Man did I get gyped last year!!!!   It was to be my first Belgium Comes to West Chester with absolutely no responsibilities, I was so looking forward to it.  But if you remember, there was this little snowstorm last year on the day of BCWC.  The bus driver told us the night before, that it was no problem, he’d get us there.  But that morning I awoke to a message that our trip was cancelled!  So this year I’m coming with a vengeance!  You see about five years ago I started this little event in West Chester in which I invited all of my local brewer friends (and a couple friends and former co-workers from afar) who made Belgian style beer to put their stuff on tap in our restaurant.  When I first showed my boss the list he was worried that I had bitten off more than I could chew.  He was probably right, but it was great!  I didn’t really know what to expect that first year but I definitley never expected it to be as huge as it was.  This event was (and continues to be) our second-most well attended beer event in the company. (First is our outdoor Brandywine Craft Brewer’s Fest).  When I was the brewer in West Chester I always spent the first two or three hours of the event cleaning glassware, bartending and putting out fires in general.  This year (bus driver willing) I get to go as a participant and not an organizer.  I’ll get to hang out with friends and drink great beer while some other poor schlep does the running around and sweating.  This really is a unique event.  There are plenty of great beer festivals out there, including a couple that focus on Belgian style beer.  But this is the only one in America I can think of that features this many Belgian style beers all made within a 50 mile radius.  I know most of my readers are from New Jersey and West Chester is a bit of a hike.  But trust me, if anything were worth making a trip out to the Pennsy ‘burbs, this is.  Here are the details.  See you there!

Cheers,

Chris