Beer!! or How I learned to drink 2oz pours all day and love it.

On Saturday June 5th wellthatscool.com took the long and grueling 55 mile trip to Birmingham for The Magic City Brewfest. The event was great and gave us a chance to chat with the good people from Good People Brewing. As expected the line to get to their booth was one of the most daunting of the whole festival. They had a special release of their double Imperial Stout called "El Gordo". Each 5oz glass cost $3 with all the money going to Free The hops. This release raised over $1500 to help FTH fight to continue to modernize Alabama's beer laws. We were lucky enough to get a sample before it got to crazy and can only describe it like this- "It's like drinking a black velvet Elvis painting".  As Good People continue to grow we look forward to more and more of their brews here in the Druid City. One of the other brews we enjoyed was Tommyknockers "Hop Strike Black Rye I.P.A". This is the beer that was brewed to commemorate the 1 year anniversary of the Hops being freed. This fest however was just the kicking off of beer events in Alabama and in Tuscaloosa. The events where still getting finalized last week and now we have the undated list of events and beers.

(Pics from Beer fest Provided by David Smith for more on his photography please check him out here. Pictured to the left are WTC's Josh Hamilton, Bo Hicks and Bo's wife Becky Hicks)

Monday June 7th

Tommyknocker and Great Divide Afternoon at Egans and night at the Alcove. These events will feature Bryan Baltzell from Great Divide along with Jim Schwab from TommyKnocker Brewery. The featured beers will be Tommyknocker "Hop Strike" and "Maple Nut Brown" with Great Divide's Belgica Belgian IPA, Hercules Double IPA, Dunkel Weiss and Old Ruffian Barley Wine. The event runs 4pm to 9pm at Egans and from 9pm till beer runs out at the Alcove. We got a chance to try the "Hop Strike" and you'll kick yourself in the ass if you don't get a glass of it.

Tuesday June 8th

The Mellow Mushroom in downtown Tuscaloosa has a special night to celebrate all that is good about craft beer!  Get your favorite local brews on tap such as Back Forty as well as beer from Great Divide, Tommyknocker and Moylan’s. There will be pint glass give aways for all the featured beers.

Thursday June 10th

The Action returns to Egans for Back Forty Night. Tripp Collins, the operations manger for Back Forty will be on site to talk shop and explain what makes their "Naked Pig Pale Ale" and "Truck Stop Honey Brown" so special. There will be pint glass and other give aways all afternoon with live acoustic entertainment and special prices.

If you happen to not live in Tuscaloosa fear not there are events all over the state you can learn about by going to the Alabama Beer Week webpage Here.