Beer and Blog Las Vegas

Tonight we are meeting at the Boca Park Gordon Biersch for their Brewers Choice tapping party. I attended the Tuesday night version and GB on Paradise and they treated us to their lovely HellesBock and some selections on their food menu.

Please join us for this and we will meet in the bar after it ends at 7pm, if interests warrants.

Moving into February we will kick off the first week at the Freakin Frog, I expect we will have a small turn out due to the GoWalla Swap Meet on Wed night.

The second week of Feb we will be trying out Fado’s Irish Pub, formerly at Green Valley Ranch, it is located on Eastern just off 215.

The third week we have snug crawl on Friday night, so we will either scratch Thursday night or have a last minute planning session. Additional details will follow.

Finally we will be somewhere more on the North side of town again to wrap up the month. As always, additional information can be found on our twitter stream or on our facebook page.

Happy Birthday Amanda! by Cayusa

Yep. It’s true! Beer & Blog Las Vegas is a year old this week.  We’ve come a long way in a year, from planning in 4 days to a number of different venues.  To celebrate, we’ll be making the pilgrimage to our first home, Freakin’ Frog on Maryland Parkway, across from UNLV.  Official  day is Thursday 1/14 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., but there are always people there starting around 5.  Feel free to enjoy one of the many beers and the wifi. And we’ll also need to raise a pint for the 2 year anniversary of the Beer & Blog organization.

Here’s to the start of another great year!

Tonight will be the year’s first Beer N Blog and I expect it to be a fairly good turn out. We will be meeting at McMullans Irish Pub, across from the Orleans Casino. It is far enough off the strip that it should not be effected by CES foot traffic. But accessible to most of our members, looking forward to getting the year kicked off on a high note!

The year is coming to end and it’s time for one last Beer n Blog. We are going to stick with Gordon Biersch for the next few weeks until we get a schedule going for the start of Feburary.

A lot of folks will be nearby next week for CES, so it seems like a logical meeting place for the short term.

Hope to see some of you out there tonight.

Next Thursday, November 26 is:
1) Beer & Blog night
2) Thanksgiving Day
3) Beer & Blog “Elder Drunk” Neal Mason’s birthday!!!

If you don’t already have plans, please join us at the M Resort at 12300 Las Vegas Blvd. in Henderson for Beer & Blog & Bird & Ball & Birthday!

3-5 PM: Thanksgiving dinner at the Studio B Buffet ($23.95, no host)

5:20 PM: Watch the New York Giants / Denver Broncos game in the M Resort sportsbook. (Those of us who don’t enjoy football can go drink beer — 32 Degree Draft bar has an excellent selection of beers on tap — or check out the wine tasting room, play poker, etc. instead.)

Please RSVP on our Facebook event page to let us know if you’re planning to attend!

Hope to see you there!

To kick off the Blog World / WordCamp weekend, let’s all get together for giant Beer & Blog meetup! There will be hundreds of people in from out of town, and I’ve already been approached by at least half a dozen who are looking forward to coming out and tipping a pint with the Vegas crew.

When: Thursday October 15th at 5:30pm – 8:30pm
Where: Bar Louie in Town Square

Bar Louie has Happy Hour from 5pm – 7pm with food and drink specials.

I would like to give the bar a heads up as to roughly how many people are going to show. Head over to the Facebook event page and RSVP there! Thanks!

We're special!

No, there won’t be  large yellow bus that has ‘Special’ written on it, but next week’s edition of Beer & Blog will be held at Dick’s Last Resort in Excalibur.  With any luck, the weather will be cooler and we’ll be rockin’ the patio.

This change is only for September 24th.  We will be sure to let you know if we do a permanent change of venues via Twitter and FaceBook and the likes.  Besides, we need to find a place that can tell the difference between Stella and Stout.  Anyone have any suggestions that have a decent beer selection and strong WiFi?

Besides an awesome Beer n Blog last night at the Whuffaoke tonight, please join us on Twitter to help @VegasBill. He has been having problems with being banned off and on for the past couple weeks for possibly being a spammer.

He is a good friend of #bnblv and we would appreciate it if you added #freevegasbill to your Friday tweets.

Just to add, his account is currently up and running over the past hour, however he has been on and off a lot. So I think it is premature to celebrate just yet.

Whuffaoke kicks off in San Francisco

For everyone who wasn’t at Beer & Blog tonight, Whuffaoke’s stop #3 is Vegas, baby! The main event is Friday at Town Square from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.  The Winnebago will be parked somewhere around the Yardhouse.  Bring your requests and a sense of humor.  Stop by and say hello to the Whuffaoke team: Tara, Tony, Alex, Emma, Karen, and Ridley the Tweeting pug. Special thanks to Liza for running ground support for Whuffaoke!  Also, if you’re looking for some new threads, why not sport them Whuffaoke style? Get them through SpreadShirt.

And send good thoughts to the team… the Winnie had a rough go of desert traveling from San Francisco to LA today.  They made it, but will need lots of “I think I can!” thoughts to get over the mountains and into Vegas.

(Photo by Rod Begbie and used under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.0 license)

On July 17th & 18th, Tara @missrogue Hunt is bringing her Winnebago to Vegas for some karaoke fun.  Think Cash Cab except in an RV with singing… bound to be a ton of fun!  You can check out the Whuffaoke web page for more details, follow them on Twitter @whuffaoke, or check out the Facebook page for more information and events.    The official hashtag for the event is #WhuffaokeLAS.  I’ll post updates as the events unfold!