The Best Craft Beer Week Ever Part 2
Tastings, tastings and more tastings! This post is just a list of the beers we’ve consumed over the course of three days. t= tasting
Ommegang Rare Vos (t)
Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence (t)
Ommegang Ommegeddon (t)
Ommegang Rouge
Ommegang Witte
Cantillon St. Lamvinus
Dieu Du Ciel Peche Mortel
Stone 2006 Double Bastard Aged in Brandy Barrels
Stone Arrogant Bastard Aged in Bourbon Barrels
Stone Oaked Arrogant Bastard
Stone Ruination
Nøgne ø Saison (t)
Nøgne ø Dark Horizon V.2 (t)
Jolly Pumpkin Bam Noire (t)
High and Mighty St. Hubbins Abbey (t)
High and Mighty Two-Headed Beast (t)
Lost Abbey Angel’s Share aged in Bourbon Barrels*
Delirium Nocturnum
Mayflower Audacity of Hops (brewed exclusively for the CBC ’09)
Dogfish Head India Brown Ale
Avery Maharaja on Cask
Founders Cerise
For those of you looking to purchase craft beer at stores, the area stores (Wine Gallery, Publick House Provisions) have been flooded with good beer. Here are some hilights:
Avery Barabant Wild Ale aged in Zinfandel Barrels
Cantillon St. Lamvinus ($40 a bottle!)
Cantillon Iris
Victory Wild Devil
Nøgne ø Dark Horizon V.2
Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
Stone – Nøgne ø – Jolly Pumpkin Holiday Collaboration
Schlafly Reserve 2007 Barleywine and Imperial Stout (tons of this around for some reason… good stuff, but weird timing)
Among other things… these were just the things I noticed on the shelves that I hadn’t seen any other time.
*= One of the most wonderful beers I’ve ever had
