May 5 - Boonville, California
Boonville Beer Festival at the Mendocino County Fairgrounds. avbc.com/news/boontbeerfest.html
May 12 - Sacramento, California
Beer fest at Raley Field. Rubicon, 916-448-7032
May 12 - Frederick, Maryland
Maryland Brewer’s Spring Fest. mdbeer.com
May 18–19 - Newport, Oregon
Brewer’s Memorial Ale Fest at the Rogue Brewery. rogue.com
May 19 - Sunnyvale, California
Rawley's 19th annual ExtravaCANza! Vintage Beer Can and Beer Collectible Show! 408-294-1834
May 25 - San Francisco, California
“Dinner with the Brewmaster” with Rob Tod of Allagash Brewing Co. beer-chef.com
May 30–June 3 - Montreal, Quebec
Mondial de la Bière at Windsor Station. festivalmondialbiere.qc.ca
June 2–3 - Belgium
Karakterbier Weekend HOP 2007. karakterbierweekend.be
June 9 - San Diego, California
San Diego County Fair hosts a commercial beer festival where competition winners will be announced. The fair will serve select award-winning beers from the competition for the duration of the fair, through July 4. E-mail Tom Nickel at brewhaus@hotmail.com
June 9 - Chico, California
Annual Microbrew Festival. sibidwellrancho.org
June 15–16 - Boston, Massachussetts
American Beer Fest featuring "Night of the Lagers" (100% lagers!) on June 15. beeradvocate.com/events
June 29–July 6 - Alaska
Brew Cruise through Alaska's coastline. 800-824-4968 or magichappens.com
July 21 - Charlotte, North Carolina
Beer, Bourbon & BBQ at Symphony Park. beerandbourbon.com
July 26–29 - Portland, Oregon
20th annual Oregon Brewers Festival at Waterfront Park. oregonbrewfest.com
August 3–4 - Mammoth Mountain, California
Bluesapalooza with great microbreweries and blues bands on the mountain. harvestmoonpresents.com
August 4–5 - Portland, Oregon
13th annual Bones and Brew in the Pearl District. rogue.com
August 25–26 - Portland, Oregon
Great American Distillers Festival featuring micro-distillers. rogue.com
October 13 - San Francisco, California
The Independent Spirit Fest for micro distillers at the W Hotel. celticmalts.com
October 20 - Timonium, Maryland
Maryland Brewer’s Oktoberfest at Timonium Fairgrounds. mdoktoberfest.com
October 23 - San Francisco, California
WhiskyFest San Francisco at Hyatt Regency Embarcadero hosted by Malt Advocate magazine. maltadvocate.com