Possibly the best draft list ever sighted in Philly - 11/5

wow.

 

I wish it was all on one day.

 

If you are a lambic fan, make sure you try the Bullfrog Le Roar Grrz Kriek on day 1. Only 3 kegs made it to PA a while back. This is the first one to surface. It's very good stuff.

 

Does this mean that they only made 3 kegs or only 3 kegs left Bullfrog?

 

I'm assuming he means only 3 kegs made it to philly

 

They only made 3. I forgot that 1 was tapped at a private party. The other 2 came to SE PA right before beer week via Bella Vista. This is the first time one has surfaced since then. The rest of the batch was bottled.

 

None of them are to your immediate south. We still envy you down here. However even though I've done Beckinsale personally, I've never won the Powerball.

Not unusual outside of this country. In the UK it's called a 'tied house'.

What is BBPt5 guys?

Can't believe the folks complaining about the lack of hopped-up barrels. Aren't brand new tongue-stripping IPAs coming out at about 20/day now? Count your blessings. I would go for the JW Lees on its own. Sometimes someone just sets something down in front of you that you may never cross paths with again.
Respect beer.
All beer.

 

Tragic. Now you get to go twice.

 

Except I'm only going once, so I'm not going to get the Wednesday stuff. It started out as one day originally. But thanks for the obnoxious reply, it was quite helpful.

 

This was a really great event. Very laid back with only us diehards and a small lunch crowd at opening. I loved that this was at 11:00am on a weekday. The service was excellent and the amount of incredible beer on draft was truly impressive. It was a great time catching up with some fellow beer geeks that I hadn't seen in a while, as well as meeting some new ones, all while getting pours of very rare beer without any hassle. The highlights of today's list for me were the Pappy BBVD(what a ridiculous beer!) and Bullfrog Le Roar Grrrz Kriek. I was also able to try BA Abraxas, Boulder I am the Eggman, DuClaw Pumpkin Spice Retribution and Clown Shoes Very Angry Beast. Cheers to the whole crew at Bainbridge St. Barrel House! Hopefully I can make it back at some point tomorrow.

 

I was very impressed as well. I think that the ticket thing worked well. If you really wanted the beer, you could get it. The ability to use it whenever you wanted spread out the crowd throughout the day. I was there from 11-1 and 5-6 -- both times had a similar relaxed crowd. I can add that the free buffet was tasty and generous.

 

I have to admit that is a crappy result after you went through so much personal trouble, and it really would have been good of them to slide you a couple tickets for today early just to save you a similar expense. I'm unclear--are these tickets paid for at the time of pick-up or are they just handed out to give you the chance for the purchase later? Because, if the former, they sure should have given you something for your money.
But if the latter, I have to ask at what point does a beer become worth all of the trouble that you went through? I mean, it's just beer. However you paid the dues for this one and I feel for you OP.

 

Maybe you could focus on just how good that Voodoo PVW was instead. That's quite a catch to say it was 'hardly any consolation'.

 

Was the BA Abraxas actually bad? That part of the story is not explained?

 

No, it was delicious. Not sure why he got told that.

 

Well I think that is something to complain about. Not only did he get screwed out of a pour then he got lied to about it.

The explanation makes no sense. If the beer is tasting bad why would you serve it at all?

Getting the PVW BBVD is not a consolation. The dude had tickets for both beers. Why should he be happy with getting only one of the beers of the 2 that he was "Guaranteed" a pour of?

Some people's logic is f-ed