Rocking out at the BBF
The Belgian Beer Fest was yesterday at the Cyclorama in Boston. We love the Beer Advocate festivals, and we've poured at them for years with Dann's past breweries. But nothing beats pouring at them with our own beers! We had a great time. Matt Tremblay, legendary beer bar tender, helped out along with Tim Dudek, another Pretty Things stalwart and friend. I got to wear my new brewing wellies again, which was a bonus.
We had the extraordinary honour yesterday of hosting our friends Br. Brian Rooney and Fr. Isaac of St. Joseph's Abbey, Spencer MA at the festival. For them, I'm sure it was a slightly overwhelming experience, but they had a wonderful time meeting American brewers and gained a huge amount of inspiration and support from Francois de Harenne of Brasserie d'Orval. We hope the Abbey will continue its journey into the craft beer community.
Our beers did great: we were worried that with only two beers, everyone would have tried them before at the ACBF in June, so no-one would be interested. As it turned out, we had a fantastic and busy festival meeting old friends and new, introducing a lot of people to the beers (Jack D'Or and Baby Tree). I must say, the people we spoke to blew me away. It is incredible to get out and meet people who understand and support what we are doing with Pretty Things. We put a lot of love into our beers and our project, and it feels fabulous to get some back! From the comments on our beers, to the declarations of support, to ideas for new T shirts, comments on the banner and meeting people who remember us from other events: you guys rock. You totally keep us on track and dedicated, and we love meeting you. Thank you!
I am officially psyched.
Anyway, here are some photos from the fest. Dann was on the panel in session one, along with other fantastic brewers (Megan Parisi from CBC is shown here and kept Dann giggling between the questions!). Jim Barnes did another fantastic day's work filming the fest.
As always, thank you to all the fantastic volunteers who work at these festivals. It's a lot of hard work for some great beers and a rocking good time! The support that Beer Advocate gives to beer drinkers and brewers alike cannot be overstated: I don't think our Project would exist without Todd, Jason, Candice and their families. And Uncle Jimbo, who was on excellent form yesterday!
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