The schedule courtesy of Roger Bull at the Times-Union
Here’s the schedule:
MONDAY, APRIL 2
■ Kickbacks Gastropub on King Street will have a local beer night. Owner Steve Flores is hoping to have five to seven beers each from Bold City, Intuition and Green Room. He’s actually phasing them in this week, but they’ll all be $1 off all day Monday.
■ Bold Bean Coffee on Stockton Street will have $4 pints of local and coffee-inspired beer all week.
TUESDAY, APRIL 3
■ Intuition Ale Works on King Street — Florida beer week, with guest beers from state breweries on tap through Saturday. Davis isn’t sure how many he’ll have. “As many as we can get our hands on.”
■ Green Room Brewing on Third Street, Jacksonville Beach — Unveiling of a double wheat IPA brewed by the staff of Mellow Mushroom on the Intuition equipment.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4
■ Sun-Ray Cinema, Five Points — Screening of “Beer Wars,” a documentary about the battle between the mega-breweries and the craft brewers for the American beer drinker. It’s at 5 p.m. and will be followed by a Q&A with brewers Ben Davis of Intuition Ale Works and Eric Luman of Green Room Brewing. Admission to the movie is $6.50 and the six beers on tap will be local.
■ Engine 15, Beach Boulevard, Jacksonville Beach — The bar’s own Oak-Aged Simcoe Imperial IPA paired with steam burger sliders and coconut rice, $10.
THURSDAY, APRIL 5
■ Engine 15 — Tapping of Amber Wave amber ale, brewed by the writers of that particularly shallow column. All proceeds go to the St. Johns Riverkeeper.
■ Brewers Pizza, Blanding Boulevard, Orange Park — Local IPA night with beers from Intuition, Bold City and Green Room, plus the debut of Brewers’ Landslide double IPA paired with an IPA soup and bread.
■ Mile Marker Brewing, Agricultural Center Drive, St. Augustine — Double feature movie night “Beerfest” and “Strange Brew” where, in one of the great cinematic feats, Rick Moranis drinks his way out of tank of beer, then puts out a large fire ...
FRIDAY, APRIL 6
■ Engine 15 — Local beer tap takeover. In addition to Engine 15’s beers, 10 beers from Intuition, Bold City and Green Room will be on tap.
■ Green Room Brewing — Florida beer night, with 30 beers on tap that day, all from the Sunshine state. Pensacola Bay Brewery and Seventh Sun from Dunedin will be making their first Jacksonville appearances, along with some special beers from Cigar City, Swamp Head and Tequesta.
■ Downtown — Downtown Pub Crawl. Walk to various local bars sampling beer. Tickets are $15 and includes one local beer along with discounts at the other venues. Starts at 5:30 at the Jacksonville Landing. www.sprbrewcrew.com.
SATURDAY, APRIL 7
■ The grand tasting will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. at Mellow Mushroom off Southside Boulevard at Tinseltown. Tickets are $30, and include unlimited beer samples, snacks, a T-shirt and a glass. VIP tickets, $45, get you in at 2 p.m. for some special beers not available to everyone. Organizers are hoping for 500 people. Tickets: beerweekjax.com.
■ Jax Brew Bus will be operating a shuttle between Mellow Mushroom and Intuition Ale Works every 30 minutes. If you want to reserve a spot, that’s $2. (904) 352-0982 or www.jaxbrewbus.com.
Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/amber-waves/2012-03-27/story/jax-beer-week-will-have-samplings-food-even-movies#ixzz1qQyIPQg9
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http://jacksonville.com/amber-waves/2012-03-27/story/jax-beer-week-will-have-samplings-food-even-movies
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