In April, the first ever Slow Fest was held in Boston, MA. Put on by Dig Publishing (the folks who publish Beer Advocate Magazine), Slow Fest was a celebration of low alcohol beers (under 5% alcohol by volume or ABV). As a big “session beer” fan (a term used to describe lower alcohol beers) I was excited to get a chance to attend this event.
The Slow Fest included over 30 breweries, including some that would surprise you to know brew quite a few low alcohol beers, like Stone and Victory. In addition, the Slow Fest incorporated an element of slow food to accompany the “slow” beer.
Slow Food is a movement that is centered around getting people to be more aware of where their food comes from and taking the time to enjoy meals. It’s essentially the complete opposite of “Fast Food”. A perfect pairing for craft beer, which despite a debate on the definition of the term, really is the opposite of mass produced beer.
The event was a great chance to try a lot of flavorfull beers, perfect as the temperatures rise and session beers become more of what I crave.
Hopefully they will do this event again next year. If they do I will certainly be there, and as always, I”’ be here for the beer.
Hello everyone, December marks the our first anniversary here at hereforthebeer.com. We want to thank all of the wonderful people that we had the opportunity to meet this year. We hope that you enjoy our montage (the first good use of the song as far as we are concerned)! We look forward to an even more interesting and exciting 2010 on here for the beer … Cheers!
In this episode, we head to the Craft Brewers Conference and Trade Show in Boston, Massachusetts. This amazing conference with over 2000 attendees is run by the Brewers Association. Check out this video from the conference that features Trade Show floor. This conference was unlike any other we had ever been to. The most noticeable difference was the amount of great beer available, I mean everywhere! Beer was available throughout the trade show floor and at the many hospitality events throughout the week.
It was great to catch up with some of the friends we have made during our beer journeys and to have opportunity to make so many new ones. The most notable facet of this event was the genuine camaraderie amongst the brewers. They are a community of people willing to share their knowledge and techniques with one another. It was refreshing that they do not see each other as competition, but as colleagues. They share a common goal and that is to produce really good beer.
We hope you enjoy this video and stay tuned for a few more fun episodes from our week in Boston, right here on Here for the Beer.
We were lucky enough to be able to attend the Craft Brewers Conference in Boston this year. We have been getting a ton of great footage and will have a few fun episodes coming out soon from here. In the interim we wanted to share this, a cool montage, shot for the keynote address which was presented by Greg Koch. (On a seperate note, check this out – he actually “tweeted” a photo of himself giving the speach here!) The brewers in the video all worked together to brew a beer for this event. The video and the beer couldn’t be more symbolic of the amazing camradarie that exists in this industry. Over the past few days we have seen brewers from all over the world sharing stories and pints as they discuss the ins and outs of that beverage we all know and love…beer. Its truly inspirational and we believe that a many other industries could learn a thing or two from the craft brewing world.
You can check out our tweets from the event here or the ongoing tweets of all of the attendees at the CBC here. Of course, we hope that you’ll stay tuned for some fun and beer-filled video in the next week from the Craft Brewers Conference right here, on Here for the Beer!
