11 great beer festivals of the West

I've only been to two of these. I need to get out more.

To get a taste of the best beer festivals of the West for the summer and fall 2008 season, we've picked the brains of Maryanne Nasiatka and Paul Ruschmann. The husband-and-wife team, who authored the "Michigan Breweries" guidebook to their home state's hop houses, are also the proprietors of Beerfestivals.org. Tasked with the job of gathering information and visiting beer festivals from around the world, they've cultivated the following list of the 11 best celebrations -- because 10 just isn't enough -- of the frothy alcohol.

You can find their list at the Los Angeles Times.