In order to bring craft beer to the masses, Beer Advocate held the American Craft Beer Fest at the Seaport World Trade Center. With the move from the much smaller Cyclorama came a larger crowd - from the old limit of 1,200 to up to 5,000 people at each session. The result was a lot more beer being served but a lot more douchebags showing up to get their drink on with little regard to appreciating beer - in effect, not respecting beer as the Alström brothers would want us all to do. Stupidity aside, we managed to have a good time, sampling the beers the brewers presented. I’ll look forward to their return to the Cyclorama for the Belgian Beer Fest in September.
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For some reason that I can’t seem to recall now, we drove down from Syracuse to Binghamton when visiting Justin, who was living in Syracuse at the time.
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Aaron turned 28 this year and he wanted to celebrate by having a barbecue at Applewood. Who were we to say no?
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Concluding the set of photos from the brewing weekend. After draining the water from the mash tun…
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Continuing with photos from the brewing weekend. Gordon and Justin are checking the temperature of the water in the mash tun, waiting for it to drop to the right temperature.
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