California Beer Festival – Hydration Station

This beer festival was not quite the experience I would have loved to have. The food and beer choices were good. You definitely get a good amount of beer but not too much free food tasting. The lines for the food and beer were long even though the place was not that packed. I think I would attend again however I will do the following. BRING WATER! You have to wait in line at food stand for water (30 to 45min). The hydration station was sold out of water two hours into event. Bring lawn chairs and umbrellas. there was very little seating around the music area. Even though I was critical of event I would say this is a great way to spend the afternoon if you are really into micro brews. Remember a good beer taste great even in the crappiest of settings so you cant really loose.

Unilocal to the rescue!
It was stank-​ass, 100° F, hot-​as-​dammit out for the California Beer Festival — Novato. Yeah, sure, it was all the beer you could drink. But in those conditions, you gotta have water or you’re not making it through all 4 ½ hours of beer tasting.
& that would be a travesty. Fortunately, Kevin B., Unilocal North Bay’s intrepid CM, was manning the Hydration Station & passing out bottles of refreshing cold water. For free! That’s right, free!
Needless to say, he got bum-​rushed by the hundreds of CBF-​Novato attendees & eventually the free water bottles ran out. But hey, it was free, 1^st come 1^st served, while supplies last! & did I mention that it was free?
Free cold water at a beer festival on a really hot day? Yeah, I’m a fan of that!