Boulder Strong Ale Fest

This past weekend, April 30th, 2010, a new venue for the Boulder Strong Ale fest was tested. Avery graciously hosted this year's event and it was a much welcomed change from previous years at Harpo's in Boulder.

This Years highlights for me were:

• Meph Addict-Avery - Coffee infused Belgian Imperial Stout - 15.1%
• Black Tot - Avery - Imperial Oatmeal Stout aged in Gosling's Old Rum barrels - 10.1%
• Melange #3-Bruery-Blend of Bourbon barrel aged wheat wine, Imp. stout & Old ale - 15.0%
• Javapeno Imperial Stout-Golden City Brewing-Cold infused with chipolte and espresso - 8.5%
  
• Barrel Aged Gordons - OskarBlues - Gordons aged in Boulder Creek Winery Port barrel -8.7%
  
• Fritz and Ken's Ale - Collaboration with Anchor Steam and Sierra Nevada - 9.2%

Beer Tasting 1/09/2010

A beer tasting at casa Bevans this evening with the usual suspects.

Tonight's Line Up

• Weyerbacher Heresey - Oak Aged Imperial Stout
  
• Nogne Imperial Stout - Norwegian Imperial Stout
• Oud Bruin- Homebrew - R. Standifer
• Kriek - Homebrew R. Standifer
• 2009 American Wheat - Homebrew J.Bevans
• 2009 Xocalat - Chocolate Ale - Homebrew J.Bevans
• 2007 Beatification - from Tolley's Private Stash - 100% CA Spontaneous Fermentation Sour Ale
  
• 2006 Allagash - Musette - Oak Aged Strong Ale
  
• 2007 Belgian Cherry Quad - homebrew S.Townsend
• 2008 Cascade Apricot Ale - Cascade Brewing - Wood Barrel Aged Beer
• 2005 Czar Jack - Minneapolis Town Hall - Strong Ale -
• 2008 Dissident - Deschutes Brewing, Flanders Ale
• 2009 Double Simcoe Imperial IPA, Weyerbacher, Easton, PA
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GABF come and Gone

This past week in Denver was the Great American Beer Fest (GABF). Four sessions of beer madness.

Thursday night was pretty crazy. We titally scored as my wife had a show at the Denver Performing Arts Center and we were right next door at the Convention Center, How cool is that. Lots of great beers from HUB, Ithaca, Lost Abbey, New Belguim, and the OR, NY, CA, NC State Brewing Co-ops.

Saturday's Member Only session was half the crowd as Thursday night. As soon as we entered the doors we sleeved the glass given only at this session and swapped out the plastic we got from Thursday. You could hear the dropped glass over the course of the night and all the Ahhs that went along with it. Today's highlights were Deschutes, New Glarus, Goose Island, Durango, Ithaca, Russian River just to name a few. We tried many of the 2008 medal winners along with some of this year's winners too.

360 days til next year's event. Some snaps from this year's event.

The Golden Ticket

I have finally received the coveted, most sought after ticket of the 4 sessions. The Saturday afternoon Members Only Session.

GABF Almost HERE!!

Its almost here. The amazing Great American Beer Fest is next week. If you are a beer enthusiast this the event of all events for American Craft brewing. This is the event that has helped define me personally as a beer geek, snob whatever.

This event provides the opportunity to sample some of the best beer in the country under one roof. Chat with fellow homebrewers and just gain more knowledge and respect for the fermented beverage.

This year we will kick it off on Thursday night session (first of 3 public sessions) and then the Members Only Saturday Afternoon Session will be the last.

Stay tuned for more as the days get closer.

Last years event was kinda wild as seen from some of Jeff's charades.