Brewbies Festival 2014

Any word on when Bagby Brewery will open it's doors? I know they are delayed.

 

That was one helluva fun festival.

 

Agreed, still a really fun event but this year for sure saw some struggles adapting to the new venue and larger crowd. It seemed like they had to make some last minute changes because the tickets said 6x6oz pours and additional could be purchased but upon entry it was unlimited 2-4oz (depending on the booth). The bathroom line was also ~20-30 mins long towards the end which probably led to some ticked off neighbors from all the people peeing in the street.

On the positive side, Lost Abbey and Society Sours were killer, and I lost track of how many elite caliber IPAs were offered up. Loved Tweak from Avery and BeanBump (2x NaugtySauce) from Nobel. To sum it up, amazing beer, raised a bunch of $ for a great charity and an all around great afternoon with only a few operational hiccups.

 

The ABC made them change to 2oz unlimited pours. That was not their choice.

Bathroom line was the only downside. I'm sure they went with the recommended # of rentals as suggested by the company but a brewfest needs 2-3x that amount.

 

Great festival , had a blastt agree on the lost abbey sour this is the 3rd year in a row they have hit off this festival with a one off sour beer . I picked the lost abbey reps brain a bit. I think it was project X barrel one of the components of duck duck gueze with blueberries

 

Some noteworthy highlights, Alpine Pink Duet, Surly Black IPa, beachwood mocha machine& pink ipa,Avery fruit beer Lilikoi I believe, and of course the lost abbey beer, they also had a session ipa that was amazing as we'llwe'll

 

I was very surprised with the great selection. My favorites were Culture's Raspberry Vanilla Porter and Lost Abbey's Blueberry sour. The remy from Taps was tasting pretty good too (as were alot of the beers).

 

Notorious & the Lost Abbey Blueberry were bomb. What a great festival can't wait till next year.

 

I heard the same - Project X #2 with blueberries. One of their brewers explained that this was not the same Project X they served a few years back at the BA dinner, but a second batch. Project X is their "spontaneous" sour blond ale. He said they don't pitch any yeast to sour it, it just goes straight into barrels. I didn't get around to asking if the barrels used previously held their sour beer (and presumably leftover yeast).

It was tasty.

 

Glad you all had a great time, I don't doubt it was.
I have a couple questions if anyone wishes to chime in.
Was the theme hibiscus? I see a lot of it on the tap list, and as a newbie, never heard of it before?
How was Deschuttes Hop Henge? I think that is a new release this month? Worthy for a hop head?

Thanks in advance!

 

If you want hoppy look to other local beers over Deschuttes. They're on the lighter side of things.

 

Some breweries try to make their beers pink for the festival, and hibiscus is one relatively easy way to do so (it’s a natural food coloring).

 

Yeah the past few years the theme seems to be Boob-Pun inspired names (Hakuna-ma-ta-ta's etc) and pink color beers. The Alpine Dual Nips was Duet w/ ruby red grapefruit, and I had also seen beets used in a few brews to pinken them up.

 

Thanks for the info, does it have much flavor?

Anyone try to Hop Henge?

 

How was Societitties? What style was it? Was it the same as any of the beers we had at the In The Barrel Room dinner back in November?

 

Societitties WAS BOMB. I must have drank 32 oz of the stuff. (Seriously had 6 or 7 pours) One of the best beers of the day. In no particular order, here were my favorites:
Keane Idea
Brewbie Tuesday (Beachwood pink IPa)
Societities
Lost Abbey Blueberry Sour
Bean Bump
Amarillo Showers
El Segundo Brewing Triple IPA

An absolute amazing event. All you can drink, elite stuff, for 35 bucks? GTFO. YES. PLEASE.