If you’re a craft brew fan – and who isn’t these days? – there’s nothing you should be doing this Thursday other than attending the craft beer event at Red River Theatres.
As part of the whole indie-themed festival, this event is all about tasty brews (speaking of which, check out the next page). On Thursday night from 5 to 7, Red River will turn into a big tasting room where you can try beers from all of the participating breweries: 603, Able Ebenezer, Great North Aleworks, Henniker Brewing, Litherman’s Limited, Moat Mountain, Rockingham Brewing, Smuttynose, Tuckerman and Cape Ann Brewing.
All of the breweries are from New Hampshire except for that last one, Cape Ann, which is based in Gloucester, Mass.
The reason Cape Ann will be represented is that its founder, Jeremy Goldberg, made a film in 2004 called American Beer.
This film, a documentary, will be shown after the tasting event, so you can keep your brain in beer mode all through the night.
The documentary is about a few buddies who embark on a cross-country road trip visiting breweries (at the time, being able to go into a brewery and try stuff was still quite a novelty), and is a fun look inside the industry.
After the film, Goldberg and a few other New Hampshire beer industry insiders – including moderator Michael Hauptly-Pierce, owner of Litherman’s – will lead a panel discussion about how the craft brew industry has changed in the time since he made American Beer.
“In the past 14 years, craft beer has changed drastically,” said Brian Parda, who owns Great North Aleworks and is organizing the craft beer event.
With Goldberg on hand, he’ll be available to talk both about his film – which was filmed in 2002 and released in 2004 – and his brewery. It’s like a one-stop shop for all your craft brew questions and concerns.
Goldberg should be the perfect kind of guy to lead an event like this. After he did the movie, Parda said, he got inspired to get into the craft brew business himself. Even the co-creator of Cape Ann caught the bug – he went on to found one of the premier craft beer bars in New York called Barcade, which features lots of arcade games.
All in all, it should be a very beer-centric night – perfect for all the craft brew lovers out there.
Tickets for the tasting, film and discussion are $15 and are available at redrivertheatres.org.
