| Friday Feb 3rd | Brass Monkey | Drink for just a buck. Save that money for Omaha beer week bus crawl and come drink 1.00 grain belt premium and Nordeast from Schells brewing company. As well as boxer beer from Minhaus brewery. DJ Patrick will be playing the jams for us all night long |
| Friday Feb 3rd | The Crescent Moon | 4:00pm-Close: Special edition Pint Night of Nebraska Brewed beers $6 for your first one, you keep the Omaha Beer Logoed glass, $2.50 refills all night of any Nebraska beers on tap. |
| Friday Feb 3rd | The Crescent Moon | 5:00pm-8:00pm: We will also be celebrating the 3 year Anniversary of Lucky Bucket Brewing Co. The Lucky Bucket Bus will be here and the boys from the brewery will be giving out prizes from -the grand prize is a year of free Lucky Bucket Beer (one case per month) You must be present to win. Drawing at 8:00 PM. |
| Friday Feb 3rd | CIB Brewery | Cask Night at the Upstream. Cask Double Staved Dethhanger Strong Brown Ale. |
| Friday Feb 3rd | Gator O'Malley's | Nebraska Brewing Company Hosts with discount NBC beers and live music by Conspiracy Theory! |
| Friday Feb 3rd | Jazz | Local Craft Beer Night: $3.00 Lucky Bucket and Keg Creek Brewery beers. |
| Friday Feb 3rd | Krug Park | Purchase or bring in your Omaha Beer Week pint glass and enjoy Happy Hour all night with $1 off of pints of American Craft beer. Representative of New Belgium Brewing Company, Ron Nelson, will be on site to hand out some prizes and answer any questions. He will also be bringing some rare kegs of beer with him that has yet to be determined. This event will run from 4-7. Kegs that will be tapped for this event include: 3 Lips of Faith Series beers, La Folie Sour Brown Ale, Cocoa Mole, and Biere de Mars and also 1554 Black, Belgo Belgian IPA, and Snow Day Black IPA. |
| Friday Feb 3rd | The Lauter Tun | 8:00pm-11:00pm: Steve Gomez (bass), Tomm Roland (drums/percussion/mallets/kitchen sink), and Jeff Scheffler (guitar) are 3 of the areas top rhythm section players. With 'In The Mix' they get to take the lead and not have any pesky horns or singers get in their way. Everything from Miles Davis to Sting and everything in between can be expected...all in smooth, tight instrumental stylings. |
| Friday Feb 3rd | Lucky Bucket | Open 4PM - 7PM. Tour at 5:30 PM. Come join us as we kickoff our limited edition single batch beer - The Raven Black IPA. This beer will only be available in our tasting room and participating Omaha Beer Week bars. |
| Friday Feb 3rd | Nebraska Brewing Company | 4pm: Chocoalte HopGod Cask, at NBC. |
| Friday Feb 3rd | Nebraska Brewing Company | 6pm: Little Betty Cask, at Upstream. |
| Friday Feb 3rd | Upstream Brewery | 6-9pm: Cask Ale Fest Old Market Location Omaha Beer Week Cask Ale Fest & Meet and Greet with Omaha Craft Beer Bar & Brewery Owners and Representatives @ Upstream Brewing Company in the Old Market from 6-10pm cost is $20.00 per person Cash or Credit (NO CHECKS) @ the door, there will be no pre sale tickets, Cost includes Omaha Beer Week Glass & unlimited samples. Proceeds will benefit Food Bank for the Heartland. Please E-mail mhall@upstreambrewing.com if you have any questions in regards to this event. Participating Breweries: Upstream Brewing Company Upstream Brewing Company/Jakes Cigars Collaboration Lucky Bucket Brewing Company Lucky Bucket/Brix Collaboration CIB Brewery Empyrean Brewing Company Schilling Bridge Brewery Nebraska Brewing Company Blue Blood Brewing Company Tallgrass Brewing Company Modern Monks Brewery |
| Saturday Feb 4th | Brass Monkey | Bring in your Omaha beer week pint glasses for select 2.50 fills all day. |
| Saturday Feb 4th | Brix | 11:30 AM - 10:00 PM: OBW Special Beers by the Pint. Stop into Brix for great deals on pints of beer and chances to win brewery souvenirs from local and regional breweries. Breweries represented include: Lucky Bucket, Odell's, New Belgium Brewing, Modern Monks and others. Follow events on FB at http://www.facebook.com/brixomahabeer. |
| Saturday Feb 4th | Brix | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM: Choose from over 700 beers and ciders in our coolers - take them away or enjoy them in-store for NO CORKAGE FEE. If you get hungry, order everything from small plates to full meals prepared by the Brix Bistro team. The West bus loop starts at Brix at noon and runs until midnight. Plenty of free parking. Make Brix your West O base of operations. |
| Saturday Feb 4th | The Crescent Moon | 10:00am-11:30am: Brews and Breakfast. Reserve your spot by calling or stopping in at Beertopia. $20 includes 4 beers and a 3 course Breakfast. |
| Saturday Feb 4th | The Crescent Moon | 12:00pm-3:00pm: Beer Corner USA Beer Swap, Silent Auction and Flea Market at the Huber Haus. You may bring bottles of rare favorites to swap or to consign in the Silent Auction. The beer swag focused Flea Market will be set up at this time. |
| Saturday Feb 4th | CIB Brewery | Stiles Public House Bus Tour Event. Free tasting, specials, prizes and meet the brewer. |
| Saturday Feb 4th | Gator O'Malley's | Shock Top Night w/ the Shock Top vehicle on site $3 draws. Live music by Monsters in the Basement! |
| Saturday Feb 4th | The House of Loom | OBW City Wide Craft Beer Bus Tour
House of Loom will open at noon on Saturday for the bus tours that will be making their way around the city. Jump on and off the buses at will throughout the day for free to check out all of Omaha's top craft beer bars. For more info, check out: "https://www.facebook.com/events/264363996959099/ http://omahabeerweek.com/bustour.html |
| Saturday Feb 4th | The House of Loom | 7:00pm: Lucky Bucket - Up Close and Personal
Chris Sund from Lucky Bucket Brewing Co. will be hanging out to talk about their Single Batch Series line along with giving us a sneak peak at their long awaited new beer they are releasing to stores. This will be the first new beer from them in over two years! We will have their Barley Wine and new Menage a Chocolate - triple chocolate ale on tap. These beers can't be bought in stores. You won't want to miss this opportunity to try these great beers and find out what we can expect to see from our area's fastest growing local brewery. |
| Saturday Feb 4th | Jake's | Shuttle Night. Leave the pint glasses at home. And remember, for Pete's sake, to pace yourself. Omaha Beer Week is running shuttles between participating beer bars! |
| Saturday Feb 4th | Jazz | Pint Night: $6 for an Omaha Beer Week commemorative pint glass and your first craft draft beer. Refills of OBW glasses with “craft draught beers” are only $3 after that. **Please feel free to bring in an already purchased OBW glass to get the refill special** |
| Saturday Feb 4th | The Lauter Tun | 11:00am-12:00am: One of my favorite breweries from California is taking over our taps! Every few hours we will be tapping a new North Coast beer. Come down on the OBW bus or experience these great beers all week long!
8:00pm: Susie Thorne Jazz Quartet. |
| Saturday Feb 4th | Lucky Bucket | Open 11AM - MIDNIGHT! Tours every hour starting at noon! City Wide Free Bus Shuttles Circling Breweries and Beer Bars Buy a limited edition Omaha Beer Week collectors pint glass for $5 and get a free tour and a beer. |
| Saturday Feb 4th | Mojo Smokehouse | Join Mojo for a day full of music! Mojo starts the day with the best local singer/songwriters from 2pm until 7pm. We will have a short intermission before starting an awesome rock line up starting at 9pm until 2am. Featured bands include Little Brazil and The Filter Kings. No cover all day!!! |
| Saturday Feb 4th | Nebraska Brewing Company | 12:00pm: Pink Boots Society Meeting, at NBC.
Omaha Beer Week Bus Stop BeerMe.com 20th Anniversary Celebration, at NBC. |
| Saturday Feb 4th | Upstream | Omaha Beer Week Bus Stop
$2.50 Beers with your Omaha Beer Week Glass. |
| Sunday Feb 5th | Brass Monkey | Superbowl Sunday chili cook off. Bring your best chili for the test $100.00 first place prize and all those bragging rights that come with it. No entry fee to entrants or tasters, asking for donations to benefit Make-A-Wish, Nebraska chapter. |
| Sunday Feb 5th | Gator O'Malley's | Super Bowl Party!!! $3 TALL BOYS!!!! |
| Sunday Feb 5th | Jake's | DOUBLE HEADER! - Our famous annual chili-cook off. Over $`100 in prizes for the top 3 best pots ‘o chili. Then, Lucky Bucket will be here to takeover. Lot’s of great brews from one of Nebraska’s favorite local breweries. Their Lager, Black IPA, Mild "Baby Wine" ale, Clockwork IPA and a collaboration between Jake’s & LB. The exclusive “Cursed” Bourbon Barrel Chocolate Stout made from their as of yet unreleased whiskey. OBW Pint Glass gets you a dollar off all Lucky Bucket Beers. |
| Sunday Feb 5th | Jazz | Cheap Craft Beer Night: $1 cans of Boxer and Boxer Light from the Minhaus Brewery in Monroe, Wisconsin . |
| Sunday Feb 5th | Krug Park | South Omaha Brewers tasting and competition. Come sample some unique home brewed beers from 6-7 different local brewers. This event will run from 4-7pm and will include 1-2 beers from each home brewer for a mere $5 to attend! Advanced tickets are available at Krug Park. Walk-ins day of are welcome as well. Vote for your 2 favorite beers and those brewers will receive 1st and 2nd place prizes. |
| Sunday Feb 5th | Nebraska Brewing Company | Stein Day, at NBC. 2:00pm: Stein and Costume contest, at NBC. |
| Monday Feb 6th | Brass Monkey | Boulevard Brewing company will be releasing their heavenly chocolate ale from 6:00 till 8:00 this is one you don't want to miss. |
| Monday Feb 6th | Brix | 6:30-8:00 PM: Brix Beer University, "Belgium - We are the Sum of Our Experience." Overrun by everyone from the Romans to the Spanish to the Dutch, Belgians call upon all cultures, but manage to define their own identity. Learn about the region, its styles, and fun facts while you enjoy a tutored tasting of 9 to 12 great Belgian beers. Cheese board and crackers included. Attendees get 10% OFF ALL BEER, WINE AND SPIRITS on the day. Cost: $35 for the night or $100 for 4 classes. Learn more at: BrixOmaha.com. |
| Monday Feb 6th | The Crescent Moon | 7:00pm-10:00pm: The Vintage Beer Tasting Reserve your spot by calling or stopping in at Beertopia. $20, We will sample approximately 180 different beers from the '70's, '80's,’90's and early 2000's. These beers are from a collector who sold his collection of about 15,000 beer cans!! Of those, roughly 180 were full. Although it will be fun to sample these beers they might not so fresh tasting so we will also have a fresh keg of Schell's FireBrick for drinking during this event. |
| Monday Feb 6th | The Crescent Moon | 7:00pm-9:00pm: The Beer Bowl Trivia and Blind Taste Test You need to sign up your team (maximum of 4 people) in Beertopia. It is free to enter; maximum number of teams is 14. Deadline to enter is Sat. Feb 4th. Awesome beery prizes TBA. At the Crescent Moon. |
| Monday Feb 6th | Gator O'Malley's | Mad Monday $1off ALL Micro Brews ALL Night!!! |
| Monday Feb 6th | Jake's | Ron from New Belgium will be here. It’s all about Lips of Faith. If you don’t know, LOF is New Belgium’s ever-evolving line of esoteric and experimental brews. We’ll have Bierre De Mars and the new Coco Mole! (hopefully a few other LOF offerings too). OBW Pint Happy Hour all night long. $1 all draft with your OBW pint glass. |
| Monday Feb 6th | Jazz | Fat Tire Special: $2.75 New Belgium “Fat Tire” draughts from the New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado. |
| Monday Feb 6th | Krug Park | 4:00pm-7:00pm: Green Flash tap takeover! Finally Green Flash Brewing Company has arrived in Nebraska. Jim Kenny (Brewery Representative) will be on site for some giveaways and to answer any questions you might have. Come enjoy four beers (three of them are one keg only): 30th St Pale, Imperial IPA, Le Freak Ale, West Coast IPA. |
| Monday Feb 6th | Mojo Smokehouse | Craft Pint Specials include Upstream pints for $3.50 all day and night. Meet the upstream brewers from 5pm to 9pm. |
| Monday Feb 6th | Nebraska Brewing Co. | 6:00pm: Dario's Beer Dinner - Infinite Wit, at Dario's. |
| Monday Feb 6th | Upstream | 6pm: Dario's Beer Dinner – Double Dutch Belgian Dubbel, at Dario's.
6-9pm: Mojo Smokehouse Meet the Brewers of Upstream $3.50 pints of Upstream Beer all day. |
| Tuesday Feb 7th | Brass Monkey | Home brew contest with cash prizes come one come all. Keg Creek brewing from Glenwood, IA will will be pouring their black IPA as well as Breakdown Brown Ale. Purchase or bring your OBW pint glass for discount fills. |
| Tuesday Feb 7th | The Crescent Moon | 4:00pm-Close: Green Flash Brewing Co. Tap Takeover and Pint Nite. We will have at least 6 taps of Green Flash to choose from. You buy your first beer, keep the glass and get reduced price refills on all Green Flash draft beers all night. |
| Tuesday Feb 7th | The Crescent Moon | 7:00pm-Close: Beer Themed Movie Night in Max and Joe’s and Huber Haus. Come watch famous and not so famous beer themed movies. Strange Brew in the Huber Haus and Smokey & the Bandit at Max and Joe's. |
| Tuesday Feb 7th | Gator O'Malley's | Pre-Mardi Gras Party Beads, micro brews, and gumbo & Karaoke. |
| Tuesday Feb 7th | Jake's | Jenny from Boulevard is here, loaded up with Chocolate Ale, Tank 7 and Harvest Dance. And, it’s movie night! Right now on jakescigars.com you can vote for your favorite beer themed movie. We’ll watch the winning selection tonight. Win prizes from Boulevard. Including a chance at two tickets to the Great America Beer Fest. OBW Pint Happy Hour all night long. $1 all draft with your OBW pint glass. |
| Tuesday Feb 7th | Jazz | Louisiana Beer Day: $2.25 bottles of Abita beers from Abita Springs, Louisiana, and Dixie “Blackened Voodoo” from New Orleans, Louisiana . |
| Tuesday Feb 7th | Krug Park | Lucky Bucket Tap Takeover. Zac Triemert and Chris Sund will be on hand at 7pm for give aways, drawings and more. We will feature seven different beers from Lucky Bucket Brewing Company including Lager, IPA, Certified Evil, Belgian Chocolate Ale, Barley Wine, Black IPA and also a collaboration beer, Zante Currant Brown Alebrewed, by Dustin Bushon (Krug Park Co-owner/Manager) and John Fahrer (experienced home brewer and brewer of Dimitri's Revenge). Info on Krug Park Beer School will be provided as well. |
| Tuesday Feb 7th | The Lauter Tun | 7:00pm-9:00pm: Come meet the brains behind the beer Tuesday. Mingle with the brewers and their better halves. Nebraska Beers on special. |
| Tuesday Feb 7th | Mojo Smokehouse | Join Mojo for Sam and Tom Live Acoustic Music. Sam and Tom know all of your favorite songs and love to play them in a sing along fashion. No Cover! Craft Pint Specials include Modern Monks beers for $3.50 all day and night. Meet the Monks from 5pm to 9pm. |
| Tuesday Feb 7th | Nebraska Brewing Company | 7:00pm-11:00pm: NBC Meet and Greet at the Lauter Tun -- various NBC beers to drink as always and hopefully a few special goodies. |
| Tuesday Feb 7th | Upstream | 7-9pm: On Tuesday February 7th from 7-9pm @ Upstream Brewing Company Legacy Location, 17070 Wright Plaza, will host an Informal Tasting of all 6 of our Templeton Rye Barrel Aged Beers; Horse Feathers, Gianduja, NOLITA, Iowa Coffee, Kurgan Wee Heavy, & Snow Blind Imperial Stout, & pair them with a handful of finger foods (Not a Meal) around the upstairs bar, brewers will be available to answer any questions you may have and to join in on some informal conversation with our guests. The event is Limited to 30 people, Cost will be $10 per person, to reserve spots please email mhall@upstreambrewing.com at your earliest convenience as spaces will fill in quickly. Thanks & Drink Up, Mike. |
| Wednesday Feb 8th | Brass Monkey | Starting at 6:00, limited edition Lucky Bucket release you won't be able to taste anywhere else. It's their Sidamo Coffee Stout - a colaboration with Beansmith, a local Artisan coffee roaster company. Come early because this beer won't last long! |
| Wednesday Feb 8th | Brix | 6:30-8:30 PM: Boulevard Smokestack Series Beer Dinner in the Brix Event Centre. Five courses with five spectacular Smokestack beers: Tank 7, Long Strange Tripel, The Sixth Glass Quadrupel, Chocolate Ale, and Double Wide IPA. Co-hosted by Boulevard's Jim Lyons and Brix's Certified Cicerone Matt Stinchfield. Cost: $55 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Detailed menu and reservation info at: BrixOmaha.com. |
| Wednesday Feb 8th | The Crescent Moon | 4:00pm-close: New Belgium Beer night enjoy $3 New Belgium Beers. We will be giving away a Fat Tire Cruiser Bike. Must be present to win. The drawing will take place at 9pm. At the Crescent Moon. |
| Wednesday Feb 8th | The Crescent Moon | 5:00pm-Close: Special Tappings TBA at Huber Haus. |
| Wednesday Feb 8th | The Crescent Moon | 6:30pm-8:00pm: At Max and Joes, Spiegelau Beer Glassware Presentation sponsored by Boulevard. Find out how much difference the right glass can make on a beer's aroma, taste and mouth feel. For $22 you get to drink 4 Boulevard beers in half in a Spiegelau glassware specially made for that style and half in a standard pint glass to discover the difference for yourself. When you are done the glassware is yours to keep! A 4 glass set glass, a $50 value! Sign up by calling Beertopia at (402-905-2603) or stop in to reserve your spot. Seats are limited and will fill fast. Special tapping in Max and Joe's at 8pm TBA. |
| Wednesday Feb 8th | Gator O'Malley's | Shock Top Night w/ the Shock Top vehicle on site $3 draws & Karaoke. |
| Wednesday Feb 8th | Jake's | A fast-rising presence in town, Squatters / Wasatch Beers is sending Adam out here to the flatlands. With him, arrives Squatters IPA, Wasatch White Label Wit, the infamous Polygamy Porter and a very special Port wood aged Devastator Dopplebock. Lot 2 is pitching in tonight with a junk-food pairing! In fact, it’ll be too good to call junk food. Don’t miss this one! Tickets required for food pairing, 25$ /20$ with an OBW Pint Glass. |
| Wednesday Feb 8th | Jazz | Import Night: Take a break from local craft brews, and try some from other countries around the world. Imports just $3.25 on Wednesday night . |
| Wednesday Feb 8th | Krug Park | 5:00pm-8:00pm: Upstream Tap Takeover with Mike Hall (head Brew Master). This night will feature 3-4 beers that have been aged or are very limited in quantity. First come first served! Mike Hall will be on site to answer your questions but to also do give aways and prizes. There will be a small variety of limited, hand numbered bottle raffle give aways for those who drink featured Upstream beers on this occasion.
Upstream tap take over beers include: Krug Park Sweet Tart (French Oak Cabernet Barrel-Aged Grand Cru blended with Templeton Rye Barrel Aged NOLITA), Templeton Rye Whiskey Barrel Aged NOLITA, Wit Hopen (Hoppy Belgian Wheat), 2012 Snow Blind Imperial Oatmeal Stout.
Also, Goose Island party! 9:00pm11:00pm: Goose Island Tasting. Sample 8oz pours of the following beers: Lolita Belgian Ale - 7%ABV Bramble Rye Bourbon County Stout - 12.7% |
| Wednesday Feb 8th | The Lauter Tun | 7:00pm-11:00pm: Tallgrass and Greenflash Tapping. Two amazing breweries from two very different parts of the country will be tapped this week at The LT. Details to come. |
| Wednesday Feb 8th | The Lauter Tun | 7:30pm-10:30pm: "The Acoustic Gangster" is a nickname of the singer/songwriter Brian Alexander. It reflects his seamless approach towards audiences (swag), his relentless work ethic (hustle), and his troubled past (street cred). At the age of 3 he wrote his first full length symphony. It wasn't very good. |
| Wednesday Feb 8th | Lucky Bucket | Open 4PM - 7PM. Tour at 5:30. Seminar on the current landscape of Extreme Beer from President and Brewer, ZacTriemert, to follow the tour, around 6PM. We will sample a variety of beers during the talk. Seminar is free. |
| Wednesday Feb 8th | Mojo Smokehouse | Empyrean beer and dinner pairing. This event starts at 7pm $20 per person, $35 per couple.
Featuring : Mojo Smoked Chicken Artichoke Dip paired with Burning Sky Scottish & Better World Wheat. Sausage & Mushroom Pizza and Brisket Brushetta Pizza paired with Luna Sea ESB & Third Stone Brown. Sweet Stout Chocolate Cake paired with Fallen Angel Sweet Stout, draft and cask. Join Mojo for an open mic singer/songwriter night host by Max Holmquist of Great American Desert from 9pm to 1am. No Cover! Craft Pint Specials include $3.50 pints of Empyrean beer excluding Cask all day and night. Come in and meet the brewer from 5pm to 9pm |
| Wednesday Feb 8th | Nebraska Brewing Company | 6:00pm: Reserve Series Beer & Food pairing dinner. Only 25 seats available at $60 each, at NBC. |
| Wednesday Feb 8th | Upstream | 5-8pm: Tap Take Over @ Krug Park. |
| Thursday Feb 9th | Brass Monkey | Alex Carlton with CIB brewing company will be releasing morning wood breakfast stout from 6:00 till 8:00 as well as some additional beers that will be released for sale soon. |
| Thursday Feb 9th | The Crescent Moon | 4:00pm-Close: At the Crescent Moon, Boulevard Tap Take over and feature night. Choose from 8 different Boulevard Beers on tap all at discounted prices. Enjoy our .40 cent wings. Beer line up TBA. |
| Thursday Feb 9th | The Crescent Moon | 8pm: Twisted Pine Ghost Face Kilah Beer and Wing Challenge at the Crescent Moon. See who can down a plate of Ghost Chili Wings along with a bottle of the hottest beer on the planet, Ghost Face Kilah from Twisted Pine Brewing Co. out of Boulder. If you are interested in entering the Wing Challenge reply to this email and we will get you in. Beery prizes TBA. |
| Thursday Feb 9th | CIB Brewery | Brass Monkey Morningwood Breakfast Stout Release Party. Free Tasting, Specials, Prizes. Celebrate this beers release with the people who named it! |
| Thursday Feb 9th | Gator O'Malley's | Shock Top Night w/ the Shock Top vehicle on site $3 draws & Karaoke. |
| Thursday Feb 9th | The House of Loom | 6:30pm-9:00pm:
Boiler Room, House of Loom and Lucky Bucket Brewery present... An Omaha Beer Week food & beer pairing $30 per-person / Reservations REQUIRED / Call 452.7231 We've given the task to Executive Chef and owner of Boiler Room, Paul Kulik, to create a 4-course food & beer pairing with four of Lucky Bucket's beers. Kulik has created dishes that incorporate the beers into the preparation and cooking processes. Join us for the perfectly paired libations and food in the bohemian and Victorian ambiance of House of Loom's lounge as chef Kulik explains his process. A Lucky Bucket representative & local beer expert Tom Malowski also will be on hand to talk about the beers. 1st Course: Pre-Prohibition Style Lager paired with House boudin blanc, mustard brioche 2nd Course: Special Edition Cask of IPA flavored with citra and ugli fruit paired with spicy Chicarrones. 3rd Course: Certified Evil paired with roasted squash, farro, and smoked lardo vinaigrette 4th Course: Menage a Chocolate, a triple chocolate ale paired with brewer's yeast waffles, chocolate ale syrup, and brown butter ice cream 5th Course: Barley Wine $30 per-person / Reservations REQUIRED / Call 452.7231 |
| Thursday Feb 9th | Jake's | Head-Brewer Mike Hall from Upstream is taking over tonight. With a ton of great prizes (including bottles of the good stuff), he’s handing out one ticket with every Upstream pint poured ! We’ll have at least 5 unique brews tonight. Their Red Wit, Double Dutch Dubbel, a triple hopped IPA, the renowned 2007 Grand Cru sour ale, and an insane offering from Jake’s own Luke, a scotch ale with toasted pecans and sri racha! Get double raffle tix with your OBW pint. |
| Thursday Feb 9th | Jazz | Boulevard Beer Night: $2.25 beers from the Boulevard Brewery in Kansas City, Missouri. **This does not include beers from the Smokestack Series**. |
| Thursday Feb 9th | Krug Park | Empyrean Cask Take Over. The folks from Empyrean Brewing Company (Lincoln, NE) will be on site to help feature two additional "clamp on" cask beer engines, aside from the current existing engine on our bar. We will also feature a gravity fed keg that will sit atop our bar for a unique beer experience. All four beers will be in limited quantities. Each cask beer will represent a varietal recipe provided by the employees of Krug Park. Empyrean Cask take over, Krug Park bar tender beers include: Eric Brouillette's (Bourbon Barel-Aged Darkside Vanilla Porter), Tom Flaherty's (Double Hopped Rye Luna Sea ESB), Alex Lund's (Lemon Basil Chaco Canyon Gold), Anne Hepburn's (Home Roasted Coffee Collapsar Oatmeal Stout), Dustin Bushon/Sara Emerton's (Mango Third Stone Brown). |
| Thursday Feb 9th | The Lauter Tun | 8:00pm-11:00pm: Crime Sena Is comprised of Tom Sena - Vox and Piano Matt Wallace - Sax and Flute Troy Johnson - Bass Dan Crowell - Drums and Percussion Crime Sena offers an eclectic mix of mostly older pop tunes played with fresh arrangements. You can usually count on a revolving cast of sit ins at any given time since these guys have played for a lot of years with a lot of bands. Tom and Dan played together off and on since Guerilla Theatre days. Matt Wallace toured with Maynard Ferguson and played with um... everyone. Troy Johnson joins us this evening on bass and has played with most bands in town in typical bass whore fashion. Selections from Rundgren to Billy Joel to Maroon 5... ya we said eclectic. |
| Thursday Feb 9th | The Lauter Tun | 7:00 pm-8:30pm: Goose Island Beer and Cheese Pairing. We are very excited to work with such a great brewery and to host this incredible tasting event. Paul Devries from Goose Island will be picking the cheeses to pair with specific beers and will be speaking about the selections. We will be capping the seats for the event at 30 people and it will be a $12 charge per seat. Grab your tickets fast as they will be gone very quickly. |
| Thursday Feb 9th | Lucky Bucket | Open 4PM - 7PM. Tour at 5:30 PM. Beer and appetizer pairing. Food partner to be announced. More details to follow. |
| Thursday Feb 9th | Mojo Smokehouse | Mojo Jokehouse and Ales presents Comedy SURPRISE hosted by the very funny Nick Allen. Comedy SURPRISE is an open mic comedy workshop for local comics from 10pm to 2am. Craft Pint Specials include $3.50 pints of Nebraska Brewing Company beer all day and night. Meet from the brewers from 5pm to 9pm. |
| Thursday Feb 9th | Nebraska Brewing Company | 4:00pm: Romancing the Cone dry hopped with Xtra Centennial, at NBC. |
| Thursday Feb 9th | Upstream | 6-10 pm: Tap Take Over @ Jakes. |
| Friday Feb 10th | Brass Monkey | Madhouse brewing company will be here all night pouring several of their brews. Bring your OBW pint glasses for 2.50 fills. |
| Friday Feb 10th | The Crescent Moon | Beertopia’s Extreme Beer Dinner hosted by Lagunitas Brewing Co. Tip Top Ballroom , 15th and Cuming in Downtown Omaha. Enjoy a four course dinner expertly prepared and paired with the famous beer from Lagunitas Brewing. A sneak peak debut of their beers in Omaha. Tickets are $55 and are limited to 100. |
| Friday Feb 10th | Gator O'Malley's | Green Flask Brewery Night w discounts on GFB beer. Boss Philly live on stage. |
| Friday Feb 10th | Jake's | Jake’s teams up with Krug Park for beer cocktail night. Each joint will have a fresh selection of cocktails featuring some of our favorite beers. We’re still sussing out the details. Be sure to check jakescigars.com for up to date info. But we aren't stopping there, O'dell Reps will be on hand to unveil Odell Saboteur and and we'll bust out some reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout. |
| Friday Feb 10th | Jazz | Local Craft Beer Night: $3.00 Lucky Bucket and Keg Creek Brewery beers. |
| Friday Feb 10th | Krug Park | Spend the night in Germany! All German draft biers will be on special, half liters only. Enjoy bier from Spaten/Franziskaner, Weihenstephaner, Bitburger, Warsteiner and more! Drink a Boulevard Brewing Company beer and you will receive a ticket for a raffle drawing to receive one of only eight 750ml bottles of Boulevard Chocolate Ale. Drawings will run from 5-8pm. (One bottle per person). Meet the Brewer with Jeremy Danner from Boulevard Brewing Company. Enjoy giveaways, raffles and Boulevard beers - Unfiltered Wheat, Dry Stout, Chocolate Ale, Tank 7 Farmhouse for $3.00 and bottles of Boulevard Pilsner for $2.50 from 5-8. Krug Park and Jake's are teaming up for a beer cocktail night. We will have a nice selection of 5 beer themed cocktails for you to try all night from 4pm to close. Jump from bar to bar and pick your favorite and let us know!! Maybe we'll throw em on our menu! Cocktails include: Oatmeal Stout Bloody Mary, Brooklyn Daily (Michelada w/ Brooklyn Salsa), Fruli White Margarita, Tripel Shandy (Pilsner based with lemon and ginger beer), and Root Beer Barrel. |
| Friday Feb 10th | Krug Park | Meet the Brewer with Jeremy Danner from Boulevard Brewing Company. Enjoy giveaways, raffles and Boulevard beers - Unfiltered Wheat, Dry Stout, Chocolate Ale, Tank 7 Farmhouse for $3.00 and bottles of Boulevard Pilsner for $2.50 from 5-8. |
| Friday Feb 10th | Krug Park | Krug Park and Jake's are teaming up for a beer cocktail night. We will have a nice selection of 5 beer themed cocktails for you to try all night from 4pm to close. Jump from bar to bar and pick your favorite and let us know!! Maybe we'll throw em on our menu! Cocktails include: Oatmeal Stout Bloody Mary, Brooklyn Daily (Michelada w/ Brooklyn Salsa), Fruli White Margarita, Tripel Shandy (Pilsner based with lemon and ginger beer), and Root Beer Barrel. |
| Friday Feb 10th | The Lauter Tun | 7:00pm-9:00pm: Ron the Beer Ranger from New Belgium Brewing Company will be at our bar promoting NB beers. We will have several great tap beers and perhaps...if we beg...Ron will bring us some special kegs or bottles to try. |
| Friday Feb 10th | The Lauter Tun | 8:00pm-11:00pm: Novak & Haar is led by guitarist Jon Novak and bassist Mark Haar and has been performing constantly since 1998. Prior to forming Novak & Haar, Jon and Mark had played together in jazz combos, big bands, musical theater ensembles, Blue House with the Rent to Own Horns, and worship bands. In and around the Omaha and Lincoln Nebraska metropolitan areas, Novak & Haar is constantly in demand for their music. While they think of themselves as a jazz group, they play not only jazz standards but also music by the Beatles, Sting, the Police, Eric Clapton, and the Doors. Novak & Haar's most recent recording, "Old Friends," spent eight weeks in Jazzweek.com's Chartbound list. |
| Friday Feb 10th | The Lauter Tun | 9:00om-11:00pm: Boulevard Chocolate Ale Release. This beer from Boulevard is one everyone has to try! Most chocolate beers are stouts or porters. This, however, is not. So if you are one of those people who either hates 'dark beer' or refuses to try them, make sure you give this a shot. It tastes exactly like milk chocolate. |
| Friday Feb 10th | Lucky Bucket | Open 4PM - 7PM. Tour at 5:30 PM. Come join us for a special movie night. We will be watching How Beer Saved The World - a recent 45 minute film that explains the important role beer has played in human history. |
| Friday Feb 10th | Mojo Smokehouse | Lucky Bucket Live featuring ThemOtherDudes Live Karaoke band. Jump up on stage with a full band and sing all of you favorite songs! You get to the rock star on this night from 9pm to 2am. Lucky Bucket tap take over including five Lucky Bucket beers on tap. Craft Pint Specials include $3.50 Lucky Bucket pints all day and night! Meet the brewers from 5pm to 9pm. |
| Friday Feb 10th | Nebraska Brewing Co. | Come on by from 6pm to 8pm on Friday night and meet; Robin Little from Goose Island, The Schilling Bridge Brewers, Kelly Lohrmeyer from Tallgrass & Brian Podwinski from Blue Blood! |
| Saturday Feb 11th | The Crescent Moon | Beertopia’s 6th Annual Extreme Beerfest, Tip Top Ballroom 15th and Cuming, Omaha Nearly 300 of the Most Extreme Beers The World Has to Offer! Double IPAs, Barrel Aged, Imperial Stouts, Belgian Sours, Tripels, Casks and Many more Rare and Unusual Beer Styles. Most Beers Above 7% ABV. Your Ticket Gets You a Souvenir Tasting Glass, Program & 4 Hours of Sampling. Brewery and Distributor Reps will be onsite to answer your questions. NEW This Year: Hourly Beercentric Seminars to improve your beer knowledge. Live Music Provided by Blue House Ticket Information: General Admission Tickets - Just $31 in Advance (Limited to 900) VIP Entrance Tickets - Just $41 in Advance (Only 100 tickets available) 1. VIP ticket gains you 1 hour early (2:00 PM) access to the fest 2. Get up close and personal with the brewers 3. Five Special Release beers available ONLY during the VIP session Tickets available at Beertopia. |
| Saturday Feb 11th | Brix | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM: Choose from over 700 beers and ciders in our coolers - take them away or enjoy them in-store for NO CORKAGE FEE. If you get hungry, order everything from small plates to full meals prepared by the Brix Bistro team. Plus - great deals on bottled beer and chances to win brewery souvenirs from local and regional breweries. Follow events on FB at http://www.facebook.com/brixomahabeer. |
| Saturday Feb 11th | Gator O'Malley's | Goose Island $1 off all GIB beers. Broken Effect live on stage. |
| Saturday Feb 11th | Jake's | Shuttle Night. Leave the pint glasses at home. And remember, for fucks sake, to pace yourself. Omaha Beer Week is running shuttles between participating beer bars! |
| Saturday Feb 11th | Jazz | Pint Night: $6 for an Omaha Beer Week commemorative pint glass and your first craft draft beer. Refills of OBW glasses with “craft draught beers” are only $3 after that. **Please feel free to bring in an already purchased OBW glass to get the refill special** |
| Saturday Feb 11th | Lucky Bucket | Open 11AM - 4PM. Tours at noon, 1PM, 2PM, and 3 PM. Our tours will be Free all day! |
| Saturday Feb 11th | Mojo Smokehouse | Dance party featuring one of Omaha Premiere DJ’s, DJ JAB. He will be spinning all night from 10pm to 2am. Come out and dance at Mojo! Craft Pint Specials include $3.50 local pints all day and night! |
| Sunday Feb 12th | Gator O'Malley's | ROCK-A-BILLY Night!!! Discount beer specials all night! |
| Sunday Feb 12th | Jake's | At noon we're doing Bloody Sunday in Benson, here at Jake's we'll be having a bloody mary bar for all you poor hungover people. Garnish it how you like! Come meet Michelle our new host of Sunday Fundays! |
| Sunday Feb 12th | Jazz | Cheap Craft Beer Night: $1 cans of Boxer and Boxer Light from the Minhaus Brewery in Monroe, Wisconsin. |
| Sunday Feb 12th | Krug Park | Boulevard Brewing Company happy hour from 4-7pm. Come recover from Extreme Beer Fest with $3 Boulevard Beers - Unfiltered Wheat, Dry Stout, Chocolate Ale, Tank 7 Farmhouse. Also enjoy $1 off of each of our ten different Bloody Mary's and $3 Mimosas from Noon-4pm. |
| Sunday Feb 12th | Mojo Smokehouse | Brewed Up Cocktails:
Craft Beer Cocktail Contest sponsored by Lucky Bucket Brewing Company Starts at 2pm Watch the area's best bartenders go head to head to claim the fame and glory of creating the best cocktail for each beer style. The winner for each beer style will win a $50 gift card to Lucky Bucket Brewing Co. plus other great prizes for the runner ups. If you want to compete please contact Chris Sund at chris@luckybucketbrewing.com no later than January 31st. You must present your cocktails in person on Sunday February 12th to enter. Specials include Omaha’s Best SIN (Service Industry Night) featuring all of our nightly specials on one night. Craft Pint Specials include $3.50 local pints all day and night. Rounding out craft beer week Mojo is going to host one of Omaha most up and coming bands Rock Paper Dynamite. The rest of the line up is TBA. The show will start at 9pm and end at 2am. |
| Sunday Feb 12th | Nebraska Brewing Company | Infinite Wit and HopGod Mimosa's, at NBC. |