Monday, May 5, 2008

6th Annual Hop Scotch Festival




Last weekend was the 6th annual Hop Scotch Spring Beer and Scotch Festival in Fremont. Benefiting Northwest Folklife, the festival is a truly unique tasting experience. Visitors could sample from over 50 award-winning, handcrafted microbrews, premium tequila samples, a scotch tasting garden and scotch tasting seminars.

The microbrew tasting garden showcased Northwest favorites such as the Lazy Boy Amber from Lazy Boy Brewery as well as Mac and Jack’s African Amber and Serengeti Wheat. Visitors could sample every flavor, from the dark, sweet and smooth Quilter’s Irish Death made by Iron Horse Brewery to the smooth refreshing Longboard Lager from the Kona brewery.

The Scotch Tasting Garden was a self-guided experience with scotch representatives to answer questions. Master of Scotch Ari Shapiro offered an exclusive, one-hour, guided session to teach visitors the “secrets” of scotch.

In the Tequila Tasting Lounge, an expert of tequila was available to answer questions and help visitors decide what tequilas would best suite their Cinco de Mayo festivities.

This was a 21 and over event.

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