Well, this years festival was considerably better than last years fest. They had a bigger location, nice shaded park instead of on a street in downtown Wheaton. They had the cure for what ales me, my thirst for craft brew.
It was a really hot summer day so the shaded park definitely was needed to be able to take a break from the hot sun and drink some good craft beer. There was some good food there as well. Steakwich food truck was there again and their ribeye steakwich was just as good as having a steak sandwich at Pat's, the King of Steaks, out in south Philly.
We are all here for the beer though so lets sample some. First one that I came upon after entering the festival grounds was one of my favorites, Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale from Kentucky Ales. By far the best beer ever that's been aged in oak bourbon barrels. If you love bourbon and craft beer then seek this beer out, you won't be disappointed.
There's a revolution calling you to drink your local craft brew. Speaking of which, Bottom Up wit from Revolution Brewing Company was just the kind of beer to drink on this hot summer day. It was way too hot to be sampling stouts or porters or some of the darker beers, that's more for fall and winter time. It was light, and refreshing and went down easy and but I was thirsty for some more so I had a 5 Lizard from 5 Rabbit. They are an Mexican craft brewery from Chicago. Their 5 Lizard is a wit style beer and it was so good. You could smell and taste the passion fruit that they used in this beer. It was so good that I just had to have another but they ran out of it unfortunately. Another beer that I really liked from the festival was the Pumpkin Smasher from Big Muddy Brewing. There was a long line to get a sample but I bypassed the line by buying some merchandise from them and they were so kind enough to pour me a sample of it.
Overall, the festival was way better than last years, last year I swear half the beer vendors were out of beer before the festival ended. I did hear though that they ended the festival an hour early this year due to a severe thunderstorm that came through the area. Oh and one more thing, leave your babies at home, what is up with people bring their babies to a beer festival anyways? They shouldn't be there, get a babysitter.
Cheers :)
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