When the weather vacillates between vicious snowstorms, chilling 

rainstorms, and frigid days of skating down the sidewalk, there's only 

one thing we want to do: hibernate. Unfortunately, the real world 

beckons, and we must trudge on. Here are a few events in the next 

few weeks to get you out of the house. 



The first is tonight’s barleywine festival at the Cambridge Brewing 

Company. Hit up the CBC tonight at 5pm for Barleywine Night 

2010. They’re promising 10 casks (!) of barleywine and tapas to match.



Cambridge Common is putting up all kinds of reasons to get out of 

your pajamas and into the bar. This weekend, January 29th through 

31st, Cambridge Common is putting on a Haiti relief event: Raising 

Pints, Raising Funds. One-hundred percent of all profits from draft 

beer sales will go to the families of three coworkers who have 

suffered losses due to the earthquake.



Cambridge Common also continues its Beer Dinner tradition in 

2010. On Tuesday, February 9th the bar hosts a Cape Ann Brewing 

Company dinner. Each dinner includes four courses, each paired 

with a beer from the featured brewery and a pre-meal brew. All 

dinners are $50, with tickets available at brownpapertickets.com. 

After Cape Ann comes an “extreme throw-down” of a dinner on February 26th with 

Ithaca Beer Company and The Bruery teamed up in honor of the 

Extreme Beer Fest.



And what of that Extreme Beer Fest? It’s sold out! Those 

BeerAdvocate guys outdid themselves this year and sold out long 

before the event. Those of you desperate to get to Night of the 

Barrels better check on Craigslist and be prepared to pay exorbitant 

sums of money for spare tickets. 



More events after the jump!

Photo courtesy greenkozi on Flickr using Creative Commons license.

If you're feeling like really getting out of the city, consider Magic 

Hat's Mardi Gras in Burlington, Vermont. The show starts Friday, 

February 26th with a concert and continues into Saturday with the 

famed Mardi Gras parade of New England. The event also acts as a 

fundraiser for Burlington's Women's Rape Crisis Center.



Closer to home, the 2nd annual UltiMAte Beer Dinner takes place 

on Saturday, February 27th at The Exchange Conference Center. 

Like last year, this includes a five-course meal with beer pairings, 

limited release beers from 22 local craft brewers, and an opportunity 

to mix with the founders and brewers of some of Massachusetts' 

most highly regarded breweries. For more information click here.
 


Lastly, a non-beer, non-drink related note: Saturday, January 30th 

and Sunday January 31st, some of Boston's best restaurants are 

providing prix fix brunches ($25, $35, or $50) to benefit the Greater 

Boston Food Bank. All proceeds go to the GBFB. Find participating restaurants here. Enjoy the 

best meal of the day and lend a helping hand at the same time.

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