EBF Highlights

we re-sampled Heady more than anything else, so I guess that would be the highlight here. Eventually we started calling it our "Palate Cleanser" in between the other extreme offerings.

Framinghammer was sublime (their Elvis beer, not so much?) Smutty BA Baltic Porter, FW Barrel 22 were delicious. Tweak was Awesome! Frost Monster, #hashtag & Ben's Asthma were all "wow's!" too.

Bruery spent at least the second half of the afternoon session just standing around. They simply didnt bring enough beer to serve. Black Tuesday was gone in 36 minutes or something ridiculous. I don't think anyone else ran out of or rationed their offerings but maybe I just didnt encounter anyone who did.

 

I thought allagash stuff was the best but I also was a big fan of mystics porter with Brett.

Everything was amazing though.

Firestones Rufus was pretty intense.

 

Jack's Abbey Framminghammer was fantastic. One of my favorites of the afternoon.

Also really loved Boulevards Grainstorm.

Founders Spite was a bit too crazy intense for me. But loved the Bolt Cutter! (I was hoping they would break out a sneak peek of Doom).

Also really loved Avery's Beast Grand Cru! Just an awesome afternoon of great beers!!

 

Justin Blåbær! No but seriously. That beer rocked.

I also really liked Entropy from Trophy, as well as Allagash FV13. And Sticky Monkee from FW.

 

Yes it was!

 

Best wild - Allagash FV13
Best stout(ish) - Avery Tweak
Most unique - Founders Spite
Best ale and personal favorite overall was the Sublimely Self Righteous with Chocolate and Orange Peel. They took a good beer and really put it over the top with bold flavors

 

I thought it was incredible how much Heady stood out for me, despite having had it numerous times before. It's just so good. Was it a particularly good batch?

Thought the Evil Twin stuff I tried was terrific -- the Justin Blaber, the wine barrel aged saison, and the Torst front room. CBC killed it. Rye Rye Rocco, Pearls of Wisdom and Hashtag were all excellent. Loved FV13 and Smoke and Beards from Allagash. At FW, Stickee Monkey was terrific... Rufus was a little over the top for me, but very interesting. Really enjoyed the Mystic Sour, Flor Ventus, and I think Entropy will be great with a bit more age. And yeah, enjoyed everything I tried from the newcomers Trophy and Four Hands. Lotta good stuff this year!

 

I loved burly oak's bulletproof tiger, probably my favorite. Also enjoyed framinghammer by jacks abby, black tuesday, and fat alberta by throwback.

 

Bruery brought what the EBF ordered (or so I was told), so this wasn't a case of the brewer not bringing enough.

 

Went to both nights, had an awesome time. Got to try all the beers I wanted to try each night except for Firestone walker who had wooky jack left when I got to them. Highlights were
world wide stout, weyerbacher sour black,
Black Tuesday, white chocolate, cascade was awesome to try,plead the 5th.
Awesome event
Also the waffles were delicious.

 

the DFH 120 through the mosaic hop randall was amazing!

allagash jim beam coffee curieux was excellent.

nice to have heady topper and founders breakfast stout in between others as these are tops for the style(s)

really regret not hitting CBC just happened that way

 

Jeppe said don't take pictures of the label.

 

Did he say why? Is he scared of the Biebs backlash?

 

Personal NotB standouts:
Avery Odio Equum
The sheer volume of awesomeness that Cascade brought
BB Pt5
Veritas 011
Hand of Doom
Cedar randall'd Burton Baton
Numb Swagger

 

CBC's Ozymandias and all things Cascade

 

Oh bummer! :/ he 'liked' it when I posted it on Facebook though

 

Agreed 100%. Nothing even came close for me...it was honestly on another level from the rest of the offerings.

 

I couldn't believe they ran out of everything so fast simply by virtue of the fact that they were giving pours that were at most 1 oz (less than, in several cases with my group, and not just of Black Tuesday)..