folk festival

i love the vancouver folk music festival!
it is consistently the most amazingly well run event i have had the pleasure of attending.
major kudos to all involved!

last year they introduced a beer garden to the festival.
on principle i did not venture in to said beer garden last year.  i still don't think that a beer garden has a place at a beautiful family event like folkfest, but since having it there did not in any way take away from the festival being my happy place, i thought i'd get off my high horse and give it a try this year.

sponsored by big rock brewery, the offerings were cider, traditional ale, grasshopper wheat and lime.
not being the biggest fan of the big rock product, and it being a fabulously hot sunny afternoon, i decided to explore another snake bite mix.
i paired the traditional ale with the cider.
and it was delicious!
perfect for a hot summer's day.  refreshing, sparkling, not too sweet... it hit the spot!
i extolled its virtues so highly, most of my friends ended up ordering it as well, and liking it.
its a snake bite revolution!

would i have that mix again?
probably not if there were other products on offer
but definitely will have it again next year at the folk festival