Saturday-morning garage-sale hunting is always great fun. Saturday-morning garage-sale hunting followed by a pig roast is awesome.
Schalfly Pork Shop 2012 | Image via Schalfly
On Saturday, May 25, Schlafly Tap Room (2100 Locust Street; 314-241-2337) will host its annual Pork Shop: A Dowtown BBQ and Garage Sale. Also, there will be beer. A roast pig, beer and a multitude of obsolete VHS tapes and grandma's costume jewelry.
Get excited.
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Yesterday, Gut Check's pals over at RFT Music counted down the eight bars with the best beer selections in St. Louis. 
Jennifer Silverberg A selection of brews at Flying Saucer Draught Emporium in downtown St. Louis.
More than a little relevant to our interests, we recommend you give the list a look -- and let us know if we forgot any in the comments section. Cheers!
Not much goes together better than beer and barbecue do, which is why Gut Check applauds the upcoming Pigs and Pints festival at the Civil Life Brewing Company (3714 Holt Avenue). 
The Civil Life Brewery
This Sunday, May 19, from noon to 6 p.m., the Tower Grove-based brewery will tap two new beers, strong bitter and an English-style IPA, which should go nicely with roasted pig.
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As Gut Check reported back in March, the opening of the Flying Saucer Draught Emporium (900 Spruce Street; 314-932-1456) was marred by an anti-Cardinals conspiracy launched by one Joe Hoffmann. 
Kaitlin Steinberg Joe Hoffmann faced Richard Haegele (lower left) on Saturday in an epic showdown at Flying Saucer St. Louis.
The plot: Be the first to drink 200 beers and claim the location's first "Ring of Honor" plate in the name of Don Denkinger, the first base umpire who "blew a call" that allowed the Royals to win against the Cardinals in the '85 World Series.
Cardinal Nation got wind of Hoffmann's dastardly scheme and three challengers stood between him and plate no. 1. After 66 days and 198 brews, it all came down to Saturday morning when the employees at Flying Saucer opened the doors.
Four men entered. One no. 1 plate emerged.
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Let it be known that Gut Check is always on the cutting edge of technology. Especially when said technology involves beer. 
Image via Budweiser's new formal attire.
Today, St. Louis' own classic American lager, Budweiser, is loosing upon humanity a new beer can -- not simply an updated label or artwork, but quite literally an entirely new can. The can takes the form of Budweiser's classic "bow tie" symbol, which is emblazoned on every Budweiser product: Yes, ladies and gentlemen, now even the cans themselves feature a cinched, bow-tie shape.
It's freakin' beer mania here in St. Louis this week! Deschutes Brewery is in town from Portland, Oregon, and they're partnering with various bars and restaurants in town to bring you a plethora of beer-related activities and events. 
The festivities, which Deschutes calls Base Camp for Fanatics, officially started on Friday, May 3 with St. Louis Microfest. There are events continuing throughout this week, so to help you decide how best to divide your time, we've created a handy list of all the Deschutes offerings. Of course, to make it simple, you could just go to everything. In fact, we recommend it.
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- Deschutes Brewery Brings Weeklong Craft-Beer Campaign to St. Louis Beginning Today
- Scenes from the 2013 St. Louis Microfest
Pale Ale from Kirkwood Station
More than 100 breweries were on tap in Forest Park Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4. Despite wet weather on Friday night, the beer was flowing. Photos by Steve Truesdell for the RFT. See the full slideshow here: 2013 St. Louis Microfest photos.
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Our beer mugs runneth over here in St. Louis. Bend, Oregon-based Deschutes Brewery, the nation's fifth-largest craft brewery, is set to commence Base Camp for Fanatics, its weeklong campaign to introduce new and specialty beers through tasting events, food pairings and a chance to engage with Woody, a "giant beer barrel on wheels." Base Camp, which began Friday, May 3, with an appearance at St. Louis Microfest
Image via Samples of Deschutes Brewery's Chainbreaker White IPA. drink learn more, Gut Check called Erik Frank, Deschutes' regional events manager, to get the rundown on the brewery's first-ever St. Louis beer fest.
- St. Louis Microfest Brings 100 Breweries to Forest Park This Weekend
If you're looking for a reason to visit Forest Park this weekend, Gut Check has you covered -- there's going to be a festival, a festival of beer. The annual St. Louis Microfest hosts a massive collection of 100 craft breweries including local and national favorites beginning Friday, May 3, through Saturday, May 4. The two-day festival is broken up into three sessions, each with individual admission tickets: Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. ($30), Saturday afternoon from noon to 4 p.m. and Saturday evening from 6 to 10 p.m. ($34). Once inside, your ticket comes with a small tasting glass into which each brewery station will provide a two-ounce pour.
RFT Photo Volunteers sipping beers at 2010's St. Louis Microfest.
Always a fan of beer drinking in the park, Gut Check made some calls to learn more about this year's festival.
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It seems that once spring arrives, it's time to bust out some brews. And we are so down with that.
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This Saturday, April 27, Global Brew Tap House & Lounge (112 South Buchanan Street Suite 1, Edwardsville; 618-307-5858) will host the Edwardsville Spring Beer Festival and Ferguson Brewing Company (418 S. Florissant Road, Ferguson; 314-521-2220) will celebrate its second annual Brewfest.
The Edwardsville Spring Beer Festival will run from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. in Edwardsville City Park, and admission is free. Ferguson Brewfest will run from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m., so really you have no excuse not to attend both.
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