As most of you know by now, the latest international ICANN was held in Brussels, Belgium June 20-25. A lot has been written about about the various policy issues discussed there (new gTLDs were among the hot topics) but the event wasn't limited to dry banter about technical matters and Internet governance. Directi's LogicBoxes and Skenzo units saw to that by hosting an invitational Brussels Beerfest on the night of June 22nd at the Delirium Cafe. 

This was not just any old beer tasting event. If you are a beer aficionado you probably know that the Delirium has been cited by the Guinness Books of World Records for having the largest variety of beer commercially available at any one place on earth - more than 2,000 types in all! To give you another metric that puts it into perspective - the beer menu is 3" thick! We, or course, sought out pictures to put you inside the event. 

Directi Co-Founder Bhavin Turakhia 
was on hand to welcome guests.

Directi made sure guests knew they had 
arrived at the right place  by stationing 
staffers outside the Delirium Cafe.

The servers had to be the 
most popular guys in the place!

After a long day of ICANN meetings guests 
had a chance to get better acquainted.

Above: Just a small section of the sumptuous buffet that assured guests 
would find the perfect food to go along with their beer choices.

Above and below: The Delirium Cafe proved to be 
the perfect venue for socializing with friends old and new.

Above: Judi Berkens (wife of TheDomains.com blogger Michael Berkens) 
visits with good friend Gregg McNair of PPX International. 

Directi's Vishal Manjalani (left) catching up with friends at the company's Brussels Beerfest.

If you really love your beer and want to see who else had a chance to sample some of the 2,000 brews, Directi has posted 173 photos from the event on their Flickr page for your enjoyment. 

2,000 beers. That sounds like it could be just enough to have one for each of the unlimited number of new gTLDs ICANN's hopes to roll out over the next two or three years.

(Posted July 12, 2010)