Two beer or not two beer, that is the question. NOLA on Tap says: why stop at two? NOLA on Tap is the largest beer fest in the region with over 400 national, local, and home brewed beers. Besides lots of beer, the festival also had food, live music, games, and contests.

NOLA on Tap is sponsored by The Bulldog and Louisiana SPCA. That means this festival is dog-friendly and even has dog adoption available. After the beer starts flowing, it's even harder to resist those cute faces!

Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy beer... and that's pretty much the same thing. NOLA on Tap is the first festival in Louisiana to use cashless payment wristbands with a currency that they called "bocks." This is pretty much how it worked: you pick a package and pay for a certain amount of bocks at the entrance, they give you a wristband that has your bocks on it, you tap your wristband when you buy a beer, and the amount is deducted from your prepaid account. There is an option to add more bocks if you wish. This system makes buying the beer quick and easy without the need to constantly reach for your wallet! NOLA on Tap understands that your hands are valuable beer holders. They don't want one of the beer holders occupied with a wallet. You're welcome.

Give a man a beer, he will be happy for an hour. Teach a man to brew, he will be happy for a lifetime. My friends and I spent most of our bocks at the homebrewed booths so we could experience new beers that we couldn't normally find at bars. There was a huge array of various beers from all of the different homebrewed booths. My personal favorite home brewed booth was Bird in the Hand Brewing because they had really interesting flavors including Chocolate Milk Stout, Coconut Curry Hefeweizen, Honey Basil Rye, Watermelon Wheat, and Wild Berry Lambic. I was so impressed with the wild berry and the coconut curry that I went back to their tent to try the rest of the beers.

I'm going to be honest, it was hot. Sweat and runny makeup were inevitable. But my mom always taught me that beauty is in the eye of the beer holder, so I'm grateful that everyone was a beer holder that day.

NOLA on Tap was very popular. The line to get in was long but moved quickly. Next year, I am going to pay ahead of time to skip the entrance line. (If you are interested in going next year, I suggest you do the same!) However, inside the festival, NOLA on Tap did a wonderful job dispersing the crowd and limiting lines at the booths. I have no doubt in my mind that you will leave NOLA on Tap with a belly full of beer and a smile on your face. Bring on next year, NOLA on Tap!