Whew... Top Of The Hops... see, what had happened was, I had been drinking. A lot. 31 new beers in fact at this past festival. Yeah, that puts a large dent in the 365 in 2011 goal, with a month's worth of new beers in one afternoon.
You would think I wouldn't remember them all at that point, but you're wrong! Apparently my memory for beers is a well oiled machine. Anyway, a couple of Saturdays ago I took off with Mandi, Jay, and Jeremy and we headed down to the Cajundome to do some beer tasting.
The first thing I did after we got in was head to the Parish Brewing table. Andrew has been a friend of the BR Beer Scene since the beginning and I knew he had a black IPA to try, and it did not disappoint! Rich roasted malts with a bitter hop bite, I thought it was very well done and a great start to the day. Andrew also had a hop infusion machine, pumping his Biere Amber through fresh hops and into your glass... and interesting contraption that created a sort of beer/hop tea. It was tasty, and quite different than anything else on the day.
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| Andrew and Eric at the Parish Brewing booth. |
Some other highlights of the new ones to me included the Brouwerij Het Anker offerings, several beers from the Sherwood Forest Brewery, several new offerings from Shmaltz Brewing, and I was able to finally try the NOLA 7th Street Wheat and Flambeau Red Ale! The brews from Zea also made an appearance with their full lineup... I knew Zea was doing their own beer (although I believe contract brewed by Covington) but had never tried them before.
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| Zea brews on display. |
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| The NOLA tap handle. |
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| That's a lot of empty Affligem bottles! |
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| You can never go wrong with Unibroue. |
All in all, a fantastic afternoon, capped off by a nice meal at Jolie's after the drinking was over. I'll definitely be back next year!
Cheers!
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