BeerAdvocate Microbrew Invitational (2017)

Does anyone have a google sheet of the current list of beers and breweries with BA ratings?

 

Here is a spreadsheet I made.....



The coloring is scaled, red is lowest rated up to green being highest

 

This is fantastic

 

That is awesome, I used to do the same thing - is there a way of downloading it?

 

Try this: http://jmp.sh/RhvNMZs

 

Are the beers that are crossed out just beers you've had?

 

I may need to be a game-time decision. Can I buy a ticket at the door (assuming Session 3 doesn't sell out)?

 

FYI for the next two sessions: the security guard out at the portapotties seemingly unilaterally decided at 925 that no one should use the outside bathrooms because he had worked since 5am and wanted to go inside. So be prepared for some horrifically unprofessional behavior from security...

 

Any insights from yesterday? Would appreciate it, thanks

 

Horrifically unprofessional seems rather strong for closing the outside bathrooms 5min before the session ends. Maybe he was under instruction to do so since thats about when they start to usher people out

 

Just hang out at the J. Wakefield booth. All their beers were far superior to everything else at the festival. Burley Oak berliners were surprisingly good

 

His response was that he "didn't want to stand outside any more". Which when there is a huge rush to the bathrooms as the session is ending and he is still on the clock seems a bit like an abuse of power to me. He was extremely rude to everyone involved as well.

This has never been an issue at past fests either. Any decision to cut off access to bathrooms when everyone is leaving seems very foolish regardless.

 

Brew Gentlemen never had a line, that i saw, that was more than 5 people deep. I still can't wrap my head around that.

Them and Brick And Feather were my favorite hoppy beers. JWB Haterade and Luther wowed me.

 

Burley Oak knocked it out of the park.
Them and Barreled Souls were my favorites.

The Citralixy might be the best IPA I have ever had. Absolutely amazing. I see big things for them.

The event was perfectly run. I can't imagine a suggestion for improvement. It was great.

 

Haven't seen them mentioned yet, but everything from Transient was awesome. The Juice is Loose was my favorite IPA there yesterday.

 

Biggest lines were for Other Half and especially Fiddlehead. Other Half opened up later on, but I just skipped Fiddlehead as I've had some of their stuff before.

My favorites by style..

IPA - Brew Gentlemen's General Braddock, No Use For Smugglers from Brick and Feather, and Double Mosaic Dream from Other Half. Honorable mention to Pleasant Surprise from Henry and Fran.

Stouts - Luther and Big Poppa (JWB), Woodford reserve bourbon barrel Deep Space (Barreled Souls).. honorable mention for Buckley (Transient).

Barleywine - III by Brew Gentlemen. Just go get it.

I'm lumping sours together because there weren't that many - Vive Bruxelles (Cambridge Brewing Co), Foeder #2 w/ Black Currants (Transient), and Taking My Talents To Miami (JWB).

Overall, if I went again tonight, I'd go to JWB, Transient, and Brew Gentlemen the most.
But there were a couple interesting beers I went out of my way for.. Bagel Bock can be skipped (bagels used in mash). Sweet Potato Farmhouse Ale was worth trying, ask for the brett version, it's pretty good, believe it or not, and tastes like sweet potatoes!

 

One of the best run beer fest I've been too.
JWB best there. III By brew gentleman and juice is loose by transient also amazing.

 

Long lines at Other Half, Fiddlehead, Pipeworks, Barreled Souls as expected. Go for J.Wakefield & Barreled Souls anything, Burley Oak sours, Brew Gentlemen saison (Table Beer) was a revelation, ANY of the ciders from Prospect or Lookout.