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Spec’s Second Annual Brewmasters Craft Beer Festival

Reach Beervana this weekend at Spec’s Second Annual Brewmasters Craft Beer Festival at Moody Gardens in Galveston. The ambitious event features tastings of more than 400 different beers, along with food and live music. (There are also related events like pub crawls and dinners.) “We started as the largest beer festival in the state, and we plan to give Texans even more,” says producer Clifton McDerby. Visiting brewmasters from nearly 20 beer producers like Sam Adams, Boulevard, Bear Republic and Houston’s own Saint Arnold will also offer educational seminars for the DIY crowd. 4 to 10 p.m. Friday, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 1 Hope Boulevard. For information, call 713-557-5732 or visit www.brewmastersinternationalbeerfestival.com. Free.
Sept. 2-4, 2011
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Bob Ruggiero has been writing about music, books, visual arts and entertainment for the Houston Press since 1997, with an emphasis on classic rock. He used to have an incredible and luxurious mullet in college as well. He is the author of the band biography Slippin’ Out of Darkness: The Story of WAR.
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