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Lonnie Mac

Pholk Phusion - 2004

Jamyang

 

Gene Kelton

Mean Guitar - 2003

Party on the Levee

 

Jay Hooks

Jay Hooks - 2000

When your lover don't love you

 

Omar and the Howler's

Hard Times in the Land of Plenty - 1987

Lee Anne

 

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Moonbeam and I will attend this event!

2nd Annual Texas Beer in the Backwoods Homebrew Festival

March 30th and March 31st, 2007
Bluff Creek Ranch, Warda Texas

Come share great beer with your fellow brewers from across this great state in the first invitational Texas homebrew campout. We have reserved an entire campground for the whole weekend!

The festival will take place at Bluff Creek Ranch in Warda, a scenic campground with a beautiful lake, as well as hiking and bike trails. Scheduled events include a sponsored raffle with a number of great items. Other activities will include a salsa competition (the dip not the dance), and various beery goings on from Friday through Sunday. Water and electricity will be available to those wishing to brew. Amenities also include showers and toilets. Over 100 tent sites will be available on a first come basis as will a limited number of RV sites that must be reserved in advance. Large rig hookups are available nearby (contact us for details). Hotels are available in Giddings or LaGrange about ten miles away for those not wanting to rough it.

Kegs of homebrew will abound and attendees are encouraged to bring something to share. Lots of space is available to those that would like to set up a booth or table (contact us for cheap sponsorship opportunities). Those interested in entering the salsa competition are encouraged to bring it in a small container.

Itinerary

Friday afternoon/early evening - Everyone arrives at campground. Check in at the ranch house. Find a campsite - Damon will help when you check in. Find Ed Moore or other minion (get a wristband) Find a beer! If you have a keg make sure it is labeled with your name taped on the side etc and find the trough under one of the tents - it will be easier to keep cold that way.

Friday night - Outdoor activities (besides drinking) includes bocce ball and horse shoes competitions. Pot luck dinner (around 8pm) – we will have tables to use under one of the large tents, there are also several grills near the campsites. Festivities to continue after dinner - include bonfires, scary beer stories (as in how I once drank a Coors Light by accident. Don’t be surprised if a grizzly beer guzzler wakes you for a beer.

Saturday morning (or whenever people define morning) - Eat a good breakfast so you can enjoy (or alternatively curse) the great outdoors. There are plenty of well marked bike trails for those wanting to go riding. Hiking is also a possibility. Maybe a few people will need to make another ICE run. For those that have to get away, Giddings has several antique shops, and La Grange has the ruins of the former Kreische brewery (tours at 2 and 3:30pm)! Those interested in brewing might need to co-ordinate with each other in the morning to avoid congestion later in the afternoon.

Saturday evening - More beer! As so many people are bringing homebrew kegs please keep the brewer of each a secret so we can hold an informal keg competition to choose our favorite keg (put your style on the keg and if possible your name on the side with tape so it can't be seen when in the trough). Early evening 9around 5 or 6pm we will set out the chips and salsa for the Salsa

competition –if you are brought salsa look for a table under one of the tents we will utilize so we can let everyone check off their favorites. Dinner might be a "do it yourself" affair on Saturday - I was told by the ranch owner that he sells hamburgers grown on site. After dinner (perhaps 7 or 8pm) it will be time for a Raaaffle - lots of seriously good stuff on the line. Late night goings on will include a meeting of the "Dead Palates Society" at midnight hosted by our own Emil - bring your weird, wacky or just plain bad brews for a late night session to test whether anyone's taste buds remain intact. Cow tipping, anything is possible later after that.

Sunday morning (again I use the term morning loosely) - everyone departs at their leisure with fond memories (or the lack thereof).

Rules, Restrictions, and Disclaimers
Participation in this Festival is entirely voluntary. Guests know that participation in festival activities involves the consumption of alcoholic beverages and this may affect their perceptions and reactions. Guests shall accept responsibility for their conduct, behavior and actions and absolve the organizers including all homebrew clubs in attendance of any and all responsibility for their conduct, behavior and actions. Participation includes any guests that may be present at organization activities, wherever they may be held.

All festival goers will receive a wrist band (different colors to differentiate those over 21 years of age). The wrist band must be worn and visible at all times. Organizers may question you if you do not have a wrist band on. There is no replacement for lost wrist bands.

Children and Non-Fest Campers.
A parent or guardian MUST supervise children; they are NOT to be left unattended. Bluff Creek Ranch and the organizers of this event will NOT be providing any form of childcare. The campsite demands all children be directly supervised in ALL areas. Parents are solely responsible for their children and their actions. Children are to follow the rules of the campsite. To attend the actual Festival, you must 21 years old or older and present proof of age at registration check in.

Dogs may be allowed in the festival area as long as they are on a leash or confined in a participant booth.

Please keep the campground clean and throw away all trash before leaving on Sunday.

Registration for this weekend event is only $25 per person for tent spaces and those staying offsite, $30 for an RV space per person. Children are admitted free. Onsite registration is an extra $5 per person. Prospective Sponsors can set up a booth in a prime area for only $100 – contact us for details.


Refunds
Full refunds for camping will be given until 1 week before the festival. No refunds will be given after this time.

 

 

 

 

This was a fun show! I so hope you enjoy!!

 

Lonnie Mac