If you're looking for an excuse to visit Bellingham, the annual April Brews Day fest is as good a reason as any. A fun fest that supports a great cause. And this year, for the first time, tickets are available on-line. I strongly suggest going for the VIP ticket: http://www.maxhigbee.org/ticket-sales.html Max Higbee Center provides recreational opportunities to developmentally disabled teens and adults, and this is their largest fund raiser of the year.
This years ABD was a big success. Max Higbee Center presold 500 VIP tickets, and over 2,000 general admission tickets. There was a line waiting to buy tickets at the door as well. They just posted the winners on FB: In case you missed the announcement, here are the results of the top beers- be sure to head to their breweries to try these amazing brews if you missed them on Saturday! Judges Pick: Best Overall: North Sound Brewing Co. Cherry Vanilla Stout 2nd Place: Ninkasi Brewing Lux/Helles Lager 3rd Place: Flyers Restaurant and Brewery Packemaker Porter People's Choice: 1st: Wander Brewing Imperial Global Mutt Baltic Porter 2nd: Menace Brewing Denial IPA 3rd: Boundary Bay Brewery Cedar Dust IPA I had that North Sound Stout, and it was fantastic. My personal vote went to Foggy Noggin for a brightly hopped Pale, whose name I'm spacing on, but had Diablo in the name. I also liked the Sour Brown from Schooner Exact, and several others as well. I didn't have any real clunkers, but then, I skipped the Birdsview booth entirely.
