I had the GREATEST time at this beer festival! My only complaint is that the cold weather felt incredibly brutal since it was our first cold weekend of the winter!
How can any beer loving individual say no to unlimited samplings of over 70 beers for 6 hours on a Saturday? I mean, really! Especially when the festival costs $25 (or $12 on Living Social) or FREE if you were lucky enough to win a Yelp competition (as I was).
We were given a plastic beer mug and told, WELCOME to Beer Pleasure Town. Definitely worth the drive out there.
The set up was wonderful. The only thing I think could have truly made the actual festival better would be notepads or some type of listing paper available so I could cross off the beers I tried and write about what I liked or didn't like about each one. My memory gets hazy, especially after a few beers. ;) And, I'm also kind of a nerd who likes to keep track of things. Also, maybe a map of the vendor locations would be useful! But, there were buckets and water jugs at almost every vendor station so you could clean out your beer mug in order to really get the flavor of your next taste. This was incredibly helpful!
You absolutely cannot beat the price or the location (I LOVE Lake Las Vegas). And, the beer vendors were informative and happy to answer questions and make recommendations based on the type of beer you like (ale, IPA, etc.). Every beer rep/vendor was extremely friendly and seemed to really enjoy feedback from customers.
Did I mention that each serving of beer was much more than a "sample" size?
I'll be in attendance every time this festival comes around! And if you like beer, you should definitely check it out!