Dozens of Hillsborough residents and visitors alike lined up Saturday afternoon to grab beer in the parking lot behind the Wooden Nickel Pub. A few minutes after people got their carefully portioned brews in specially-designed glasses, they raised them to the sky in a toast to the day’s celebration.
Around the world, at roughly the same time, thousands of other beer lovers did the same.
The gathering was part of Zwanze Day, a bi-annual celebration led by the Belgian brewery Cantillon, which holds the reputation of crafting the world’s best sour beers using a Lambic method. After creating an exclusive Zwanze Day brew, the century-old business then partners with dozens of other taprooms, bars and pubs across the globe to share and welcome people in to celebrate together…