“As the craft beer scene in Omaha continues to grow, the idea was born to create an Omaha Beer Week to bring Craft beer bars, retailers and Breweries across Omaha together and offer 10 beer packed days with many specials and new and exciting beery events all over town.
The first Omaha Beer Week was held in early February 2012, and proved to be a great event for beer fans of all types from Omaha and beyond!”
With our deep connections in teh Omaha beer scene I had heard quite about about Omaha Beer Week since it’s inception three years ago. The timing has never worked out for us to attend, but with my recent stay in Kansas City the stars finally aligned and I was invited to cover the event with a travelers point of view.
As part of The Roaming Pint’s coverage of OBW, we have been given tickets to two awesome beer bus tours to give away to our loyal readers. You can read a description of each tour below. They are for this weekend, one on Saturday (14th) and one on Sunday (15th).
All you have to do to be eligible is sign up for our beer travel updates (be sure to indicate which ticket you want):
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A winner will be randomly selected for each bus tour and announced on Friday (13th).
Omaha Beer Week Craft Beer Bus Tour (February 14th from 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm) – The Omaha Craft Beer Bus Tour transporting attendees around the Omaha area to nearly 25 craft beer bars in neighborhoods like Benson, the Old Market, West Omaha, Midtown, and the Blackstone District. A total of three main routes, and express busses that connect the three routes, will operate from 12pm to 10pm on Saturday, February 14th. Busses will stop service promptly at 10pm, so please plan enough travel time to arrive at your desired final location.
Omaha Beer Week Brewery Bus Tour (February 15th – 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm) – The Omaha Beer Week Brewery Bus Tour will take you to 4 Omaha area breweries. Each bus will spend approximately one hour at each location, where you will be treated to a tour of the brewing facility. Beer will be available for purchase during the facility tours. You will need to show up no later than 11:45am on 2/15/14 at the location specified on your ticket. Tour #1 goes to Lucky Bucket Brewery, Infusion Brewery, Scriptown Brewery, Upstream Brewery, while Tour #2 goes to Nebraska Brewing Co., Benson Brewery, Farnam House Brewery, Brickway Brewery. The winner can choose which tour they would like to take.