Winterfest...

The Brewers of Indiana Guild had its first annual Winterfest beer festival. I had a great time hanging out with some buddies from high school and drinking some delicious brews. Here are some highlights:

- I bumped into Brian "I-knew-it-started-with-a-K" Pulaski. I hadn't seen that guy in 4 or 5 years.

- Most phenomenal beer of the day: Stone 11th Anniversary Ale. WOW! Hops like you would not believe.

- Runner up: Two Brothers Domaine DuPage. It was a nice Oktoberfestish type of fall beer. It had that swishing through dried leaves smell to it.

- Let down of the day: Three Floyd's Oatgoop was all gone! Note to Three Floyd's: instead of putting three kegs in the back of your 1992 Honda Prelude, please just rent a van and bring more like ENOUGH kegs to feed everyone. Thanks.

All in all, a great day. It was ridiculously crowded and they actually turned away a buttload of people. Hopefully they know what to expect for next year and have better crowd management and more space.

I can't wait to be at the festival 15 years from now and tell some whipper-snapper, "I've been coming to this festival since it started back in 2009. See, I've got all the little tasting cups!"