{"id":11391,"date":"2007-09-08T09:48:20","date_gmt":"2007-09-08T16:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/09\/08\/brew-at-the-zoo-and-wine-too.html"},"modified":"2007-09-08T09:48:20","modified_gmt":"2007-09-08T16:48:20","slug":"brew_at_the_zoo_and_wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/09\/08\/brew_at_the_zoo_and_wine.html","title":{"rendered":"Brew at the Zoo (and Wine, Too)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Went to the Denver 2007 Brew at the Zoo last night — Margie and I, meeting Stan there.  Compared to last year<\/a> …<\/p>\n

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  1. There was more food, more food booths, and we intentionally ate more early on.  Some yummy bits from Chedd’s, Cherry Cricket, and a few others.  While a few places had closed by the time we left, enough others were still going strong that there was no reason to leave hungry. <\/li>\n
  2. Less dessert, though.  The center kiosk that did desserts doubled up with the mocktails\/alternate drinks, meaning fewer nibbles out, in a more concentrated area. <\/li>\n
  3. The beer area was as full (and crowded) as ever. I found fewer “extremes” — only one beer seemed undrinkable (and Margie was the lucky one to get it — “Ew, it’s sticking to the roof of my mouth:), and there were some nice finds from places like Twisted Pines.  I was gratified to see as many of my regulars represented there, was appalled to see how many labels are under the Anheuser-Busch hegemony (though with further reading, some appear to be just distribution deals)  tried a number of new things, and overall had a good beer time.<\/li>\n
  4. Tried only one wine — “Napa Valley,” but nothing that seemed particularly Napa-like.  Not that the wine was any great shakes.<\/li>\n
  5. I did drink a perfectly dreadful “Mojito-in-a-Bottle” (“No flavors or smells found in nature!”) from the A-B booth.<\/li>\n
  6. As I was wandering off to get Margie something, I wandered by the Jim Bean booth — and found they were pouring the tasty African cream liqueur, Amarula<\/a>, that everyone had raved over at the fondue party.  They filled half of Margie’s mug with it.<\/li>\n
  7. A fair amount of swag — lots of coasters, quite a number of tattoos (Margie started a personal collection), a couple of beer openers, match books, and, um, a Flying Dog condom (“It’s Better than Being Neutered!”).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Overall, a pleasant evening — good food, very good (and not-so-good) beer, good company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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