Anyone planning on hitting up the Lansdale Beer fest on June 23rd? Should be a great time! www.lansdalebeerfest.com
I'm up in the air on this one. I did it two years ago and had a blast. I'm just burnt out from Philly Beer Week and all of the drinking I've been doing this year in general. My decision will be based solely on if a friend of mine's beer will be pouring at the Homebrew station.
I'll probably go if I can find someone to go with. Missed it last year but I heard it was a good time.
I'll be heading out there with the wife and in-laws.. It will be our first experience with the Lansdale Beerfest. I hope it is a good time. I don't have HUGE expectations, so hopefully I won't be disappointed.
i think i'm heading out with some non-beer geek friends. they have family in the area who have gone and say it's a good time.
It was surprisingly amazing last year. Seems like they just bought kegs, because there was a lot of great/unusual stuff on tap, but few (except local) brewers. They had Avery's Samael, and FW Double Jack. The home brews were amazing. Towards the end we just hung out at FW and drank double Jack. Would go again but have a wedding this year.
Killer line up so far. Jolly Pumpkin, Hill Farmstead and Struise to name a few. (and Founders, Goose Island, Firestone, Ale Smith, Stone, Cigar City...)
Just a friendly tip for this fest. Do not miss out on the Belgian Death Metal at the homebrew station.
Here is a tentative list of the beers that will be served at tomorrow’s Lansdale Beer Tasting Festival. This list does not include all the homebrews that will be offered. The VIP tickets are sold-out. There are however a limited number of general admission tickets still available. 2012 LANSDALE BEER TASTING FESTIVAL 21st Amendment Allies Win Wars (cans) 21st Amendment Back in Black IPA (cans) 21st Amendment Watermelon Wheat (cans) 5 Rabbit 5 Vulture 5 Rabbit Golden Ale Abbey of Christ Tripel AleSmith Anvil ESB AleSmith Nautical Nut Brown Allagash Black Allagash Curieux Bourbon Barrel-Aged Tripel (11% abv) (bottles) Allagash White Amstel Wheat Anchor Brekle's Brown Ale Anchor Summer Ale Angry Orchard Crisp Angry orchard Dry Cider Arcadia Hop Rocket Arcadia Whitsun Bear Republic Heritage Bear Republic Racer 5 Blue Moon Blue Moon Summer Boaks 2 Blind Monks (bottles) Boaks Double BW (bottles) Boaks Monstermash (bottles) Bottletree Blonde Ale Bottletree Imperial Red Ale Boulder Farmhouse Saison Boulder Hazed & Infused Boxcar Brown Ale (bottles) Boxcar IPA (bottles) Boxcar Mango Ginger (bottles) Boxcar Original (bottles) Breckenridge Lucky U IPA (6.2% abv) Breckenridge Summer Brooklyn Blast Strong IPA (8.2% abv) Brooklyn Pennant Ale 55 Pale Ale (5% abv) Central Waters Brewhouse Coffee Stout Central Waters Happy Heron Central Waters Peruvian Morning (bottles) Clown Shoes Chocolate Sombrero Clown Shoes Miracle IPA Coronado Black Ridge Coffee Stout Coronado Idiot IPA (8.5% abv) Coronado Stingray Point IPA Corsendonk Apple White Corsendonk Brown Crispin Original Cider Dark Horse Crooked Tree IPA Dark Horse ROD De Struise Pannepeut Deschutes Mirror Pond (bottles) Deschutes The Stoic (bottles) Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA (9% abv) Dogfish Head Black and Blue (10% abv) “[A] Belgian-style golden ale fermented with blackberries and blueberries.” Dogfish Head Urkontinent Dubbel (8.1% abv) East Coast Beach Haus Pilsner East Coast Kick Back Ale Estrella Damm Inedit (bottles) Evil Genius Evil Eye IPA Evil Genius Good N Evil Evolution Brewing Exile Evolution Brewing Rise Up Stout Finch’s Cutthroat Pale Ale Finch’s Golden Wing Firestone Walker Double Jack Imperial IPA (9.5% abv) Firestone Walker Walker's Reserve Fish “Reel Ales” 102 Highly-Hopped Barley Wine (10% abv) Founders Breakfast Stout Founders Centennial IPA Founders Double Trouble (bottles) Frankenmuth Pilsner (bottles) Frankenmuth Red Sky (bottles) Franziskaner Dunkel Franziskaner Staropramen Free Will Destiny’s Wit Belgian White Ale (5.7% abv) Free Will Sour Full Pint Gus Full Pint Rye Rebellion (bottles) Full Pint White Lightening Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat Goose Island IPA Goose Island Pepe Nero (Vintage) (bottles) Great Divide 18th Anniversary Wood Aged Double IPA (10% abv) (bottles) Great Divide Hercules Double IPA (10% abv) Great Divide Titan IPA (7.1% abv) Great Lakes Comm Perry IPA Great Lakes Holy Moses Green Flash Double Stout Green Flash Imperial IPA Green Flash Trippel (bottles) Gulden Draak Harpoon IPA Harpoon Leviathan Scottish Ale Harpoon Summer Hill Farmstead Edward: American Pale Ale (5.2% abv) Innis & Gunn Highland Cask (bottles) Innis & Gunn Original Innis & Gunn Rum Cask (bottles) Iron Fist Martial Law Iron Fist Spice of Life Iron Fist The Gauntlet Imperial IPA (9.5% abv) Ithaca Apricot Wheat Ithaca Partly Sunny Jack’s Cider Jolly Pumpkin Bam Biere Kind Beers Belgian Style Red Ale Kind Beers Pale Ale Kona Fire Rock Pale Ale Kona Koko Brown (5.5% abv) “Brewed with real toasted coconut” König Ludwig Weissbier (5.5% abv) Lagunitas Dogtown Pale Lagunitas IPA Lancaster Kolsch Lancaster Strawberry Wheat Lavery Imperial Red Lavery Oak Aged Liopard Oir Saison Leinenkugel’s Big Eddy Wee Heavy Scotch Ale (bottles) Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy Lindemans Faro Lambic Long Trail Belgian White Long Trail Brewmaster Double White Lost Abbey Carnevale (bottles) Magic Hat Blind Faith Magic Hat Single Chair Maine Mean Old Tom “Stout aged on natural vanilla beans” (6.5% abv) Maine Peeper American Pale Ale (5.5% abv) “Dry, American style, well balanced ale with generous amount of hops.” Manayunk Kroks Mill Pale Ale Manayunk Raspberry Lager Mikkeller Chipotle Porter Murphy’s Irish Red Murphy’s Stout Neshaminy Creek County Line IPA Neshaminy Creek Tribute Tripel Newcastle Summer Ale Old Forge T-Rail Pale Old Forge Unruly Rye Olde Burnside Dirty Penny Black & Tan Olde Burnside Ten Penny Amber Ale Ommegang Art of Darkness Belgian Strong Dark ale (8.9% abv) Ommegang Hennepin Farmhouse Saison (7.7% abv) Ommegang Witte Oskar Blues Dales Pale Ale (cans) Oskar Blues Deviant Dales (cans) Oskar Blues G'Knight (cans) Oskar Blues Mamas Pils (cans) Oskar Blues Old Chubb (cans) Otter Creek 20th Anniversary Quadruple Ale (bottles) Otter Creek Otter Summer American Wheat Palm + Steenbrugge Triple Palm Belgian Pale Ale (5.1% abv) Point Whole Hog Raspberry Saison Port Brewing Hop 15 Port Brewing Midnight Expressions Schwartzbier (5% abv) (bottles) Port Brewing Shark Attack Double Red Ale (9% abv) Prism Bitto Honey (bottles) Prism Felony IPA Prism Par Tea (bottles) Prism White Lightening Rodenbach Gran Cru 25 (bottles) Rogue Chatoe Orgasmic (bottles) Rogue Double Dead Guy Rogue Maierfest Round Guys Saison Du Pomme (Apple Brandy Aged) Round Guys The Barrel Rider Bourbon Aged Tripel Round Guys Wild Eyed Series #1 Sour Roy Pitz Daddy Fat Sacks Roy Pitz Old Jail Ale Sam Adams Sahtea Sam Adams Summer ShawneeCraft Apiarus ShawneeCraft Belgium Dubbel ShawneeCraft Porter Shock Top Lemon Shandy Shock Top Raspberry Sierra Nevada Porter Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere (bottles) Sierra Nevada Summerfest Sierra Nevada Torpedo (bottles) Sixpoint Bengali (cans) Sixpoint Crisp (cans) Sixpoint Resin (cans) Sly Fox Ichor (cans) Sly Fox Kolsch Sly Fox Royal Weiss Southampton Abbot 12 Southampton Biere De Mars Stillwater As Follows Stillwater Debutante Stillwater Stateside Stone Cali Belgie Stone IPA Stoudts Blond Double Maibock Stoudts Karnival Kolsch Summit Dunkel Weizen Summit Pilsner The Perfect Crime American Blonde The Perfect Crime European Blonde Thomas Creek Appalachian Amber Ale Thomas Creek Class 5 IPA Tommyknocker Pick Axe Tommyknocker Saison Tröegs Perpetual IPA (7.5% abv) Tröegs Sunshine Pils Unibroue 17 Grande Réserve Extra Strong Dark Ale (10% abv) Unibroue Éphémère Apple “White ale brewed with apple must”(5.5% abv) Unibroue Terrible Abbey-style Ale (10.5% abv) “Subtle fruit flavors are complemented by rich Madeira wine notes.” Gold Medals – 2008, 2009 & 2010 World Beer Unibroue Trois Pistoles Abbey Style Strong Dark Ale “Slightly sweet. Enhanced by accents of roasted malt, cocoa, ripe fruit and dark spices with a smooth finish like an old port.” (9% abv) Victory Headwaters Pale Ale Victory Sunrise Weiss Voodoo Gran Met Warsteiner Dunkel Wells Bombardier Extra special Bitter (5.2% abv) Weyerbacher Blanche Witbier (5% abv) Weyerbacher Tiny Imperial Stout (11.8% abv) (bottles) Weyerbacher Verboten Belgian Pale ale (5.9% abv) Wild Onion Hop Slayer Wild Onion Paddy Pale Ale Williamsburg AleWerks Coffeehouse Stout (5.4% abv) Williamsburg AleWerks White Ale Wolaver’s India Pale Ale Woodchuck Dry Hop Cider Yards Saison Yards YardBird Abbey Dubbel Young’s Double Chocolate Stout (5.2% abv) (cans)
All of the beers are available during VIP. Whatever remains after that first hour is then available to everyone. Last year most, but not all, of the more-difficult-to-obtain beers were available throughout the festival. Witness the reference above to drinking FW Double Jack toward the end of the festival. VIP tickets were a very hot item this year, so I do expect a few more beers will kick sooner this year. For example, Hill Farmstead's a new addition this year, and I can't imagine Edward will make it past the first hour.
Thanks for the clarification.. didn't see that referenced on the website. It's good to know. It will change my strategy today a little. The weather looks perfect. Should be a great day!
I managed to find someone to go with me at the last minute. Pretty good time. It was really nice to see that the local breweries were the most crowded. Longest lines I saw all day were at Round Guys, Neshaminy Creek, Free Will, and Prism. I will definitely go back next year.
They got perfect weather for this, couldn't have been nicer. The VIP ticket was the way to go, definitely worth the extra $$. No crowds or lines for the first hour. There was plenty of time to get around and try everything we wanted to, then we sat back and grabbed a pulled pork sandwich and watched the masses come searching for all the beer we had already tried. Convenient location, well run, great beer---count me in for next year, too.
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