Would you ever think to go to a business called Total Wine during Beer Week? If you didn't, you missed out on some great beer tasting! Don't fret. There are still two days left for indulging. (Not wasting anytime here, so I'm sipping on a Tangerine Wheat beer as I write.) Total Wine stocks over 2,500 microbrews and imported beers. They make the beer selection in grocery stores look puny. Here's the tastings they've offered so far during Beer Week: Tues: Sudwerk, Widmer and Green Flash Thurs: Coney Island, He'Brew, Samuel Adams, Prima'tor, Newcastle and G.K. Skaggs. and coming up - Fri: 1-6pm : New Belgium, Ballast Point, Blue Moon, Gordon Biersch, Deschutes and Lagunitas. Sat: 3-

Looking to make Beer Week an out-of-body experience? Add a moustache to the mix. Thursday, The Golden Bear in Midtown is hosting “Moustache Party,” with DJ Shaun Slaughter playing Disco music and drink specials on the Lagunitas Sacramento Fusion, which was made specifically for Beer Week.  They will be serving $3 pints of Sac Fusion, also known as the Paradime Sac, from 9 p.m. until close, or until it runs out. There will also be a surprise whiskey pairing, which will be announced at the event. Read Adam Saake’s article in Submerge for more info on the Paradime Sac. Bring your own moustache or slap one on – Golden Bear will have plenty of cookie dusters to go around. There will be prize

It's Beer Week in Sac. I love beer. I thought to myself, "how can I do something productive and enjoy some beer?"  I went to Sacramento Beer Week  to check out the events. Discovered Sudwerk Brew in Davis was offering tours and tasting Saturday afternoon.I headed to the tasting area and immediately joined another beer lover as we were taken on a tour led by Trent Yackzan. We saw where Sudwerk began in the early 1990's - in the area that is now the bar in the restaurant. The tanks are stainless steel and the copper was added to the exterior for looks. In the year 1993, the owners reached their first of many milestones; the Sudwerk Restaurant & Brewery was hailed as the Number 1 Brew Pub

To kick off Sacramento's Beer Week, the Old City Cemetery Committee conducted a tour of Sacramento brewers who are buried in Sacramento's Historic City Cemetery. The tour began at 10 a.m. Saturday, with about 40 people gathered to learn about these historical beer makers. The tour was guided by Dr. Bob LaPerriere, who shared his wealth of knowledge as we stopped at the brewers' graves throughout the beautiful cemetery. It was interesting to learn that all but two of the brewers buried there were German by ancestry and most of these men interacted with each other, whether it was through their business investments, ownership or employment. The first stop was at the grave site of Frank Ru

Tuesday night's regular Sacramento County Historical Society monthly meeting will not feature beer, but copies of Sacramento’s Breweries will be available for sale, and author Ed Carroll will sign books and give a brief talk on Sacramento brewery history. In addition to the Golden Notes signing, the meeting will also feature James Scott and Tom Tolley, presenting their new book Sacramento’s Alkali Flat by Arcadia Publishing. They will also give a brief talk on their book, will have copies for sale and be present for signing. SCHS members can pick up their free copy of Sacramento’s Breweries early at this event; for non-members, copies cost $15. Sacramento’s Breweries, by historian Ed Car

    Prepare yourselves my pilgrims, the hunt is on, and to the victor go the spoils.  The waiting is over and Beer Week Scavenger Hunt is here at last!   Sacramento Beer Week kicks off on Monday, Feb 22 and for seven days Sacramento will live and breathe beer.  Though numerous are the ways to taste, sample, imbibe, and revel, the Scavenger Hunt is the ultimate cure for what Ales you.  On the surface The Hunt seems simple: journey through Beer Week and collect tokens during your travels, but a deeper meaning lies below.  As the Knights of the Round Table proved worthiness through feats of courage, daring, and ingenuity, so must it be for those who aspire True Brew.   Ponder the clues, se