Bacon In My Backyard
Last Saturday, there was a Craft Beer Fest in Columbia along the main drag of Locust Street. Not much of a main drag. As promised, I am writing about bacon a bit. Bacon Bits. It was a good time. I typically eschew Beer Festivals these days for the same reason I don't go to expensive all you can eat buffets (or relatively cheap ones for that matter). Because it costs a decent amount of money to gain entrance, there is a desire to get my money's worth. My cheapness drives my consumption. Sure, I will go back for my tenth plate of fried shrimp. I will make a couple of exceptions. Ommegang's yearly Belgian Beer Fest in Cooperstown, New York and Columbia's Beer Fest. Columbia is close to home and with a combo of hitching a ride with my neighbor down part of the way, taking the shuttle bus from a closer location to and from, and walking, there was no need to drive. Ommegang has camping on its grounds. So, if I were to return to the event, I would just set up a tent a...