For the longest of time, it seemed like every city in the nation had a beer week but Raleigh. Even Charlotte boasted of one! This week, all of that changed with the inaugural Raleigh Beer Week.

Raleigh Beer Week spans from August 30 to September 3rd, and has different events at different venues around the city that patrons can partake in.  Since this is being billed as an “inaugural” event, it looks like the city of Raleigh can look forward to this being a recurring event downtown that can only continue to grow. Here are the events for the rest of the week courtesy of New Raleigh.com:

Wednesday, September 1

• 7:00 pm - Brooklyn Beer Dinner at The Flying Saucer: Join Steve Hindy, co-founder of Brooklyn Brewery, for a night of food & brews.  Enjoy a 5 course dinner paired with 5 beers.  Also in attendance is Daniel Bradford from All About Beer magazine. Tickets are $40 if you’re a UFO member, $50 if you’re not, and can be purchased at the Saucer.
• 9:00 pm - Cask Night at The Borough: Stop by to enjoy a cask of dry hopped French Broad’s ESB.  The Borough is working in conjunction with The Flying Saucer’s beer dinner that Wednesday.  Every ticket to the Saucer’s beer dinner will include a pint of the ESB, so save your tickets and bring them to The Borough.

Thursday, September 2

• 7:00 pm - Brewers Forum at the Busy Bee: Join Spike Buckowski from Terrapin Brewing Co, Sean Wilson from Fullsteam, and others for a panel discussion on brewing and the beer industry.
• 9:00 pm - Ballast Point Cask Night at The Flying Saucer: The folks at the Saucer will be tapping an uber rare cask of Black Marlin Porter with cocoa nibs.

Friday, September 3

• 6:00 pm - Cask at the Landmark Tavern: Join Darren Quinlan of Coney Island/ Schmaltz Brewing to tap a special brew.

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