Eds. note: Herald writers Aaron Swaney and David Krueger attended the Everett Craft Beer Fest on Saturday. Here are David’s thoughts after the day (at least those he can remember):
Ziggy Zoggy Summer Lager (Silver City Brewery) – Sounded like a refreshing way to start the day. (5 stars)
Water Your Lawn Cream Ale (At Large Brewing) – This masterpiece was Randalled through watermelon and I felt like I should have at least one healthy beer during the festival. (5 stars)
Cedar Dust (Boundary Bay) – This gem was Randalled through freshly cut cedar chips, bringing out my Pacific Northwest pride. It also tastes like Christmas. I just hope no cedar trees were harmed in the making of this beer. (5 stars)
Night Owl Pumpkin Ale (Elysian) – The first time I ever had this beer, which is one of my all-time favorites, was at the first-ever Everett Craft Beer Festival four years ago. I had to celebrate our anniversary with a glass. (5 stars)
Weak in the Knees Blonde (Gallaghers’ Where-U-Brew) – This was the part of the day started where I started picking beers based on names that made me giggle. (5 stars)
Jalapeno 777 (Scuttlebutt) – Another one of my personal favorites from a location I frequent quite often. I needed something familiar and delicious to sip on as I walked across the festival to buy more beer tokens. (5 stars)
Bourbon Abominable (Fremont) – Because it’s 11 percent and I like to live life on the edge. (5 stars)
Orange Creamsicle Pale Ale (Harmon) – An adult spin on one of my favorite childhood treats. Also: it’s delicious. (5 stars)
Summer Wheat “Randy” (Counterbalance) – This light joy was Randalled with something but I can’t for the life of me remember what it was. All I remember is it was tasty. (5 stars)
12th Can (Hilliards) – I’m a Seahawks fan and proud of it! (12 stars)
Highlights: Beer; seeing several friends that I hadn’t seen in years and catching up over some beer; listening to my new favorite band, “Jesus Rehab,” while sipping on a beer; learning what “Randalled” means as I drank a Randalled beer; low-balling a guy for a banner that was hanging in the booth of my all-time favorite beer.
Lowlights: realizing I got sunburned the next morning. Also, basically just the next morning.
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