Big Texas Beer Fest 2015

You're pretty jaded for someone who has hasn't rated any beers and never been to a beer fest before.

 

This is Big TEXAS Beer Fest. While tons of great out of state breweries come, the TX breweries are always the highlight as they always bring one off kegs and casks and make the event what it is. If you can't find anything to get excited about in a list of 500+ beers, I feel sorry for your trading budget.

 

I actually just finished going through the full list with some detail, I have way to many things I want to try:

12 Must tries
25 I really want to try
19 I wish I could get to
17 more I would try if time/sobriety were of zero consequence

That is 73 I want to drink, I won't do anywhere near that, but I wish I could. I have had many of them, but that doesn't mean I don't another pour of Abyss, KBS, Sucaba, Velvet Merkin, BCBS, BCBCS, Ivan the Terrible....this list is phenomenal!!!

 

My thoughts exactly. 2015er already posting like he's been around here for years.

You'll fit right in here, kid (Persdawg).

 

Please read up on OpenTheTaps and their awesome work, along with countless others around the state, looking to enact legislation enabling more breweries to bring in rare and unique stuff into the state for festivals. As it stands many festivals in the state of Texas are unable to cellar their own beer for extended amounts of time will have similar lists of available beers as a consequence.

For my .02 - KBS, MvB, BCBCS, BA ten Fidy, Sucaba would be highlights at most festivals around the nation. Go looking not to try a list of 100 of the greatest beers in the world, but to have a taste of some news ones, maybe revisit some old ones, and most importantly be social and meet some awesome folks who are every bit as into Craft as you as well as being an open conduit to others in the crowd not as savvy as you.

 

"I just figured this particular fest owed me"

Wow, that's one of the most pretentious things I have ever read on this site, and that includes the JK entitlement discussions.

I'm glad we're to the point where we even have BCBS & KBS at BTBF (my fourth), because I remember a time when we didn't. And it's well run events like this one that will continue to help get even more beers here. Minor leagues it is not, and certainly not green. This is a very well run event with a great beer list.

There is probably less than 30 beers (excluding the new breweries and one off firkins) that I have never had on that list. So I'll skip the KBS, BCBCS, etc. so that others who have not had them might get a chance to try them. I'll spend my time trying out the new guys in town, talking to the guys who actually make the beer instead of a volunteer for some other regions brewery. Might even revisit some beers I haven't had in a while. And I just might find something made local that's better than some other hype machine.

You bet it'll be a blast, hope you get to slay your whale.

 

It is probably the best run festival in the state. I am 100% happy with the list. You cannot go into a beer festival in TX and expect to get some crazy things that you have never seen due to the laws.

I also don't go into these festivals only looking for whales. You will just be standing in line the whole time. I am driving up from Austin and this festival has too many DFW breweries that have just opened and I have never had. I am content just going to all of those and seeing which new breweries I like. Much easier than driving to each one of them and ordering a flight.

 

Ahhh I get it now. The troll is strong with this one. Just what this forum needs, another troll.

 

Jealous of all you guys getting to go. I will be coaching my son's soccer team and entertaining my parents from out of town this weekend. Will have to do a better job of planning for next year.

 

You mean to tell me this fest doesn't cater to the tickers that make up a fraction of a percent of the beer drinking population?

Let us also not forget, city dwellers, that a festival like this will attract the poor saps who don't live in the metro areas. Sorry your distribution is so good, I've maybe had 25% of the beers listed, and I'd say at least 2/3 of the breweries listed aren't available within a 150 mile radius.

 

I am also going because there are about 10 DFW breweries on there that I have never had.

 

I didn't think we would be getting any posts in here until at least noon. A couple friends of mine went, and their check-ins looked like they were in for a rough morning.

 

I had a great time as usual there. First time I've had Collective Brewing and the Golden Petite Sour was delicious.

 

These guys are really close to me. I need to go check them out.

 

Lakewood was a highlight for me. Those wine barrel aged beers were tasty!