JAramini

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Aug 27th 2007, 16:24

One of the other beers that was a special treat was definitely at the Harpoon table. Also served from a cask, it was an Oak-aged Munich Dark which was quite good. Being one of the larger brewers represented at the festival, I was impressed to see them bring something unexpected to the table.

A point of contention though, really I have a hard time mentioning a Belgian Dubbel in the same sentence as Guinness.

Was it the Bills we were raising our glasses to? I just went along with the crowd and heard murmurs that it was a salute to a dropped beer but was never near enough to the epicenter of the mass-toast to know for certain. Though I was lucky to get a picture of one.

AdamFIx

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Aug 28th 2007, 18:05

Andrzej- I was there both Saturday evening and Sunday (caught the mass and some of the festival thereafter) and had a great time. It was really cool to see Fathers Carl and Anthony back for the mass. The food and desserts were good; I must say though, I didn't even LOOK at the beer selection in the wake of Brewfest. For a more comprehensive recap check back in the coming days for an article by BR's Courtney Bajdas.

AuburnAve

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Aug 27th 2007, 16:27

"Yeah, you Americans, why don't you go back to strip malls und drink your Zimas and Smirnoff Ices!"

No seriously, Oktoberfest - I'm all over that. Lederhosen, mini-Dirndl dresses, pigtails!!!

"Why don't we get you out those wet clothes, and into a dry martin?"

"It's time to scheisse, or get off ze crapper. "

Great stupid movie....

ChristaSeychew

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Aug 28th 2007, 22:43

Andrzej-

Check YUM Weds. morning for Courtney Bajdas' article on the Dozynki Festival (did I spell that correctly?)

AdamFIx

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Aug 27th 2007, 16:35

John, You are correct! I meant to convey that the mouthfeel reminded me of Guinness, not the taste of the beer itself, but didn't do a great job of that. I have edited that sentence. Also, a lot of the cheers were for what you described- I just particularly got into the Bills cheers, myself.

Andrzej

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Aug 28th 2007, 16:45

Just wondering if anyone took the short trip to Corpus Christi's Festival down the street after Brewfest and what your impressions were.

Prodigal-Son

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Aug 27th 2007, 21:44

I also enjoyed the Cask Special at Flying Bison most of all. Talking to the brewers, though, it was just a spur of the moment invention to bring special to the Brewfest. No plans to continue brewing it or selling it. Hopefully there is enough positive press that they add it to their regular lineup of brews - I for one would keep a constant supply in my fridge at home.

Andrzej

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Aug 28th 2007, 20:37

Just wondering if anyone went down the street to Corpus Christi's Harvest festival and what you thought if you did.

Andy

rdominguez

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Aug 28th 2007, 10:53

Cool photo; I love the terminal in the background.

runswscissors

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Aug 29th 2007, 15:43

I enjoyed the festival--a great event, with room for improvement. Arriving at 1:45 with pre-purchased tickets in hand we waited 45 minutes to get in the doors! The festival advertised that the doors would open ant 1pm with the taps opening at 2pm. On arrival we spent several minutes just trying to find the end of the line. There volunteers we asked didn't know either. When 2pm came the line slowly started to move, but it ws 45 minutes before we were in. If the doors had been open at 1, tickets could have been exchanged for tokens and glasses as people arrived, allowing people to stop at the food area and look through the day's offerings before teh taps opened instead of forming the line snaking around the building. It would have been helpful to have a map of the breweries in the program, or at least higher signage on the walls. One member of our group didn't arrive until almost 4--several breweries had already run out of beer & in the final hour there were only 2 left.

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