QC Craft Beer Week showcases all locally made brews in the area.

To close out QC Craft Beer Week, there will be a QC Tap Takeover happening on Saturday, May 15 at Five Cities Brewing.  Starting at 11 a.m., it will be all QC craft beer on tap from our local breweries.  $1 from every pint sold will be donated to the River Bend Food Bank.  Lopiez Pizza will be there from 12-4 p.m. and Central Standard has discounted apps until 5 p.m.

For more information about QC Craft Beer Week, visit qcaletrail.com or craftqc.com.  You can also follow the Facebook event to get update.

“Craft Beer, our breweries, and the QC Ale Trail are important to how we activate the regional

A variety of beers served at Five Cities Brewing in Bettendorf.

destination,” said Dave Herrell, President and CEO, Visit Quad Cities.  “It is proven that communities that have a strong local craft industry and scene are more successful in the tourism, economic development, and placemaking space.  We need to continue to develop and focus on this strategy as we position the QC for people attraction and retention.”

QC Beer Week began in 2011 by the local home brewing club, MUGZ.  It was created to highlight the great places in the Quad Cities that celebrated craft beer, with different tapping events at both bars and breweries.  As the local brewing landscape changed so has the event itself to focus on Quad Cities crafted brews.

This riverfront region has a long history of brewing beer, and the QC Ale Trail invites Quad Citizens and visitors to taste the top-quality pints from our current batch of brewers.  Check in at participating breweries using a QC Ale Trail mobile or paper passport to earn the commemorative QC Ale Trail items.  Visit four breweries to earn an engraved bottle opener; visit all the breweries to earn a commemorative QC Ale Trail pint glass.  Go to qcaletrail.com to register and visit the online store for QC Ale Trail merchandise.  Join the conversation with fellow Trailblazers in our Facebook group as well.