Comments on: 2008 Extreme Beer Fest http://www.brew-dudes.com/2008-extreme-beer-fest/174 Resource for home brewers created by home brewers. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:17:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: John http://www.brew-dudes.com/2008-extreme-beer-fest/174#comment-585 John Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:58:01 +0000 http://www.brew-dudes.com/2008-extreme-beer-fest/174#comment-585 Issac - Thanks for the info. I have never been to Chicago, but if I get the chance I make it a point to get out to the brewery. RAF - It's too bad about the politics. I am surprised there are as many fests in Boston. Sorta flies in the face of our Puritanical nature. :) Issac -

Thanks for the info. I have never been to Chicago, but if I get the chance I make it a point to get out to the brewery.

RAF - It’s too bad about the politics. I am surprised there are as many fests in Boston. Sorta flies in the face of our Puritanical nature. :)

]]> By: RAF http://www.brew-dudes.com/2008-extreme-beer-fest/174#comment-546 RAF Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:27:53 +0000 http://www.brew-dudes.com/2008-extreme-beer-fest/174#comment-546 Goose Island used to host the Real Ale Fest, the best of its kind in the US, through 2003. Chicago's lawmakers have made it incredibly difficult to jump through all the necessary hoops, however, and with the unavailability of a suitably-sized venue, compounded with strict insurance and licensing requirements, that festival is no more. Any similarly-sized festival would suffer the same fate at the hands of the mayor and co. It's too bad, as the RAFs I attended in 2002 and 2003 were incredible, fun, social events. MADD's influence and misinformation is far too pervasive. Goose Island used to host the Real Ale Fest, the best of its kind in the US, through 2003. Chicago’s lawmakers have made it incredibly difficult to jump through all the necessary hoops, however, and with the unavailability of a suitably-sized venue, compounded with strict insurance and licensing requirements, that festival is no more. Any similarly-sized festival would suffer the same fate at the hands of the mayor and co.

It’s too bad, as the RAFs I attended in 2002 and 2003 were incredible, fun, social events. MADD’s influence and misinformation is far too pervasive.

]]> By: Isaac Orcutt http://www.brew-dudes.com/2008-extreme-beer-fest/174#comment-533 Isaac Orcutt Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:35:07 +0000 http://www.brew-dudes.com/2008-extreme-beer-fest/174#comment-533 Why don't they have anything like this in Chicago? Being in Chicago I had the chance to visit Three Floyds Brew Pub a few weeks back...pretty cool operation. They do make some great beer. Didn't have the chance to sample the Dark Lord, but we did have quite a bit of the Alpha King, Pride and Joy, and Robert the Bruce. Next time you are in Chicago, it's worth the 30 minute drive to Munster, Indiana for some great beer. Why don’t they have anything like this in Chicago?

Being in Chicago I had the chance to visit Three Floyds Brew Pub a few weeks back…pretty cool operation. They do make some great beer. Didn’t have the chance to sample the Dark Lord, but we did have quite a bit of the Alpha King, Pride and Joy, and Robert the Bruce.

Next time you are in Chicago, it’s worth the 30 minute drive to Munster, Indiana for some great beer.

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