GABF Day 3
Sep 26, 2009 Beer, Beer & Food, Events
So far, it’s been a jammed packed festival. As always, it’s extremely dynamic, busy and fun. My conundrum is this.
There is SO MUCH information to share that I’ll need to pass it along, parcel it out gradually. Julia, Jill, Bradley, Chris, Gary, Nancy, Andy, Paul, Charlie, Mark, Erin and all the rest…what an incredibly engaged and amazing group of people.
Media Luncheon, Farm To Table, tasting, meeting, connect, Pints for Prostates, PBS, Siebel, etc. Whew!
So today’s tidbit is this.
The festival increased its floor space by 46% this year. When cruising the first night, Thursday, it felt bigger and we noticed right away.
- The aisles are wider and more accommodating
- The congestion in front of the can’t-miss-this-beer booths easier to navigate due to increased space
- And in general an excellent change
More beers, more space, more revelers, more people enjoying beer.
Having been on the other side of the booth in the past, I’d venture a guess the breweries really appreciated the extra space too.
More soon.
Boulder, Avery and Great Women
Sep 23, 2009 Events, Good People, Home Free Tour 2009
C.V. and me at Avery tonight
Colorado looks great to me! Terrific beer, great people and mountains. Really I could die happy now (although I’d like to be around a bit longer).
We met up with C.V. at Avery per his shout out per the tour. He showed us all the amazing casks, happily maturing (my mouth is watering…). Brett’s are some of my absolute favorite beers…so lush, varied, flavorful and down right delicious. Wine drinkers would definitely enjoy these kinds of beers. C.V. let us sample what we wanted and we tried 5 beers total. They’re in the throes of the GABF and all the ensuing robust enthusiastic traffic ala Beer.
A big thanks to him for his hospitality and the beers. See you again in Denver.
Also – what else – good women drinking beer. Leah’s a home brewer with a beer entered in the Pro-Am competition at the GABF. We got to talk to her and Denise, both really engaged, happy beer drinkers. They live in Louisville and definitely enjoy thier beers
Denise, Leah & me at Avery
and all the flavors the vast range of beers have to offer.
In fact she’ll tap into a batch or two of beers that, once again, made my mouth water. Denise and Leah – be sure to get in touch when you’ll be tapping them. It’d surely be worth the trip to Kentucky.
Note: With the GABF fully on there was a really good mix of genders at the Avery Taproom enjoying beer. Keep in mind, beer is genderless; it’s about an opportunity more than anything.
After all, it’s all for the love of beer.
Tags: Avery Brewing, GABF, women enjoying beer
Odell's
Jun 23, 2009 Brain Stew
Beers up to Corkie, Doug, Wynne & the entire crew – they continue to set a solid example of best practices.
Focus group input repeatedly tells me that women like businesses who display authentic responsibility – social, environmental, ethical. This fits.
I only wish I could get their beers when I live. SIGH. Guess I’ll have to chalk that up as a reason to travel to them…even if I have to wait for the Great American Beer Festival this September (I’ll be in Denver again for it this year.)
The great thing about that is Colorado is jam packed with great beers.
Photo courtesy of Flickr by HeroJH
Tags: Fort Collins, GABF, good beer state, innovation, Odell brewing, responsibility
Upcoming Happenings
Apr 3, 2009 Brain Stew
A few things today:
An Invite = a BYOB (Bring Your Own Beer) to share and enjoy at my home, April 16th, before the upcoming Beer Wars Movie.
The show, which is a very cool live broadcast from L.A., will be shown in TONS of places nationwide. You can get a full theatre listing online (‘screenings’ button).
Great American Beer Festival 2008
We’ll be here (central Iowa) from 530 – 630 – the movie starts at 7 pm – to get into the spirit of things.
Women & Men welcome – RSVP to me directly please for full details.
(P.S. – a professional brewer will be on hand at the BYOB as a bonus!)
The Beer Wars Movie event will supplant the next Women Enjoying Beer (WEB) group for April. We’ll be back on schedule with a May 14th WEB meetup featuring Dave Coy, Brewer of Raccoon River Brewing, location to be determined as we get closer. Dave’s a good guy and an adept brewer who really takes pride in his beer.
Late April will find me in Boston, Mass, USA enjoying & presenting to the Craft Brewers Conference per “Where’s The Other 50%!? Developing and Serving the Female Craft Beer Enthusiast.” WOO HOO!!!
As always, the virality of these invites is important. Please feel very free to forward to any engaged women who enjoy beer, want to learn more about beer, and have fun to doing it. Humble thanks to those who forward them along.
Stay in touch.
Cheers!
Ginger
Tags: April 16th, Beer Wars, GABF, live event
