Beerfest is a compilation of all the different beers from 30 different vendors. Each vendor has an average of 4 different beers. You get a sample cup and go around to each individual vendors tent and sample the beer. They also can give you free stuff, as last year I got glasses from Bass, a copy of Draft Magazine, free pabst blue ribbon stuff, Panties from another vendor for a female in our party....no not for me. There is also live music and food.
Your sample cup is 2 oz tall.....doesnt sound like a lot, but when you do the math at 4 samples per vendor, and there are 30 vendors....120 oz of beer, 8 oz shy of a gallon. To say we were buzzed is an understatement.
Here are pics, complete with someone elses quotes:
The Alabama contingent was in full effect! Double Wides RULE!
Yaytez tries to look all professional.
Yaytez and Bsquare carefully weigh the pros and cons of each beer before becoming totally sh#tfaced.
EW! Bitter beer face!
Then the lines got kinda long...
The Flying Dog Brewery booth, hands down my favorite one of the bunch. Check the artwork by Ralph Steadman, longtime companion and illustrator for the late, great Dr Hunter S Thompson. I was a fan even BEFORE I tried their beer...which is really good, BTW.
Flying Dog's Gonzo Imperial Porter...not the best beer at the fest yet still my favorite. Hell, they had me at "Gonzo".
Second best beer name: In-Heat Wheat.
Closet Freaks choice of the day, Honey Amber Rose, a nice honey-tasting light amber.
...and then the lines got REALLY long!
Bsquare is not as think as you drunk he is.
The tragic aftermath of Beerfest. Let this be a lesson to you.