American Craft Beer Fest 2008

So last Saturday, I went to the American Craft Beer Fest with my friends Jon, Sally, Ben and Nick.

It was put on my BeerAdvocate, which was held down in the south boston convention center, on the waterfront. I had been to a couple previous beer fest's each of which was in the Cyclorama, and they were all fairly crowded. This year however, They moved it to a larger location... and well all I can say is, it wasn't large enough.The room may have been twice as large as the previous location, but it seemed even more crowded, and many of the more popular breweries had lines, which I didn't remember from past events.

Regardless, it was a blast. We tried many different beers, and I diligently took notes of what beers I liked and disliked. Let me tell you its not the simplest fast holding a pen with one hand, to make note on the program which you are holding along with your 2 oz beer glass. After 3 hours of diligent note taking, I managed to drop said program on the way back. I borrowed a program from my friend Ben though and jotted down what I remembered

ohh yeah and on the way in there was a promotion for the new Futurama movie, where they where they were handing out fake tattoos. I got one on my arm, while my friend ben took their offer of taking the tattoo on his forehead in exchange for a t-shirt... The next morning after showering I noticed the tattoo wasnt going anywhere, so I wondered what happened to Ben... as it turns out he managed to scrub it off his forehead

Beers: graded on the scale of

+ like
= ok
- dislike


Allagash
+ Allagash Black(belgian stout)
- Allagash Tripel
+ Allagash White

Sam Adams
- Sam Adams Barley wine
+ Sam Adams Sahti(with Juniper)

Ommegang
- Ommegang Ommegeddon(funkhouse saison)
= Ommegang Witte
+ Rare Vos Amber(Belgian Amger)

Cape Ann Brewing
+ Fishermans's Ale (Kolsch)
- Double IPA

Dogfish Head
+ 90 minute IPA
- Festina Peche(neo-berliner weisse w/ peaches)

Flying Dog Brewery
= Woody Creek White

Harpoon Brewery
+ Old Rusty's Red Rye Ale 100 barrle series
-Levaithan Triticus(wheat wine)

Left Hand Brewring
+ Sawtooth (American ESB)

LongTrail
+ Belgian White

Rock Art Brewery
+ Cinco deMayo Lager(Jalapeno)
+ Munich Gold


Stone Brewing
+Stone Chipotle


Terrapin Beer
+ RoggenRauchBier(smoked rye beer)

Victory
= Sunrise Weissebier


Weyerbacher Brewing
+ Slam Dunkel(double dunkenveizen)