Beer

I went to the Ithaca Brew Fest in Ithaca, NY this weekend to sample some east coast microbrews. It was in a small park along a big lake, and there were bands, food, and lots of good beers. We are really missing out on some great beers in the midwest. Here is a list of everything I sampled:

Dogfish Head - Raison D'Etre
Ithaca Beer Co. - Flower Power IPA
Butternuts - Porkslap Pale Ale
Rooster Fish - Firehouse Blonde
Wittekerke - Wit Bier
Middle Ages - Swallow Wit
Sly Fox - Pikeland Pils
Custom Brewcrafters - Canandaigua Lake Ale
Magic Hat - #9 Ale
Harpoon - Summer Beer
Sackets Harbor - Thousand Islands Pale Ale
Southern Tier - Phin & Matt's Extraordinary Ale
Lagunitas - Saaz Hopped Pils
EBC - German Red
Flying Bison - Buffalo Lager
Stone - Arrogant Bastard Ale

My favorite was the Flower Power IPA. It had the usual IPA bitterness, but there was also a lot of flavor behind it.

The Iowa City Brewfest is in 2 weeks. I plan on keeping track of what I try there too.