Wicked Weed Funkatorium Invitational 2017

Like I was saying, WW rarely has rarer beers at this festival. Hell, WW in general doesn't really do a ton of one-offs that are hard to get, Red Atrial has really been the only one and maybe the first year of Angels (though those weren't that hard). They're usually pouring an Angel or two, maybe whatever fruited sour they've recently come out with, they might've poured one of the Mortes last year. The other breweries tended to have some really good stuff though. Two years ago I remember waiting in line for Duck Duck Gooze and having a friend of mine bring me a pour of, I think, Snozzberry though it might have been Maceo. And after DDG was gone Cuvee de Tomme was still around. Plus Jester King has brought really solid stuff in the past (I want to say Fen Tao's made an appearance as has Atrial, but not certain... all the festivals run together after a while).

 

Creature Comforts is out too.

 

Goose Island may be the last one standing.

 

Last year most people had 2-3 beers I think WW had 9 or something. I think they had most of the angels and a couple mortes. Lost Abbey had Veritas. Jester King had Omniscience. That was most of what I remember.

 

And 10 Barrel.

 

Last year they poured all 4 angels and all the mortes. Basically the whole night until they popped. I hung out by their tent the last few hours a lot as other places had run of the good stuff.

 

Sounds about right. I do remember WW had the most beers from anyone, but Angels and Mortes are easy to come by if you're local Two years ago (which is when I remember Lost Abbey having DDG) I ended up with VIP tickets, which was the only way to get DDG. I'm sure something or another blew during VIP last year, but didn't have VIP tickets last year.

 

This may not seem rare to some of the semi-locals like @treznor , but to me and the rest of us, this is quite rare. As far as I know most of these are released once a year--they may be in large quantities, but of all the Mortes and Angels, I've personally only ever had Black Angel, and I've been to WW multiple times, have had about 30 of their beers, about 30 more in my cellar, some repeats. Only one of the beers in the cellar is a Morte.

 

Yeah, that was my point. They poured their best beers and poured them for hours. I was impressed at how long they had some very good stuff on.

 

Guess all the breweries pulling out are just "not sane"

 

That wasn't at all his point.

 

The only Morte I had was Kiwi a couple weeks ago on draft (in DC), and I thought it was pretty good but by no means a standout, I've had lots of better WW beers. I'm surprised to see people include it in WW's top beer series. How is the kiwi one compared to the others?

 

I think Kiwi is the worst of the morte but it isn't a bad beer. My order goes Cerise > Framboos=Mure > Kiwi

 

Perzik and Cerise are my favorites of that series

 

You have to think they have to kill this event...and soon. I can't imagine invited brewers who are pulling out and ripping their decision on social media is a look they want.

 

Supposed to be an announcement tomorrow

 

Yeah that's not what's I said at all. Poor reading comprehension on your end.

 

Seriously. I've seen 20ish back out and only 1 confirm they are still attending. If there is still a festival, it won't be close to what it would have been.

 

Birds fly south is out

 

Three Taverns is out