2009 Belgian Fest Report

Another great Belgian fest has come to a close and it was a great one. This time John, Scott, and Kevin came. It made for great fun.

Here’s the play by play: Left the house very early because our latest possible ride was 7:00 am. John and I were dropped off at the Owings Mills train station and took that to shot tower. Walked from shot tower to the blue moon where we met Scott. Had a hearty breakfast and met Steve S. at Max’s around 9:30 am.

We were the first ones waiting and people collected over the 1.5 hr wait. More than I have ever seen on the first day. For some reason the guy opening the place pulled someone in front of us even though we were waiting first. We had the reverse issue in previous years and never got the same treatment.

Anyways, we were seated by 11:05 am. John, Scott, and I at one table (Kevin came later) and Steve and his co-workers at another. The place was crowded right off the bad and it was hard getting drinks, but we did ok.

Kevin arrived several hours into drinking. John was always at least 3-4 drinks behind Scott and I. Scott was trying his best to handle the sour lambics but eventually succumbed. They were pretty good lambics. We got an experimental Hanssens lambic (cassis), made with blackberries. Kevin stuck with the Cantillon, which is probably for the best. We finished around 4-5 with Scott leaving first, John after Leslie had a brew, and lastly me and Kevin with a slice from next door on the way out.

Overall I documented 20 unique drinks, but I know I drank more because John, Scott, and Kevin were feeding me beers they didn’t want. I guess I was the days beer dumpster. Here is the line-up: