{"id":12300,"date":"2016-04-10T12:04:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T17:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=12300"},"modified":"2016-04-10T12:04:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T17:04:04","slug":"glens-falls-brewfest-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=12300","title":{"rendered":"Glens Falls Brewfest 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let me tell you people, this little lady drank! There were a bunch of hard ciders represented and I don\u2019t care what anyone says, hard ciders are great. Despite their wide representation at the event I overheard more than one attendee say, oh, they just do cider, and walk away from a booth. That\u2019s just more cider for the rest of us! This worked out great for me because it meant lots of hard ciders and short lines. Hard cider drinkers of the world unite! I guess I should tell you what I drank, huh?<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ Champlain Orchards Cidery<\/strong> \u2013 Vermont Hard Cider \u2013 Heirloom: This was refreshing because it wasn\u2019t overly sweet. According to their website their Heirloom \u201cis pressed, fermented, and crafted from old and new world cider varieties.\u201d I could see serving this to people who like hard ciders but also wine drinkers.<\/p>\n

Elf\u2019s Farm<\/strong> \u2013 which is maybe also the Adirondack Cider Company, it was all very confusing \u2013 the cider itself was\u2026..cider. It was good. I\u2019d gladly drink it again, but other than the cute name of Elf\u2019s Farm, it wasn\u2019t a superstar.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ Downeast Cider House<\/strong> \u2013 Cranberry Blend: Seriously, just drink it. Drink lots of it. The tartness of the cranberry combined with the sweetness of apple combined with booziness is what makes life worth living.<\/p>\n

1911 Spirits<\/strong> \u2013 Ciders \u2013 Founders\u2019 Reserve Hopped: I noticed an alarming trend of adding hops to hard ciders while at Brewfest. I am not a fan of hoppy beers and so at first I was quite concerned seeing ciders, now with HOPS! However, the addition of hops to this cider added no bitter after taste and I found it to be a pleasantly sweet sip.<\/p>\n

Naked Flock Hudson Valley Hard Cider<\/strong> \u2013 Draft: What made me pick this one was that it\u2019s fermented with Belgian Trappist Ale yeast and used maple syrup. I wish I could say that I was all like, man I can really sense that Trappist Ale yeast, but honestly, it was just a tasty hard cider.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ Awestruck Ciders<\/strong> \u2013 Lavender Hops: This bad boy wins for originality and taste. A great balance of sweet and dry. The scent of lavender is pervasive and I\u2019m not sure what lavender tastes like, but I think this cider tastes faintly of it, and that it tastes good! It was so unusual it took a few sips for me to definitely decide I liked it, but once I did, I was telling everyone I saw to give it a try. Delicious!<\/p>\n

Just as an aside, McKenzie\u2019s Hard Cider and Doc\u2019s Draft Hard Cider were both in attendance as well, but I\u2019ve tried both of their ciders before so I skipped them. They both make some tasty and pretty widely available hard ciders.<\/p>\n

And yes, I did have a couple of beers too.<\/p>\n

Smuttynose Brewing Company<\/strong> \u2013 Amber (?): At the event my husband jotted down that what we tried was called Amber. It was pretty great. Very smooth and a touch sweet up front with an almost too bitter for me finish, but as I mentioned earlier, I\u2019m a hops wimp. When I go to Smuttynose\u2019s website I can\u2019t find \u201cAmber\u201d, so who knows what I really drank?<\/p>\n

21st Amendment Brewery<\/strong> \u2013 Toaster Pastry \u2013 India-Style Red Ale: How can you resist a brewery called 21st Amendment? You can\u2019t. This was good. I wish I had something intelligent to add but all I\u2019ve got was, it tasted good and I liked it.<\/p>\n

This other one I found rather amusing. I work in an office, so when I see Avery, I automatically think office supplies. In fact, I and my friends were sipping our Smuttynose beers making fun of a brewery that would call themselves Avery. \u201cI can\u2019t do it,\u201d I told them, \u201cI can\u2019t drink a beer with the same name as an office supply company.\u201d But then I was like, \u201cHow can I NOT?\u201d <\/p>\n

$\"\"$ Avery Brewing Company<\/strong> \u2013 Joe\u2019s Pils: I\u2019m not ashamed to say I like Pilsners and I\u2019ll be damned if Avery doesn\u2019t make a fine one. My friends had one of their stouts and were pleasantly surprised that the office supply company did a good job there too. And thus ended the office supply company jokes and instead we admitted we would just have to be content with enjoying their beer.<\/p>\n

I also have to give a shout out to the awesome hometown heroes of Shmaltz Brewing Company. They were at the event as well but there were only two of their brews I really wanted to try, because I haven\u2019t yet, Slingshot (American Craft Lager) and She\u2019brew (Triple IPA) and they didn\u2019t have those with them. But they\u2019re a great bunch of guys so I wanted to give them a shout out!<\/p>\n

If that wasn\u2019t enough, there was food! Sadly demand was greater than what most vendors brought so by the time we got over there everyone had packed up except for The Queensbury Hotel, from which I tried some great corn chowder and a soft pretzel stick, and SUNY Adirondack Culinary, who provided a taste of suckling pig with a cauliflower puree. Delicious!<\/p>\n

Glens Falls Brewfest 2016 was a great event and I had a lot of fun. I\u2019ll probably be going next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guess who is finally back? Granted, my ass is dragging and my head is aching, but that\u2019s a whole other post. For now I\u2019m back and I bring you beer! That\u2019s right, I went to Glens Falls Brewfest 2016!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}