It’s a battle of the Drake’s brewers: we’re pitting Barrel Program Head Travis Comacho against Brewmaster John Gillooly for a beer and food pairing extravaganza! YOU will determine which brewer wins ultimate bragging rights by best pairing their beverages to Chef Taylor’s five-course prix fixe menu. The event will begin with a casual schmooze fest […]
Picture this: it’s a dystopian future, brewery giants have all but squashed the little guys, and now four craft brewers have been pitted against each other in a nationally televised brews and bites battle royale. Their mission: nail each round of pairing to win your vote and become The Last Brewer Standing. We’re hoping for […]
Are you smarter than a Cicerone? Now is your chance to prove it! To celebrate the craft beer geekery that is Sacramento Beer Week, we’re offering a blind beer tasting flight to all who dare sip in the dark. Join us at Drake’s: The Barn anytime during regular business hours on Wednesday, 5/1 for four 4oz pours […]
This. Is. Beer Jeopardy! Now entering the beer garden are today’s contestants: A brewmaster with a tenacious pursuit of excellence, repping Crooked Lane Brewing Company: Teresa Psuty! A head brewer and wort alchemist repping Alaro Craft Brewery: Chris Keeton! And our returning champion, a brewmaster and dancing monkey from Drake’s Brewing Company: John Gillooly! And […]
Gather your crew and get ready to shop oddities and artisan goods at our first-ever Beer Craft Night Market! On Friday, 5/3 from 5-9pm, come to Drake’s: The Barnand enjoy an evening of crafty craft beer infusions. A glorious hodgepodge of beer-y good concoctions will delight your senses and enthrall your mind. Bring a bag, you […]
Are you ready to ruuuummbbbble? We’re quivering with anticipation over the first-ever Riverfront IPA Rumble, a beer festival and competition of staggering proportions! Debuting at Drake’s: The Barn during Sacramento Beer Week, this event will feature the stickiest, hoppiest, and dankest West Coast and Speciality IPAs that exist on this side of the country. Proceeds will benefit […]
We’re getting piggy with a riverfront picnic as our final hoorah of Sacramento Beer Week! Bring your fam, your friends and all those in need of delicious food to soak up the remnants of a week of drinking adventures. We’ll supply the pig, you supply the blanket, mother earth will supply the sunshine! Regular food […]
The Sactown Urban Dash is a 5K race through West Sacramento, hosted by The Active 20-30 Club of Greater Sacramento #1032, a non-profit organization of women in the Sacramento area who fundraise and do hands-on work with children and children’s charities in the Greater Sacramento area. The flat course starts and finishes at Drake’s: The […]
The Old Pals is a California based Bluegrass band bonded by decades long friendships andmutual love of traditional Bluegrass and country music and they enjoy the camaraderie ofplaying together whenever the members other individual band schedules permit. Most of the Pals have known each other since the early days of Bluegrass in California.Craig Wilson (guitar […]