[DVBC] Dragon Boat ride report

[Jake L.]

Hi,

I had a great time and enjoyed tasting alot of excellent beers. The place
got packed very quickly, so all the tasting lines grew quite a bit. I waited
for about 15 minutes in line just to taste Duvel Maredsous Triple but it was
worth the wait. Logistically I think it would be impossible to try every
brewery, and there were 40 of them. Each one had 2 and some had 3 beers on
tap. Duvel actually poured all their beers from single bottles (hence the
long wait). I had a chance to chat with some guys from Dogfish Head, they
were cool enough to top off my 2oz tasting glass with two different beers
(60 Minute IPA and some type of an Ale I forget the name). Met an older
couple who were in the Rogue Brewery line with me and we joked that we're
the only people here over 30! Yes it kind of felt like Manayunk on Friday
night except everyone was drinking real beer ;-)

The event was well organized and everything went smoothly as far as I could
see. Food was good and not too expensive; I had a bratwurst with a Yard's
Saison, went very well thank you. Oh and the tickets sold out about 15
minutes after I got in (around 2:30pm).

Jake



On 10/6/07, Dave Hartrum <dhartrum at mac.com> wrote:
>
> how was the beerfest Jake?
> The listserv also accepts beerfest reports :-)
>
> On Oct 6, 2007, at 5:38 PM, Jake L. wrote:
>
> > Yup, it was awesome to see Deb and Maureen paddle (not pedal), very
> > cool event. Glad you guys won the first race!
> >
> > Ride in the morning was a bit difficult due to the fog, it was
> > pretty dense and all three of us had tons of condensation on our
> > glasses, our bikes were also wet from the moisture. We made it on
> > time to see the race then rode down to the Art Museum, then back on
> > the River Drive and into Manayunk. Dave at that point continued to
> > VF while the Hop Devil (me) went back solo to Drexel Hill (without
> > getting lost!!!)
> >
> > Excellent day!
> >
> > Jake
>
>
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