Suds and Sips..

Well, it has been a busy (last) week for the feeder - hence the little gap in publishing... For the third weekend in a row, there were events.  Friday night was “charter night” for my Rotary Club, an event otherwise known as a change of command, wherein the new officers and board were installed.  I was pressed into service as King Oyster for the most solemn ceremony of crowning this year’s King Oyster

No rest for the... whatever, so up early the next morning for this year's:

We've been planning this for a long time, and at last the day was here.  Glasses were stuffed with programs and tickets

(we gave out many times this amount)

Food vendors set up:

Brewers (beer is quite necessary for a beer festival) began to show, besides our local Ruddy Duck Brewery, we had others from around the state such as  Baltimore's “The Raven” 

Baltimore is home of Edgar Allen Poe

setting up their tent

Musicians appeared for sound checks (along with some ardent fans)

Plus we had several “crafters” showing their jewelry, pottery, wood things, and other hand made art pieces.  In short, there were all the ingredients for a great festival.  Finally all the setup was complete, and at noon, the people began coming, and coming, and coming!.  After that, the Feeder was pretty much full time handing out the glasses, explaining about the tickets (one per taste, four per glass) where you can get more, generally where the brewers were, food, and stuff like that.  And oh yes, where the bathrooms were located.  Turned out that the forecasted storms never materialized, and it was a great day all around.  And best of all, the fun and tastes of beer will result in funds to support the programs at Historic St. Mary’s City.

And speaking of libations, MFO and the Feeder had an opportunity to participate in a session in Leonardtown at a restaurant (that has a porch) with a little group who were trying out new cocktails.  Their bartender developed several recipes and needed feedback, hence us lucky participants had the difficult task of sampling them and giving our opinions.  Mostly they reflected the current fad of multiple ingredients in interesting combinations.  Here’s a sample potentially dubbed a “Mitchter’s Mule”:

Without divulging proportions, it is composed of: Mitchter’s Rye Whiskey, Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice, Simple Syrup, fresh ground black Pepper, fresh rosemary, and topped with ginger beer.

As with anything it is mostly subjective as to what you like, and sure enough, some did and some didn’t.  Next time you go, you might find some on the menu!

And lastly, just a nice picture of the meal MFO prepared for us after the busy weekend consisting of potatoes, ham, onion, and cheese.  Can’t beat those..

Which of course was consumed by people who were

DFD