Abbey Road was the theme of this year's Belgium Comes to Cooperstown event at Ommegang
Friday afternoon before the crowds
Looking from our campsite down toward the brewery
Friday afternoon after the storms and after the crowds began to swell, many did not have VIP tickets
Our campsite
Sly Fox campsite in front of ours
Patience O'Reilly enjoying the festival in her own way
Peek-a-boo Patience.
The VIP dinner band
The second course of smoked salmon
Adam Beck of homebrewing blog Beer Bits 2 and his father Bernie
Tara Aitchison, Ommegang event coodinator
Phil Leinhart, Ommegang brewmaster
Simon Thorpe, President of Duvel USA
Michel Moortgat, CEO of Duvel Moorgat
Karen and Frank, Lancaster County homebrewers
Tony Forder, Ale Street News
Dancing between the VIP dinner courses
Table hopping between the VIP dinner courses
Megan Maguire (Duvel sales), Matt Guyer (Beer Yard), and Greg Ramirez (Exton Beverage)
And the band played on...
And the dancing continued on...
Swing your partner...
Tracy Ransom and Adam Beck
Everyone has a talent. Hope it's not full
The bonfire went on late into the night
And then an eerie fog fell over the brewery grounds
A tour of the bottling hall found some mysterious Witte
Also found some aging Hennepin
The festival tent was ready to go by Saturday morning
The dog days of August were evident in more than the weather on a hot Saturday morning
Speaking of dogs, this one claimed to be the government watchdog responsible for checking tickets
Premiere Philly Publicans, William Reed (Standard Tap) and Tom Peters (Monk's Café)
Name of sales lady from Boston Beer co escapes me. Andrew, or Bert?, does not.
Name that forearm
Steve slyly pours from Southampton taps
The Brewing Network was represented by more than one BNArmy shirt spotted during the weekend
Tipping? Surely that must not be allowed. And at Nick Johnson's table?
Scott Vaccaro (Captain Lawrence) and Nick Johnson (Tröegs)
The women get in on the t-shirt brigade as well
Yes, I received permission to take and publish this picture (from her s.o. as well!)
It didn't take more than a couple of minutes for the festival tent to fill
Picture perfect, if not a bit on the hot side, during the festival
A quote that will live on in many forms, to be sure
I've never been to Ithaca; this makes me a bit more curious about what goes on in Ithaca
The Monks were in attendance, of course
Not sure who won what, but it sounded like fun
Dogfish Bocce teams were represented as well
The adjacent tent to the tasting tent hosted live music and a place to eat and rest during the 4 hour long tasting portion of the festival.
A mobile wood oven pizza business showed up to serve tasty handmade pizzas
One of the handmade white pizzas included fresh whole leaf hops
More than one pig was over the coals during BCTC 2009
An Appalachian t-shirt I haven't seen before
Jeremy Malicki (Chester County homebrewer and Iron Hill aficionado), Whitney Thompson Horwitz (Victory), and Corey Reid (Sly Fox)
After the tasting festival, a hot air balloon (tethered) gave high altitude glimpses of the property and the hills
Even more picturesque with a balloon in the picture
Ditto
Megan from Iron Hill performing festival fun with fire
I think she's done this before
Faster, higher
Don't drop it
Rock Star
Foot in mouth? Thanks to Scott Vaccaro from Captain Lawrence for some late night roasted pig
Tracy Mulligan (Victory) & Mike Hamara (Exton Beverage)
Ric Hoffman (Stewart's) with a, uh, Conundrum on his mind
Nothing like a late night Conundrum from Stewart's and Ric Hoffman
Contrast Nick Johnson in daylight with...
Suzy Woods (how many places can I list she's associated with?), Chris LaPierre (birthday boy from Iron Hill-Maple Shade), Nick Johnson (Tröegs)
And on that note.....'til next year at Ommegang
