Strong Ale Fest 2014

I'm not attending but I did glance at the pour list. I tried the Murver at Avery's Opuntia release and thought it was good but nothing outstanding. I would save tickets for the following:

- Strange Dr Strangelove (GABF Gold Medal winner)
- Verboten I Believe in Pink (amazing barrel aged saison)
- Twelve Degree Cherry Brett (have no idea what this is, looks interesting)
- Pizza Port Barrel Aged Nightrider
- Deliverance if you havent had it before
- BCBBW
- CS Nightmare on Brett (if you haven't had it before)
- Avery Tweak or Reverend (if you haven't had it before)
- Either Deschutes beer

But as I stated earlier, this is one of those festivals where I would save at least half of my tickets for completely random beers/breweries. Last year, I remember the best beers I had at the festival were not the famous whales.

 

The Allagash James Beam, Pizza Port Infamous, Russian River Shadow of Doubt and the Deep Ellum beers are others that I will try too.

 

Any favorites or recommendations from last night?

 

we by no means covered everything last night, but here's 5 under the radar brews worth seeking out.

http://brewtallyinsane.com/2014/03/01/2014-avery-strong-ale-fest-highlights/

 

That Grimm Brothers Devil's Riddle Old Ale is fantastic.

 

what another great festival. so many great/perfect beers. always a great time. enjoyed having a little more space to move around and get to the beers we really wanted. Pizza Port's Night Rider I think took the night for me.

 

Pizza Port and Avery delivered once again!

 

I thought the Sunstone Imperial Saison Braggot (Redstone Meadery), Wilson Imperial Stout (Rockyard), Devil's Riddle (Grimm), and James Beam were my favorites from Saturday. Took the advice from here and got random beers after my "must-haves"; was a good strategy.