Beer and Wine Weekend

(photos by David Day)













It began with a high-G take off Friday night at the Harpoon Brewery in Boston, and made a velvet landing in at Jonathan Edwards Winery in North Stonington CT on Saturday evening. Beer on Friday...and wine on Saturday... It just doesn't get any better than that!

Thanks to our friends at the Weekly Dig and the Harpoon Brewery, we filled the tent on Northern Ave and barreled through the Harpoon Summer Session. Local favorite Comanchero warmed up the evening with a rocking set. That gave us a chance to sample some fine brews including my favorite the Helles Blond Bock before taking the stage and tapping our own keg of soul-quenching rhythm and blues. The crowd at the Summer Session was hopped up and the tent swelled as brew afficiandos poured onto the dance floor. They brought us back for an encore of Shout that will be a high water mark for the Slacks this summer!

If that wasn't enough, the next day we made our way down Route 95 to a sun filled wine tasting party at the Seventh Annual Summer Festival at Jonathan Edwards Winery. By the time we got set up, the vino was flowing including wines from Connecticut and Napa California. After peeling a couple of grapes and delighting in the delicious flavors, we uncorked some vintage R&B for these Connecticut Yankees who showed us they sure know how to fill the dance floor and get down! We saw friends there from all over New England delighting in the varietal blend of classic soul and fine wines.

All too soon the weekend came to a close and we returned home, thirsting for the next Slacks adventure, whatever libations are flowing!