Savor Beer Festival- Most Beer festivals tend to be very similar, located in large open fields, parks, hotel ballrooms or convention centers. Various numbers of breweries with various numbers of beers being poured by volunteers, food trucks along with bands and other forms of entertainment. So what if you wanted a different type of beer festival that maybe puts more focus on the beer and not just a party drinking many different brews. Start with the venue, Washington D.C.'s National Building Museum's great hall with a warm illumination glow highlighting the beautiful architecture and colossal Corinthian Columns. Then select 76 breweries and ask the brewers or brewery representatives to pour the beer, not a volunteer who knows little or nothing about the beer they are pouring. Food...sure ask an executive chef to build a menu that pairs with each of the beers being served. What..... you need more, ok let's ask few of the brewers to conduct a few sessions to educate us on their beer, food and cheese pairings, along with other topics. Wow....sounds like a great beer festival doesn't it. Well it is called the Savor Craft Beer Festival, held in Washington D.C. annually, they mistakenly held it in NYC one year. The 2016 Savor was my sixth time attending this festival. The brewery which I invested with and represent, Adroit Theory Brewing, was invited to participate, making it extra special for me this year. The owner, Mark Osburn, also conducted an educational session pairing adroit beer with cheese. I attended both Friday & Saturday's sessions and the Festival was tremendous as always. I had the opportunity to pour Adroit Beer during one of the sessions, which was a lot of fun talking with fellow beer lovers as they experienced Adroit beer. My good friend and retirement coach, Kathleen Dubois, attended the Friday session with me. It was her first Beer Festival and I had fun guiding her thru the maze of breweries and bringing her into the craft beer revolution. So believe it or not, I highly recommend that you attend this festival one time. Just beware it becomes addicting.