Getting ready for Beer Week? Starting to map out the tap takeovers? Letting your boss know that you plan on being sick the last full week of October?

Don’t forget that there’s only one way to start Beer Week – at Southern HOPSpitality Beer Festival on Friday, October 19. Last year these folks were in Providence and brought out 12 great local and regional breweries. This year they’re making the move to Lowe Mill and bringing even more brewers.

Full pints available. Keep the souvenir pint glass – you will receive one of 9 different styles – and come out to some of the other events during Beer Week to collect the rest.