This Brew is for You! Parkville's Microfest returns 04.30.2011

Like your options when it comes to microbrews? Then do we have an event for you: The 8th Annual Parkville Microfest will take place at the English Landing Park, Parkville, MO from 1 p to 5 p on Saturday, April 30, 2011! The admission is $20/person

While we cannot assure better weather than in 2010 (it was cold and rainy all day) we can confirm that some of the area's best microbrews will be available to sample! Previous vendors have included:

• Amerisports Brew Pub - http://www.ameristar.com/
• Boulevard Brewing - http://www.blvdbeer.com/
• Buffalo Brewing - http://www.buffalobrewingstl.com/
• Bootleggers Brewery - http://www.bootbrewery.com/
• Olde Main Brewing - http://www.oldemainbrewing.com/
• Weston Brewing - http://www.westonbeer.com/
• Schilling Bridge - http://www.schillingbridgewinery.com/
• Little Apple Brewing - http://www.littleapplebrewery.com/
• Gella's Liquid Bread & Lb. Brewing - http://www.lbbrewing.com/
• Lucky Bucket Brewing - http://www.luckybucketbrewing.com/
• Blind Tiger Brewery - http://www.blindtiger.com/
• McCoy's - http://www.mccoyspublichouse.com/
• Free State Brewing - http://www.freestatebrewing.com/
• Tallgrass Brewing - http://www.tallgrassbeer.com/
• High Noon Saloon & Brewery - http://www.thehighnoon.com/
• Empyrean Brewing - http://www.empyreanbrewingco.com/
• 75th Street Brewery - http://www.75thstreet.com/
• O'Fallon Brewery - http://www.ofallonbrewery.com/
• Upstream Brewing - http://www.upstreambrewing.com/
• River City Brewing - http://www.rivercitybrewingco.com/
• 23rd Street Brewery - http://www.brew23.com/
• Granite City Brewery - http://www.gcfb.net/
• Nebraska Brewing - http://www.nebraskabrewingco.com/
• Schlafly Beer - http://www.schlafly.com/
• Rock Bottom Brewery - http://www.rockbottom.com/
• Raccoon River Brewing - http://www.raccoonbrew.com/
• Gordon Biersch Brewery - http://www.gordonbiersch.com/
• Mattingly Brewing - http://www.mattinglybrewing.com/ 
• Court Avenue Brewery - http://www.courtavebrew.com/
• 5th Street Brewpub - http://www.5thstreetbrewpub.com/
• Morgan Street - http://www.morganstreetbrewery.com/
• Flying Monkey - http://www.flyingmonkeybeer.com/

Take advantage of this massive gathering plus great food and hip music to start the spring off right!

Cheers!

T3 > Talk Taste Twitter LIVE ... 06.25 @ 700p (CST)!

So you may have read about it and now it's here: Talk, Taste, Twitter LIVE. This month we are sampling hand-crafted beers and meats.

Last month I had to postpone due to a death in the family but I'm back now and ready to tweet away! Will you be following?

In April we opened with single malt scotch (or so I was told) and after sampling nine (9) versions + smoking a few cigars and chasing them with a new Southampton microbrew I had most likely been hooked on the concept of what Jason Burton (and maybe even Elly Goldstein too) had started with our little club.

So why "Tweet" (that's what we Twitter folks do) about what we were sampling? I started it as a joke because Jason made some interesting tasting comments to the group (We are a unique collection of brand managers, beer supplier management, newspaper publishers, coffee guy's/graphic arts folks, stay-at-home-dads, sales staff, wine educators and non-profit fundraising and marketing people) ... but we all like our drinks!

The evening was/is simple ... select a date, time and place and then a theme with parameters. Everyone brings their favorite or recommended version of the theme and then we drink (and eat too - Thanks to the Casa Goldstein kitchen). It's so simple even a caveman could do it!

How about you and your friends? Can you get a group together? If not, just follow along @ Forgot to mention you can follow us at http://twitter.com/kcwineguy or http://twitter.com/eatkc! (Full notes to follow on http://www.eat-kc.com/). If you can we would love to hear from you!

That's all for now ... Cheers, Salud, L'chaim, Opa and any other ethnic, religious or made up phrase you can think of to celebrate the world of spirits!

Michael