Monday, October 22, 2012

Atlanta Beer Week, October 20-26

ATLANTA BEER WEEK 2012 IS BREWING!

COME CELEBRATE CRAFT BEER OCTOBER 20-27TH GEORGIA'S CAPITAL!

It's official. Atlanta, GA. has become a top catalyst in the brewing revolution and has garnered the acclaim from aficionados, entrepreneurs and breweries throughout the nation as the beer capital of the Southeast. Servings as the home of the #23 brewery in the nation regarding sheer volume -SweetWater- along with a number of other burgeoning craft breweries originating in Georgia's capital and throughout the state including Athens' TerrapinBurnt HickoryRed HareMonday Night BrewingJailhouse, and the soon-to-be Decatur-based Wild Heaven, it's only right that this city of six million-plus deserves to host Atlanta Beer Week 2012, October 20-27! The Porter, Taco Mac and Cypress Street; via Atlanta Beer Week October 20th-27th 2012.

Decatur Beerfest

We didn’t see many beers that are new but that’s usually the way it is, I always get them as soon as they come out. I did see a new local brewery, Damn forget the name now, they only had an Amber and a Hefe and I only tried the Amber, good but it is a working class beer so quite simple. Had some GREAT conversations with people in the crowd, a very cute gal from Sri Lanka, boy did she have a personality, could chat all day. Brian started up with her first, mainly due to his Romney button I think. The dude with her, a Lawyer (jewish, he made the point to say so), was a bit quiet for her IMHO, they said they were only “friends”. I did have to look up Sri Lanka, it’s off the coast of southern India, very tropical. I should have guessed with all the Indians we’ve gotten at work that she was of Indian decent and not hispanic, had the straight hair.
About 3pm, after 3 hours of beer and frolicking in the sun Brian and I stopped in at the Square Bar and had dinner. We also watched the first quarter or so of the Gator/USC game. The Gators were doing quite well so I decided to let Brian off the hook and we drove on home. During the drive back to the house the Gators scored a few more times actually, pulling ahead of USC to finish the half way ahead. Many of the points were off turnovers, no problem there.