Help my buddy at the beer festival

Whoops, I meant to post this earlier this week for my friend, hopefully I'm not too late (sorry Todd – between having to cover the Governor's Mansion fire for the Chronicle and getting really sick, it's been a busy week for me). Todd is going to the American Craft Beer Fest tomorrow and Saturday and he wants some advice on what to try. Are any of you familiar with the beers listed on their website? Todd says: "My current beer wish list for the American Craft Beer Fest has more than 70 brews on it. My best estimate is that I have the capacity for about 25 samples. As you know I prefer beers with a milder IBU of 30 or less. Hopefully your brilliant blogees can point me down the path of salvation."

Todd also tends to like things of the Belgian persuasion. Leave your suggestions in the comments section.

American Craft Beer Fest

Oh damn I wish I could go to this. I loves me some craft beer, and I loves me some Boston. Unfortunately, I'm already using up all my vacation time and money on other trips this year.

Here's what the guys at Beer Advocate magazine sent me:

Save the date: June 20 & 21 for the American Craft Beer Fest at Boston's Seaport World Trade Center, featuring: 75 American brewers, 300 craft beers, and guest speakers at one of the East Coast's largest and most diverse celebrations of beer!  Advance tickets are on-sale now:  http://beeradvocate.com/acbf/  $40 per session; includes all beer tastings.