It's American Craft Beer Week. Need an excuse to have a beer?

The Brewers Association is our official trade group, and its nationwide American Craft Beer Week promotion starts tomorrow and runs during the coming week (May 17-23).

In addition, Indiana Beer Week runs the week preceding the annual guild festival in Broad Ripple on July 17, and there'll be a Louisville Craft Beer Week from September 24 through October 2. That's three craft beer weeks. Why not make every week a craft beer week, and name each one after yourself, your home, house pets, children ... whatever?

But seriously: There can't be too many. Breweries across the country have scheduled tastings, fests, dinners, brew-ins and numerous other individualistic local happenings to recognize American Craft Beer Week. To see what's up, check individual local brewery websites and go here.