ACBF Standout Beers

I was on the lookout for a Great Berliner Weisse and found Ithaca's Cruiser outstanding. Also, Loved their Gozer

 

Trillium Double Dry Hopped Fort Point Pale was amazing. Favorite beer of the event
Tree House Julius was a close 2nd
Other standouts were Yahrg, Lawson's Peril, and Lagunitas Waldo's Special

 

Grimm Double Negative. Lawsons Peril. Grimm Double Negative... and Grimm Double Negative.

 

Treehouse's Double Shot was ridiculous! Lawson's Fayston Maple Stout and Duck-Rabbit's Milk Stout were 2 of my favorites as well.

 

for me:

NoDa - Hop Drop n Roll
Night Shift/NoDa - Stop, Collaborate, and Glisten
Trillium - Lineage Rye
Gneiss - Stout(name is skipping me)
Stone - Passion Project
Enlightenment - Garrison
DC Brau/Baxter - Daughters of Poseidon
DC Brau - Maple Syrup BA NATAS
Banded Horn - Bineary
Rhinegeist - Truth
Jack's Abby - Cherre BA Berliner Braun
Ithaca - Cayuga Cruiser

 

I tried to check out some new to me breweries and so had mixed results - some were great finds and some didn't do it for me across the board. Some of my highlights:

Treehouse - YAAAHHHRRRGGG and Coffee Shot in particular
Schilling - I really liked these guys and their Pater in particular was a well made lower alcohol Belgian style (their other beers were good as well)
Rhinegeist - Truth. I didn't try the others but they seemed like a good outfit
Highhorse - Business and BA Business were great and their Satisfaction was solid
DC Brau - especially NATAS and OTWOA

Honorable mention to Victory's Dirtwolf which I had to 'calibrate my palate' and it reminded me just how great this beer was.

 

Gneiss is more than nice!

 

Enjoyed Trillium Nettle. Great aroma. Got there early, so I didn't have to wait in line for it either!

 

Enjoyed Mettle from Trillium. Nice aroma and balance. Got their early, so I didn't have to stand in line either!

 

Jack's Abby Lager...the Humboldt Nectar..Lost Nation Gose and Rustic....Wormtown Be Hoppy..... Highlights for me. So much variety and chances to try different flavors. Love that.

 

No real surprises with my top three:
1) YAAHHRRRGGG!! IPA from Tree House for me was even better than Julius
2) Mettle DIPA from Trillium
3) Lawson's Peril

Really enjoyed Pioneer Brewing's Pioneer Path of the Unknown too, they called it a double brown ale. Good browns seem underrepresented at these things

 

Very much enjoyed catching up with Boston & New England breweries that I can't get my hands on in Ohio. I really liked Trillium (their saison & double dry hopped pale), Night Shift (Edel Weisse was tart and delicious and their habanero beer was spicy but tasty), Treehouse & NoDA, none of which I had tried before. Maine Beer Co & Simmer Down from Sebago were two other enjoyable brews. Such a great fest.

 

I thought Tennessee Tats from Wormtown was fantastic!!! Not the absolute best of the bunch, but up there for me.

 

I agree with a lot of the posts so far, but one that hasn't been mentioned is Finback's Starchild sour. Glad I got to try that right before the first session ended.

 

Nope. (I poured for them. Fairly classic IPA, ingredients-wise.)

 

Gneiss - Obsius is the droid you're looking for.

 

Beer Nut Norm Miller called out four New England breweries as "world class":

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20140604/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/140608632

 

Awesome to hear that our NoDa Collab was amonst the favorites at the fest!

We are releasing bottles of the beer next week and will be pouring it on draft as well! Details below:

Taproom Launch: "Stop, Collaborate, and Glisten"
Thursday, June 12th: tapping @ 3pm, bottles @ 5pm
Releasing bottles ($20 each, limit 2/person) and tapping our collaboration with NC's NoDa Brewing, "Stop, Collaborate, and Glisten." A sparkling golden ale fermented in wine barrels with Sauvignon Blanc grape must and a blend of wild yeast strains, this collab debuted at the ACBF last weekend. Try it again or for the first time next Thursday! Bottle count: 500

 

Awesome beers all over hate to pick a few but #5 Julius #4 mettle #3 be hoppy #2 hop drop n roll #1 PERIL! With that said I thought Idletyme from crop bistro was awesome for the six man award!