SweetWater Brewery Expansion. yay!

Thanks to 360 Media and the guys over at SweetWater Brewery, I was one of the luckies who got to do a "Behind the Construction" media tour and happy hour.  My friend Justin is a HUGE Sweetwater fan AND consumer so I asked him to go with me.  He was, most assuredly,  like a kid in a candy store. The best candy store EVER.  Not really being a beer drinker myself, he was happy to help out with the tastings and had more than a few samplings of their new brews and a few of his old favorites as well.  I did try some of their Fresh Sticky Nugs.  Yummy! I feel silly trying to say all the proper beer terms, because I have no idea what I'm talking about, so for you beer fans, here is a review from BeerAdvocate.com

and for the REAL beer connoisseurs:

Malts: 2-row, Wheat, Munich, Chocolate
Hops: Nugget, Columbus, Centennial,
with Fresh Nugget dry hop
Beginning Gravity: 19.5 Plato
Final Gravity: 5 Plato
ABV: 8.0% IBU’s: 130

This is a happy little video for SweetWater fans of the "Behind the Construction".  It is also a really cool video to watch with your kidlets who are into watching diggers, and backhoes, and other construction whatnot. 

Stop by the brewery Wednesdays, Thursdays, or Fridays from 5:30 - 7:30 and starting Saturday's 2:30 - 4:30 for brewery tours and tastings.  The tour is just $10 and you get a souvenir pint glass and 6 drink tickets (each good for a half a pint of beer).  Visit on Wednesdays, check in on foursquare and save yourself a buck on the tour too!

SAVE THE DATE for the 

3rd Annual SweetWater Brew your Cask Off! 

80 different invitees will be there, each creating a one of a kind cask. A beer drinkers heaven of real ales created by retailers, media peeps, home brewers and SweetWaters favorite charities.

Tickets are available online for $35 and day of at $40 (although they sold out last year) for unlimited Cask samples. SweetWater's killer lineup will be flowing as well and the brewery will be open for tours throughout the event. Rain or Shine.  This year there will have almost 20,000 square feet of tents so your beer stays covered. Visit here for all the details.  So moms and dads - book those sitters or grandmas and make it a stay downtown overnight kinda date! See you there! 

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