After a run along the river trail in the morning Kate, Shannon, and I went down to Cape May Brewery in the morning to check out what they had. It was much smaller and much more crowded than I expected. They had three beers on tap and we each got a glass and got in line to sample them.
We all enjoyed all three of the beers. The Honey Porter and Hefeweizen were really good. I talked to Ryan, one of the brewers/owners, for my blog and he let me sample the two versions of their IPA. Everyone there was amazingly friendly and enthusiastic.
After we left we headed back up 47 to Natali Vineyards where they were having a little winter wine festival. They had a bunch of wine out for samples. We sampled most of their offerings, but the fruit wines like the banana and the strawberry were really fantastic! Quite a few of the wines were very good and stood out among the average ones. It was a lot of fun.
After packing up Kate's car and getting our stuff together we headed up the Turnpike and through New York on our way toward Boston. There wasn't too much traffic all the way up.
We stopped in Providence for the night and went to Trinity Brewery downtown. The place was pretty packed and had quite a nice selection to check out. After we each got a pint and stood off to the side talking for a while, we managed to grab a seat at the bar.
We ordered the sampler and got some barbecue pork nachos to go with it. The nachos were so good! The Wolf's Breath was the best beer we tried. I think it was a barleywine, but it was really sweet with a great aftertaste.
After finishing our sampler and hanging out there for a while longer we came back across the street and parked in the empty parking lot and took to the back of the car to set up a bed. We had plenty of blankets to keep us warm, and it was a good things since it was freezing. It was only mildly uncomfortable, but we made it work.
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