Here at Tomato Head, keeping track of food holidays is something of a hobby. Sometimes we decide to write about the day, and other times, we just giggle at some of strange things that get recognized – like National Raisin and Spice Bar Day or even National Liver and Onions Day.
Some holidays are strangely specific like National Baked Ham with Pineapple Day – glazed gam gets its own feast day. And others are oddly placed; National Zucchini Bread Day is on April 25th, but any gardener will tell you that it’s the great squash glut of late summer that inspires people to sneak that green cucurbit into bread and just about anywhere else they can think to stick it.
Beer, however, is an enjoyment that knows no seasonal confines, which may account for the hordes of holidays that honor its production, consumption, appreciation and proliferation. This week begins American Craft Beer Week, but already this month we’ve celebrated National Homebrew Day and National Take Mom Out for a Beer Day. Almost as soon as June gets started so too will SAVOR: An American Craft Beer and Food Experience in DC. Virginia sets aside the entire month of August to toast its own 100+ craft breweries and 5 beer trails.
And that’s only a sampling. Heck, IPA gets its own day, too.
And we love it. We love it so much that we set aside an even larger Tomato Head holiday to honor the whole of craft beer, a celebration of brew that starts at the beginning of January and ends about a year later – and then starts all over again. Of course we celebrate everybody else’s hoppy-days, too, but we’re just too much in love with craft beer to wait for an official observance to feast and fete these artful suds.
The fact is that every day is craft beer day at the Tomato Head. With our regional tap selection of all craft beers as well as a craft heavy bottle and can selection, our revels are never ending.
Of course, we look forward to serving you excellent suds this week; it’s a fine week to be sure. But we hate that feeling of letdown that comes at the end of every party and holiday – you know the feeling when the shindig ends and the drudgery of daily rote intrudes once again. So we just don’t let that happen and neither should you. Anytime you need a beer holiday don’t worry about looking at the calendar, just come on down to see us – we’ve got a craft beer bash going on every day.