What Was Your Favorite Brew at Northside Oktoberfest? (Photos)

Help me experience the Iowa City brew fest vicariously through you.

I managed to make it over to the Northside Oktoberfest on Saturday and poked around for about 20 minutes to get a few pictures of what was happening. But, I was with my 11-year-old and it felt wrong to enter the beer garden where brew fest was going to down my share of samples while my son waited outside.

So, regrettably, I missed the brew fest.

But, I am interested to hear about the beers. Which beers stood out? What was the best? What needs to go on my beers to try list? Leave me some homework in the comment section.

According to the website, there was more than 500 beers, including many from Iowa, such as Peace Tree, Toppling Goliath and Madhouse , but also California's Green Flash, Colorado's New Belgium and Massachusetts' Boston Beer Co., among others.

Take a look at the PDF for a full menu.

The two-day event on Friday and Saturday also included the second annual SodaFest, kids activities such as pumpkin bowling by the Iowa Children's Museum, 14 local food venders including Oasis and Pizza Pit, and local music, including Johnny Kilowatt and Gloria Hardiman, High & Lonesome, Dustin Blank and Dave Moore.

Doug Alberhasky, of John's Grocery, and Tim Fischer, of The Pit Smokehouse and Cured. A Deli, served as co-chairman organizing the Oktoberfest 2012. 

Proceeds go to the American Heart Association and the Horace Mann Elementary Smartboard Program.