STEPH DEROSA: DOCUMENTARY ABOUT BEER. YUM >>>

It’s been an exciting week around the Weekly Volcano headquarters, for many, many reasons. Tons of national fun events are coming to Tacoma, we have a podcast coming out this Friday, and the Weekly Volcano weather guy has finally secured an appointment for his breast reduction. It’s all so exciting around here that I’ve wet my pants enough times to warrant me bringing an extra pair into the office. With my intelligence, it only takes three mistakes for me to figure this stuff out.

In all this exciting excitement getting me all excited, Tiffany and Craig from 99 Bottles in Federal Way clued me in to a once-in-a-lifetime national event headed here to the beautiful South Sound area: Beer Wars. No, it’s not scantily clad women in string bikinis wrestling in a vat of Pabst Blue Ribbon. As awesome as that might be to some of you, it’s nothing like that.

Beer Wars is a documentary that showcases the history of small breweries and their struggle to make it in a “Budweiser” type society. It will be broadcasted LIVE via simulcast from Los Angeles for one night only Thursday, April 16. The good news is that we don’t have to drive to Seattle to check this out; it will be shown this Thursday at Regal Auburn Stadium 17 and Century 16 in Federal Way, both begin at 8 p.m.

In even MORE good news, Tiffany and Craig also tell me that, “Ben ‘Bueller, Bueller’ Stein will host a live panel discussion immediately following the movie featuring key players in the craft beer industry, including Greg Koch (Stone), Sam Caligione (Dogfish Head), Charlie Papazian (Brewers Association President), and Todd Allstrom (BeerAdvocate.com).”

Better yet, the good news doesn’t stop there. If you bring your Beer Wars ticket stub into 99 Bottles (35002 Pacific Hwy. S., Federal Way), bat your eyelashes, and give them a “pretty please with a cherry on top,” Craig or Tiffany will give you 10 percent off your beer purchase. Beer movie, beer discussion, AND beer discount? Crap. There goes my fresh pair of pants.

LINK: South Sound movie times