July Picnic

by Charlie Webster

This year's Draught Board Picnic was held on the shores of the lake at Kim & Harry's condo complex. The site was well shaded to keep the beer cool, and only a short walk from Kim & Harry's kitchen.

The turnout of, I think, 16 members and guests wasn't as impressive as the turnout of 9 kegs of beer. Admittedly not all of them full and on-line at once (kegs, that is), but impressive none the less. Several of the kegs contained wheat beer made at the Brew-in in May. The character of these beers was very different ranging from extremely good to "just peachy."

There was plenty of food to go with the beer, again in wide variety ranging from Jerry's home-made bread, through lasagna, to John's delicious barbecued salmon. John swears that it's a secret ingredient that makes it so good, but we'll try to talk him into publishing the recipe here.

After we ate, we had a spirited discussion about the future of the Bay Area Brew Off (BABO). The discussion resulted in an agreement that we would investigate alternative venues for the competition. John agreed to visit several alternatives and report back.