{"id":2669,"date":"2015-03-16T12:33:54","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T16:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=2669"},"modified":"2015-03-16T12:33:54","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T16:33:54","slug":"events-alvinne-craft-beer-festival-2015-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/03\/16\/events-alvinne-craft-beer-festival-2015-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Events: Alvinne Craft Beer Festival – 2015 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This once every 2-3 year festival goes down as one of my favorites. I don\u2019t usually write about beer festivals but this one deserves a bit of appreciation to the staff, organizers and brewers that participated.<\/p>\n

First, there wasn\u2019t a single bad beer at this festival. Yes, some mediocre beers but every beer I had was good to fantastic. this almost never happens. De Molen, Kernel, Struise steal the show in quality of beers they brought.<\/p>\n

The venue and execution were flawless. There was plenty of space, a very few amount of people meaning you never waiting more than 60 seconds for any beer. In fact, there was so much room, I was able to stand at a brewer booth with my laptop and tick all 6 beers of there\u2019s without being in anyone\u2019s way.<\/p>\n

The food was excellent. A new Flanders restaurant was serving hot meals w\/ ample seating and some good beers.<\/p>\n

The beer store next door allowed you to buy beers and they\u2019d store them for you until after the festival was over. They also did a great job of having most of the beers that were available for sampling so you could find a favorite and then grab a bottle to bring home.<\/p>\n

I hope they do this festival again. Here are some choice photos:<\/p>\n

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You can see from this photo just how few people were here. 147 different beers and about 100 people at any maximum time.<\/p>\n

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\"Night<\/a>