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Post by DrJohnMadeBonnaroo on Jan 25, 2009 18:37:13 GMT -5
Hi, everyone.
So here's something--who's been to BrewGlass in Terra Alta, WV? Got a little business card sized handout for that fest at Bonnaroo 06 and didn't think much of it. Got another card at AllGood 08 and figured I'd go. Went last year with my girlfriend. We were among the first there and THE LAST to leave (car trouble - spent 24 hours trying to get AAA to find us). TINY crowd last year (the poor guy who hosted the thing lost his shirt). Keller was there, though! I'd be curious to hear if anyone went in previous years. Has it ever been packed?
I was meaning to try and get up there but never did. What kind of micros did they have?
That's the funny thing--with the name BrewGlass, we figured the microbrews there would be interesting. Now, keep in mind the crowd seemed to be about a fifth of what they expected. I haven't been to any other small festivals, but this one was tiny. Very local. We came in from DC (4 hour drive) and people were pretty surprised. I'd say 90% were from WV. Yeah, so back to the microbrews. So Saturday afternoon at 2 was supposed to be the brew tasting. Me and the lady are milling around shakedown (10 ez-ups). Asking people where/when the tasting was. Eventually we had a crew of 30-40 wandering with us trying to sniff out the beer. I wouldn't say they were disorganized, rather very low key due to the low turn out. So eventually this local guy comes with a couple coolers full of bottles and has everyone pay him 5 bucks apiece. Had to turn people away because there wasn't enough to go around. He breaks out a 12 pak of bottles from each of 5 German, Belgian, and Austrian breweries. Everyone got about 7 dixie cups full. Now like I said, the fest crowd was tiny, so I think Tripp (farm owner) scaled back the brew tasting. It was actually kinda cool--you could tell that everyone expected some sort of local VA/WV/PA microbrews to show up with a tent for each just like your normal beer fest. But the beer this man had was great. You could tell the man knew his beer (good gut, good knowledge of his brews). Everyone expected a more formal thing (and perhaps more beer), but if anyone cared, you couldn't tell. Really great experience during the hourlong "tasting" and the fest in general.
Anyway, hope someone here was there last year or a previous year.
Post by cheeseslap on Jan 26, 2009 11:57:00 GMT -5
I went there a couple of years ago and had a blast. Like you said it is really small but the property that it is on is beautiful. I don't even remember seeing any beer tasting when I was there though. Since it is so small the vibe is awesome. Much of the music went on in the barn and not outside. The experience of going to terra alta is really neat.
