gabf 09

Took it easy friday night - we doctored up a safeway ‘za and watched some movie on tv. We were going to watch deerhunter, but it was too long.

Steph missed her running group by a minute so she studied instead while I made breakfast. We also went to the gym for a while. Headed into denver in the early afternoon and checked into the Sheraton, a couple of blocks away from the Convention Center where we were heading later for the Great American Beer Fest. We had dinner at Tokyo Joe's along the 16th street mall which was hopping on a pleasantly sunny afternoon. Got to the convention center a bit too early - we stood in line for 45 minutes before the doors opened, but as soon as they did we were inside in no time. It was better than walking into the Willy Wonka Factory.



Having never been to the GABF before, I had no idea what to expect - it was rather overwhelming. Basically you get a small plastic cup (formerly glass) to sample any 1 oz pours of beer you want. We worked systematically through the aisles, hitting up some of our favorite breweries looking for new flavors, and trying out medal winners from many breweries that were completely new to us. List of winners. There was a fair amount of drunken buffoonery, including everyone hollering when someone dropped their cup and all of the ridiculous food necklaces.



Drinking shots of beer (most all of which was between 6-11%) for 4 hours caught up with me on the walk back to the hotey of which I have nary a recollection. I passed out almost immediately after returning to our swanky hotey room, while Steph & Greg went out searching for food.



Sunday we had breakfast at Pete's kitchen before heading out of town. Then Steph & I cruised by the bear for some final cleaning, ran a couple errands and sundayed the rest of the day.