Thursday, August 02, 2007
A New Beer Festival . . . Sort of
Well, I've finally come up with one beer-type festival that I omitted from my list of summer happenings. I say "beer-type" because the only potable there that you'll also find at the Great American Beer Festival is mead. But as this blog seeks to promote the enjoyment of alcohol in all of its forms that are anywhere close to beer, I thought it bore mentioning.
Anyway, the event is the first Boulder Food and Wine Festival, and it's scheduled from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 12, in downtown Boulder's Central Park. Tickets are $35 in advance at www.boulerwinefest.com or $40 on the day of the event. There will be one meadery among the 20 Colorado wineries there: Redstone Meadery in Boulder. It is slated to break out its creative and tasty nectars - the Black Raspberry is so sweet you'll forget it's 8 percent alcohol by volume - and its Mountain Honey Wine.
This brings up another question from me. There are four meaderies and one winery that makes mead in this state, but the only one that ever seems to show up at these events or sponsor such events is Redstone. Granted, it is by far the best of the lot based on what I've tasted, but why are the state's other meaderies so invisible? Redstone has shown that there is a market for a quality product. If this subset of the beer industry is to flourish, the others need a more public face.
OK, I'm done. Your thoughts?
Well, I've finally come up with one beer-type festival that I omitted from my list of summer happenings. I say "beer-type" because the only potable there that you'll also find at the Great American Beer Festival is mead. But as this blog seeks to promote the enjoyment of alcohol in all of its forms that are anywhere close to beer, I thought it bore mentioning.
Anyway, the event is the first Boulder Food and Wine Festival, and it's scheduled from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 12, in downtown Boulder's Central Park. Tickets are $35 in advance at www.boulerwinefest.com or $40 on the day of the event. There will be one meadery among the 20 Colorado wineries there: Redstone Meadery in Boulder. It is slated to break out its creative and tasty nectars - the Black Raspberry is so sweet you'll forget it's 8 percent alcohol by volume - and its Mountain Honey Wine.
This brings up another question from me. There are four meaderies and one winery that makes mead in this state, but the only one that ever seems to show up at these events or sponsor such events is Redstone. Granted, it is by far the best of the lot based on what I've tasted, but why are the state's other meaderies so invisible? Redstone has shown that there is a market for a quality product. If this subset of the beer industry is to flourish, the others need a more public face.
OK, I'm done. Your thoughts?
