Submitted by Bellingham Beer Week
Events are stacking up for the third annual Bellingham Beer Week (BBW), which will run for 10 days from Sept. 12-21, 2014, around Bellingham, Wash. Last year’s BBW saw more than 50 unique events at 20 different venues featuring two dozen breweries, and organizers expect this year’s BBW to be even better, with many more participants.
Events will include tap takeovers, brewer nights, beer-and-food pairings, a beer documentary showing at the Pickford, many special beer releases, beer trivia, author and brewer visits, the Barleywood Squares game show, a huge sour ale fest and much more. The main event will be the Bellingham Oktoberfest at the Depot Market Square, benefiting the Volunteer Center of Whatcom County, which will feature food, music and beers from more than 30 breweries.
BBW also will coincide with other beer-related events featuring local breweries, including the Bite of Bellingham, Sustainable Connections’ Eat Local Month, the Bellingham Traverse and the 5Point Film Festival.
Of course, beer will be the highlight, and attendees will have many opportunities to try new, rare and limited-release beers, including: Whatcom Wheat, a collaboration beer made by all of Whatcom County’s brewers; Bellingham Beer Week No. 3: Cowiche Canyon Hop Lab No. 3, the second BBW beer made by Fremont Brewing of Seattle; Bellingham Crush Berliner Weisse by 10 Barrel Brewing of Bend, Ore.; a special beer from Wander Brewing; and Local Malt Alt by Chuckanut Brewery, which was brewed with malt from the new Skagit Valley Malting.
The mission of Bellingham Beer Week is to celebrate and promote craft beer in Bellingham and beyond, and to recognize our local craft beer producers, retailers, distributors and consumers who positively impact this community in so many ways. Bellingham Beer Week is a not-for-profit, collaborative effort run by passionate members of the local beer community.
For more information and to see the continuously growing calendar of events, visit BellinghamBeerWeek.com and Facebook.com/BellinghamBeerWeek.
