The Columbia version of the World Beer Festival was wonderful. With two other very mature, very savvy events, I’d forgotten how much fun a beer festival in a new, fresh town could be. The average age was higher. People talked beer with the brewers, with each other. They took notes in the program book. (Shazaam!)
Stan Hieronymous visited for a couple days with his wife, and colleague, Daria Labinsky, and the precocious nearly teenage daughter Sierra. (A fun moment, eavesdropping on Sierra and my daughter Anne kavetching about being the children of beer people; "So, like are you so completely sick of breweries, yet, or what!") Of the many conversations
Brewers of Indiana Guild is showcasing the Hoosier state’s spectrum of craft beers, ciders, and meads at the 14th annual Drink Indiana Winterfest on February 11, 2023