Firestone walker beer fest

They sent an email out with some preliminary beer offerings....

Firestone Walker: We're debuting Reginald Brett (Double DBA innoculated with Brettanomyces) and Agrestic (Sour Flanders Red, aged 2 years.)

Bell's (MI): Oarsman (Berliner Weisse) and Wild One and (American Wild Ale)

Full Sail (OR): LTD 03 (Pilsner) and Top Sail (Barrel-Aged imperial Porter)

Kern River (CA): Citra DIPA (Double IPA) and Class X (Bourbon-Barreled Imperial Stout)

 

Just read this, so pumped for the FW beers and the Bell's. Hopefully this list will encourage the other breweries to bring their A-game as well

 

Hell yeah! Love the bells offering! Minnesota will represent. We have a house a few blocks from the fairgrounds rented. Bringing a bunch for bottle share and trades. Always fun to hit paso with the wife, hit some kick butt wineries (Denner, line colado, booker, and Jacob toft) and party with my bruery trustee. Counting down the days.

 

Those Bells beers are going to be amazing! I agree about the concerns for the lines. Nothing sucks more at a fest than long drink and bathroom lines.

 

i almost bought tickets to this event, but being the first year ive got some fears it will turn into a line party, much like last years bruery initiation celebration. if it goes as smooth as i hope it does ill definetly be there next year. im sure even if it is a line fest, if they allow bottle shares inside it should he a great time no matter what. hopefully fw can pull it off.

3000 people is alot of folks!

i bet those fw kegs are going to blow fast.

 

"First: The BEER
Every brewery will be bringing at least one session beer and one rare beer, to be poured by the brewers themselves! We don't yet have a finalized list of what everyone is pouring but here's some highlights to get you started:

Firestone Walker: We're debuting Reginald Brett (Double DBA innoculated with Brettanomyces) and Agrestic (Sour Flanders Red, aged 2 years.)
Bell's (MI): Oarsman (Berliner Weisse) and Wild One and (American Wild Ale)
Full Sail (OR): LTD 03 (Pilsner) and Top Sail (Barrel-Aged imperial Porter)
Kern River (CA): Citra DIPA (Double IPA) and Class X (Bourbon-Barreled Imperial Stout)

Until the Invitational we will periodically be featuring breweries on our Facebook page. Like us for those updates!"

 

Was told last night that it is 2500 tickets and 500 (brewery tix allotments/vendors/restaurants/staff/help/etc).... it's at the fairgrounds so they should have PLENTY of space.

 

Reginald Brett is a really interesting beer. Scary drinkable for 10%. (It was on draft at the FW Second Saturday event at Hamilton's)

 

Alright, looks like we'll be camping at Lake Naciemiento June 8-9, (hopefully the Pine Knoll campground), thanks for whomever it was that gave the heads up about that.

Bottle share around a campfire on a Friday night in June (much less before what looks like an awesome festival) sounds like a good time to me.

 

I live in Paso Robles. I missed out on tickets and am looking to get some if people have extras. Also I can answer any questions people my have about the area/time of the event.

 

You did

 

fail?

 

Well if my old lady continues to hassle me and have these 'serious' talks about me not wanting to move in together and get married, I'll have an extra ticket here shortly.

This must be similar to how Vinnie feels when people insist he needs to make an imperial stout.

Uh no, not interested in that, what I'm doing right now works just fine for me thanks, plenty happy under the status quo, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

yes, this thread is about your relationship squabbles. tell me more.

anyway, i'm going. firestone beer in california! who can pass up such a rarity.

 

^^^^
If you can find out a better way to mix Catholic-esque confessionals and beer discussions, link the site.

Don't you and the Westboro church have some military funerals to protest?

 

^ wat

 

definitely dragging my husband down (he's not *terribly* upset by this) and would love a bottle share, but only booked a room for the night after ... grrrr!

 

Epic Fail

 

Lake Naci is a drive but great camping. The fairgrounds are big do that many people won't be a prob. California Midstate fair is held there

 

dang hotel rooms are EXPENSIVE! that and it was a struggle to even find a room to book. damn kids and their grad-u-a-shuns