Syracuse Beer Fest on Feb. 3...who's coming?

Lubiere · Post by **Lubiere** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:46 pm

Hello all!

Myself and Inertiaboy are heading to Syracuse for the beerfest on Feb. 3. Probstk and the Honeyman may join.

The Ottawa crew will be there. Is there anyone from the TO going? This is a small but fun little fest. We will attend the afternoon session.

A special invite to our friends in the Kingston area (thats you, Al the Beerblogger).

http://www.nysfair.org/expo/event?event=115

Lubiere

GregClow · Post by **GregClow** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:50 pm

I'll be in Seattle that weekend. (Yeah, I know - boo hoo for me!) Looks like a good fest, though. I hope to make it there one of these years.

Jon Walker · Post by **Jon Walker** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:09 pm

I'm in L.A. that weekend. I'll drown my sorrows in Alesmith and Stone instead.

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:29 pm

Not unless you want to pick me up in TO on the way

Have fun! It sounds like a good time.

Al of Kingston · Post by **Al of Kingston** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:14 pm

I am planning to hit the afternoon session with a couple of others from Kingston.

northyorksammy · Post by **northyorksammy** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:44 pm

i am in the usa this week, next week, and the week following that fest. i'm travelled out. But let me know if anyone wants to meet at al's cask fest labour day sunday there, i went last year.

Al of Kingston · Post by **Al of Kingston** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:45 pm

Hey - it was a great time and good to meet Inertiaboy and Lumiere. We were not able to hook up later as the guys I was with fell asleep over their Dino BBQ ribs and had to bail on Clarks.

inertiaboy · Post by **inertiaboy** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:47 pm

we were a little worried after talking to that ex-marine that gave you a lift downtown - we kept picturing something out of Pulp Fiction happening.

good little festival, the afternoon session was well-attended but not crowded. enough things to keep it interesting: Southern Tier, Allagash, Victory, Dogfish Head, Stone, and many others.

downtown Syracuse was good. Clarks had Hercules Double IPA and the Blue Tusk had Victory Storm King along with some interesting new ones - North Coast Brother Thelonious, Brooklyn Cuvee d'Achouffe, Chouffe Houblon. makes you want to cry sometimes.

big lesson from the festival - when the weather forecast says 'lake effect flurries', you should either head way inland or call ahead for a reservation in Watertown. on the plus side, we made it to the 48-hour limit so we didn't have to pay duty on our beer.

Lubiere · Post by **Lubiere** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:01 pm

Was a pleasure meeting Al! As we only knew what is forehead looked like, the little cardboard saying Al the Beerblogger came in handy.

For the plus side of Watertown, me and Steve did a mini tasting in the room with some Sly Fox Odysee Imperial IPA, some Brooklyn Chocolate Stout (7.99 at Wegmans), some old cheddar from NY and some Spanish Drunken Goat cheese.

You guys must have left pretty early....oh well, c'est la vie!

On a frappé la route ce matin!

Al of Kingston · Post by **Al of Kingston** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:26 pm

Good for you to stop. It was crazy but we were in a 4x4 and sat behind a truck going 20 km as idiots went by and then ended up in the ditch. We were on the road early for sure - back in Kingston by about 1 pm. But I picked up about 24 new to me single US craft beers between the Party Source and Galeville Grocery.

And, yes, that US marine was a bit of an exciting driver. But he congratulated us personally a number of times for getting the evacuees out of the embassy in Iran in 1979 which nice of him.

PS: you know what makes you cry? Missing out on Clarks and the Blue Tusk.