ATL BREWS: Earth Day and Cinco de Mayo celebrations

Celebrate Earth Day with the drink that comes from the earth — BEER. Join the Atlanta Chapter of the American Alpine Club at Pontoon Brewing in Roswell on Friday, Apr. 22 from 5-9 p.m.  They’ll have a raffle and a special Earth Day present for you.

If you missed your prom night like I did, head to the West End for Monday Night Brewing Garage’s Welcome to the Jungle Prom night tonight Friday, Apr. 22, starting at 7 p.m. They’ll have an ‘80s hair-band-fever-dream meets lush-jungle-locale — start shopping for your jungle getup now!  They’ll have a live DJ, photo booth, a specialty beer menu and food along with your chance to voted King or Queen (for prizes, of course).  Tickets available here.  Check out our Monday Night Brewing podcast!

Starting this Saturday, Apr. 23, Second Self Beer Co on the Westside will now be serving burritos from Poco Loco in the taproom, as well as offering ice cream!  They promise to start having ice cream/beer pairings on the regular. Check out our Second Self Beer podcast!

Cherry Street Beerfest 2022 happens this year at Cherry Street Brewpub at Halcyon in Cumming on Saturday, Apr. 23, from 1-5 p.m. benefitting the Humane Society of Forsyth County.

Join Pontoon Brewing in Roswell for their first ever Drag Brunch on Sunday, Apr. 24 from 1-4 p.m.  Your ticket gets you entry to the show, a brunch buffet, 2 10oz pours, and access to their new Glitter Mimosa Sour.  Tickets available here.

Sweetwater Brewing and Happy Ending Productions’ Sweetwater 420 Festival is fast approaching. It’s happening in Centennial Olympic Park Apr. 28  — May 1! While many of the VIP packages have sold out, single day and three-day general admission tickets are still available. On the bill are Thievery Corporation, Gov’t Mule, include Oysterhead, Trey Anastasio Band, The String Cheese Incident, Umphrey’s McGee, Snoop Dogg, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Goose, Dirty Heads, Snarky Puppy, JJ Grey & Mofro, Lotus, Turkuaz with Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew: Remain in Light, Spafford, Big Something, Too Many Zooz, The Movement, Doom Flamingo + Queen is Doomed, Badfish, Boombox Feat. Backbeat Brass, Town Mountain, The Nth Power Feat. Jennifer Hartswick, Tropidelic, Brandon “Taz” Niederauer, Karina Rykman, Kitchen Dwellers, Neighbor, DENM, Little Stranger, Kanika Moore & The Psycodelics, Hedonistas, Butcher Brown, Sexbruise?, Certainly So, Joslyn & The Sweet Compression, KrisB’s Midnight Railroad, Bird Dog Jubilee, The 4 Korners, The Stews, Pressing Strings, The Broadcast, and the Taylor Scott Band.

Join Norcross’ Social Fox Brewing for their 2nd Anniversary Pre Party on Friday, Apr. 29 from 4-10 p.m.  They’ll have food trucks and a special beer release. Check out our Social Fox Brewing podcast!

Join the Upper Westside Ale Trail on Saturday, Apr. 30 from noon to 6 p.m.!  The Atlanta Beer Bus will take you to NINE Westside breweries () where your ticket gets you a sample size beer at Atlanta Brewing, Bold Monk, Dr. Scofflaw’s, Fire Maker, Monday Night, Round Trip, Second Self, Steady Hand, and Urban Tree each location, transportation, a commemorative pin, and the Ale Trail Passport Book you can get stamped at each brewery.  Find out more here.

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo May 5 with Mutation Brewing in Roswell featuring beer specials and their delicious BBQ.  There will also be a live DJ from 6-10 p.m.

Saturday, May 7, join StillFire Brewing for their Hopnoxious Block Party from 3 p.m. to midnight!  It is their once a year release of Hopnoxious IPA, a double dry-hopped 2-headed freak of an IPA with 10.24% ABV.   They’ll have live music all day, food trucks, and various local vendors — they’ll even have a laser light show once the sun goes down! Check out our StillFire Brewing podcast!

Monkey Wrench Brewing in Suwanee will be holding a Mother’s Day Market Saturday, May 7, from noon-7 p.m. with 20 art vendors, live music, and a food truck. Check out our Monkey Wrench Brewing podcast!

On Sunday, May 22 from 2-6 p.m., join Dry County Brewing for Lightning Baseball’s Brew for a Ball, raising funds for Lightning Baseball’s 7U travel team.  They’ll have food, music, cornhole, local vendors, and of course plenty to drink!  Register here for the cornhole tournament.  Check out our Dry County Brewing podcast!

Reformation Brewery’s Canton location kicks off their Screen on the Green series on Wednesday, Jun. 1 with family friendly movies each week including The Sandlot (June 1), Tangled (June 8), SING! (June 15), Cruella (June 22), Jungle Cruise (June 29), Space Jam (July 6), Aladdin (July 13), The Incredibles (July 20), and Encanto (July 27). Check out our Reformation Brewery podcast!

Ongoing:

Monday

Check out Line Creek Brewing Bus Barn (300 City Center Dr, Fayetteville) Trivia Night every other Monday starting Mar. 7 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. hosted by Super Geek Trivia Nights.  It will alternate with Music Bingo on Mondays.

Tuesday

If you’re looking for something other than trivia, check out Speed Puzzles at Round Trip Brewing (1279 Seaboard Industrial Blvd, Atlanta) on the Westside every Tuesday from 6:30-9:00 p.m. Assemble a 500 piece puzzle as quickly as possible, and you might win a gift card for your next visit!

Steady Hand Beer (1611 Ellsworth Industrial, Atlanta) has a trivia night every Tuesday at 7 p.m., and you can play for gift cards and beer.

Peachtree City’s Line Creek Brewing (150 Huddleston Rd) celebrates Taco Tuesday every Tuesday from 4-9 p.m. through the end of May with the help of Georgia Tacos.

Variant Brewing Company (66 Norcross St, Roswell) celebrates Trivia Tuesday every Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. Prizes for first, second, and third place.

Wednesday

Ironshield Brewing (457 N Chestnut St, Lawrenceville) also features trivia every Wednesday from 7:15-9:00 p.m.

Tucker Brewing (2003 S Bibb Dr, Tucker) has trivia on the first and third Wednesdays every month from 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Join Trivia Night at Social Fox Brewing (20 Skin Alley, Norcross) every Wednesday from 7-9 p.m.  Beer and prizes to the top team each week.

Reformation Brewery (105 Elm St, Woodstock) now has trivia every Wednesday at the Woodstock location.  Prizes go to first, second, and third place every week.

Thursday

Join Second Self Beer (1317 Logan Circle, Atlanta) for Game Night Thursdays from 5-9 p.m. featuring a different video game each Thursday in addition to board and arcade games!  They’ll also have $10 pitchers available.

Ironshield Brewing (457 N Chestnut St, Lawrenceville) features board game night with the Gwinnett Board Game Society the first and third Thursday of every month—everyone is welcome!

Social Fox Brewing (20 Skin Alley, Norcross) features their own game show called “Fox Feud” based on the popular survey game show.  Teams can have as many members as you want and play absolutely free!

Round Trip Brewing (1279 Seaboard Industrial Blvd, Atlanta) features trivia from Dirty South Trivia every Thursday from 7-9 p.m.

Friday

Join Second Self Beer Company (1317 Logan Circle, Atlanta) in West Midtown for $3 pint night every Friday!

Saturday and Sunday

Social Fox Brewing (20 Skin Alley, Norcross) is now a proud sponsor of the Atlanta Gladiators and you can purchase some of their brews at Gas South Arena! You can also watch all the Gladiators away games in the taproom now through Apr. 16!

Sundays from 1-3 p.m. check out The Bingo Show at Arches Brewing (3361 Dogwood Dr, Hapeville). Play bingo with beer and drag queens!

Ironshield Brewing (457 N Chestnut St, Lawrenceville) features Beer and Brainpower—a five round mixed-theme trivia game—starting at 3 p.m. every Sunday.—CL—