Stone Sour Fest

Dogpatch sour and Ommegang didn't last more than 20 minutes. I was shocked to see those two killed first.

Hoparazzi's Mission Impeachable was enjoyable, (didn't grab the other two La Tarte's) but looking forward to seeing another local sour location pop-up.

 

I thought it was a great fest, and I had a great time.

My favorite was the Hoparazzi La Tarte Mango Lassi which generated a lot of buzz ... I heard many people talking about and recommending it throughout the day. Hoparazzi La Tarte Raspberry, Lost Abbey Spontaneous Cheer, Vlad The Imp Aler and Franken'ly Berry also stood out. I got the last pour of Franken'ly Berry, much to the dismay of a very annoying girl in line behind me, so that made it taste that much better, LOL.

It was a bit crowded ... Stone should sell 50 fewer tickets or at least not open the restaurant until the event is over though.

 

Here is the full list:

3 Fonteinen Intense Red
3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze
3 Fonteinen Oude Kriek
Allagash Interlude
Allagash Midnight Brett
Allagash Victor Ale
Allagash Victoria Ale
Almanac Bourbon Sour Porter
Almanac Brandy Barrel Peche
Almanac Dogpatch Sour
Almanac Dogpatch Strawberry
Almanac Farmer's Reserve Blackberry
Almanac Farmer's Reserve No. 4
Almanac Farmer's Reserve Pluot
Almanac Flowering Gose
Almanac Golden Gate Gose
Almanac Sourdough Wild Ale
Almanac Valley Of The Heart's Delight
Anchorage Between the Staves
Avery Brabant
Avery Dihos Dactylion
Avery Muscat d'Amour
Avery Odio Equum
Avery Récolte Sauvage
Bear Republic Cuvee de Bubba
Bear Republic Tartare
Bear Republic Tartare Rouge
BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien 2011
Boulevard Love Child No. 4
Breakwater Barrel 5 Sour
Breakwater Biere du Jour
Cantillon Iris
Cascade Brewing Barrel House Bourbon Chocolate Red
Cascade Brewing Barrel House Bourbonic Plague
Cascade Brewing Barrel House Elderberry 2011 (Live Barrel)
Cascade Brewing Barrel House Figaro
Cascade Brewing Barrel House Franken'ly Berry
Cascade Brewing Barrel House Kriek Ale
Cascade Brewing Barrel House Marzipan
Cascade Brewing Barrel House Pater
Cascade Brewing Barrel House Regina Cherry
Cascade Brewing Barrel House Sang Noir
Cascade Brewing Barrel House Strawberry
Cascade Brewing Barrel House The Vine
Cascade Brewing Barrel House Vlad the Imp Aler
Craftsman Angelino Weisse
Craftsman Cirrus
Craftsman Stone Fruit Sour
Crooked Stave Batch Number 60
Crooked Stave Nightmare On Brett Grand Cru
Crooked Stave Origins Batch 2 Burgundy Sour
Crooked Stave St. Bretta Spring
Crooked Stave St. Bretta Winter
Crooked Stave Surette
Crooked Stave Vieille Artisanal Saison
Crooked Stave Vieille Cranberry and Spice
Eagle Rock Yearling
Firestone Walker Agrestic
Firestone Walker Bretta Rosé
Golden Coast Something, Something Sour Mead
Gueuze Tilquin
HaandBryggeriet Haandbakk
HaandBryggeriet Sur Megge
HaandBryggeriet Tindved
Hanssens Oude Kriek
Hoparazzi La Tarte Mango Lassi
Hoparazzi La Tarte Raspberry
Hoparazzi Mission Impechable
Ichtegem's Grand Cru
Jolly Pumpkin La Roja
Jolly Pumpkin Noel de Calabaza
Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calbaza
Ladyface Brett Blossom
Logsdon Far West Vlaming
Logsdon Seizoen Bretta
Mikkeller It's Alive! Rhubarb Edition
Mikkeller Spontanframboos
Mikkeller Spontanmandarin
Mikkeller Spontanrosehip
Mikkeller/To 01 Betelgeuze
New Belgium Lips of Faith La Folie
Ode Quetsche Tilquin a l'ancienne
Ommegang Wild at Heart
Oud Beersel Framboise
Oud Beersel Oude Kriek
Oude Gueze Tilquin a l'ancienne
Panil Davina
Pizza Port San Clemente Scruffy Sour Brown
Pizza Port Solana Beach Beer Hunter #2
Prairie Artisan Ales Birra
Ritterguts Gose
Rodenbach 2011 Vintage Oak Aged Ale
Russian River Consecration
Russian River Sanctificaton
Russian River Supplication
Russian River Temptation
Stone Passion Project
Stone Spotlight Series "The Tiger Cub" Saison w/ Sour Cherries
Stone Spotlight Series Team Filly Whisperers Sour Saison aged in Blush Wine Barrel
Stone Spotlight Series Team Unicorn Flower Power Unicorn Imperial Lavender Berliner Weiss
Struise Weltfreude
Tahoe Mountain Récolte DuBois - Apricot
Tahoe Mountain Récolte DuBois - Peach
The Bruery BeRazzled
The Bruery Hottenroth
The Bruery Oude Tart
The Bruery Oude Tart with Cherries
The Bruery Provisions Series Mother Funker
The Bruery Sour in the Rye
The Bruery Tart of Darkness
The Bruery Windowsill
The Lost Abbey Cuvee de Tomme
The Lost Abbey Framboise de Amorosa
The Lost Abbey Framboise de Amoroso
The Lost Abbey Red Poppy Ale
The Lost Abbey Spontaneous Cheer
The Rare Barrel Fields Forever
The Rare Barrel Grainsta's Paradise
The Rare Barrel Happy Place

 

Thanks @Obsidian! Really enjoyed this Sour Fest – I’ve only gone to a few of them so I missed the Guava DDG days, but this was my favorite so far.

 

Man, Cascade does not fuck around.

 

Hoparazzi was easily best in show for me, with Raspberry taking the top spot. Rare Barrel was kinda meh but maybe that's due to the hype/expectations. Stone gets the prize for most "nail-polish like" sour with Tiger Cub or Passion Project, (can't remember which but neither was good.) Cascade had a bunch of beer but I'm a snob and wasn't impressed. Cheer was good but tasted different, didn't have the same bite as previous tastes that I've had. Craftsman Stone Fruit was also very nice. Sweet bottle share afterward and I had the unfortunate opportunity to taste Veritas 009...woof! I got all boned up when I saw the label, not knowing which one it was, and it was downhill from there.

The grounds at Stone are beautiful and all-in-all, it was a great day. Thanks @wethorseblanket for the ticket and the beers.

Disclaimer: The previous post was for informational purposes only. Please keep in mind that I don't know shit and have a lot of time on my hands.

 

If you are referring to the bottles of these at section E they never got any.

I was shocked at the line for Cantillon's Iris...maybe it was because of the name "Cantillon" but Iris was available at a multitude of bottle shops around the county. Granted, maybe only a dozen or so bottles at each shop but it was more of an easy pick up than say Lou Pepe Kriek.

I was personally not impressed with this year's selection and kept joking with my friends that the list wasn't posted because they didn't have anything super duper over-the-top wow. But joking around and such saved the day. Yay friends.

Sadly I did not join in on the bottle share.

The stone team unicorn with lavender.....vinegar at its finest! Had a sip, dumped it, grabbed a Tilquin instead.

 

Uh, where?

 

Let me know where so I can buy them all.

 

Bottlecraft Little Italy had a dozen
Public House in La Jolla ahd about a dozen to purchase and take away/drink there
Plaza in Mira Mesa had 10 (by the time I got there)


Edit: I guess "multitude" meant about 4-5 shops that I frequent. I over-generalized and made the assumption that other shops with the same distributor received small allocations as well. I am now rethinking that perhaps this was not the case and I was just fortnate to stumble into some.

 

When the shit did Plaza have some? I go there all the time :/

 

While I'm glad Hoparazzi is getting some exposure, I also don't want people to find out about them...I'm also just bitter I missed out

 

Some of the comments here just make me laugh... "while the casuals drank dogpatch" LOL... OK poindexter. So many uiber cool hipsters in full effect maaan... Almanac was solid, Cascade worth seeking out as always, the Bruery was my treat... got to enjoy a couple/few hundred bucks worth of solid beer in a few shots right there... missed crooked stave, but one of my buddies busted a bottle out afterwards, so it was all good... Too many little gems to mention, but Lost Abbeys SC was rad, Hopperazzi's peach as well. STONE, please reduce ticket sales next time, and please make it from 12-6. thanks.

 

There was a group of people in line talking about Almanac and Avery sours like they were new to them... that and some other comments I heard gave me the impression a more "casual" crowd than I was expecting.

Just making observations, chief.