A Few Pics From The 1st Hot Springs Craftbeer Festival

I went down to Hot Springs for their inaugural craft beer festival last weekend and had a great time. I didn't take a whole lot of pictures but I'll share a few. I got to try a couple of the first beers from Superior Bathhouse Brewing (a Kolsch and a pale ale) and was pleased. Lots of excitement for them going on with huge wait lines to try out the new stuff. I sat around their tasting room a few times during the day drinking from their quality tap selection also. Great addition to Hot Springs IMO.

So you know the routine at these... walk around with your tiny cup, talk about beer, get tipsy, talk more about beer, pee a lot, etc...

Enjoyed an Evil Twin Low Life Pils at Superior to start

Some drafts at Maxine's, home of a Leaky Roof Meads tap takeover later in the night

Capone's Ohio Club is a cool old bar

The Copper Penny Pub has Founders taps

Rebel Kettle table

Piney River table

Stone's Throw table

The Founders All Day IPA truck

Founders table

Vino's table

Ended the day with a Founders Devil Dancer at Superior

Video: Welcome To Brewcyrus

Here's a great little video from Rural Missouri Magazine on one of my favorite breweries in the world, Piney River Brewing, which just happens to only be an hour or so past the Arkansas border. I've been there twice myself and plan on making it at least an annual visit and if you haven't been, well shame on you. Go see it! Worth a drive even if you live in Alaska. No, seriously.

Check it out:

"When Brian and Joleen Durham decided to build a brewery on their farm outside of Bucyrus four years ago, their friends thought they had gone insane.

Turns out, they were just beginning to have the time of their lives.

In just a few short years, the couple has turned the tiny Texas County hamlet into "Brew"cyrus as they've introduced the Ozarks to their craft beer. What began as a home-brewing hobby in the family's kitchen has now become Piney River Brewing Co., a seven-barrel commercial operation distributing beer to most of central Missouri and all of southern Missouri and Arkansas."