August 01, 2007
Made in the Shade beer festival
Slightly late post...we went with some friends to the beer festival in Flagstaff a couple weekends ago. Lots of great beer and good weather. Also, I remembered to bring the camera! Entire gallery is here.
Waiting to get in. We arrived about 45 minutes early, and bought the VIP tickets. We were about 20th in line maybe, and by the time the gates opened, there were probably 150 people behind us. The non-VIP line was just as long, but they had to wait an extra hour to get in. :-D
Another VIP benefit, shaded seating, and an extra group of New Belgium people. There was no available seating at the rest of the event, so this was much appreciated.
This is what it looked like during the first hour, when lines were relatively short or non-existant. In retrospect, the key was to drink as much beer as you could in this first hour, because after that you were waiting 20+ minutes for a refill.
Same scene, a couple hours later. Obviously many more people.
Fantastic idea - just mount all of your beer taps to the side of the van!
Free fajitas in the VIP area. :-)
All in all, it was a great time. New Belgium, Pyramid, Rogue, Dogfish Head, and lots of others I can't remember right now (but enjoyed thorougly). Will definitely go again next year!