4th Annual Real Strong Beer Festival

by Matthew on Feb 22, 2008 12:37 AM PST

Anyone else interested? I might head over there after work tomorrow. There's also The 12th annual winter beer fest at Elysian Saturday noon-10pm

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(hattip: Metroblogging Seattle)

Venue: Collins Pub (2nd & Yesler)

$4/beer or sets of 3 for $10. There will also be special menu items available to pair with the beers.

Anchor Old Foghorn '06 & '07 (barleywine)
Avery Hog Heaven (barleywine)
Avery The Reverend (Belgian-style quadrupel)
Boundary Bay Old Bounder (barleywine)
Deschutes The Abyss (imperial stout)
Full Sail Old Boardhead '05 (barleywine)
Great Divide Old Ruffian (barleywine)
Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws (barleywine)
Hair of the Dog Fred (strong ale)
Hale's Rudyards Rare '05 (barleywine)
Heads Up Brewing 9MM IPA (cask-conditioned in a firkin)
Left Hand Widdershins (oak-aged barleywine)
Moylans Old Blarney '06 (barleywine)
North Coast Old Stock (barleywine)
Oskar Blues Ten Fidy (imperial stout)
Rogue Morimoto Imperial Pilsner
Rogue Old Crustacean '04 (barleywine)
Speakeasy Double Daddy IPA
Stone Double Bastard (strong ale)
Stone Old Guardian (barleywine)
Winthrop Barleywine '04

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do they card?

by Corco on Feb 22, 2008 7:53 AM PST reply actions

Guaranteed.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Feb 22, 2008 7:55 AM PST up reply actions

I'm out then

by Corco on Feb 22, 2008 8:00 AM PST up reply actions

you're a college kid

that doesn't have a fake ID? Huh? That's unamerican!

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Feb 22, 2008 8:02 AM PST up reply actions

IF I had a fake ID

it WOULD HAVE expired in early January

by Corco on Feb 22, 2008 8:11 AM PST up reply actions

We just always get the

Greek foreign exchange student to buy us alcohol. Fake IDs are kind of pointless when there are only two bars in town and everybody knows you on sight.

by Liebkartoffel on Feb 22, 2008 8:33 AM PST up reply actions

I just have no use for one

I have the only car on my floor so when people go on runs I always drive, so I end up in an alcohol purchasing situation at least 4 times a week. I have no use for a fake except bars

by Corco on Feb 22, 2008 8:50 AM PST up reply actions

How is Grinnell?

I was accepted there, but ended up not going due to their crap offer of financial aid.

by redwolf75 on Feb 22, 2008 9:13 AM PST up reply actions

Great atmosphere,

a huge workload and some pretty amazing professors. The social scene: well, the college tries with various concerts, lectures and such, but honestly one's options are fairly limited in small-town Iowa. Fridays and Saturdays mostly just devolve into getting shitfaced in various settings.

by Liebkartoffel on Feb 22, 2008 9:36 AM PST up reply actions

What could possibly be better then that?

by Corco on Feb 22, 2008 9:53 AM PST up reply actions

Not being in Iowa.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Feb 22, 2008 9:54 AM PST up reply actions

This is an incorrect statement

My only complaint about Iowa is they use the MUTCD standard state highway shield

Otherwise they have a lovely highway system, several rivers, plenty of agriculture, no really big cities but near big cities. All this a perfect state makes

by Corco on Feb 22, 2008 9:55 AM PST up reply actions

Actually, I really don't

mind Iowa. The scenery's kind of boring, but Iowa City in particular is a pretty awesome university town-y type place, almost like Portland in some areas. The weather does suck pretty hard, though--wind chill of -29 a couple days ago.

by Liebkartoffel on Feb 22, 2008 10:02 AM PST up reply actions

But do they have a Gate B-11?

Ill Ligitamus Non Carberendum

by PositivePaul on Feb 22, 2008 10:06 AM PST up reply actions

Don't get me wrong,

I'm a huge fan of getting shitfaced in various settings, it just tends to lose it's luster when you have almost literally nothing else to.

by Liebkartoffel on Feb 22, 2008 9:57 AM PST up reply actions

Dude

cowtipping

by Corco on Feb 22, 2008 9:58 AM PST up reply actions

Unfortunately, around here

It'd be more like corn or soy-tipping, which isn't nearly as fun.

by Liebkartoffel on Feb 22, 2008 10:03 AM PST up reply actions

OK

You can go out in the middle of the night and cut crop circles

That's pretty fun

by Corco on Feb 22, 2008 10:04 AM PST up reply actions

There was a morning

when I woke up in a field a mile away from campus. That was...interesting.

by Liebkartoffel on Feb 22, 2008 10:06 AM PST up reply actions

Iowa sounds alot like CWU/Ellensburg

Except farmers will try to rape you if you wander near the fields late at night.

My mom says I'm cool

by aestivalis on Feb 23, 2008 7:46 AM PST up reply actions

Was Ellensburg the place

where they ran that animal-humping farm?

by redwolf75 on Feb 23, 2008 8:36 PM PST up reply actions

No

Enumclaw.

by marc w on Feb 25, 2008 9:30 AM PST up reply actions

Ellensburg has huge mountains in the distance

which is nice, but I'd say Iowa is significantly prettier than Ellensburg

by Corco on Feb 23, 2008 8:45 PM PST up reply actions

Matthew

I might be up for it...
I don't have much experience drinking barleywines, but I'd like to try 'em... and 3 for $10 is a steal (assuming we're talking pints here, and not 4 oz samplers.)

by johnbai on Feb 22, 2008 11:10 AM PST reply actions

PS I'm off work at 4

gotta honor shabat ya know?

by johnbai on Feb 22, 2008 11:10 AM PST up reply actions

huzzah, an on topic reply!

I don't think I've had barleywine either. And yes, I assume it's regular sizes since they say $4 for one.

I'm off at ~5. I can give you a buzz then if you're still down. Or just check this thread.

by Matthew on Feb 22, 2008 11:32 AM PST up reply actions

yeah... I might hop a bus downtown

after work and just call you around 5ish.

by johnbai on Feb 22, 2008 11:43 AM PST up reply actions

Too bad I live in tacoma

and am not a big fan of barleywines.

BTW, they're not pints, and they're not 4oz tastes. They're schooners. Split the difference.

Let me know if one of them is amazing.

Oh, and if they have any of that bourbon-cask aged stuff, tell me about it. Been wanting to try some, but it's spendy, so I want a good one.

by marc w on Feb 22, 2008 11:49 AM PST up reply actions

You're right

sort-of. I just called them and they're 7oz "tasters". Still worth it at 3 for $10 IMO, but that's no longer a super deal and is just a decent/good one.

by Matthew on Feb 22, 2008 12:05 PM PST up reply actions

Defining Drinks Down

7oz is a schooner now? That's frickin' sloop.

by marc w on Feb 22, 2008 1:43 PM PST up reply actions

Don't forget, though,

that "strong beers" are just that - most barleywines and strong ales are anywhere from 8-12% ABV. Not that that's a problem, but from a distribution standpoint, they keep the serving sizes down because of that.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Feb 22, 2008 1:46 PM PST up reply actions

Totally

I wouldn't WANT a pint of barleywine. Most bars I know serve them in proper schooners or maybe half pints.

I'm just objecting to the fact that the link above called what you were paying for a 'schooner' and what they actually give you is 7oz.
Sounds like a 14oz pint to me.

by marc w on Feb 22, 2008 1:50 PM PST up reply actions

Where do they use the word schooner?

by Matthew on Feb 22, 2008 2:38 PM PST up reply actions

Lots of bars do

any time they give the option of beer in one of those smaller glasses instead of a full US pint.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Feb 22, 2008 2:40 PM PST up reply actions

I meant in the link

by Matthew on Feb 22, 2008 2:40 PM PST up reply actions

Ah. sorry.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Feb 22, 2008 2:41 PM PST up reply actions

Hmmm

I meant this:
"They use a system where you buy tokens from your server for $4 each.

1 token = schooner of domestic craft beer
2 tokens = schooner of Belgian beer OR sampler of all six domestics
4 tokens = sampler of all six Belgians"

But I see that's the winter beer thingy.

by marc w on Feb 22, 2008 2:43 PM PST up reply actions

14 oz is a Sleeve.

20 oz is a pint.

by Llewdor on Feb 22, 2008 3:55 PM PST up reply actions

an "imperial pint"?

otherwise, I thought 16 oz was a pint.

by johnbai on Feb 22, 2008 4:24 PM PST up reply actions

And if someone sold you 14oz of beer

and called it a pint, you'd be pissed off.

20oz imperial pint... that's the good stuff. You don't see that as often here, but it's a damn good thing to see.

by marc w on Feb 22, 2008 4:29 PM PST up reply actions

I've spent alot for Barley's

I wouldn't be surprised if they're 6 or 8 ounces.

by chrisisasavage on Feb 22, 2008 9:19 PM PST up reply actions

A friend of mine brews his own

then ages them, which doesn't work for most beers, but a good barley wine is the yummiest thing ever if it's aged a few years.

by chrisisasavage on Feb 22, 2008 9:21 PM PST up reply actions

$3 for 10 would be good for those

even if they were in freaking dixie cups. Barley wine is some dangerous stuff, be careful if you're driving.

by chrisisasavage on Feb 22, 2008 9:18 PM PST up reply actions

I'm debating this

Real strong beer sounds real good.

by chrisisasavage on Feb 22, 2008 9:13 PM PST reply actions

I forgot all about double bastard

good stuff.

by chrisisasavage on Feb 22, 2008 9:16 PM PST up reply actions

mmmmmmmmmm, barley wine

by chrisisasavage on Feb 22, 2008 9:14 PM PST reply actions

Well shit

we wound up getting drunk at Liberty and The Delux instead... and, while walking on Broadway at 2am, were accosted by this inebriate who kept saying... why the fuck do you always have to have the last word? why are you always picking on people? why you gotta come knock on my door 24/7 with nothing to say? WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM?

I thought my psychotic, nihilistic friend Steve was going to kill this guy, but instead, he gave him a dollar and he went away. It was pretty much awesome.

by johnbai on Feb 23, 2008 2:29 AM PST reply actions