Kwakfest 2010

Some friends of mine and I are particularly fond of Pauwel Kwak, a Belgian beer. One of said friends happens to live in Brussels. When these two facts were combined, the result was Kwakfest 2010. Here are some pictures:

Kwak, served in the traditional coachman's glass:


We also sampled other Belgian beers. I rather enjoyed Tongerlo's Christmas beer, which was served with complimentary cheese:


Naturally, beer consumption leads to silly photos and shenanigans:




The delirium bar, which serves a staggeringly large variety of beer, and which lists it in a beer menu the size of a phone book:


The ceiling of the Delirium bar is decorated with many interesting beer trays from around the world:


The Christmas tree was lit with a rather spectacular light show in the Grand Place in Brussels. Unfortunately, we stumbled on it as we were passing by and this is the only shot of it that is actually in focus:


Those of us who traveled were mostly players from a single ultimate team (Captain Drinking Binge; a.k.a. "Binge?"). We have visited many European cities many times to compete in ultimate tournaments, and we have always commented on how it is a shame that we are too busy playing ultimate to really get to appreciate what these cities have to offer. Kwakfest is then a sort of an ultimate tournament without the ultimate and a lot more beer-drinking.

It's somewhat ironic that, despite the fact that for the last year we have had to pull out of tournaments due to a lack of numbers (many of us have emigrated to various parts of the world and more of us are planning on doing so in the near future), when we announced a non-ultimate trip we had more than enough players to play in a weekend tournament. Perhaps the reason we are a team is less about the ultimate and more about the friendship. I think that's a very important quality in a team. I look forward to future ultimate tournaments and to Kwakfest 2011.