There are still six days left to join in the 4^th Annual Portsmouth Beer Week festivities! The celebration began last Saturday, February 23^rd and continues through Monday, March 4^th. The 10-day event series is once again produced by 2Beerguys.com and Seacoast Beverage Lab, along with a team of local businesses. Portsmouth Beer Week events will be held at various Portsmouth locations through Monday.

Beyond a stated "love for beer," the Beer Week goal is to increase Portsmouth's footprint on the national craft beer map. Local breweries (including Portsmouth Brewery, Smuttynose, Redhook, and Throwback) and some regional brewers are providing some unique craft beer offerings, as well as beer-centric events, including: tours, tappings, tastings, beer & wine dinners, and more!

Here is a quick preview of the coming Portsmouth Beer Week events. Visit 2beerguys.com for the full schedule.

Wednesday, February 27
Great Rhythm Tasting @ Gary's Beverage
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Great Rhythm Brewing Co. will be at Gary's Beverages in Portsmouth for a tasting from 5-7pm on Wednesday, February 27th. Stop in for our tasting and stock up on some Resonation Pale Ale for Portsmouth Beer Week while you're there.

North Coast Takeover @ The Press Room
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Come by the Press Room for a North Coast Tap Takeover.
Throughout the night, the following beers will be tapped: North Coast Old Rasputin Barrel Aged XV, Scrimshaw and Brother Thelonious.

Thursday, February 28

Tour & Brewery Hours @ Redhook Brewery
1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Built in 1996, Redhook's brewery in Portsmouth, NH was established to provide East Coasters the same quality and fresh Redhook that loyal drinkers on the West Coast were accustomed to for years. Located in the Pease Tradeport in Portsmouth, the brewery boasts the same architectural style as its Woodinville, WA brother, which was influenced by the brewhouses of Bavaria.
Public Brewery Tours
Mon: 3:00, 4:00, 5:00pm
Tue: 12:00, 1:00, 2:00pm
Wed & Thu: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00pm
Fri & Sat: 12:00-6:00pm, every hour on the hour
Sun: 1:00pm - 5:00pm on the hour
Starts at the Gift Shop desk.
Public Tour times are subject to change.
Tours cost $1 per person. All tours include a guided walking through the brewery, some Redhook history and an explanation of just how we make our fine ales, and a sampling session with three to four samples of beer and a souvenir tasting glass. Lasts approximately 45-60 minutes. Maximum of 50ppl. (Minors are welcome to attend tour but must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.)
Private tours are available on a limited schedule and cost $3 per person (minimum 15 people per tour). To book a private tour, call 603.501.3940 or CataquaBreweryTours@Redhook.com.

19 years 19 Beers @ Thirsty Moose Tap House
5:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Join us for a night of celebrating Shipyard Brewing Co., 19 Beers for 19 Years - Shipayard's largest ever tap take over at the Thirsty Moose!
Featuring the following Rare/New brews:
2011 Barleywine, New 2013 Summer Ale, BBA 2x Scotch, Imperial Porter and Smashed Pumpkin. Try them before they are gone! The event will take place from 5 PM to Closing.

Peak Organic Tasting @ Top Shelf Brews
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Stop by Top Shelf Brews in Hampton, NH to sample a variety of beers from Peak Organic.
Peak is a craft brewing company, dedicated to making delicious beer using local, artisan and organic ingredients.
With roots in home brewing back in the 90s, brewer Jon Cadoux set about combining his love for beer with an ethic for sustainability. Whenever possible, he would go out and find ingredients from local organic farmers for his homebrews. It was a defining day when Jon discovered that you don't need to sacrifice flavor for sustainability, but that better ingredients actually made the beer more delicious. Top Shelf Brews is a retail craft/specialty beer store located in the beautiful seacoast area of Hampton, NH.

Trivia Finals with Redhook! @ The Rusty Hammer
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
It's the TRIVIA FINALS @ The Rusty Hammer.
Stop by and try the Ben Harris Beer. The Trivia players have a chance to win a $100 Gift card to the Redhook Brewery.

Friday, March 1
Tasting Room & Brewery Hours @ Earth Eagle Brewing
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Earth Eagle Brewings - Tasting Room & Brewery Hours
Portsmouth's newest nano brewery. Stop by for tasters and growler fills during regular tasting room hours;
Thursdays & Fridays 3-7 PM
Saturdays & Sundays 12-4 PM
Located at 165 High St. (same door as A&G)

Harpoon IPA Turns 20 @ Thirsty Moose Tap House
4:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Stop in the Thirsty Moose to celebrate Harpoon IPA's 20th Birthday!
Join us, as we cheer for many more years of Harpoon IPA.
Also available on draft will be Harpoon Black IPA and White IPA.

Tour & Brewery Hours @ Smuttynose Brewing Company
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
At Smuttynose, tours and tastings are offered Fridays at 5:30 pm and Saturdays at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm. If you'd like to inquire about arranging a private tour for a larger group, contact us. Naturally, we recommend rounding out your visit to Smuttynose with a trip to our sister company, the Portsmouth Brewery, New Hampshire's original brewpub, located in downtown Portsmouth, less than five miles away.
There is no cost to take a tour of our facility. Instead of charging a fee, we ask that you to make a voluntary $2 minimum donation to one of two non-profit organizations selected by our staff and listed on our donation box. If you will be bringing your children with you as you tour Smuttynose, please keep them with you at all times. Also, we urge you to wear appropriate footwear, avoiding sandals, open-toed shoes or flip-flops. We've got fittings, hoses, puddles, cleaning chemicals, hot things, cold things and heavy machinery. These are all interesting things but we'd much rather tell you about them than have you experience them first hand. You're better off experiencing the final product - Smuttynose beer (unless of course you're under 21).

Saturday, March 2
Art² Unique Beer & Unique Art That Features Beer @ The Press Room
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Smuttynose and Sam Adams presents Art² Unique Beer & Unique Art That Features Beer.
Live music, great beer and local art.
Calling all artists! In honor of Portsmouth Beer Week, The Press Room, Smuttynose and Sam Adams will be hosting Art² Unique Beer & Unique Art That Features Beer! We need creative people to bring in beer-related art to be featured in this one of a kind event on March 2nd. Your piece will remain in the Press Room, for sale, the entire month of March. A portion of the proceeds will be going to H(EAT) a local charity. Not only will we have local art the night of the 2nd, but live music and vintage, hard to find and un-released beer from Smuttynose and Sam Adams! What type of art? Photography, paint, print, clay, sculpture and so on. If it has to do with beer, we want it. For more details please e-mail Tristan Law via the link above or at TristanKLaw@gmail.com All entries must be submitted no later than February 28th.

Beer Tickers Movie Night @ Redhook Brewery
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Join 2beerguys and Seacoast Beverage Lab as we present Beer Tickers: beyond the ale, sponsored by GHM Insurance Agency.
Doors open at 7pm | Movie starts at approximately 7:30pm.
Cost of the event is $10, of which $4 will be donated to the IOKA Theater in Exeter on behalf of the film maker, and includes a special brewery tour. Snacks and beer will be available as pay as you go. http://beertickersfilm.com/

Sunday, March 3
Cheese, Chocolate and Beer Pairing @ Throwback Brewery
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
NH Chocolate + NH Cheese + Throwback Beer Pairing Chocolate plates from last year. So yummy! My personal favorite event that we held last year was the local chocolate, local cheese, and Throwback beer pairing at our brewery. We had an amazing time stuffing our faces (gracefully, of course) with mouthwatering Winnipesaukee Chocolates and cheeses from local farms, and, of course, meeting new friends as well! Luckily, our customers also told us that they had a great time. As a result, we decided to hold this event again this year - coming up soon on
Sunday, March 3rd. For those of you that attended the event last year, you can expect a similar experience, but with a few different cheeses and beers. For those of you that didn't attend, here's the high level of what you can expect:

• Five samples of our beer (including a few fun ones!), paired with
• Good-sized chunks (~1-oz each) of cheese from NH creameries, plus
• Truffles and other chocolate from Winnipesaukee Chocolates, plus
• A mini beer milkshake of my design, that will pair nicely with the chocolate, and
• An in-depth tour of the brewery with Annette Lee - our head brewer.
• Cost: $25 dollars per person - payment due when you show up for your session.

How to join in the fun: Please fill in the contact form. If this doesn't work for you for whatever reason, feel free to give us a call at 603-379-2317 to reserve your spot.

Pop Quiz Beer Trivia Night @ Coat of Arms British Pub
8:00 pm - 9:45 pm
Join 2Beerguys.com and Pop Quiz Team Trivia for some special beer related trivia questions!
Get here early as we do fill up quickly. Grand prize winners will go home with a bunch of beer gear!

Monday, March 4
Tour & Brewery Hours @ Redhook Brewery
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Built in 1996, Redhook's brewery in Portsmouth, NH was established to provide East Coasters the same quality and fresh Redhook that loyal drinkers on the West Coast were accustomed to for years. Located in the Pease Tradeport in Portsmouth, the brewery boasts the same architectural style as its Woodinville, WA brother, which was influenced by the brewhouses of Bavaria.
Public Brewery Tours
Mon: 3:00, 4:00, 5:00pm
Tue: 12:00, 1:00, 2:00pm
Wed & Thu: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00pm
Fri & Sat: 12:00-6:00pm, every hour on the hour
Sun: 1:00pm - 5:00pm on the hour
Starts at the Gift Shop desk.
Public Tour times are subject to change. Tours cost $1 per person. All tours include a guided walking through the brewery, some Redhook history and an explanation of just how we make our fine ales, and a sampling session with three to four samples of beer and a souvenir tasting glass. Lasts approximately 45-60 minutes. Maximum of 50ppl. (Minors are welcome to attend tour but must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.) Private tours are available on a limited schedule and cost $3 per person (minimum 15 people per tour). To book a private tour, call 603.501.3940 or CataquaBreweryTours@Redhook.com.<

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