Magic Hat Tasting
Sara from Magic Hat will be joining us today from 5:00-7:00pm in the tasting closet where she’ll be opening Pandora’s Box. Let’s hope it’s not this one.

Charlotte Beer Week
Charlotte’s Creative Loafing is again sponsoring Charlotte Beer Week April 17-25. Guess they haven’t updated the website yet since these were the events from last year.

Fine Living airs show about beer pairings
“Learn about that mysterious mix of hops and barley with Fine Living Network’s Beer Pairings. From mass marketers to small-batch breweries, the uproar over beer is finding its way from the sports bars into top-shelf restaurants. People are finding that beer is as tasty with food as the finest wine. This one-hour special introduces you to the experts who will tell our taste buds which foods go great with beer.” Set the Tivo.

Do you hulu?
Speaking of television, Hulu made its public launch yesterday with the mission “to help you find and enjoy the world’s premium content when, where and how you want it. We hope to provide you with the web’s most comprehensive selection from more than 50 content providers including FOX, NBC, MGM, Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros., Lionsgate, and more to deliver premium programming across all genres and formats, television shows, feature films, and clips.” Yup, you can watch The Big Lebowski on your computer. Prediction: It will be less than ten minutes until your IT guy blocks this site on your company’s server. 

“Open An Umbrella Inside Day”
In one of the more stupid holidays in America, Mom R. tells us that March 13 is National Open An Umbrella Inside Day. It’s also Ear Muff Day, Good Samiritan Day, and Uncle Sam’s birthday. We didn’t even know he had a birthday.