Last year the inaugural Jax Beer Week proved that Jacksonville is a town ready for a premier beer event. This year marks the event’s second year and finds a line-up of Tap takeovers, dinners, tastings and beer specials that is sure to please even the pickiest of beer aficionados.
While the list presented below is by no means comprehensive, you can get an idea for what is going on. Friend the Springfield Brew Crew or Jax Beer Guy on Facebook for details on new events as they become available. You can also follow Sprbrewcrew or JaxBeerGuy on Twitter.
Monday, April 1
Pele’s Wood Fire
The ever creative Chef Micah at Pele’s Wood Fire is throwing down a with a sumptuous meal paired with Bell’s Brewery beers. The Dinner features seven courses paired with seven delicious Bell’s beers.
Cost for this spectacular meal is $75 per person including tax and gratuity. Non-refundable deposit of $25 per person is required. For reservations call (904)232-8545. Only 40 seats are available, so reserve early.
Brewer’s Pizza 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Brewer’s will host a night with Grassroots Natural Market. The guys from Grassroots of Riverside will come out and drink some brews, rub elbows and pour some beers for sampling.
Tuesday, April 2
Brewer’s Pizza 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Florida Beer night with special guest Carolyn Graham from Brown Distribution. Brewer’s will be featuring taps from all of their favorite local breweries and others from all over Florida.
Beer Specials
Solids & Stripes, Mellow Mushroom – Fleming Island, and Taps – Fleming Island
Wednesday, April 3
Beer Specials
Aardwolf Brewing Co., Grape & Grain Exchange, The Grotto, Hurricanes, European Street – San Marco, Northstar Substation, Underbelly, Burro Bar, 1904, Burrito Gallery, Fionn MacCools – Landing, Olio
Thursday, April 4
Dahlia’s Pour House
The gang at Dahlia’s will be offering thirsty Jax Beer Week revelers $4 IPAs.
Bold City Brewing Co. 7:00 p.m to 11:00 p.m.
The crew at Bold City are treating their guests to a Florida Tap Takeover featuring spectacular brews from across the great state of Florida. The tap list includes:
Cask & Larder Black Ale (Winter Park, FL)
Big Storm Brewery Wavemaker Amber Ale (Odessa, FL)
Due South Brewing Roasted Cocoa Stout (Boynton Beach, FL)
7venth Sun Brewing Graffiti Orange (Dunedin, FL)
Tequesta Brewing Company Terminally Ale and Irish Red Ale (Tequesta, FL)
Cigar City Brewing Humidor Series IPA (Tampa, FL)
Pensacola Bay Brewing Lil’ Napoleon IPA (Pensacola, FL)
Florida Beer Company Gaspar’s Porter (Melbourne, FL)
Grassroots Natural Market 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Grassroots will host a Jacksonville Beer Tasting featuring Ben Davis owner and brewer at Intuition Ale Works who will bring a special cask brew. Also at the tasting will be a cask brew from Green Room Brewing in Jacksonville Beach.
Beer Specials
Intuition Ale Works, Kickbacks Gastropub, Pele’s Wood Fire, Broudy’s, Beer:30, European Street Riverside, Black Sheep Restaurant, O’Brother’s
Friday, April 5
Green Room Brewing Co. 4:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight
Florida Mega Tap Takeover with over 50 Florida beers. Breweries that will be represented at the event include:
Cigar City Brewing 7venth Sun Due South Brewing Swamp Head Brewing Saint Somewhere Pensacola Bay Brewery Tequesta Brewing Intuition Ale Works Pinglehead Brewing Co. Mile Marker Brewing Engine 15 Brewing Co. Cocoa Beach Brewing Three Palms Brewing Florida Beer Company And more…..
Also 17 Green Room Brewing beers on tap including:
Quetzalcoatl Many versions of the Count And much more
Engine 15 Brewing Co. 12:00 noon to 12:00 midnight
The Engine 15, Engine 15 Tap Takeover. The guys at the Engine have been working hard to make this year’s Jax Beer Week event special. What better way to do that than to take over all their taps with all their own beers – 51 of them to be precise, plus one in a firkin.
Beer Specials
Mellow Mushroom – Southside, Seven Bridges, Total Wine + More, Broudy’s – Ponte Vedra, Monkey’s Uncle, European Street – Jax Beach, Mellow Mushroom – Jax Beach, Lynch’ Irish Pub, The Brick, Royal Palm Village, Island Girl, ABC Liquor, Wine Warehouse, Poe’s
Saturday, April 6
Grand Tasting 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.
The culmination of Jax Beer Week is the Grand Tasting that will take place downtown in conjunction with Community First Saturday in front of the Times-Union Center on the Northbank Riverwalk. The tasting will feature over 30 beers including many from Florida. Also enjoy the Food Truck Skyway Crawl and live music.
Bands and performance times are:
12:30 p.m. Canary in the Coalmine
1:30 p.m. RickoLus
2:45 p.m. Four Families
DJ E. Lee 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., between sets, and 3:30 p.m to 4:30 p.m.
In the world of culinary super heroes there is one man who, through his snarky remarks and laid back attitude, has risen to the pinnacle of his craft. That stellar, unabashedly frank titan is none other than Anthony Bourdain who will be appearing at the Jacksonville Times-Union Center April 25 as part of the Artist Series. Bourdain will storm into town with his Guts & Glory tour to regale attendees with stories of his adventures on the road that are sure to be heavily dosed with his trademark caustic humor.
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