Erie Micro Brew Festival – Saturday, April 19, 2008

7 Comments

1. Bill

   Posted April 16, 2008 at 7:51 PM

   I’ll be there, and drink YOUR share; Especially from Victory, Troegs,
   Southern Tier and Great Lakes. Also want to try Pete’s “Hop till you drop”
   IPA, which will be sampled at the BrewErie’s table. (Pete is Chris’ dad, and
   won 1st place at the BrewErie’s 1st homebrew contest … winner gets their
   brew converted to all grain big batch by BrewErie’s brewmaster and
   offered at the Fest) It’s supposed to be a rainy Saturday … so what better
   way to enjoy a soggy afternoon, than sampling many fine brews.

   Cheers!

2. Clarke

   Posted April 18, 2008 at 12:32 PM

   I must issue a pre-emptive public warning to Mr. Sickpuppy, and I do this only for the love of Craft Beer which I feel needs to be loved and respected.

   Please DO NOT chug Ten Fiddy. Oskar Blues cans it’s beer, yes. And canned beer is finally shaking it’s sordid history. Just because it’s in cans does not mean it’s for chugging. Ten Fiddy is a top-class craft beer in my opinion. It’s a gift from the Craft Brew Gods. It was given to us to enjoy for it’s subtleties, for it’s character, for it’s strength and ability to stand up against other craft brews in it’s style class.

   It is IMPERATIVE that we respect this beer, as we do all beers that don’t fall under the “lawnmower beer” category. If you want to chug a beer, make it something that lacks taste – Coor’s Light, Bud Light, (INSERT NAME HERE) Light. But not Ten Fiddy.

   Please. I beg of you. Do it for me. Do it for Michael Jackson (the since deceased King of Beer, not the child molester).

   Thank you,

   cLarKe

3. Bill

   Posted April 20, 2008 at 7:25 AM

   Hmmm (scratches head) .. don’t know what Clarke’s post about Ten Fiddy is doing here … not a can of Ten
   Fiddy to be seen at the Erie Microbrew fest. There were some canned brews there from Butternuts Brew
   and Ale, but I try them.

   Having attended the 1st session of the Erie Fest, I can say it was a HUGE success, with a much larger
   crowd then last year’s initial event. The WORD is OUT … The BrewErie puts on a great event! 21
   microbrewers were there, some with as many as 5 different brews, and some with only 2 (but 2 good
   ones, such as Victory’s Prima Pils and Hop Devil, and Troegs Nugget Nectar and Troegenator). Like
   last year, the crowd was well behaved and had a great time.

   Cheers to all those connected with putting on this fine event. If you were there, you know what I’m
   talking about. If you missed it, you’ll have a chance again next year … get your tickets early, as I’m
   sure both sessions will sell out fast.

   Hope that Wedding was worth missing this event Fr. Spoon!

4. Clarke

   Posted April 21, 2008 at 2:50 PM

   Hi Bill

   I’m sorry. That looked confusing, and I apologize for thread-jacking. I had to post this somewhere, and this seemed like the best place.

   Word on the street is that someone threw down a chug challenge to SickPuppy – one can of Ten Fiddy. I’m opposed to this idea, in many ways. So I had to speak out. Please don’t chug that beer. Friends don’t let friends chug craft beer.

   And for the record, I’m pretty sure the wedding was worth it to Father Spoon.

5. Father Spoon

   Posted April 21, 2008 at 3:12 PM

   haha I love you guys. Clarke, wait until you see what I have to chug. Although I just got out of the hospital so we may have to put this one on hold for a bit. Plus I dont even know anyone who sells it locally.

   Bill, you’re just the trouble maker now aren’t you the wedding was a blast and honestly I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. Gotta support the SIDT family and I know for a fact that Dangeta had a great time getting hitched. I also made sure that Javahead always had a beverage in his hand. When Dangeta gets back we may have to bring them all over to Studio A.

   Are they going to have pictures posted online? I’d really like to see those guys do more with the website so those of us who couldn’t make it can see what we missed. Where are all of you geeks with cameras that were there! Flickr those badboys! May have to put DOM and OJ to work.

6. Bill

   Posted April 27, 2008 at 11:37 AM

   I took only a couple picks … got one of one of my road dogs and myself
   sampling a Great Lakes Moon Dog ESB (awesome brew!), and one of
   my group after we finished the fest and retired to the pub area for some
   pub grub and to chill out before driving home. One of the Erie TV stations
   was there with a video camera. Didn’t see a whole lot of folks shooting
   pics … but did see about 650 people sampling like crazy (1st session number;
   2nd session was 750!).

   Glad you had a good time at the wedding!

   Hey, are you going to take me up on *my* challenge?

   Cheers!