Announcing Mass Beer Week, November 4-13, 2016

A Celebration of Massachusetts Beer, Brewing and Community

(Boston - January 7, 2016) BeerAdvocate is proud to announce the launch of Mass Beer Week. The inaugural celebration is planned for November 4–13, 2016 and will focus exclusively on Massachusetts brewers, their beers and the supporting beer community.

Brothers Jason and Todd Alström, founders of BeerAdvocate and Massachusetts natives, will spearhead the not-for-profit cause and create an informal advisory board to ensure goals are met and new ideas explored. Locals and visitors can expect plenty of education, brewery tours, tastings, dinners, social gatherings and much more from this 10-day statewide event.

"The Mass. beer scene has exploded since we started BeerAdvocate in 1996. There's now well over 100 breweries in the state, brewing thousands of beers, and it's awesome! Hell, Treehouse Brewing Company currently has the No. 1 beer on our website and they're less than a mile from where we grew up in Monson. It's time to celebrate Mass. beer,” explains Jason.

Todd adds: "We look forward to celebrating the growth of local beer in Massachusetts, bringing awareness to its scene and working with the industry and its supporters in putting Mass Beer Week on everyone's calendar."

For updates follow @MassBeerWeek or visit https://www.beeradvocate.com/mass/

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What happened to Boston Beer Week?
We founded Boston Beer Week in 2010 but there hasn't been one since 2013. Why? It didn't get the support we hoped for, and local beer options at the time were limited. In fact, it got more support from beer bars and out of state brewers than it did from brewers within the 128 Belt.

So, in 2014 we approached the Massachusetts Brewers Guild and offered to give the week, its properties and our continued support to the organization. They had no interest in hosting a beer week for Boston or the state however. The one takeaway from our discussions with guild representatives is that this week had to be more inclusive though, hence Mass Beer Week.

And to take things a step further, we strongly believe that unlike many other beer weeks, Mass Beer Week needs to focus entirely on the beer community and breweries of Massachusetts.

Respect Beer.

Jason and Todd Alström
Founders, BeerAdvocate and Mass Beer Week

 

As @Dicers mentioned, you can add your events now. @BrittEBurke will then tag 'em as a Mass Beer Week event for the forthcoming event listing.

 

See the bottom of this page: https://www.beeradvocate.com/mass/celebrate/

 

You'd need to update your listing with your physical address in Massachusetts.