The posts are going to be slow this week, as half of Bruisin’ Ales is heading up to the Big Apple for a little adventure to the Brooklyn Brewery with the man himself, Garrett Oliver. We’ll report on that later.

Great times were had at The Brewgrass Festival this past weekend as we sampled all the new stuff and some old favorites. We were able to try the new Highland Imperial Kashmir, French Broad’s Pale Ale, Catawba Valley’s King Don Pumpkin Ale, Foothills Sexual Chocolate, Brooklyn-Schneider Hopfen-Weiss, Duck-Rabbit’s Baltic Porter from last year’s vintage, and Sweetwater’s Donkey Punch (barleywine).

Nice to see all you old and new friends come into town for the festival! Above left is our friend Dan, who drove from Columbia, SC, with friends. We also enjoyed seeing Rustan, Jeff, and KP again, and spending some quality beer time with John and Melissa, James and Michelle, Aaron and Melissa and out-of-towners Deuane and Carolyn, and Jim and Joan. Thank you for your beer goodness.