Over the last week or so thereโ€™s been more than a few great beer events in and around Memphis (check out the fuzzybrew blog for just about all of the regional brew news).

Last weekend, Harrahโ€™s Tunica hosted the inaugural Double-Down Beer-Rita Festival โ€” a new addition to the 2011 Smokinโ€™ Aces BBQ Championship.

At the Beer-Rita Festival just as it opened.
  • At the Beer-Rita Festival tent just as it opened.

The beer fest was held over two sessions and featured 101 regional, craft, and macro beers including our own Ghost River, Mississippiโ€™s Lazy Magnolia, Schla๏ฌ‚y, Rogue, and Anchor along with imports like Samuel Smith, Spaten, and Smitwicks, among others.