ACBF 2015: Highlights

It's been bottled and is on the shelves, at least in NY.

 

Lawson's - Shhhhh
Foundation - Epiphany
Jacks Abby - Excess
Night Shift - Whirlpool

 

First of all, thanks to everyone for the very kind words. It was our first time at ACBF and we had a lovely time. Thanks so much to BA for the invite and to all the people who stopped by the booth and chatted.

To answer a few of your questions, Lively Brewing is attached to Ebenezer's Brew Pub, where 8-10 of our beers are served on draft at all times. Our beers are also currently served at Ebenezer's Pub in Lovell, ME, and a very small handful of other restaurants in Maine. We are currently working hard to get ourselves distributed to the outside world; we are building out a retail area at the pub in Brunswick for limited release bottles, as well as pricing out various packaging and distribution options. Hopefully in the next few months we'll have a lot of this figured out.

As for our website, we have a brand new site going live in the next couple weeks that will hopefully be much more helpful and informative than what we've got now. In the meantime, anyone can feel free to hit me with questions at [email protected].

Again, thanks so much for the encouragement and goodwill. It was a blast of a festival and we look forward to seeing you guys all soon.

Sincerely,

Rich Ferrell
Head Brewer
Lively Brewing Co.

 

Thanks for bringing such awesome beers -- and for checking in on here and answering all my questions. I'm definitely going to check out the digs the next time I'm in Maine. Looking forward to the new website, learning more and trying more of your great beer. Cheers!

 

Some of my favorites were:
-Session With Dr. Nandu (APA) from Aerornaut
-Wild Turkey Bourbon Barrel Stout from Anderson Valley
-Daikaiju IPA from Banded Horn
-Little Brother IIPA from Brewmaster Jack
-On The Wings Of Armageddon IIPA from DC Brau
-Acidium American Wild from Element
-Silva Stout from Green Flash
-Sour Barrel Project #1 Golden Lager from Jack's Abby
-Shhhhhhhhhh..... IIPA from Lawson's
-Triple Sunshine IIPA from Lawson's
-Gose from Lost Nation
-Sour Hipster From Kentucky from Moat
-Zingerbier Berliner Weissbier from Rushing Duck
-Javahead Stout (Bourbon Barrel Aged) from Troegs

 

Banded Horn
Lively/Ebenezer's
High Horse
Shhhhhh
Coconut BA Framminghammer
Jacks abbey Raspberry Sour
Backlash
Prohibition Pig
Stoneface

All exceeded my expectations/really surprised me. Thanks to everyone for making my little beercation from work so great.

 

The Banded Horn Big Monster (the translation from Japanese) was very tasty.

I also noted that Fort Collins Brewery was a complete no show as well. Their booth was empty Friday and the sign was gone by Saturday evening

 

Ah, thanks for the heads up. I've either not seen I here in the DC metro area, or it's not gotten down here yet. Either way, I'll start looking for it

 

Are all the best new head Brewers coming out of Beer Works!?! Congrats Rich. Can't wait to visit!

 

Jack's Abby Cocoa-Nut Framinghammer and Foundation Epiphany were the winners in my book.

I was really looking forward to trying PB&J Framinghammer and Lagunitas High West-fied Stout, but both were gone by the third session. Living in MA, I can probably find the Framinghammer, but I don't think I'll ever see the Lagunitas.

Fest was awesome, though. Had a great day.