Sharon and I hit up the Capital City Oktoberfest in Shirlington. Holy cow talk about arriving at the wrong time. The word was to get there early. The event was from noon to 7:00. So getting there around 1:30 or so should have been good right? Hell no! Everyone showed up at that time. It took nearly an hour to find a spot to park and over another hour to get through the line. Worst timing ever. But once in it was a good event. Space is an issue but nothing they can really do about that in their location.
There have been great beers the last few years as the event has gotten bigger. This year the pumpkin beers were the hot item I think. Mad Fox was selling the last of their’s. Schafly might have been the most popular. I had heard about this one and wanted to grab it. I think I got the second to last one of the day! It was very much the type that tasted like pumpkin pie. The Starr Hill seasonal called Boxcar might have been my favorite. I've had it before but I think it was warming up at the booth today and I got it at the perfect temp to taste the complexity. Great beer. I was able to talk to one of the Starr Hill brewers. He said it was made with canned puree as opposed to Mad Fox's which is made with fresh pumpkins. He also said it was supposed to be a chili porter but that tasted horrible so they made it a pumpkin porter. Again, it was my favorite of the day by far. I recognized the owner of DC Brau and said hi to him. I also saw Bill from Port City for the first time. All the new local breweries were in attendance and I saw most of them had brewery reps if not the owners on site which was great. As usual beer tickets weren't a problem because most places weren't even collecting them. Sharon had only 2 and a half servings before she was feeling it and passed all her tickets on to me. The weather was perfect. A great fall day.
Got the Caps season opener tonight, the Bathurst 1000 race in Australia, Robert Randolf at 9:30 Club, and the Japanese Grand Prix at 2am this evening. What to do?
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