moose brews

After our jaunt around Alta on Saturday we stopped by the Utah Brewfest at Snowbird, seeing how it was pretty much on our way home.  All the usual suspects were up there both Saturday and Sunday - Bohemian, Red Rocks Brewing, Uinta, Hoppers, Moab, Wasatch, Squatters, Roosters, Ruby River and Epic - each featuring 2-4 beers.  The sun was out, the live music was melodious, the attendees were happy.  We each snacked on a grilled elk-jalapeno sausage (a great sausage: dark red with a nice kick to it and not at all greasy) and sampled Utah's finest beers.  Of everything there, we were particularly partial to Moab's Johnny's American IPA - nice and hoppy.  Many of the available beers seemed to be lighter, summery/wheat-y brews which people like, but not so much us.  Give me an IPA any day.

Mmmm - beer!

Snowbird knows how to throw a party for sure - everyone wants to be there, including a mother and baby moose (big baby) who were hanging out in the trees next to the parking lot.  Security kept photographers back, since mother moose can be unpredictable and, well, enormous, but she didn't seem at all concerned, even when her baby walked up onto the pavement to check things out.  They stayed there the whole time H and I were at the brewfest; when we left, they were lying down in the shade, quietly enjoying their afternoon.

Can you see him?  That's the baby moose