Oktoberfests Thus Far....

1. Surly, Surlyfest
2. Summit Oktoberfest
3. Great Lakes Brewing Oktoberfest
4. Hacker Pschorr Oktoberfest
5. Ayinger Oktoberfest
6. Schell's Oktoberfest
7. Sam Adam's Oktoberfest

*will update as I try more.

Great Taste of The Midwest

WOW, have now finally pieced the day together enough to blog about it.  Man was it a great day!!  Great weather, Great beer and great company.  This is by far the biggest beer festival I have been to.  It was crazy but I have to hand it to those running the show they know what their doing as there was great means of transportation for getting to and from, lines moved quickly and hardly was there ever a long wait for over 500 different kinds of suds on tap.  If you can ever get tickets I highly recommend going, but I also recommend a hotel room and not planning much for the next day!!!

Pre-game tailgating at the Great Dane Pub.  Great Brew Pub with 

a wide selection of Suds and great food. Also free 

shuttle to the GToTM!!

The line to get into the GToTM!!?  Moved Surprisingly fast as 

we moved at a brisk pace and never stopped.

Approaching the gate!!!

We're There MAN!!

And....We're in!! Holy SHIZZ!!!

 First Beer, Mildly Sober!

HOP WHORE!!!!

My mug watching me Pee.  

Dirty ass Mug!!

With a name like that how can you NOT enjoy filling it with Pee and Poo!??

REAL ALE TENT!!!  

Which was really just all kinds of commercial beers 

un-carbonated and warm!?  Plenty left over towards the end!

HOLY HOPS BATMAN!!!

(Gorst Valley Hops)

While I have more Pictures I don't really want to incriminate myself, as after about 2:30 we probably should not have even been operating a camera.  After 4:00pm we prove we couldn't operate a camera.  After 4:30pm I don't really remember much except crashing a wedding ceremony and showering with my shades on.  Enough said!

All in all this a great festival and I hope to be going back on a yearly basis.  I highly recommend trying to get your hands on tickets and making the trip to Madison WI.  Take away its God awful sports and Mad town is a really great place.

Slainte`

PS....I just now remember singing a Go IOWA song in front of the Olde Main Brewery tent and refusing to drink their beer cause they were Cyclones, Funny stuff.  (I have actually had their beer, and Unlike ISU football most of it I can stomach!).