meeting people-Beerfest in Covington

Are you a fan of beer? Want to try 100 samples of beer? well, then my friends, Midwest Winter Beer Festival is for you. a few friends of mine, including liz, and i volunteered last night at the 2nd annual beer festival in covington, ky at the radisson hotel sponsored by cork n bottle. i have to say that this was one of the most interesting and fun nights i have had in the city in a long time. i was serving belgium beers which is a plus since this is my favorite type of beer. my beer table was busy with constant "customers" for 4 hours straight. i met some really cool people, both local and non-local. in fact, we invited some of the attendees to our first cincinnati imports event, so hopefully, we will see a few friendly faces there.

there is nothing like a little free alcohol to bring a group together. no pretense, just a general love for beer that brought strangers together. i really think that shared experiences like this one, where there is a purpose and social component can be a really great way to meet people. i also think that serving the beer, instead of being a guest, gave me an outlet to "do something" while also naturally allowing me to meet new people. now mind you, by the time 11pm rolled around, there were quite a few "i love yous" and "you have to hang out with us" and "we have a room upstairs for people to party in" being thrown around, but in general it was a lot of fun to meet so many new people, both older and younger, beer novices and experts, imports and exports.

i will definitely be volunteering for this event again next year....and for those of you who visited my table 10-15 times for the kasteel rogue and delerium tremens and nocturnum, i hope to see you again next year!