Saturday was the 12th annual Boonville Beer Festival, one of the Bay Area’s best. This year was no exception and was even bigger than last year. A third area with large tents in a grassy meadow was added to accommodate all 68 breweries who were pouring their beer at the festival. There were old favorites and new breweries and a whole lot of fun in the Mendocino sun, proving once more that “it’s not just shy sluggin’ gorms neemer.”

Barkley, the Boonville Bear, greets visitors to the Anderson Valley Brewery.

Brian Hunt (from Moonlight Brewing), Melissa Myers, Dave Buehler (from Elysian Brewing) and Arne Johnson (from Marin Brewing).

Bay Area Beer Bloggers at Boonville. From left: Peter Estaniel, from the BetterBeerBlog, JJ (a.k.a. Jessica), from The Thirsty Hopster, me, and Jay Hinman from the Hedonist Beer Jive.
 

For many more photos from this year’s Boonville Beer Festival, visit the photo gallery to see Part 1 and Part 2 of the festival.