International Great Beer Fest

Hellllllooooooooooooooooo!

I had a blast this weekend. Boozer X and I both attended a few events on this past Saturday for Philly Beer Week. This blog is about our first stop to the "International Great Beer Expo".

Like most trips you go on, this one started out the same. You have to run around and do whatever it is before you can leave to go on you trip. I spent the morning running up to Jetro in Philadelphia, to get supplies for my bakery. Then I had to drop everything off at the shop and make it back home, and get ready. I purposely told Boozer X to pick me up an half hour early so we would not be late. I make it back to my house and just as soon as I changed my shirt, he pulled up.

This is going to sound strange, but I think its true. When I opened the car door, Boozer X greeted me with a smile. Up to that point, I was stressing out and the brain was going a mile a minute. After seeing that smile, I relaxed. Okay, I told you it was going to sound strange but I think when you meet or greet someone with a smile, it eases tension. Of course, the reason for the smile was that we are going to taste a lot of beer, and beer makes Boozer X happy. So then we were off to the festival.
We arrived at the Philadelphia Cruise Terminal, in the ship yard. Boozer X parked the car and we made our way to the event. I was thinking that since we are a half hour early, the line should not be that long. I was wrong. But it did move fast. I.D. checks and all, it took about 15 minutes until we arrived inside. All that beer, I swear we both heard a chorus of "Hallelujah".

First beer we had was "Big Brown Ale" from Voodoo Brewing Co. It was tasty, a little strong roasted malt, but not bad. I was going to due a review on it but we move on before I thought of writing anything down. I did remember for the next one. This is the only beer I did review for this event because of the mountain of beer samples to drink and no water, to clean my palette.

Knot Stock Pale Ale by Furthermore Beer from Wisconsin the "Land of Cheese". Poured a orange brown, with a white head. The nose was of fresh pepper and it did tickle my nose a little. Yes I said "pepper"! It is a pepper beer. The taste was right up front with pepper. The body was light and smooth. The aftertaste was of pepper. I really enjoy these types of beer because they are not what you expect when you go to drink them. A food pairing for this any type of cheese, minus the sweet ones. This would be a great compliment to a Ham and Cheese sandwich, or a juicy burger of the grill. Granted you most likely don't want to drink to many of these. This is a beer that you drink with a meal to spice it up. Website: http://www.furthermorebeer.com/

After that there was a lot of drinking done between Boozer X and I. We made the rounds all the way threw not leaving a beer un-tasted except for a few that we have had many times before. I did write down some beers that I found quite interesting and amazing.

Tea Party Pale Ale by Prism Brewing Co. This one was clean and hoppy. If your a "Hop Head" you will like this one. Website: http://www.prismbeer.com/

St. Patrick's Best Ale and Legbiter by Strangford Lough Brewing. Are fantastic. I will be doing a review on these later down the road. Website: http://www.slbc.ie/


Rum Cask Finish Oak Aged Beer by Innis & Gunn. If you like whisky or rum, you'll like this beer. One hell of a punch to it. Website: http://www.innisandgunn.com/




Hometown Pennsylvania Lager by Hometown Brewery. Clean, Crisp, Citrus, and smooth drinking. A must try. Website: http://hometownbeverages.com/

Fruili Strawberry Beer by not sure but you can get it from Specialist Brand Distribution Limited. Tastes like strawberries. There is a fan site, but no web page.
Fan Website: http://www.frulibeer.com/

They are the ones that really did stand out that are most definite worth a try. There was some Belgian beers but, these stood out more. I do like my Belgians though, and I wrote them down so I will be reviewing them in the future. Boozer X and I had a fantastic time. We also meet some people at the festival. Steve who looks like a young James Spader, and Akash who was dubed Tash.Ohhhh... and two others. We all headed to our next event, Okay I think this blog is long enough and I'll introduce the two others in the next blog called "Doc Watson and the Devil's Den".

Hope you enjoyed this blog and I also put some photo's of the event up on the facebook page. "Be Well, and Drink Well!"