Cheers to a great SF Beer Week!
Phew! That was a blast! After a post-SFBW week of sleeping and drinking water, it's nice to check out the photo and video galleries on the SF Beer Week website. What a week! Thanks so much to everyone who helped pull it off: that includes the sponsors, the organizers, the venues, and the thousands of loyal craft beer fans who came out to the events. In a nutshell, thanks to the Bay Area's great beer community. Give yourselves a pat on the back. Better yet, drink a beer.
We had about 230 events this year. That's pretty amazing. SF Beer Week has evolved into a cultural movement, and it's only getting warmed up. And keep in mind that all the fun, craft, and quality doesn't end just because SF Beer Week is over. The Bay Area is home to great beer 52 weeks a year, and there are committed brewers, chefs, bartenders, media, artists, and connoisseurs contributing to the beer community all year long.
sfbeerweek.org is going to be around all year long, too. Its galleries and schedule will serve as a reminder of the who, what, and where of all the fun. There's also a little mechandise shop, too, in case you're interested in buying an SFBW poster or t-shirt while supplies last. (I hear the posters make great beer BINGO boards.) And make sure to check out the new recap video that just posted -- it's a doozy.
A last big shout out to SF Beer Week's 2010 sponsors: SF Brewers Guild, Beach Chalet Brewery & Restaurant, Speakeasy Ales & Lagers, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurants, ThirstyBear Brewing Co., 21st Amendment Brewery, Magnolia Pub and Brewery, Starbelly Restaurant, Delarosa Restaurant, Brookston Beer Bulletin, Morris Distributing, Matagrano, Inc., and Brewers Supply Group.
You've read the names, now go support them! That's easy, because they have a big hand in brewing and serving fantastic beer in the Bay Area. And get ready for SF Beer Week 2011, coming to glass near you in February 2011!
Cheers,
Rich Higgins
SF Beer Week Event Director
