Boston Beer Week is a 10-day celebration of craft beer (from Boston and beyond) within the 128-Belt at scores of beer locations featuring even more beers. It’s also anchored by Beer Advocate’s American Craft Beer Fest (June 18 & 19), the largest celebration of American craft beer on the east coast! Left Hand will be rolling into town on Wednesday, June 16th through that following Sunday, June 20th. Check out the events listed below.
Dueling Brewers Dinner
Cambridge Common Restaurant
Wednesday, June 16th
6:30 PM
1667 Mass Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
617.547.1228
We’ve partnered up with our friends, Kate & Suzanne, over at Cambridge Common Restaurant to start our week off right. And we’ll be sharing the ‘stage’ with Matt Bronson & Chris Ericson from Lake Placid, for a ‘dueling brewers dinner’. The dinner will feature 4 courses and 9 beers! Cost for the evening, including tax & gratuity, is an easy $50. Check out the link below to purchase tickets, and the full menu is below.
Pre-Meal Beers
Left Hand 400 Pound Monkey IPA
Lake Placid Honey Rye
Soup
Watermelon Gazpacho with a Spicy Shrimp Bruschetta
Paired with Left Hand Polestar Pilsner AND Lake Placid Maibock
Salad
Chop Salad with Ranch, Egg, Applewood Bacon, Cherry Tomatoes, and Avocado
Paired with Left Hand Chainsaw Double Sawtooth AND Lake Placid IPA
Entrée (your choice)
Ginger Crusted Salmon with a Cucumber Salad and Basmati Rice
Paired with Left Hand JuJu Ginger
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Herb Roasted Half Chicken with a Lemon Wit Butter, Grilled Asparagus, and Smashed Potatoes
Paired with Lake Placid Wit
Dessert
Milk Stout Chocolate Cake with UBU Ice Cream
Paired with Left Hand Milk Stout AND Lake Placid UBU
Left Hand Beer Tasting
Julio’s Liquors - Westborough
Thursday, June 17th
4:30PM-6:30PM
140 Turnpike Road
Westborough, MA 01581
508.366.1942
If you haven’t ventured into Julio’s Liquors in downtown Westborough, you’re missing out on 17,000 square feet of delicious craft beers, fine wines, spirits and tobacco. Their beer department is one of the largest selections in Massachusetts, with over 1,000 beers in stock! Chris Lennert from Left Hand will be on hand, sampling Polestar Pilsner (Men’s Journal’s Best Lager in America), 400 Pound Monkey IPA (any monkey can throw 400 pounds of hops in a kettle), Milk Stout (Draft Magazine’s Best Stout in America), and our seasonal Chainsaw Double Sawtooth (the ‘bigger brother’ to our flagship, Sawtooth Ale, the Best Bitter in the world by the New York Times).
Multi-Tap Night @ The Dive Bar
Worcester, MA
Thursday, June 17th
7-9PM
34 Green Street
Worcester, MA
508.752.5802
The Dive Bar is located at the corner of Green and Temple Street in Worcester, Ma. They specialize in American craft beers only. That’s right, and they’re committed to it, too. They have their own beer line cleaning equipment and clean their beer lines and tap faucets weekly! Alec and his crew are opening up their tap lines that night to feature all kinds of Left Hand beers on tap – even a few ‘rarities’, like vintage Snow Bound Winter Ale ’08 and Heaven Hill Barrel Aged Widdershins Barleywine!
American Craft Beer Festival
Seaport World Trade Center
Boston, MA
Friday, June 18th, 6-10PM
Saturday, June 19th, 1-5PM
Saturday, June 19th, 6-10PM
Join Chris Lennert from Left Hand at our 3rd American Craft Beer Festival in Boston. The fest will be featuring over 325 craft beers from over 80 American brewers. Held at the Seaport World Trade Center Boston, ACBF is the largest celebration of American craft beer on the east coast. Not to be missed. Tickets are $40 per session (service fees apply), and include entry, all 2ozbeer tastings, fest guide and tasting cup. We’ll be pouring Milk Stout, 400 Pound Monkey IPA, Polestar Pilsner and Chainsaw Double Sawtooth! Get your tickets soon – this event always sells out!
