Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest 2013...

Can't wait...the list is getting pretty damn epic at this point.

 

Would anybody be opposed to starting a FW Invitational Trading spreadsheet and thread?

 

Id be down for a bit of trading

 

If I can find a ticket I would be in for a few trades myself.

 

Fire it up.

I am going to mule up a few cases for folks and plan on filling a cooler for bottle shares/trades.

 

Did they replace someone? I looked after reading your post and I thought the grid was full (44 breweries). Today I notice the grid is showing 43?

 

Looks like Taps and Faction are gone

 

I won't miss them, with the others being added this year, surly in specific, I'm sure we will all be ok.

 

I'm coming across, and plan on shipping Leschkie beer before hand. I can throw a box of cans together and ship to trade if anyone wants, or hell, will ship a box of cans just to have with me to share.

 

Faction was gone before they even committed. Triple Rock is taking their place though.

 

are they gonna post a beer list

 

They don't but if you follow said breweries on twitter, ull know sooner than later. Also Facebook had quite a bit last year.

 

I hope they bring Keyser Soze!

 

Last year as the kegs rolled in Firestone Walker posted them on twitter.

 

They did last year, so hoping for this year as well.

 

Last year, it was barrel-aged Keyser, which is just ridiculous.

 

Full Pint just posted what they call an unsanctioned partial tap list, along with some speculation, which is totally worthless, so I'm leaving it out. Stuff like this came out last year, too, and most of it was wrong (I think they got Alpine totally wrong last year, come to think of it).

I hope they're wrong about Surly. I was hoping for vintage Darkness or a special batch of Abrasive. Granted, if Alpine is actually bringing Hoppy Birthday and Keene Idea, I don't know if I'll need any other IPAs...

Alpine Beer Co.
Hoppy Birthday – American Pale Ale – 5% abv.
Keene Idea aka Alpine Toronado 25th Anniversary Aka Alpine Double Nelson – Double IPA – 8.88% abv
Avery BrewingWhite Rascal – Belgian Witbier – 5.6% abv.
Twenty/XX – Imperial IPA – 9.7% abv.
Hand of Buddha – Belgian Ale – 5.3% abv.
Boulevard Brewing
Test Nelson Grape Ale – Golden Ale – 4% abv.
Saison Brett – Wild Saison – 8.5% abv.
Golden Road Brewing
Heal The Bay IPA – Strong IPA
Cabrillo Kolsch – Kolsch
Lagunitas Brewing
IPA – IPA – 6.2% abv
TBD Fresh Ale by Jeremy Marchall
Kern River
Citra DIPA – Double IPA – 8% abv.
New Belgium Brewing
Prickly Passion Peach Barrel- prickly passion in a Leopold Bros peach whiskey barrel (aged for 6 mo), small lactic addition for extra zing – 8.5% abv.
Shift Lager – Pale Lager – 5% abv.
Odell Brewing
Tree Shaker – Imperial Peach IPA – Imperial IPA – 9.7% abv.
Loose Leaf – American Pale Ale – 4.5% abv.
Sierra Nevada
Barrel Aged Maple Stout w/Coffee
Hoptimum – Imperial IPA – 10.4% abv.
Foam Pilsner – Pilsner – 4.6% abv.
Sun King Brewing
Osiris Pale Ale – American Pale Ale – 5.6% abv.
Batch 777 – Touched By An Angel Tripel – 10% abv.
Surly Brewing
Bitter Brewer – ESB – 4.1% abv.
Schandenfreude – Dunkel Lager
The Bruery
Hottenroth – Berliner – 3.1% abv.
Humulus Lager – IPL/Strong Lager – 7.2% abv.
Assortment of Specialty Bottles

 

Lets hope that's wrong

Last years was much better

 

Not for Alpine, Sierra, Boulevard or Kern River, from where I'm sitting. Not to mention that very few heavy hitters are listed yet. Bruery listed Nottenroth last year, but then broken out tons of bottles of Black Tuesday and Fruet, so I'm not too concerned there.

Edited to add: There are tons of brewers at the festival who aren't covered here yet. This is far from comprehensive.