WEEK 15--BEERFEST ASIA 2014--WALK ABOUT

啤酒节是本地欠缺的活动。特别是以撞意啤酒为主的。

所以去了新加坡看看每年都举行的啤酒节。

新加坡啤酒节也有大厂啤酒，威士忌等等其他类别参与，不过，撞意啤酒占据了重要比例，也有很多人是冲着有什么新的，平时少见的CRAFT BEER而来，是可喜现象。

啤酒节当然是大卖场，也是大派对，个人觉得唯一问题是，三天时间说多不多，然而等待赏味的啤酒确实很多，就算个人喜好扣除一半以上，还是有至少几十种不同类别啤酒等着。

下篇会根据个人口味，说说三天内喝到什么比较有印象的啤酒。

This week is a very brief walk about, some observations about the recently concluded BEERFEST ASIA 2014.

Spending 3 days in a beerfest with more than 400 different kind of beers is hardly enough time to sample much of what's on offer.

Quotes:-

"drinking nice beers with plastic cup is hardly ideal..in a way not  SHIOK(fun) at all---but considering the number of people visiting, it is still acceptable."

"though most craft beers were selling for Sing dollar 10-15 per glass, in some cases cost even more, there were still many takers..."

"many who help out at the craft beer booth are basically friends of the owner---they pay to drink on normal day--and work for free for maybe up to 8-9 hours each day during beerfest---this is the beauty of craft beer spirit." 

"a daily scene--- he or she will be holding a cup full of beer--and then share it with friend/friends---people are literally "kissing"with the same cup of beer--but they just don't mind at all--craft beer is about sharing---because there's too many good beers out there to share..."

"there's many pretty girls representing big name factory beers or hard liquor brands roaming around the venue, trying to promote their line of products...but whenever the girls approach a table full of craft beer drinkers---the "reverse promotion" started....craft drinkers would be asking the promoters to try out craft....."

*the above photo is courtesy of Sharon Chan---whose name was accidentally left out, instead credited with another photo provider's name on the newspaper column print version.

NEXT WEEK---beers tasted during the fest.