Cleveland Day

On Friday I was supposed to pick my parents up from Cleveland Hopkins Airport so I decided to make a day out of the trip to Cleveland. I started the afternoon out at The Cleveland Museum of Art - I wanted to see their latest photo exhibition, "Constructed Identities". There were a few Henri Cartier-Bresson prints of RFK and Warhol Polaroids of Mick Jagger that I though were pretty cool - most of the rest of the stuff wasn't necessarily my cup of tea. No worries - I always have a good time wandering through all the other cool stuff up there.

I started to head towards Downtown with the intention of finding somewhere to roam and take some photos - I pulled off 2 at the East 55th Street Marina. I had never been here before - it made for a nice walk and some decent pictures.

"Cleveland Lakefront"

"Channel"

"Abstract Break"

After this long, hard Winter it was so nice to just stroll along the Lake.

Next I headed over to Portside Distillery(which is also a craft brewery) on the edge of the Flats. I've had some of the beers from the store and at bars but had wanted to get to their tasting room for a while.

"Dark Flight"
I would have liked to try every beer they had on tap here - but I had to pace myself. The above flight consisted of their stronger beers. Everyone was very, very good. Portside has a great variety overall - from barrel aged, to smoked and sours, lighter offerings and multiple IPAs.

"Pop Smoke Rauchbier"
This is their cherry wood smoked beer(I'd guess an ale). So good - BBQ in a cup. Smoked beers are one of my favorite styles right now - I always try them when I get the chance.

"Beer Menu"
They have a limited menu right now - I had a delicious pretzel with beer cheese. I believe they have plans to add a full scale restaurant at some point.

"Taps"
Porstside also had flights of their rum and cocktails - I'll have to try them next time.

"Sky Outside Portside"

I decided to make my way closer to the airport. I stopped at Buckeye Brewing's Tapstack - which is their tasting room. It is a simple, beer only taproom on the other side of a large complex from their brewery.

While enjoying this awesome black IPA my Dad called and told me their flight was cancelled. I finished my beer and was on my way back to Akron - at least I didn't drive all the way to Cleveland for nothing!