{"id":17942,"date":"2017-10-20T18:51:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T23:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=17942"},"modified":"2017-10-20T15:04:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T20:04:21","slug":"ict-bloktoberfest-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=17942","title":{"rendered":"ICT Bloktoberfest 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been quite a festive couple of months. First, there was <a href=\"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=17782\" >Zoobilee<\/a>. Then <a href=\"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=17785\" >Ava&#8217;s Army Pub Crawl<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=17795\" >Home for Doc Gala<\/a>. Then <a href=\"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=17824\" >Greater Andover Days<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=17845\" >Strike a Pose!<\/a> Then <a href=\"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=17874\" >Haus of Brews<\/a>. The fun times never end!<\/p>\n<p>We actually planned to take a break last weekend but, as luck would have it, we ended up winning tickets to the beer tasting event at <a href=\"http:\/\/xclusiveeventservices.com\/bloktoberfest\/\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ICT Bloktoberfest<\/a>. We won the Bloktoberfest Beer Fest tickets from the Cards Against Humanity Night event at Hopping Gnome Brewery, of all places!<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/37618097192\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4458\/37618097192_5765a97402.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think the universe just really wanted us to be out and about this weekend. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/37431285180\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4460\/37431285180_ab229614e3.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"108\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so glad we decided to go because the weather was fabulous! Here are few pictures from Friday night&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/36979311244\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4506\/36979311244_6e779513fd_b.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/23835893248\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4502\/23835893248_a16072b22f_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We got there early to ensure we got good parking but that also meant we got a head start on the beer tasting. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/36984230774\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4444\/36984230774_33306dbbe7_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were over 70 beers to try (see the beer tasting lineup below) but, honestly, Brian just kept going back to his favorites. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/23870537268\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4474\/23870537268_71d8d88da7.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were other things to try also like whiskey and gin.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/23835892188\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4467\/23835892188_d5620267f7.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a picture of us with one of my coworkers who we ran into at the event.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/23835887538\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4469\/23835887538_c4c44cf3e2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a beautiful evening and they set up a very nice open area with various yard games. The <a href=\"http:\/\/togetherwichita.com\/\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#TogetherWichita<\/a> sign was also there.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/37640371826\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4498\/37640371826_2425ec0bf7.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, Brian and I got a selfie with it.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/23870321738\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4507\/23870321738_62462e1b4f.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a better one.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/36984229444\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4443\/36984229444_25c13c1938.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian also wanted a picture with this car. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/37689215761\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4479\/37689215761_4464798e27.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, it&#8217;s pretty special. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/37018376673\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4494\/37018376673_4f9767414d_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not a car person; so I wouldn&#8217;t know. He admired it extensively.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/37018676013\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4474\/37018676013_ef1a3705bb.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a beautiful evening for a little car show.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/36979069054\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4512\/36979069054_7371b85896.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We stayed a little longer than we planned but the beer kept flowing freely and we wanted to make the most of our FREE beer fest tickets.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/37640374056\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4466\/37640374056_3ff5073db8.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/23870328978\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4493\/23870328978_fab749162f.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What a fun event! I&#8217;m so glad that we had the opportunity to go this year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been quite a festive couple of months. First, there was Zoobilee. Then Ava&#8217;s Army Pub Crawl and the Home for Doc Gala. Then Greater Andover Days and Strike a Pose! Then Haus of Brews. The fun times never end! We actually planned to take a break last weekend but, as luck would have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1340],"tags":[2027,2997,1862,1609],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17942"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17942"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17953,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17942\/revisions\/17953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}