RI Craft Beer Week Is Coming
Friday, February 17, 2023
The second annual RI Craft Beer Week will be held from March 3rd to March 12th 2023. This celebration of RI’s beer manufacturers will feature events and promotions for Rhode Island breweries as well as events featuring Rhody beers at bars, restaurants, liquor stores and more.
Get ready for a “Saugy Showdown” hot dog eating contest at Linesider Brewing. Dust off your thinking caps for “Name Your Beer” Trivia at Narragansett Brewing; the winning team will get to name a new beer! Musical Bingo, anyone? Smug Brewing will host that fun twice during the RI Craft Beer Week! And the “Rhode Map Challenge” contest will be happening all week long. Visiting all the breweries this week could win you beer festival tickets!
There are now 36 breweries in the RI Brewers Guild, compared to only five a decade ago! At least two more are set to open in 2023. Each of these small businesses employs Rhode Islanders, adds local culture, and boosts tourism in the Ocean State. And what they brew is delicious! Let’s celebrate them.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTKyle Toste, Assistant Brewer at Linesider Brewing in East Greenwich says about the week. "I got into the professional craft brewing industry here in Rhode Island about three years ago and have always loved the camaraderie among all the breweries. RI Craft Beer Week is a celebration of breweries in our state and an opportunity for us to celebrate with our patrons in fun and unique ways."
One of the more unique features of RI Craft Beer Week is the “Rhode Map Challenge.” Utilizing the RI Brewers Guild Passport App on your smartphone, craft beer enthusiasts can check into and post photos of their beer from as many RI Breweries as they can that week. The RI Brewers Guild wants to be clear that this should only be attempted with the help of a designated driver.
Prizes will be awarded to the top five fans including two tickets to the Newport Beer Festival, two tickets to the Ocean State Beer Festival, two entries to the Craft Brew Races Newport, and more! Last year more than a thousand people checked in at RI Breweries during RI Craft Beer Week. Be part of this year’s fun!
“One of the many benefits of living in Rhode Island is that you can travel basically anywhere in the entire state in under an hour. With the help of a dedicated designated driver, fans can visit all or at least most of our members during RI Craft Beer Week! Last year two diehards made it to them all!” said Gary Richardson, Executive Director of the RI Brewers Guild.
RI Craft Beer Week stickers and coasters will be available at some locations during this week and all events will be listed on the RI Brewers Guild website by February 24th.
For more information, visit: RI Craft Beer Week - RI Brewers Guild
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