Is New York following Philadelphia's lead when it comes to the appreciation of craft beer? Yes that would seem to be the case. NYC is having New York Craft Beer Week September 12-21, 2008. If you're counting it's a little over a week, 10 days, of beer merriment around the Big Apple. The week kicks off with the third annual NY Brewfest on the 12th at the South Street Seaport. The event is presented by Heartland Brewery and sponsored by Ale Street News along with the New York State Brewers Association and several other supporters. Over the 10 day period people are encouraged to explore New York's neighborhood bars, restaurants, and brew pubs/breweries for great beer, food and beer related activities. Hmmm...this sounds very similar to a little festival held this past March in the City of Brotherly Love.
The west coast is also jumping into the game with the recent announcement of San Francisco Beer Week. The ten day event will take place February 6th-15th, 2009 and will feature 100-150 beer activities around the bay area. Three festivals already planned are the Bistro DIPA Fest, the Toronado Barleywine Fest and the new Bay Area Beer Festival. Expect meet the brewer nights, beer and wine tastings, foodie events, seminars and more. In a direct nod to Philly being deemed "The Best Beer-Drinking City in America" the creators are calling San Francisco, "America's Original Craft-Beer Drinking City". Sounds like the challenge has been set. I have no doubt that Philly Beer Week 2009 will rise to the friendly challenge of the festivals following in it's footsteps.
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