SimSolTravel Brewery Tour » GABF-2011

Great American Beer Festival, September 29 to October 1, 2011

At their third GABF, Tim and Beth wanted to get even more focused. They had seen how Sam Calagione at Dogfish Head had researched truly ancient ale recipes on the Brew Masters series on Discovery Channel. (A really great but short lived series rumored to have been canceled when one of the big ‘crap’ breweries threatened to pull their advertising. Sad.) Beth got to meet Sam, which psyched her for their upcoming December trip to the east coast where they planned a side trip to Delaware for a tour of the main brewery in Milton and the original brewery in Rehoboth Beach. She also explored Oktoberfest and pumpkin beers. Tim focused on Belgian style ales, especially Belgian IPAs, as research for his home brewing. He found many of the brewers were very willing to talk about which yeast strains they used and what temperatures they fermented at. What a great opportunity!