AZ Beer Week

4 more beers on the Boulders GD night: Chocolate OA Yeti, Hibernation, Wolfgang, and a "Spiced Winter Saison"

I see they're also doing a DFH pairing on Monday, name changed to 'A Hop Eclipse Now'
$65 might keep me away. http://www.facebook.com/events/438786469525742/

and their own fest on Sunday for $25 for 15 tastes. Cismontane,Big Sky,College Street,Coronado,Deschutes,Desert Eagle,Dragoon,Four Peaks,Grand Canyon,Great Divide,Green Flash,Lagunitas,Left Hand,Left Coast,Lumberyard,Marble,New Belgium,Odell,Oskar Blues,Sierra Nevada,Wanderlust

 

BOULDERS:
Yeah the i had heard about the DFH thing a while back and thought it would eb agreat chnace to try the new IPAs but beer dinners are a waste for me sinc ei dont eat meat and they never do a veggie alternative...
They said last week they might also set a fee for the beers only but that sounded iffy to jme.
The Boulders Beer fest is always cooler than is sounds but being right after strong beer sicsk i think.
I'll be doing GD night probably.

WOB: So i still can't find the damn place to sign up..can somebody post al ink?

MONK: is there any more info on what Bell's beers they are bringing? or what else they are doing?

SUN UP: Did anybody see what they have planned?

YUCCA: anything?

FOUR PEAKS: Seems Liek Sirius Black and the Rye Wine is around lately so maybe we'll get some special beers at the three locations?

O.H.S.O. : Anybody know about anything besides this? (which si cool but i have hard tiem imagining making it to)

Strong Ale After Party
Feb 16 | 6:00pm
O.H.S.O. Brewery
4900 E. Indian School Road
Phoenix, AZ, 85018
(602) 955-0358
Map
Description: Join Odell Brewing @ O.H.S.O. as we take over the back patio and the 6 taps for the Strong Ale After Party. Fun gets started around 6 pm and we will be pouring Friek, Lugene, Myrcenary, Mountain Standard, Deconstruction,...

 

Bell's @HM
21 Bell's Beers on tap throughout the evening including Le Pianiste, Midwestern Pale, Oarsman, Oatmeal Stout, Oberon, Porter, Smitten, Two Hearted, Amber, Bourbon Barrel Batch 9000, 2011 Vintage Cherry Stout, Expedition Stout, Harry Magill's Spiced Stout, Hopslam, Kalamazoo Stout, Kal-Haven Rye, Le Batteur, Le Contrebassiste and special tappings of Black Note (6:30 PM) and Bourbon Barrel Cherry Stout (7:30 PM).

gonna be a madhouse

SanTan HopFarm and Hot Scotchy night monday

SunUp's doing Movie Night on Monday, Homebrewers Night Wednesday--barleywine on bourbon barrel chips and dry-hopped imp red, double black IPA Thursday, Rex's Crimson Friday. I only mention the Cigar & Cask Saturday in passing.

 

Any other Black Note slated to hit the tap handles that week? Friday night at an allocated time at a sports bar isn't exactly appealing to some of us.

My God that Bell's list is insane.

 

I'm planning on a busy week, Strong Beer Festival Saturday. Sunday Sun Up Beer and ice cream, Monday Pig and Pickle Left Hand Beer Dinner, Tuesday College Street at WFM, Wednesday Sierra Nevada sensory class at Papago, Thursday AZ tap takeover at Tops, Casks at WFM, Friday New Belgium sour class at Papago, Saturday Belgium beers at Angels Trumpet.

 

Bell's now list BB Batch 9000 on their list of brews for the Strong Beer Fest. I was very surprised and extremely excited to see that, and I really hope a few other brewers decide to bring a rare beer.

 

I wish the limey would post the WF Chandler events on the AZBW site.

 

He has one event listed. the cask night on Thursday. Maybe he is taking the week off and drinking elsewhere.

 

Stuff like that make it worthwhile. I agree & hope more do this.

 

Here you go - http://arizonabeerweek.com/13th-annual-arizona-strong-beer-festival/

 

Where did you get all of this information on the Bells event at The Hungry Monk? I saw a mention of it on Bell's website but nowhere else...

 

Gladly: http://arizonabeerweek.com/event/?id=491

 

So does anybody want to meet up during Beer Week?
Anybody down for a a mini bottleshare, maybe somewhere public...? Maybe everybody just brings one bottle instead of a ton of stuff...

 

And what a coincidence, it's also Arizona Cocktail week.
http://arizonacocktailweek.com/#

/sigh

 

Yeah they did this nonsense last year. Makes no business sense because it spreads the total craft alcohol market (well sans wine and super niches i guess) out over one period. Surely there is non trivial intersection between craft beer consumers and boutique cocktail consumers. So why not get all their money bu making cocktail week a few weeks later or earlier than beer week. If were such a consumer, I'd be aware that i can only drink so much and only spend so much on any given day so i'd have to choose beer or cocktails (or at least not as many of each if i chose both)
But if they were separated I might go crazy each week....
Its a very stupid choice.

 

I'm definitely up for this.

 

Where are you guys thinking about meeting up?

 

No decisions yet.
My schedule is weird.... but Tuesday evening would be among the better days for me. Not sure where they'll be cool with it due to increased volume of beer week. (i know some places have allowed it in the past on quiet days...)

Ideas? suggestions?

Lets hash it out over BM and then when we decide we'll post in this thread.
Good?

Anybody interested in meeting up, send me a BM in the next day or two and please include days times places you could do it.... I'll collect the names and then start a BM thread to discuss.