We're Funkd Sour Stroll

As promised:

4 Hands Brewing Company - St Louis, MO
Allagash Brewing Company - Portland, Maine
Almanac Beer Co - San Francisco, CA
Avery Brewing Company - Boulder, CO
Barreled Souls Brewing Company - Saco, ME
(Burley Oak was here - they just emailed us to let us know they may have a scheduling conflict that prevents them from attending, unfortunately)
Cambridge Brewing Company - Cambridge, MA
Captain Lawrence Brewing Company - Elmsford, NY
Cascade Brewing - Portland, OR
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project - Denver, CO
Destihl Brewery - Normal, IL
Finback Brewery - Ridgewood, NY
Four Quarters Brewing - Winooski, VT
Graft Cider - Newburgh, NY
Hermit Thrush Brewery - Brattleboro, VT
J. Wakefield Brewing - Miami, FL
Magnify Brewing Company - Fairfield, NJ
Nectar Creek - Corvallis, OR
Night Shift Brewing - Everett, MA
Paradox Beer Company - Divide, CO
Plan Bee Farm Brewery - Poughkeepsie, NY
Port Brewing Co / The Lost Abbey - San Marcos, CA
Oxbow Brewing Company - Newcastle, ME
Rhinegeist - Cinncinati, OH
Samuel Adams - Boston, MA
Springdale Beer - Framingham, MA
Transient Artisan Ales - Bridgman, MI
Transmitter Brewing - Long Island City, NY
TRVE Brewing - Denver, CO
Two Roads Brewing Company - Stratford, CT
Upland Brewing Company - Bloomington, IN
Weyerbacher Brewing - Easton, PA
Wooden Robot Brewery - Charlotte, NC

 

Hard at work collating and pulling the beer list for Sunday together... but I'm too excited and can't help but leave this here for now... https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/18149/51116/

 

Hey y'all. List is subject to change, of course, but here's whats planned for next Sunday!

Night Shift Brewing Ever Weisse
Night Shift Brewing Sore Loser
Night Shift Brewing Whirlpool
Night Shift Brewing Harborside
Springdale Beer Kriek Mythology
Springdale Beer Apriculture
Springdale Beer Bretta Weizen
Springdale Beer Suspended Animation
Wooden Robot Brewery Thicket as Thieves
Wooden Robot Brewery Optimus Vine
GRAFT Cider HopTropic
GRAFT Cider Depths of Delerium
Nectar Creek Triple Brett
Transmitter Brewing H4 Italian Plum Sour
Transmitter Brewing PH2 Passionfruit Sour
Two Roads Brewing Workers Stomp Chardonnay Barrel Aged Saison (2016 vintage) -7.5%
Two Roads Brewing Workers Stomp Red Wine Barrel Aged Saison (2016 vintage) 7.5ABV
Avery Brewing Company Barrel-Aged Series release (#36) Expletus
Avery Brewing Company Lunctis Viribus BA Project 33 (translation: Joined Forces)
Avery Brewing Company Apricot Sour:
Avery Brewing Company Raspberry Sour:
Avery Brewing Company Ginger Sour
Magnify Search Saison with Lychee
Magnify Froot Joose
CAMBRIDGE BREWING COMPANY COR CORDIUM
CAMBRIDGE BREWING COMPANY HONEY BADGER
CAMBRIDGE BREWING COMPANY LET'S GO TRIPPIN'
Weyerbacher Brewing Riserva
Weyerbacher Brewing Sexy MotherPucker
DESTIHL Brewery St Dekkera vuile blonde
DESTIHL Brewery St Dekkera Zure dubble
DESTIHL Brewery St Dekkera Flanders Oud Bruin
4 Hands Brewing Co. Plum Sour
4 Hands Brewing Co. Cuvee Ange
Allagash Brewing Co. coolship resurgam
Allagash Brewing Co. cuvée de industriale
Plan Bee Farm Brewery 2 styles of our wild ale
Plan Bee Farm Brewery 2 styles of our wild ale
Rhinegeist Hurricane 6.5%
Rhinegeist Press Tart 4.4%
J Wakefield Brewing 6ix Days in Dade
J Wakefield Brewing Troll So Hard
Finback The Sun Is Too Bright Black Gose
Finback So Cute Americn Sour Ale with Berries
Paradox Beer Company Future Knowledge:
Paradox Beer Company High Biscus, Skully #49:
Paradox Beer Company StrawBasil, Skully #50,
Paradox Beer Company Screaming Sun:
Hermit Thrush Brewery Rye Barrel Rye
Upland Peach Lambic
Upland Iridescent
Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gueuze
Lost Abbey Cuvee de Tomme
Captain Lawrence Flaming Fury
Captain Lawrence Hudson Valley Harvest: Cherry
Captain Lawrence Rosso Marrone
Cascade Vlad the Impaler
Cascade Sang Rouge, Blueberry, Blackberry, Kriek.
Crooked Stave L'Brett D'Apricot 2015
Crooked Stave Origins Blueberry 2015
Kent Falls
Kent Falls
Barreled Souls Summer Jam 4.5
Barreled Souls Space Gose -
Almanac Vanilla Cherry Dogpatch
Almanac Grand Cru Red
Sam Adams Brett Pale
Sam Adams American Kriek Reserve
Sam Adams Plumb KMF (Professor Plumb)
Sam Adams Berlinerweisse

 

@springdalebeer - Any idea how many/which of these will be showing up on taps on Saturday in Cambridge and Davis?

 

@springdalebeer did Transient disappear?

 

Cambridge Brewing Company released their tap list list for Saturday - http://www.cambridgebrewingcompany.com/were-funkd-pub-crawl-7817/

 

Very cool! Any other places post lists yet?

 

nope! I had just missed them:

 

How is the bus transportation going to work? Looks like the trains run every other hour, so would have to take the 11:20am and get into Norwood around 11:50am. Will there be a bus then to take you to the site?

 

Yup, there will be a BrewBus there around 1155; will drop back around 455.

 

Did I have to sign up for that brew bus ahead of time? If so is it still available?

Or is this section, from above, implying a consistent shuttle looping?

"Transportation will be sponsored by Mass Brew Bus, who will be providing transportation to and from the Norwood Central train station all day!"

Thanks

 

you don't have to sign up in advance; if the bus fills up we will run a second loop, and so on. We will be driving over for the 1151 train, and again for the 505 train.

 

Seems like any loop after the 4.30pm bus won't make it in time for the 5.05pm train. Will there be multiple buses leaving at 4.30pm? Or better still, multiple buses leaving at 4pm and 4.30pm? Will bus departures be announced? Trying to keep these logistical issues straight so we can just enjoy the drinking on Sunday

 

Seems to only be two tap lists available for the crawl today - maybe people can update as it is starting now, but -

Cambridge Brewing Company:
-Allagash Little Brett
-Anderson Valley Briny Melon Gose
-Avery Brewing El Gose
-Barreled Soulds Space Gose
-Captain Lawrence Barrel Select Green
-Crooked Stave Petit Sour Blueberry
-Finback So Cute
-Lamplighter Eponine
-Oxbow Moon Rocks
-Rhinegiest Maracuja
-Springdale Kriek Mythology
-Cambridge Brewing/Jester King Cor Cordium (collab combining house mixed cultures in a wild saison aged on Cornelian cherries and heirloom cranberries - "super limited!" but also a "preview")

Lord Hobo:
-Allagash Ganache
-Almanac Passion Project
-Brouwerij Alvinne Framboos
-Avery Tequilaverbus
-Barreled Souls Strawberry Rhubarb Sour
-Cascade Bourbonic Plague
-Crooked Stave Nightmare on Brett Raspberry
-Finback So Cute
-Graft Cider Endless Fields
-Hermit Thrush Rye Barrel Rye
-Kent Falls Papaya Lemongrass Brett Beer
-Logsdon Farmhouse Ales Peche 'n' Brett
-Lost Abbey Red Poppy
-Night Shift Everweisse
-Springdale BrettaWeizen
-Transmitter F6
-Upland/Prairie Cursed Kettles

Both lists come from Facebook and were published in advance with the stipulation that they were subject to changes. The other venues did not post their tap lists ahead of time, at least not that I can find.

 

Tap selections at CBC and Lord Hobo seemed to be the most generous. There were about a half dozen on tap at both Foundry on Elm and The Rosebud. We spent most of the afternoon at CBC and tried the bulk of the list - Cor Cordium was the standout to me, followed by Maracuja. I was surprised they were not busier, particularly the outdoor seating, on such a nice day.

 

Checking in from the event. Going well, the live music is really good. This being the first time this has happened, its not surprising that the organization could be better. Duck Duck Gooze started pouring 15 minutes early (50+ person line, surprise surprise) and then the guy on the tap was reminded he was supposed to wait while the table next to Lost Abbey poured away. Seems the start time was either not well communicated or just ignored. Minor details.

I haven't seen anyone check wristbands, so it seems it doesn't matter if you spent the $30 or so extra for unlimited pours. This may cause more people to gripe.

Transportation from the commuter rail appeared to be limited. I was lucky enough to be on the first bus (14 seats), but they probably had to make rounds for an hour or more to get everyone over. It sounded like they didn't expect this many people to take the commuter rail, which while I know transportation of every attendee is hard to predict, the location outside the city should have probably prompted an increased transport capacity.

All in all, I am pretty pleased with the event. Great beer, nice outdoor venue, but room for improvement and I hope they do this again next year!

 

Thanks for coming! We are debriefing on the whole event now and appreciate the very specific feedback. We definitely learned some things this year. Realizing late into the sour stroll on Saturday (while tearing apart a Korean BBQ hog head at Rosebud, swoon) that we'd be selling out the festival was a great surprise and one I'm proud of our crew's ability to roll with.

I could be mistaken, but I believe the combination of two bus trips, and various Jack's crew members (and owners) driving their personal cars to the train station got most people to the venue well under an hour... big ups to the BrewBus guys for rolling with the punches, and for everyone's patience ! We will make sure we are not as surprised by the popularity of public transit next year.

We'll be looking at these issues, and plenty others as we look to be bigger, badder and even more funkd next year.

Thanks to Night Shift for putting this on with us, all the brewers, pourers and volunteers, our friends the Macrotones for getting down in two awesome sets, and everyone who came out in support.