American Home Brewers Rally

Well I went to the American Home Brewers Rally at The Lost Abby brewery this weekend. It was a great time. If you are into home brewing I recommend joining the Brewers Association. You will be supporting a great cause.

I paid $43 to get a family membership for my fiance and I. That got me 4 tasting tickets and a entry into the raffle. The day started with everyone just hanging out in little groups but as the more and more beer was consumed people started to be more friendly. Pizza was provided by Pizza Port which was delicious.

I got to try Lost Abby Veritas 002 as it was released for this event. It was a very good tasting beer. While I didn't do tasting notes I will say that it had amazing amounts of complex flavors going on in it. Lots of fruit flavors and malts. I wish I could have taken home a growler of it. Since I couldn't I got a pint of it. While it was $8 for the pint it was well worth it. I think it was this pint that made me forget which color my raffle ticket was compaired to the free tasting tickets. It wasn't till the raffle that I realized that I had traded in my ticket for a free beer. Who knows maybe I would have won one of the cool prizes. Oh well maybe next time.

There was a tour of the brewery given by Tomme Arthur where he explained his philosophy on brewing. Tomme is one talented brewer and he has won numerous awards in national competitions. If you get a chance to sample Lost Abby beers I would do it. They are well worth the money.

Overall it was a great time. I got to meet alot of really cool people and the staff at Lost Abby rocks. So big thanks goes out to them for hosting a great event and also to the AHA.

I have a bunch of tasting notes I need to throw up in my next post. It ended up being an amazing beer weekend so there is much to cover!

Cheers,
Cromster