It’s St. Louis Craft Beer Week, May 30-June 6. That means a week of beer tastings, beer history, and other fun beer things.

If you have the means/time, I recommend checking it out. Especially the beer tasting for wine lovers you can find in events. I’ll be trying to find the time/means, but with St. Louis a mere 5 hours away, there’s really no reason not to check it out.

The T is for Tom. The hat is because it's a bajillion degrees out.

Unfortunately, there is not a brewery to be seen in the vicinity. The closest thing is a small collection of brewpubs called Smokey Mountain Restaurant and Brewery, and while I don’t want to seem ungrateful, would it kill a city of almost 200,000 people to branch out and get more creative with it’s drinking?

I’ll be heading to Smokey Mountain sometime this week. I’ll also be on the lookout for some Tennesse brews from the few local breweries around. Reviews and previews to come.