts available for sale--which also can be purchased at Mahaffey’s Pub and Hudson Street Stackhouse in Canton as well as at Maryland Home Brew in Columbia. They are $15 and available in black and green. 
• Baltimore Beer Week at this point has 184 events officially posted, with more to come. (click through all the dates for further events).

• This weekend marks the Maryland Microbrewery Festival at Union Mills,. Md., north of Westminster in Carroll County. $18 advance, $20 at the gate.  Attending microbreweries and craft breweries include: Attending microbreweries and craft breweries include:
  
• Baltimore Washington Beer Works Baltimore, MD
• Barley and Hops Grill & Microbrewery - Frederick, MD
• Brewer's Alley - Frederick, MD 
• Ruhlman Brewery LLC- Hampstead, MD
• Heavy Seas Brewing Company - Baltimore, MD
• Pub DOG Beverage Company - Westminster, MD
• DuClaw Brewing Company - Abington, MD
• Ellicott Mills Brewing Company - Ellicott City, MD
• Flying Dog Brewery - Frederick, MD
• Johanssons Brewing Company - Westminster, MD
• Olivers Ales - Baltimore, MD