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This past Friday I attended New Belgium’s “Clips of Faith” at Gasworks park in Seattle.  I think most of us that love craft beer and microbrews know New Belgium pretty well.  I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks of them as one of the “big guys” in the craft beer world as they are well distributed, and with that there is a bit of a negative connotation.  Going into the event, I’ll admit, I was pretty skeptical as I was still thinking of New Belgium as the “big guy”, but in the end I had a new found respect for the brewery.

New Belgium simply nailed this event, which was a mix of an Indi-film and beer festival.  To start, Gasworks park is a pretty awesome venue with great views of Lake Union and downtown Seattle, so that certainly helped.  On top of that, it was fairly inexpensive with $5 12 0z beers or a 4 beer sampler for the same price.  The films, though I honestly did not give them my full attention, were well done and easy to watch.  The crowd is pretty hard to explain, as some were already seated in their lawn chairs, but it was very relaxed and happy from what I could tell.  I walked around the tents with my wife for the most part and everything was well done and cool.  From the giant Connect 4 to the beer flavor station, there was a lot to keep us entertained even if we weren’t watching all of the films.

As you can tell from this review I was pretty thrilled with the New Belgium Clips of Faith event.  If they are coming your way soon I definitely suggest you attend.  Oh, and the Matt’s Dubbel was delicious!