Long Trail Brewing Company Tap Takeover at Plan B Simsbury, Tuesday July 9th

Location: Plan B Simsbury

Breweries:  Long Trail Brewing Company

Date: Tuesday, July 9th 6:00PM - Close

The Skinny:  I'm a little late posting this one, as I was in Vermont for the weekend and without access to the Interweb.  But, anyways...The great people out at Plan B Simsbury are teaming up with their friendly New England mates from the Green Mountain State, Long Trail Brewing Company for a great Tap Takeover event.

Six of the taps at Plan B Simsbury will be dispensing nothing but Long Trail Brewing Company goodness from 6:00PM to Close for $5 a glass!!!

They will also be passing out free samples of the various Long Trail Beers (Drinking For Freeee) as well as cool Long Trail Schwag!

Here's the rundown with links to each beers official page:

Double White

Double Bag

Pale Ale

Blackberry Wheat

Ale

IPA

Fundraiser & Total Tap Takeover @ Plan B Glastonbury, Thursday, June 7th and Thursday, June 14th

Location: Plan B Burger Bar, Glastonbury

Breweries: Brooklyn Brewery & Dogfish Head Brewery

Dates:  Relay for Life Fundraiser, Thursday, June 7th 5PM-11PM

            Dogfish Head Brewery Total Tap Takeover, Thursday, June 14th 6PM - Close

Relay For Life Fundraiser

The Skinny: The awesome people at Plan B Glastonbury have a couple of great events planned for the first half of June.  On Thursday, June 7th, they will be hosting their 4th annual Relay for Life Fundraiser.  This great fundraiser event, will have it all, including a patio party with a live DJ, a cookout and raffles.

There will also be $3 mini cheeseburgers (YUMMMM) and oh yea, some drink specials!!!, such as $3 Brooklyn Lager Drafts!

And of course as mentioned earlier, all of this awesomeness is in the name of a great cause!  100% of the sales from the aforementioned items will be donated to Relay for Life!!!

So head on over to Plan B Glastonbury for a great time and an even better cause.

Dogfish Head Brewery Total Tap Takeover

The Skinny:  Later in the month (the following Thursday to be exact) the great folks out at Plan B Glastonbury are teaming up with the ever-innovative Delaware brewery, Dogfish Head for what is being billed as a "Total Tap Takeover". What is a "Total Tap Takeover" you ask? A "Total Tap Takeover" means that every single tap at Plan B Glastonbury will be dispensing some Dogfish Head Brewery amazingness from 6:00PM until close!!!  The Dogfish Head brews on draft will be as follows (click on the beer to bring up the official Dogfish Head Brewery description for that beer):

Tap 1 120 Minute IPA

Tap 2 90 Minute IPA

Tap 3 60 Minute IPA

Tap 4 Nobel Rot

Tap 5 Old Skool

Tap 6 Sah'Tea

Tap 7 Red and White

Tap 8 Black and Blue

Tap 9 Palo Santo

Tap 10 Burton Baton

Tap 11 Ta'Henket

Tap 12 Theobrama

Tap 13 Raison D'Etre

Tap 14 World Wide Stout

In addition to the great brews, there will be trays of appetizers floating around from 6:00PM - 8:00PM.

Four-Way Tap Showdown! (Friday, April 27th) Plan B vs Plan B vs Plan B vs Plan B

So which Plan B location has the best draft list today.  Well here they are:

Plan B Glastonbury:

Sebago Elegans Saison
Narragansett
Southern Tier Mokah
Brooklyn Pennant
Pyramid Outburst
Ommegang Witte
BBC Lost Sailor
Wolavers Wildflower Wheat
Blue Point No Apologies
... Dogfish Black and Blue
Capt Lawrence Porter
New England Galaxy
Goose Island Sophie
Long Trail Double IPA

Plan B West Hartford:

Dogfish 90 Minute
Stone IPA
Long Trail Coffee Stout
Blue Point Hoptical Illusion
Allagash White
Narragansett
Brooklyn Lager
Harpoon Rich and Dan's Rye IPA
Peak Organic Nut Brown
... Goose Island Sofie
North Coast Red Seal
Dales Deviant IPA
Lagunitas Doppel Wiezen
Sea Dog Blueberry Wheat

Plan B Simsbury:

Dogfish Head Aprihop
Goose Island 312
Widmer Brothers Drifter Pale Ale
Brooklyn Lager
Long Trail Triple Bag
Southerntier Sun Hop
BBC Lost Sailor IPA
Blue Point Toasted Lager
Wolavers Wildflower Wheat
... Oskar Blues Mama Lil Yella Pil
Orange County Copper Ale
Smuttynose Robust Porter
Narragansett

Plan B Milford:

Oskar Blue Dales Pale Ale
Ipswich Oatmeal Stout
RJ Rockers Son Of A Peach
Dogfish Head World Wide Stout
Goose Island Matilda
Southern Tier Black Bumer Barely Wheat
Harpoon IPA
Weyebacher Uniform Rye
New England Galaxy Pale
... Long Trail Double Bag
Sierra Nevada Ovila Dubbel
Ommegang Rare Vos
Narragansett
Southampton Double White

Well, those all look delicious but let us analyze this a few different ways.  Each Plan B location offers a roughly similar amount of taps, so no advantage there. 

IPAs:  As an IPA aficionado, I count at least 2 that I know of at Plan B Glastonbury (I must admit I am not familiar with every brew name), I count 5 at Plan B West Hartford!, I count at least 3 IPAs at Plan B Simsbury and at least 2 at Plan B Milford.

Connecticut Beers:  It's always nice when CT Beer Bars feature some CT Brewed Beers, so let us take a look.  Plan B Glastonbury and Plan B Milford each have New England Galaxy Pale Ale on tap, but no other CT selections and Plan B West Hartford and Plan B Simsbury currently feature 0 CT Brewed Beers.

Variety:  In truly amazing fashion, at all four Plan B locations, there is no more than one beer from any one brewery on tap!  That is to say, for each 15 or so taps at each Plan B location, each tap is occupied by a beer from a different brewery.  Great variety! and job well done Plan B folks.

The Skinny:  So to make it simple, if you are looking for awesome craft beer, then head to any Plan B location.  If you specifically are in the mood for IPAs, then Plan B West Hartford is the place to go and if you are in the mood for a Connecticut brewer beer than head to either Plan B Glastonbury or Plan B Milford.

Happy Craft Beer Drinkin  :)

(Total) Tap Takeover!!!

Location: Plan B Burger Bar, Glastonbury

Brewery: Brooklyn Brewery

Date: Tuesday, May 1st 6:00PM - Close

Prices: All Drafts $5 each (even the extra special ones!!!)

The Skinny:  The great folks out at Plan B Glastonbury are teaming up with our close neighbors to the south, Brooklyn Brewery for what is being billed as a "Total Tap Takeover".  What is a "Total Tap Takeover" you ask?  A "Total Tap Takeover" means that every single tap at Plan B Glastonbury will be dispensing some Brooklyn Brewery goodness from 6:00PM until close.  When you have stopped drooling continue reading...

Okay.  In addition to the great brews, there will be trays of appetizers floating around ( meatballs, pigs in a blanket and stuffed mushrooms) from 6:00PM - 8:00PM  and cool Brooklyn Brewery schwag to be had.

As if all of this isn't enticing enough, there will also be a representative from Brooklyn Brewery on hand to answer any questions and explain the intricacies of each brew.

Here is the Brew rundown: