Beer Funnies For JAC

[j.a.c.]

Seems like the worse the beer is ,the cuter the beer girl is.

[Vagrant]

Kirin and Harp

[j.a.c.]

Well the fest is this Saturday and I can't wait to get there. The way they work is Friday night is always refered to as T.N.O.B. (the night of the barrels) and is all cask or barrel aged beers with lot's of sour and wild ales . Sat there are 2 sessions , I'm working the early one .It runs from 1-5 . Here's the initial line up. They've added a few more breweries and another 20 or so beers ,but they were posted in another thread so I just copied the main list.
5 or 6 of the offerings are once a year limited releases and only available at the breweries and they usually sell out in a couple hours. These events are the only way most people will ever get to taste them. In fact March 1st , about 500 people will swarm Portsmouth N.H. for the annual release of KATE THE GREAT . A Russian Imperial Stout that the Portsmouth brewery releases once a yr. They keg 1/2 for their pub and the other 1/2 is bottled (900 botles -22 ounce) Limit of 2 bottles per person and some of the insane people will be lining up outside from around midnight on to make sure of getting there 2 bottles.
I've had it on tap at the brewery and it's the best stout and one of the best beers I've ever had. Still no way in hell I'm standing out in the cold in N.H. on March 1st for 2 bottles of beer.

Allagash Brewing Co. (ME)
allagash.com

Tripel aged w/ Montmorency cherries
Aged for 7 months; 9.0%

2007 & 2009 Victoria
Brewed w/ 40% Chardonnay grapes, fermented w/ wine yeast; 9.0%

2008 Interlude
Brewed w/ Brett, aged in French Oak Merlot and Syrah bbls; 9.5%

Bourbon Black
Belgian Stout aged in Jim Beam bbls; 9.0%

Victor Frankenstein
2008 Victor aged in a cask w/ bugs and 2009 Cabernet Franc grapes; 9.5%

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Avery Brewing Co. (CO)
averybrewing.com

duganA IPA
Double IPA; 8.5%

Samael's Oak Aged Ale
A very Strong Ale; 16.45%

The Beast Grand Cru
Belgian Dark Strong Ale; 15.07%

Mephistopheles' Stout
Belgian Imperial Stout; 16.83%

Sui Generis Barrel Aged Sour Ale
10 different beers blended from 10 different types of barrels; 10.2%

Brabant Barrel Aged Wild Ale
100% Brett fermented wild ale aged in Zinfandel bbls; 8.64%

Black Tot Imperial Oatmeal Stout (Rum Barrel Aged)
Aged in Gosling's "old rum" barrels; 10.08%

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Beer Works (MA)
beerworks.net
Serving beer from Fenway, Canal St. & Lowell locations

Hercules Strong Ale
A hoppy strong ale aged in a scotch bbl; 11%

Belgian Quadrupel
A robust strong Belgian ale; 11%

Uber Doppelsticke
An extra, extra strong altbier, aged in bourbon bbls; 10%

Russian Imperial Stout
A strong, rich, roasty stout, aged in bourbon bbls; 11%

Houblon Rouge
A hoppy, red Belgian IPA; 8%

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Berkshire Brewing Co. (MA)
berkshirebrewingcompany.com

Stuck Mash Ale
Brewed w/ 100% wheat malt, 3 types. Very unique and difficult to brew; 6.0%

Nitro Coffee Porter
Brewed w/ organic Dean's Beans and nitrogenated; 6.2%

Raspberry Barley Wine
Brewed w/ 1/2lb of fresh raspberries per gallon; 9.0%

Holidale
Annual Barleywine; 9.5%

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Birra del Borgo & Birrificio Le Baladin (Italy)
birradelborgo.it, birreria.com
BeerAdvocate welcomes guest brewers (Leo)nardo Di Vincenzo & Teo Musso.

Birra del Borgo: Rubus-Lamponi
A very special Sour Ale made w/ fresh rasperry (15% in weight) from Sudtirol Alps in northern Italy

Birra del Borgo: Re Ale Extra
Extra hoppy, dry-hopped ale; 6.5%

Birrificio Le Baladin: Nora Sour Edition 2005
Special Sour Edition of Nora. Absolutely unique; 6.8%

Birrificio Le Baladin: Xyauyu Fume 2006
Method Solera: Through the use of a membrane and an oxygen hat in the aging tank, Teo exposes Xyauyu to perfect oxidation during the aging proces of 2.5 years. Brewed with lapsang souchong tea leaves; 14.5%

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Boston Beer Co. (MA)
samadams.com

Chocolate Chili Bock
Chocolate Bock kicked up w/ an intense chili spicing; 5.5%

Rough Bock
Experimental Bock; 9.0%

Utopias
2009 vintage, blended w/ beers aged in Muscatle, Madeira, and Bourbon bbls; 27.0%

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Brewery Ommegang (NY)
ommegang.com

Ommegeddon
Funkhouse Saison; 8.0%

Maple Chocolate Indulgence
Belgian Chocolate Stout w/ an addition of maple; 7.0%

Bière De Mars
Belgian-style amber ale w/ a bit of magical space dust woven in, Brettanomyces bruxellensis–a wild-yeast used in the secondary fermentation. Dry-hopped; 6.5%

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Cambridge Brewing Co. (MA)
cambridgebrewingcompany.com

2006 Barrel-Aged Heather Ale
Brewed w/ aromatic barley malt, fresh, hand-harvested heather flowers were added to the kettle during the boil along with sweet gale and lavender. It was then barrel-aged with Lactobacillus in Frech oak wine barrels.

Cerise Cassée
The world's first solera-style beer, produced via spontaneous fermentation along with sour cherries in French oak wine barrels, after aging between one and six years in oak; 8.5%

Reckoning
100% Brett (from Brouwerij Drie Fonteinen) beer fermented in both stainless steel and French oak; 8.6%

Weekapaug Gruit
Brewed with malted barley, wheat, oats, and fermented with our Belgian yeast, and incorporating the traditional brewing herbs sweet gale, yarrow, and wild rosemary, along with licorice root and nettles; 5.0%

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Captain Lawrence Brewing Co. (NY)
captainlawrencebrewing.com

Captain's Reserve Imperial IPA
Served on cask; 9.0%

Nor Easter Winter Warmer
Strong dark ale w/ elderberries, aged in oak; 12.0%

Golden Delicious
Tripel aged in apple brandy bbls; 10.0%

Xtreme Blend 2010
Special Brown Sour Ale aged in oak

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Cisco Brewers (MA)
ciscobrewers.com

Lady of the Woods
New French oak and Chardonnay bbl aged Grey Lady, 6-12 months; 4.4%

Dark Woods
Syrah and rum bbl aged dark beer blends. One of these bbls sat on cranberries for 13 months, another 100% Brett; 7.7%

Baggywrinkle
Single hop English-esque Barleywine; 12.0%

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Dark Horse Brewing Co. (MI)
darkhorsebrewery.com

Double Double Crooked Tree India Pale Ale
QPA Quad India Pale Ale; 20.0%+

Hibiscus Trip on Wood
Sapient Trip Ale w/ hibiscus and aged in brand new oak cask; 10.0%

The Donut Beer
Brown Ale made w/ world famous Marshall, Michigan's Louie's nut rolls. "This product was made w/ nuts"; 8.0%

Wiggs' Little Red Rocket
Red Ale made w/ candied Red Hots; 8.0%

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Dogfish Head Craft BreweryDogfish Head Craft Brewery (DE)
dogfish.com

Dogfish Head is the official sponsor of Extreme Beer Fest. Swing by and say hello to Sam Calagione and crew!

Burton Baton Meets Randall w/ Wood Chips
A blend of oak-aged English strong ale and 90 Min IPA, poured thru Randall the Enamel Animal packed w/ wood chips; 9.0%

Red & White Meets Randall w/ Orange Peels
Big, belgian-style Wit brewed w/ coriander and orange peel, and fermented w/ Pinot Noir juice, some aged in giant oak tanks, and then poured thru Randall filled w/ brewer's orange peels; 10.0%

World Wide Stout Meets Randall w/ Expresso Coffee Beans
Brewed with a ridiculous amount of barley; dark, rich, and roasty. Poured thru Randall filled w/ expresso coffee beans; 18.0%+

120 Min IPA Meets Randall w/ Whole Leaf Hops
The Holy Grail for Hopheads at 120IBUs! Brewed to a colossal 45-degree plato, boiled for a full 2 hrs while being continually hopped w/ high alpha American hops, dry-hopped daily in the fermenter for a month and aged for a month on whole leaf hops. Poured thru Randall packed w/ whole leaf hops; 18.0%+

Black Thai
An inordinately fruity and roasty Imperial Stout brewed w/ edamame, black berries, and Thai basil; 9.0%

Wrath of Pecan!
A collaboration between the Alström brothers, Sam Calagione and Bryan Selders, brewed for EBF and named by the BeerAdvocate community. It's a brownish ale brewed w/ malt smoked over pecan wood and fermented w/ plantains and carob. Congrats to BA "strangefate" and his winning entry: Wrath of Pecan; 6.0%

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Founders Brewing Co. (MI)
foundersbrewing.com

Black Biscuit
Syrup bbl aged Baltic Porter/Old Ale; 9.5%

Canadian Breakfast Stout
Syrup bbl aged Chocolate Coffee Stout; 9.3%

Newaygo County Cherry
Syrup bbl aged Cherry Ale; 7.2%

Nemesis
Maple Bourbon Barrel Aged Wheat Wine, 70IBUs, 9 months cave aged; 12.0%

Double Trouble
Imperial IPA; 9.4%

Founder Imperial Stout
Imperial Stout; 10.5%

Spite Pepper Pale Ale
Pale Ale fermented w/ 5 varieties of peppers; 5.4%

Hand of Doom
Bbl aged Imperial IPA; 10.3%

Mister E Froot
Special bbl aged fruit beer; 7.0%

Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS)
Bbl aged Chocolate Coffee Stout; 11.2%

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Harpoon Brewery (MA)
harpoon.com

Harpoon 100 Barrel Island Creek Oyster Stout
Brewed w/ Island Creek Oysters; 5.5%

Leviathan Imperial Red
Strong Red Ale

Vampire's Nemesis
An aromatic Red Ale brewed w/ garlic; 6.0%

Wood Aged Chocolate Stout
Aged in a whiskey bbl served from a firkin; 5.9%

Wood Aged Baltic Porter
Leviathan Baltic Porter aged in a whiskey bbl; 9.5%

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Haverhill Brewery (MA)
haverhillbrewery.com

Ascension
Belgian IPA w/ a TON of Saaz hops; 7.2%

Triskelion '07
Aged single malt, single hop, decoction mashed, long boil Barleywine; 10.3%

Beerstand '08
Aged sour-mashed Berlinerweiss. The last keg ever; 2.9%

Leatherlips
Uniquely sessionable super-hoppy IPA, dry-hopped too; 5.0%

Wisp of Smoke
Czech-style Pilsner w/ just enough German smoked malt to make it slightly confusing; 5.2%

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Ithaca Beer Co. (NY)
ithacabeer.com

alpHalpHa
Brewed w/ NY hops and local honey, unique spin on the DIPA style; 9.0%

Brute
Brewed with vintage (aged) local hops, barley, wheat, corn, aged in oak with Brett and finished with three types of champagne yeast; 6.0%

LeBleu
The much sought after Blueberry Sour; 5.5%

$5 Shake
Last year's controversial anniversary ale (ELEVEN) confined in a Heaven Hill Barrel for 9 months, finally set free; 8.5%

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Lagunitas Brewing Co. (CA)
lagunitas.com

Hop Stoopid
Crazy hopped IPA; 8.2%

Bourbon Barrel Aged (brett) Razzberry Imperial Stout
Razzberry Imperial Stout; 12.0%

Cappucino Stout
Stout infused w/ coffee; 9.2%

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Rogue Ales (OR)
rogue.com

Chaote Rogue Dirtoir Black Lager
A roasty lager; 6.0%

Chipotle Ale
Amber Ale infused w/ roasted chipotle peppers; 6.0%

Morimoto Soba Ale
A light speciality ale brewed w/ Soba; 6.0%

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Russian River Brewing Co.
russianriverbrewing.com

Pliny the Elder
Double IPA; 8.0%

Pliny the Younger
Triple IPA; 11.0%

Supplication
Brown ale aged in pinot noir bbls w/ Brettanomyces, bacteria, and sour cherries; 7.0%

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Saint Louis Brewery (Schlafly)
schlafly.com

Schlafly Reserve Oak Aged Barleywine 2008
Vintage wood aged Barleywine; 12.0%

Schlafly Reserve Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout 2008
Vintage bourbon bbl aged Imperial Stout; 12.0%

Schlafly will also pour any beers leftover from Night of the Barrels; subject to availability.

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Shmaltz Brewing Co. (NY)
shmaltz.com

He'brew Jewbelation Bar Mitzvah
13th Anniversary Strong Dark Ale; 13.0%

He'brew Rejewvenator
Belgian-style Dubbel/Doppelbock w/ dates; 7.8%

Coney Island Albino Python
White lager w/ sweet orange peel, crushed fennel seed, and ginger; 6.0%

Coney Island Human Blockhead
Vienna/Munich Lager Barleywine; 10.0%

He'brew Bittersweet Lenny's RIPA
Rye Double IPA; 10.0%

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Short's Brewing Co. (MI)
shortsbrewing.com

Key Lime Pie
Brewed w/ lime puree, graham cracker, marshmallow and milk sugar; 5.75%

Plum Rye Bock
Brewed w/ a very large amount of Stanley plums and rye; 7.0%

Turtle Stout
Sweet Stout brewed w/ chocolate, caramel and pecans; 7.7%

Caramel Apple Ale
Brewed w/ With apple puree and caramel apple dip; 7.7%

Richs Rye Ice
Intense iced Rye IPA; 9.0%

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Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (CA)
sierranevada.com

Vintage 1994 Bigfoot Barleywine
A special treat; 9.6%

Brandy Barrel Aged Belgian Trippel
Belgian Trippel aged in brandy bbls; 8.66%

Chocolate Chili Imperial Stout
American Imperial Stout w/ cocoa nibs & chipotle chiles; 10.0%

Hoptimum
Triple Torpedoed Strong Ale; 9.8%

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Sixpoint Craft Ales (NY)
sixpoint.com

Double Sweet Action
Strong Blond/Cream/Golden Ale; 9.0%

Dry-Hopped Diesel Stout
American Stout w/ some extra hops; 7.0%

Sixpoint Enterprise Pilot Batch #1
Style? No idea.

Sixpoint Enterprise Pilot Batch #2
Indefinable.

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Smuttynose Brewing Co. (NH)
smuttynose.com

Oak G-Bock
Doppelbock aged in Jack Daniels bbls for one year; 9.75%

Bacon Brown Dog
Old Brown Dog dry hopped w/ bacon and aged on applewood; 6.7%

Potato Maple Porter
Porter w/ potato added in the mash and maple syrup added in the secondary; 5.5%

Wheat Wine Ale
Hybridization of a Barleywine and Wheat Ale, well-hopped; 11.4%

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Southern Tier Brewing Co. (NY)
southerntierbrewing.com

Unearthly IPA
Imperial IPA at 153IBUs; 11.0%

Backburner
Barleywine w/ tons of hops (85IBUs); 10.0%

Choklat
Imperial Chocolate Stout; 10.0%

Raspberry Porter
Infused w/ fresh fruit; 7.0%

Gemini
Blend of Unearthly Imperial PA and Hoppe (Imperial Pale Ale); 10.5%

Iniquity
Imperial Black Ale; 9.0%

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Stone Brewing Co. (CA)
stonebrew.com

2006 Double Bastard Ale aged in Brandy Barrel
Vintage brandy bbl aged Strong Ale; 10.0%

2008 Stone Imperial Russian Stout aged in Bourbon Barrels
Stone's monster stout aged on bourbon wood; 11.5%

2010 Stone Old Guardian Belgo-Barley Wine
Greg Koch says: Tthis is a new concoction, and if I do say so myself...fantastico!"

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The Bruery (CA)
thebruery.com

Melange No. Sechs
Brewed w/ beets (for color), cocoa nibs, and rose petals; 9.0%

Two Turtle Doves
Imperial Porter brewed w/ cocoa nibs, caramelized sugar, and pecans; 12.0%

Mischief
Hoppy Golden Strong Ale; 8.5%

Rugbrød
Danish Julebyrg Rye Beer; 8.0%

Saison De Lente
Brett-fermented Saison; 6.5%

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The Lost Abbey (CA)
lostabbey.com

Barrel Aged Gift of the Magi
Gift of the Magi, aged for almost 15 months in French Oak; 10.0%

Serpent's Stout 100% Bourbon Barrel Fermented
Special 100% wood fermented/conditioned for 1 month in bourbon bbl version of Serpent's Stout. Kegged only; 11.0%

Red Poppy Ale
Lost Abbey's version of the Flanders classic, made once a year, first time being poured on the East Coast this year; 5.0%

Sinner's Blend 2009
Special batch for Lost Abbey's bbl program. A blend of at least 3 different batches of beer; 10.0%

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Watch City Brewing Co. (MA)
watchcitybrew.com

Kanaloa Joe
Mid/High gravity expresso/coffee Stout brewed and conditioned w/ Kona Joe's 100% Kona coffee; 6.7%

Cyrus's Oink...Oink Rauchbier
German smoke beer style enhanced w/ Benton's Bacon from Ten; 6.0%

Corkubita's Gourdgeous Troika Ale
Brewed w/ three types of gourds: blue hubbard, buttercup and butternut. Belgian gravity w/ secret spices; 9.2%

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Weyerbacher Brewing Co. (PA)
weyerbacher.com

XXII
Bareleywine brewed w/ 50% rye; 10.2%

'08 Quad
Vintage Belgian-style strong ale; 11.8%

'09 Heresey
Imperial Stout aged in bourbon bbls; 8.0%

Tiny
Belgian Imperial Stout; 11.9%

Idiot's Drool
Blithering Idiot Barleywine aged 3yrs on American oak, referemented w/ Brett; 11.0%

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Wormtown Brewing Co. (MA)
wormtownbrewery.com

Peter Piper
Sour beer brewed w/ pickling spices and peppers; 5.0%

Medieval Ale II
Brewed 36 hours before the fest w/ no hops or spices, casked the morning of the fest and naturally carbonated in transit.

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[Vagrant]

I always say "I'm Irish, I can drink anything" but I can't drink EVERYTHING at one sitting

[tequiza]

I always say "I'm Irish, I can drink anything" but I can't drink EVERYTHING at one sitting

No, but it's fun trying though

[Cryptomecanic]

How did the Beer Fest turn out ? (do we know shur nuf that jac survived it) I mos likely would have been trampled to death by Clydsdales while laying in the gutter

[j.a.c.]

Had a great time , I poured all day for a small brewery from St. louis ,(Schlafly) had some really good beers including a keg of 1994 Sierra Nevada Big Foot barley wine. The bacon beers were good but I think the most unique beer there was a Key lime pie beer brewed just for the event from Short's Brewing.Food was also very good had a rack of ribs with a b.b.q. sauce made from Arrogant Bastard ale from stone brewing.

[Purecustom]

sorry but i hear American beer is a touch on the weaker side..

in Canada we have a saying tho

give a man a fish he'll eat for a day, teach a man to fish he'll sit around in a boat drinking all day

[j.a.c.]

sorry but i hear American beer is a touch on the weaker side..

in Canada we have a saying tho

give a man a fish he'll eat for a day, teach a man to fish he'll sit around in a boat drinking all day

Commercial beer yes , craft beer No. It can range any where from 5% A.B.V. to 27% A.B.V.
There are 1000's of breweries doing many styles of stouts and I.P.A. in the 10% range.
Some good craft beer from Canada as well .

[Purecustom]

sorry but i hear American beer is a touch on the weaker side..

in Canada we have a saying tho

give a man a fish he'll eat for a day, teach a man to fish he'll sit around in a boat drinking all day

Commercial beer yes , craft beer No. It can range any where from 5% A.B.V. to 27% A.B.V.
There are 1000's of breweries doing many styles of stouts and I.P.A. in the 10% range.
Some good craft beer from Canada as well .

well that's good to know, maybe on one of my next trips down to the old US of A i will try to source out some of these breweries, i never had much luck on any of my previous trips down.

[j.a.c.]

sorry but i hear American beer is a touch on the weaker side..

in Canada we have a saying tho

give a man a fish he'll eat for a day, teach a man to fish he'll sit around in a boat drinking all day

Commercial beer yes , craft beer No. It can range any where from 5% A.B.V. to 27% A.B.V.
There are 1000's of breweries doing many styles of stouts and I.P.A. in the 10% range.
Some good craft beer from Canada as well .

well that's good to know, maybe on one of my next trips down to the old US of A i will try to source out some of these breweries, i never had much luck on any of my previous trips down.

Bring lots of Unibroue it's great trading bait.