Notable Releases - DC/NOVA/MD

I was almost directly in line with BA Abraxas and still didn't get it. If the line/quantity is at all similar to last year, I wouldn't go into Snallygaster with any expectation of getting BA Abraxas.

 

I'm not even going to mess with the BA Abraxas or Cantillon. I've already had CBS. Anything else should be gettable for the first 30 mins, I would think.

 

Let's make no mistake here. BA Abraxas didn't kick in five minutes because of some ridiculously small quantity; it ran out that fast due to the gross incompetence of the staff. It was supposed to be 4 oz per person. Instead, they were pouring full mugs (and, for some, two full mugs) to the people lucky enough to get it. If they had minimal instruction or basic competency, another 100 people would have gotten some, and it would have lasted 15-20 minutes like CBS. This is one of the many easily preventable fuck ups that kept me from buying a ticket this year.

 

My friends going tomorrow will be very pissed if this is the case. Happy I didn't waste my time. It seemed to good to be true.

 

I thought I heard they only had a sixtel last year. Not sure if that was true or not.

 

I hear CBS kicked in 20 minutes. Full pours.

 

In part I passed on Snally because of the past line problems and lack of organization.

I would be interested in hearing how it went today.

 

On a non-Snally note, Founders Breakfast Stout at Canton Crossing in Baltimore. One 4-pack pp for now.

 

Friendship liquors in Abingdon got 4 cases. No limit. Picked up a case for 70

 

I was about 15th-20th in line for CBS and saw no one ahead of me get a full pour, if you mean that to be 12 oz instead of a 4 oz sample.

 

Pretty smoothly, really- they didn't let anyone through the ticket/ID line until 11:30, so people got in quickly, but gradually, and there was less chaos. Lining up early was an actual advantage. Many people ran, I didn't and ended up about 40th in line at BA Abraxas, no problems there, and eventually got in a really long line for CBS, but got that too. There were lots of other really good things that could be approached at leisure. My only complaint is the expense.

 

Thanks. Snally is not cheap!

 

Thought everything went well overall. The only lines I waited in were for Jester King and Aslin. But didn't have to wait long and had a beer or two in hand at all times. Got to try everything I wanted to. Talked to some nice people and drank a lot of good beers. I was on the fence about going this year after two years of rain but glad I did.

 

4 boxes of Helldorado at Perfect Pour as of an hour ago

 

I've never heard of limits on breakfast stout. That's a thing?

 

Beer list for Smoke and Barrel 5th Anniversary (9/27)

* Cask: Fair Winds Sessions In The Abyss*
Pin: Manor Hill IPA w/ leaf Mosaic
Mead: Charm City Hops (Dry-hopped mead)

*beers $5 all night

*1. Victory Prima Pils*
*2. Port City Optimal Wit*
3. RAR Nanticoke Nectar
4. Bold Rock Crimson Ridge Vat No. 1 Cider
*5. DC Brau Oktoberfest*
6. Firestone Helldorado
7. Ocelot Planets Align IPA
8. Ommegang Barrel-Aged 3 Philosophers
9. RAR/Hoof Hearted Hoof RARted Imperial IPA
10. Atlas Rowdier
11. Perennial Von Pampelmuse
12. Allagash Avance
*13. Right Proper Kick Kick Snare*
14. Wicked Weed Marina
15. Manor Hill Hidden Hopyard 5
16. Smuttynose Orville
17. Founders KBS
18. Fremont Barrel-Aged Dark Star
19. Firestone Walker Krieky Bones
20. Logsdon Szech N’ Brett
21. Otter Creek 25th Anniversary Imperial IPL
22. Fair Winds Masthead Mosaic
23. 3 Stars Two Headed Unicorn
24. 3 Stars Pounding Trees

 

Krieky Bones is delicious

 

Nice beer list. Will there be sunglasses?

 

Beer list for 3 stars hopfunk fest Sunday - not too shabby imho

3 Stars Brewing Company: Pounding Trees (DIPA)

3 Stars/Charm City Collab: Two-Headed Unicorn (Barrel Fermented Sour with Honey)

3 Stars Brewing Company: Nectar of the Bogs (Cranberry Saison)

3 Stars Brewing Company: Two to the Dome (DIPA)

3 Stars Brewing Company: Ghost IPA

3 Stars Brewing Company: Grapefruit Ghost IPA

Adroit Theory: Invisible Art (Black IPA)

Adroit Theory: Two Headed Calf (Saison Aged in Sauternes Barrels)

Aslin: TBD (NE IPA)

Charm City Meadworks: Hop Mead

Charm City Meadworks: Basil Lemongrass Mead

DC Brau: Belgian Space Reaper (Belgian DIPA)

DC Brau: Belgian On The Wings of Armageddon (Belgian DIPA)

J. Wakefield: Miami Madness (Berliner with Guava, Mango, & Passionfruit)

J. Wakefield: Who's on First: DIPA

Logsdon Farmhouse Ales: Barrel Aged Bretta

Logsdon Farmhouse Ales: Szech & Brett

Modern Times: Fortunate Islands

Modern Times: Fruitlands

Modern Times/Clearwater Collab: Roots of Coincidence (

Oakshire Brewing Company: Free Your Soul (Barrel Aged Stout)

Ocelot: See The Light (DIPA)

Other Half: Simcoe/Wai-iti (DIPA)

Other Half:All Green Everything (DIPA)

Other Half: Pig Beach (Session Pale)

Oxbow: Domestic (IPA)

RAR/Hoof Hearted CollabDIPA)

RAR: Pulp (NE IPA)

Union Brewing Company: Chubler (DIPA)

Wicked Weed: TBD (DIPA)

Wicked Weed: TBD (Sour)

 

Snallygaster went well, though arriving at 11:10 or so was too late to get CBS or BA Abraxas. The organization was great, especially for VIP times. By 3:30 the beer was running low and the food lines were mammoth.