The Stapleton Beer Festival is expected to be bigger again this year, and Stapleton dad’s are preparing for the festivities. “It is a great event,” says Stapleton dad Scott Carman. “It’s local, so I am not far, and I get to try lots of beers. The truth is, I don’t care a ton about what they taste like, but I get to try a lot of them.”
The challenge with many Stapleton dads hoping to attend the event is that they are usually married and typically have young children. The dads don’t seem to let this get in the way of their fun, however. “I take the family,” says dad Tony Evans who has two kids, a four year old and a two year old. “I figure I get credit for family time, and I get to drink lots of beer. The key is the prep work. It’s all in the prep work.” Evans says that you should get items packed the day before which include changes of clothes, a fully charged tablet (iPad), blankets, Teddy Grahams, cash, etc. “It makes for a much less stressful evening as you are getting ready to leave the house. Ideally, you want to invite friends with kids the same age as yours, but you can’t count on that.”
Other dads have figured out their own little tricks. “I ‘relieve’ my wife and bring the baby,” said Tom Hanson. “I strap him in the baby bjorn, and I am good to go.” Others use even more innovative techniques. “I have a two year old, so they go from wanting to run around to wanting to be held,” said Chris Lance. “So, I bring my beer hat so that if I need to hold my kid, I don’t have to sacrifice drinking. The only drawback is that sometimes I get cups from two different beers so they are combined. But, it really isn’t that big of a drawback.”
Stapleton residents are encouraged to head on out to the beer festival and take in all the great beers, but don’t take your golf cart.
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