After completing our Saturday yard work, Mama Wordbones and I decided to head on up to the Maryland State Fairgrounds for the
Maryland Brewers Oktober Fest. This is not to be confused with the 1st Annual
Baltimore Beer Festival that will be held next Sunday in Canton.
Sigh. So much beer, so little time.
I should note here that I am not a big
beer drinker. My adult beverage of choice more often than not is a nice glass of
red wine. On the other hand, I still enjoy an occasional beer and yesterday seemed like the perfect occasion for an occasional beer...or two.
It was also a great afternoon for Oktober Festing. With our souvenir tasting glasses in hand we proceeded to sample the offerings from the fifteen participating breweries. Once we had our first samples of Harvest 4 Grain from
Johanson's Dining House in Westminster and Blueberry Dog from
Pub Dog, I decided to keep notes. We liked the Harvest 4 Grain best out of those two.
From there it was on to
Heavy Seas where I tried the Prosit while Mama Wordbones headed over to
The Raven for their Pilsner. Out of those two, we liked the Prosit best.
On the drive up to Timonium I told Mama Wordbones that I looked forward to eating one of those
giant soft pretzels while listening to an
Oompah Band and drinking a beer in the warm afternoon sun. Alas, there was only one vendor selling soft pretzels and they looked like the same ones you can get at the
Target snack bar. No thank you. The only Oompah music we heard was from the music played between sets of local rock and roll bands.
Still, the weather was warm and the beer was excellent.
Unfortunately for the blog reader, I soon became more interested in sampling
than note taking. The only other notable brew that we both thought worthy of mention was the ESB from the
Ruddy Duck in Solomon's Island.
All in all, it was a good time, and despite the
report in the paper this morning, it was a well behaved multi generational crowd.
While we up in that part of the metro area we decided to check out the
Wegmans in Hunt Valley.
To be continued.