We survived the weekend!
We haven’t managed to come to this festival in a few years. This year, we had decided to buy tasting tickets so we could go around and get unlimited beer.
We showed up a little late on Friday night. Once we found the booth to get our wristbands and tasting cups, we got right on the tasting. We had at least heard of a lot of the breweries, but some were new to us. Overall, we avoided the Bud and Coors booths. However, we did stop at Great Basin Brewery’s tent for some Mystic Voyage, which I’ve had a few times from the local restaurant already. We powered through and hit a decent number of the booths in record time, got some BBQ, watched the band that was playing, and headed home for me to pass out on the couch before it was even dark out.
On Saturday, we had plans to go fishing super early with a buddy of ours. Luckily the early bedtime helped me out. Unluckily, the bugs were biting more than the fish, so we ended up calling it quits. We went to Old World Coffee and a farmer’s market in Carson City instead. We then headed home for a nap to prepare for round two of the B, B & B Festival.
We paced ourselves a little bit more for the second night, watched a bit more music, and enjoyed some Texas taters. We watched the Briefcase Blues Brothers, a Blues Brothers cover band (surprise!) and were a lot of fun. Later on, we got out our folding chairs to watch Jelly Bread, one of our favorite Reno local bands. We hadn’t had a chance to see them in a while, so they were a decent part of the reason we came to the festival.
Overall, I would call the weekend a success, although I’m still pooped coming into work today.