Sunday, October 28, 2007

Beer!

Rob and I enjoy tasting new beers, just like many people who enjoy tasting new wines.

We spent this past weekend in Orlando at the Sunshine Challenge http://www.cfhb.org/sunshine/index.html, a beer convention and competition for hand-crafted beers. He didn't enter anything, but plans to next year. We participated in most of the events, including dinner/beer tastings Friday night, pub crawl (took a bus to three different pubs, along with raffles and a keg on the bus itself), and Saturday night dinner. We had a great time talking to everyone, and felt welcome although many knew each other and we didn't know anyone.

Oh, we checked in before dinner and got name badges with our pic and our "title" for the weekend - Rob named me "Beer Bitch" and he was "Hop Head". It was a great idea, because everyone wanted to know everyone else's titles so it encouraged conversation.

Here's a pic of the beer truck and the Friday beer tasting - notice there's not too many people there, so it was really nice!