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| Eh! We got tiny cups! |
The Chicago Beer Festival reaffirmed my dreams of reincarnation as a strain of wild, delicious, Belgian yeast. We had such a fantastic time! There were so many wonderful people and beers, and all in 3 hours.
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| The start of the line to get in |
Some highlights were
Hacker Pschorr's Mai Bock, which I thought was clean, perfectly balanced, and refreshing.
Victoria, from the Modelo Cerveceria, what a surprising beer this was! I have had Modelo before and always thought that it was the best tasting beer that was "hecho en Mexico", but Victoria blew my mind. I didn't know that Mexican beer could be so smooth, yet malty and hoppy.
We tried
Sam Adams' Cherry Wheat. I wish I could say that it was the best fruit beer I have ever tried, but since I haven't found that one yet, this was surely very close to the best.
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| Brendan modelling the dinky tasters |
North Coast Brewery had Pranqster. This beer had all the barnyard-y goodness that I love and dream about in a beer, with a great clean finish. I will be on the lookout for more of this for sure!!
We hit some of my favorite breweries like
Bell's,
Abita,
Southern Tier,
Goose Island,
Ommegang, and
Brooklyn Brewery. We also found new favorites such as
Uncommon Brewers, Chi-Town Brewery, and
Lakefront Brewery.
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| The line by Sam Adams |
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| New Belgium's tent |
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| Amy and Eric |
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| Action shot! |
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| Eric, I said "action shot" |
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| There we go, Action Shot! |
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| No, the beer is good, but is that a guy in Leiderhosen? |
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| Yes, that is a guy in Leiderhosen |
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| Blake, pontificating Dragon's Milk |
With all the beer I was a little giddy, and super enthusiastic, but I think we had a successful and incredibly fun excursion. The people were super nice and helpful. I will admit, that after a long day it was really nice to come home to my sweet daughter.
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| My peanut!! |
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