It was one night and one night only we were able to experience the week-long festival. Still, it was one GREAT night and well worth the one year wait!
The party consisted of (starting from front left) Claire, James, Tom, me and Justin along with about 300+ fans and 400+ beers.
Our mission was to taste delicious beers from all over. After going through the full beer list I made my list of must tries (assuming they were still around!) and headed for the train station...
What a lucky night! We rode the train to Chappel from Bures and back for free!!!
When we got to the festival it was "first thing's first" with Claire being as thirsty as she was. I didn't' even have time to go over my list before we were in the first building and I was being handed a taste of... well, to be honest I don't even know what! Here we are excited to see our favorites!
After we wet our whistle, we headed for the food and had one of the best cheese toasties on planet Earth! Er, that's basically a grilled cheese sandwich to my stateside friends!
We were finally prepared to set out for
Mission Beer Festival. The kegs were lined up in endless rows by alpha order - I was surrounded by kegs of beer in multiple buildings and it was overwhelmingly fantastic!
Claire and I couldn't get over how delicious some of our choices were!
Here I am surrounded by hundreds of delicious brews. I wish all of my beer loving friends could have been there to celebrate with me.
Just look at all of those kegs being cared for with their blankets and labels.
Here, I had just tried the Summer Virgin by Brentwood Brewery and it was good... it just wasn't what I wanted. I wanted the Screaming Virgin but wasn't on tap. Basically, Brentwood had my favorites to try: Chockwood Orange (dark, deep chocolate beer with hints of orange) and Screaming Virgin (strong, citrus) but neither one were on tap. :(
After a quick visit through both of the big buildings we visited the tiny Sunter's Arms. It is so tiny there is only enough room for two customers in at a time and they only had three beers on tap.
Claire loves this place! Look how happy she and Justin are just to be near it!
After visiting the Sunter's Arms we went to the Belgian Bar where we had some of the absolute best Lambic on Planet Earth! Raspberry, Peach, Cherry, Pink Grapefruit, Black Current... the flavors were all so delicious and refreshing! Of course, the hefeweizen got the double thumbs up too!
With so many people, it was tough to find a place to relieve oneself. Thankfully for Justin and Tom there was an antique gentlemen's "shelter" where they could relieve themselves in private. Or so it seemed...
Well, after a few more trips around the festival we were ready to take one last group shot and the train back to Bures. We'll be back next year, you can count on it!
It was one night and one night only we were able to experience the week-long festival. Still, it was one GREAT night and well worth the one year wait!
The party consisted of (starting from front left) Claire, James, Tom, me and Justin along with about 300+ fans and 400+ beers.
Our mission was to taste delicious beers from all over. After going through the full beer list I made my list of must tries (assuming they were still around!) and headed for the train station...
What a lucky night! We rode the train to Chappel from Bures and back for free!!!
When we got to the festival it was "first thing's first" with Claire being as thirsty as she was. I didn't' even have time to go over my list before we were in the first building and I was being handed a taste of... well, to be honest I don't even know what! Here we are excited to see our favorites!
After we wet our whistle, we headed for the food and had one of the best cheese toasties on planet Earth! Er, that's basically a grilled cheese sandwich to my stateside friends!
We were finally prepared to set out for Mission Beer Festival. The kegs were lined up in endless rows by alpha order - I was surrounded by kegs of beer in multiple buildings and it was overwhelmingly fantastic!
Claire and I couldn't get over how delicious some of our choices were!
Here I am surrounded by hundreds of delicious brews. I wish all of my beer loving friends could have been there to celebrate with me.
Just look at all of those kegs being cared for with their blankets and labels.
Here, I had just tried the Summer Virgin by Brentwood Brewery and it was good... it just wasn't what I wanted. I wanted the Screaming Virgin but wasn't on tap. Basically, Brentwood had my favorites to try: Chockwood Orange (dark, deep chocolate beer with hints of orange) and Screaming Virgin (strong, citrus) but neither one were on tap. :(
After a quick visit through both of the big buildings we visited the tiny Sunter's Arms. It is so tiny there is only enough room for two customers in at a time and they only had three beers on tap.
Claire loves this place! Look how happy she and Justin are just to be near it!
After visiting the Sunter's Arms we went to the Belgian Bar where we had some of the absolute best Lambic on Planet Earth! Raspberry, Peach, Cherry, Pink Grapefruit, Black Current... the flavors were all so delicious and refreshing! Of course, the hefeweizen got the double thumbs up too!
With so many people, it was tough to find a place to relieve oneself. Thankfully for Justin and Tom there was an antique gentlemen's "shelter" where they could relieve themselves in private. Or so it seemed...
Well, after a few more trips around the festival we were ready to take one last group shot and the train back to Bures. We'll be back next year, you can count on it!
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