After my trail race on Saturday morning, I earned my afternoon of fun and beer at East Atlanta Beer Fest. At least that’s what I told myself! ;)
This is one of my favorite beer festivals in Atlanta every year – so many beers to sample, so little time! Kirk & Melody both joined in the beer drinking fun today. Good company is critical to an amazing day of beer festival fun!
I started the day with a dumb decision, a rookie veggie mistake that I certainly know better than to make. I forgot to eat anything between my trail race and the festival – no snacks packed – only the festival vendors and my stomach. Uh-oh.
When we first arrived, the only thing I could find was roasted corn from Graveyard Tavern. It was good though! I was kinda hoping they would have brought their vegan wings, but I was out of luck.
Corn as big as your head!
Luckily, as I went in search of a trash can for my corn cob, I came across Three Amigos Tacos. Way down at the bottom of their sign I spotted a Grilled Veggies option – and made without butter – sweet!!
I was too busy stuffing my face to take any photos of that action, but these were very tasty and filling. THANK YOU for offering vegan-friendly options at the festival!!
After filling my tummy with food, it was time to start tasting some beer. The park was filled tents from different breweries – all waiting to fill your tasting glass with their beer offerings. My rule was to only taste those beers I didn’t already know.
Being the great beer tasting friend she is, Melody was happy to share her beer – so we could all sip a larger variety of beers without ending up on the grass. ;)
Some great surprises awaited us at several beer tables, like this newly released brew from Wild Heaven – not even a label yet!
We tried to get our hands on some of the empty bottle of this St Peter’s brew (check out these awesome bottles!), but no luck this time. If you drink this beer regularly, feel free to ship your bottles to me! =)
And finally, a peak into the awesome & ecclectic entertainment wandering around the festival on Saturday. This performer on stilts was so cool!
And that brings us to the end of our fun afternoon at the park for East Atlanta Beer Fest!
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Questions for you:
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What is your favorite spring/summer festival in your area?
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Do you have a favorite small batch brew that you recommend?
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You totally earned that one! And how awesome (lucky) that they had vegan festival food. Leave it to East ATL. :)
Let There Be Light is on tap at the Ponce Whole Foods and at Taco Mac. Did you try their Eschaton too? Wild Heaven should hire me. I love those guys!!!
Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table recently posted..Vegan Food Is Not Healthy
I know – very lucky, since I was a POOR planner! I’ll have to look for that Wild Heaven at Taco Mac – I didn’t realize. :)
FUN! i need to find some fun festivals in my area… i’ve lived here forever and can’t even think of any!
Linz @ Itz Linz recently posted..Itz All Greek To Me
Yes – I love local festivals – I can’t wait to discover new ones in our new town. :)
Everything in this post is awesome. But, I have to be honest- I can’t go to beer fests. I have NO self-control when it comes to all that beer being out there for me to drink! I’m a little better at wine fests… but man, beer…. it’s my weakness.
At least you know that you can’t do it – I think that’s important. I just alternate water throughout the day, eat food, and take breaks. But you have to know your limits!
I’m always really happy when I see (healthy) vegetarian options at festivals, since usually people tend to forget about vegetarians. My favorite festival is the Altamont Fair; I go to it every year and get a delicious milkshake!
Me too – and honestly I don’t know if I did a good job thinking of veg options before I transitioned, so I kind of get it. But I try to encourage more places to think of me! :)
I love festivals! There are lots of random food/alchy festivals here in Denver over the summer, so I can’t wait for you to come!
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I can’t wait to discover them – I already looked up beer fests and there are a ton of options. You’re going to have to join us at one out there!