What a year it has been ! Springfest in Omaha started it off . Then Springfest at Evert McClay and the show at Schells . We were unable to attend some of the other spring and early summer shows . Next up for us was NABA ’ s 50th in Milwaukee . What a great show ! Us , Bullock ’ s and Miner ’ s were in attendance and had a blast . NABA is all room to room except the public show on Saturday . Of course there was lot ’ s brewery ’ s and other things to do and visit in Milwaukee . I brought back 4 loaves of Leiberkase from Usingers . We also scored some nice beer signs including an Old Style NOS Cubs neon . Stan & Albert signs , a Grain Belt 50 ’ s bubbler and Grain Belt Red ROG ( on tap version ). I brought home plenty of beer too . BCCA ’ s 50th in St . Louis was equally impressive . Including an amazing tour of Anhueser Busch . The Arch , many impressive restaurants and bars . Excellent breweries and of course a great show . St . Louis was a pleasant surprise and I ’ d go back there in a heartbeat ! I did find a nice Grain Belt clock on the trade floor for a pretty reasonable price too . Summer fun was just begining . Next up was Bago Beer Bash II . The second edition of this show was bigger and better than the first . The weather was stellar . The Friday night fun was amazing with great BBQ and karaoke and plenty of beer . Saturday kicked off bright and early . The food truck had some excellent breakfast and lunch for the show . I didn ’ t really find much for the collection at the show but the fun we had made up for it . Lots of others found new items to add to their collections as there was a constant stream of breweriana being hauled down the driveway to peoples cars .