Craft Brewers Conference - Day 1

We survived our first night in Boston pretty well. We had a couple of Harpoon IPAs with some lobster bisque, followed by a trip to the Barking Crab. This was for a social with our fellow wholesalers from across the country. Drank a little Magic Hat #9, Harpoon UFO, Ipswich Ale, and a few other things. They served great crab cakes and shrimp. Overall we had a fun time. On the way back we stuck our heads in to the Atlantic Beer Garden to get out of the rain. Found the Rauchfetzen from Harpoon's 100 Barrel series on draft. A nice beer whose name means "a whisp of smoke" which is exactly what it was. A very light smoke flavor that allowed the hops and malt to come out and play as well. A lucky find for us. Also had a beer with Adam Avery and briefly saw Tomme Arthur.

The first couple of wholesaler meetings are out of the way and I will spending some time this afternoon meeting with some potential suppliers. No names right now, but they are breweries that we get a lot of requests for, so cross your fingers.

Tonight is the opening reception at Harpoon Brewery, so I'll write more later and will try to update regularly in case any of you care.