Brooklyn Based, one of my favorite thrice weekly e-mail list-serves that delivers pointers on the "best food, art, shops, services, and people in the County of Kings," is hosting it's last outdoor event of the summer tonight. Yes people, I said LAST, it is almost September and the summer is coming to a close (and I haven't even had a chance to don a swimsuit and hit the beach yet, how depressing is that?) and I can't think of a better way to end the heat wave and welcome in the fall than by sitting outdoors enjoying local brews and taking in a flick made by one of Brooklyn's own.
Barcade and Gutter bar owner Paul Kermizian, made a documentary called "American Beer". It chronicles a road trip that he and five friends took across the USA in June of 2002. Their mission? To visit 38 breweries in 40 days. The journey was so inspiring to one of the guys in the minivan, Mr. Jeremy Goldberg, that upon returning from the trip, he started his own brewing company, Cape Ann. Haven't tried Goldberg's Gloucester, MA made brews yet? You are in luck because if you attend the screening tonight at Hope Lounge in Billyburg, your ticket includes a complimentary glass of Cape Ann's Fisherman's Bavarian Wheat, yum!
All info and advanced ticket sales can be found by clicking HERE. As a bonus, the 50th attendee will win two "American Beer" pint glasses and a copy of the DVD. Reviews of people who have seen the film can be found on imdb. One user writes, "It's the Anti-Budweiser movie. . . . . I rushed out to a bar immediately and downed a cold one. Cheers to good beer. " Doors open at 6:30pm and the film screens at 8pm. What a fabulous Brooklyn "brew-ha-ha" evening!
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