What's Up Fellow Sippers!
With the 8-day Atlanta Beer Week hitting Georgia's capital by storm (it's going to be crayyyyzzzzay from the 8th through the 16th!), it only made sense to do a video here describing a few of the many speeezots to indulge in the world's greatest beverage! With that being said, I linked up with Mike Jordan and the Atlanta version of his hipster website, Thrillist.Com, (Whaddup, Mike!). We hit up TAP in Midtown, Deckard's Kitchen and Kegs on Ponce, and The Porter. The video came out hot, as I collaborated with my man Chef Matt Deckard and bragged about him winning at the recent Battle of the Burgers in Atlanta (peep my picture of his winning entry), plus the cool Porter bartender Justin (who calls me "Ales") boasting about all of the awesomeness going on at his bar in Little Five Points. It came out pretty dope!
Here are a couple of video notes:
- That brew I was sipping in the first scene was Red Brick's Brick Mason Imperial IPA, potent potion of hoppy goodness (9.5% ABV, 90 IBUs), made right here in The A!
- For those serious geeks who won't let it slide (and me being a perfectionist), I did say in the video that The Porter (#4) and Brick Store (#7) were Top 5 in stead of Top 10 in the world according to RateBeer, but hey, that is a good 'eff up, right?
Besides the video, here is a list of all the craziness poppin' throughout the ATL. Hopefully I will see you at a few of these locations and events. Holla!!!!:
| Oct. 8th | "Acca Dacca Blaccka" Black IPA Wrecking Bar Brewpub, Atlanta |
| Oct. 8th | 3rd Annual Hop Harvest Festival Brick Store Pub, Decatur |
| Oct. 8th - Oct. 16th | Dirty Dozen Chicken Wings and Beer Pairings 5 Seasons North, Atlanta |
| Oct. 8th - Oct. 16th | Drink Local and Support Local Charities at Tower Tower Doraville, Doraville |
| Oct. 8th - Oct. 16th | Drink Local and Support Local Charities at Tower Tower Buckhead, Atlanta |
| Oct. 8th | Duck Rabbit Baltic Porter Dry Hopped Firkin Taco Mac Decatur, Decatur |
| Oct. 8th - Oct. 16th | Mountain of Beer Cheese Nachos paired with an October Fest Beer HOBNOB Neighborhood Tavern, Atlanta |
| Oct. 8th | Picktoberfest & Low Country Boil Twain's Billiards & Tap, Decatur |
| Oct. 8th | Pig Roast Hand in Hand, Atlanta |
| Oct. 8th - Oct. 16th | Dirty Dozen Chicken Wings and Beer Pairings 5 Seasons Westside, Atlanta |
| Oct. 8th | Reunion vs. Reunion The Porter Beer Bar, Atlanta |
| Oct. 9th | Beer 3 Ways! Holeman & Finch Public House, Atlanta |
| Oct. 9th | Hand Drawn Lagunitas Maximus Cask Conditioned Keg Taco Mac Decatur, Decatur |
| Oct. 9th | Left Hand Beer Week Sauce Deckards American Tavern, Atlanta |
| Oct. 9th | Rare Keg of Duck Rabbit beer Brick Store Pub, Decatur |
| Oct. 9th | Dessert Beer Flight & Pairing The Porter Beer Bar, Atlanta |
| Oct. 10th | $2 Sweetwater Goin Coastal Seafood, Atlanta |
| Oct. 10th | $3 Local Pints The Family Dog, Atlanta |
| Oct. 10th | Beer Feature: Monday Night Brewing (Beer & App Pairings) Diesel Filling Station, Atlanta |
| Oct. 10th | Beer Feature: Wild Heaven D.B.A. Barbecue, Atlanta |
| Oct. 10th | Cask of Victor IPA Aged on Cedar Wrecking Bar Brewpub, Atlanta |
| Oct. 10th | Creature Comforts IPA Pura Vida, Atlanta |
| Oct. 10th | Hop Haarvest Cask Hand in Hand, Atlanta |
| Oct. 10th | Left Hand Bier De Garde Taco Mac Metropolis, Atlanta |
| Oct. 10th | Stillwater Artisanal Ales, Stateside Saison, Autumnal, Cellar Door Taco Mac Decatur, Decatur |
| Oct. 10th - Oct. 16th | Terrapin Takeover Thinking Man Tavern, Decatur |
| Oct. 10th | Dogfish Head & Sierra Nevada Tasting The Porter Beer Bar, Atlanta |
| Oct. 10th | Victory & Left Hand Beer Dinner Local Three, Atlanta |
| Oct. 11th | $3.75 For Gordon Biersch Beers Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Atlanta |
| Oct. 11th | $4 Duvel Green, $4 Fruitesse, and $4 Rare Vos TAP, Atlanta |
| Oct. 11th | Cask #1 of the Cuvee de Atlanta series at Max Lagers Patrons Max Lager's Wood-Fired Grill & Brewery, Atlanta |
| Oct. 11th | Duck Confit Tacos and Terrapin So Fresh & So Green, Green pairing Barrelhouse, Atlanta |
| Oct. 11th | Duck Rabbit Firkin Ormsby's, Atlanta |
| Oct. 11th | Georgia Harvest Beer Dinner Deckards American Tavern, Atlanta |
| Oct. 11th | Growler fills of New Belgium's 'Clutch' and 'Kick' Ale Yeah!, Decatur |
| Oct. 11th | Harvest Dinner Deckards American Tavern, Atlanta |
| Oct. 11th | Left Hand & Terrapin Taco Mac Decatur, Decatur |
| Oct. 11th | LOCAL & CRAFT BEER FEATURES + EXCITING RAFFLES & GIVEAWAYS Mac's Beer and Wine, Atlanta |
| Oct. 11th | Local Tap Takeover Hop City Craft Beer and Wine, Atlanta |
| Oct. 11th | Nook's Craft Beer Paradise TAP TAKEOVER The Nook on Piedmont Park, Atlanta |
| Oct. 11th | Rare Kegs From B. United import Co. Brick Store Pub, Decatur |
| Oct. 11th | Duvel Tulip Glass Giveaway The Porter Beer Bar, Atlanta |
| Oct. 11th | Rare and Cellared Beers at Cypress Street Cypress Street Pint & Plate, Atlanta |
| Oct. 11th | Octoberfest Beer Dinner Crepe Revolution, Smyrna |
| Oct. 12th | 1st Annual Decatur Beer Passport Crawl Brick Store Pub, Decatur |
| Oct. 12th | Ale Yeah! Locals-Only Tap Event Ale Yeah!, Decatur |
| Oct. 12th | Capt Stab Tuggo Live Freak Show (Coney and HeBrew Beers Flowing) The Square Pub, Decatur |
| Oct. 12th | City of Decatur Beer Week Day Taco Mac Decatur, Decatur |
| Oct. 12th | Cuvee cask #2 Twain's Billiards & Tap, Decatur |
| Oct. 12th | Red Brick Smoked Vanilla Gorilla (glassware giveaway) Deckards American Tavern, Atlanta |
| Oct. 12th | Stone Vertical Epic 10' Taco Mac Metropolis, Atlanta |
| Italian Beer Class The Porter Beer Bar, Atlanta | |
| Oct. 13th | Coconut-aged Jemmy Stout Wrecking Bar Brewpub, Atlanta |
| Oct. 13th | Cuvee de Cask! 5 Seasons Westside, Atlanta |
| Oct. 13th | Dave Daniels & the PTA Twain's Billiards & Tap, Decatur |
| Oct. 13th | Hand Poured Cask of "Aztec Stout" Wrecking Bar Brewpub, Atlanta |
| Oct. 13th | Hand Poured Cask of "Aztec Stout" Wrecking Bar Brewpub, Atlanta |
| Oct. 13th | Heavy Seas Brewing Company at Taco Mac Taco Mac Decatur, Decatur |
| Oct. 13th | In-Store Appearance From Schmaltz Brewing and Tap-Takeover Ale Yeah!, Decatur |
| Oct. 13th | Monday Night Brewing & Red Hare Tasting Muss & Turner's, Smyrna |
| Oct. 13th | Sierra Nevada Life & Limb The Fred Bar, Sandy Springs |
| Oct. 13th | Sierra Nevada Life and Limb #2 Deckards American Tavern, Atlanta |
| Oct. 13th | Beer and Cheese Tasting The Porter Beer Bar, Atlanta |
| Oct. 14th | A Celebration of American Craft Beer Brick Store Pub, Decatur |
| Oct. 14th | A Little Bell Told Me The Fred Bar, Sandy Springs |
| Oct. 14th | Cask #4 of the Cuvee de Atlanta Series Wrecking Bar Brewpub, Atlanta |
| Oct. 14th | Heavy Seas Night Taco Mac Lindbergh, Atlanta |
| Oct. 14th | Mikkeller vs. Evil Twin The Porter Beer Bar, Atlanta |
| Oct. 14th | Small Plate Specials & Beer Pairings Muss & Turner's, Smyrna |
| Oct. 14th | SweetWater Brown-Eyed Buckeye Taco Mac Metropolis, Atlanta |
| Oct. 14th | TBD Cask Taco Mac Decatur, Decatur |
| Oct. 15th | BFM = Swiss Beer Sweetness The Fred Bar, Sandy Springs |
| Oct. 15th | Decatur Craft Beer Festival 2011 Brick Store Pub, Decatur |
| Oct. 15th | Great Beer on Draught Taco Mac Decatur, Decatur |
| Oct. 15th | Randalized Weyerbacher Pumkin The Porter Beer Bar, Atlanta |
| Oct. 16th | Bootleg Beer Dinner The Porter Beer Bar, Atlanta |
| Oct. 16th | Left Hand Fade to Black #3 Chocolate chili Deckards American Tavern, Atlanta |
| Oct. 16th | Tapping specialty kegs: TBA Augustine's, Atlanta |