NJ Craft Brew Beerfest

Well, it's official...I've gone to a beerfest on a battleship...twice. Per advice from a wise retired Navy Captain, we were respectful of the fact that we were on a battleship. I did laugh when a couple guys started "playing Battleship" in the bathroom by yelling out "B5!...D13!...Hit! You sunk my battleship!" followed by, "I wonder how many times that joke went around today." Hilary, Dan and I had a great time sampling some really good beer though. As Dan eloquently put it, "This is like...the best event...ever." Beers sampled included:

• Basil T's (Red Bank): Rosie's Tale Waggin' Pale Ale, XXX Summer Ale, Maxwell's Dry Stout, Brown Ale
• Cricket Hill (Fairfield): East Coast Lager
• Flying Fish (Cherry Hill): ESB Ale, Hopfish IPA
• Gaslight Brewery (South Orange): Bison Brown Ale
• Harvest Moon (New Brunswick): Moonshine Barley Wine, Hops² Double IPA, Moonlight Kolschbier
• High Point Wheat Beer Company (Butler): ran out of beer way too quickly
• JJ Bitting Brewing (Woodbridge): Raspberry Wheat, Garden State IPA, Hefeweizen
• Pizzeria Uno Brewing (Metuchen): IPA, Witbier
• River Horse (Lambertville): Brewer's Reserve
• Triumph (Princeton): Saison, IPA
• Tun Tavern (Atlantic City): Tun Dark, Wheat Beer

I think I may have left out a few, but we easily came to the consensus that the best beer was from Basil T's: both the Stout and Brown Ale were delicious. We sampled both more than once.

If you remember, I blogged about "the Lewis Black of beer," the guy from Cricket Hill Brewery. He was indeed there and he made a snidey response to my request for an IPA which I obviously should have known they were out of. Thanks Pal...I'll dedicate my next Coors Light to you!