Belgian Beer Fest 2008 - Night of the Funk

Boston, MA

September 26th, 2008

(first number me, second, N, everything in bold is what we tasted)

Allagash Brewing Co.
Portland, ME / allagash.com

· 4 - Interlude (Strong Ale in French Oak w/ Farmhouse & Brett yeast; 9.5%) 4

· 5/4 - Barrel-Aged 10th Anniversary

B. United International
Importer / bunitedint.com

· Hanssens Cassis by Hanssens Artisanaal (Experimental brew w/ black currants; Version 1-2008; only 10 special cases made; 6.0%)

· Ichtegems Grand Cru (Flemish Red Ale; 7.0%)

· Scires by Birrificio Italiano (Black Cherry Sour Ale; 7.0%)

Boston Beer Co.
Boston, MA / samueladams.com

· 1/2 Samuel Adams Charon's Kriek (Barrel-aged Cherry Beer; 6.0%)

· Samuel Adams Kosmic Mother Funk (Bretty Brown; 10.0%)

Brewery Ommegang
Cooperstown, NY / ommegang.com

· 3/2 Biere de Mars (The last 24 bottles in existence from the brewery; 6.5%)

· 2 Ommegeddon (Saison w/ Brettanomyces; 8.0%)

· 2 Rouge (Flanders Red Ale; 5.0%)

Cambridge Brewing Co.
Cambridge, MA / cambridgebrewingcompany.com

· 5 Samson (Belgian Barleywine; blend of bbl-aged Belgian strong brown ales and vintage Barleywines w/ traditional brewing herbs and subtle Brett; 10.0%)

· 2 Delilah (Blend of bbl-aged Belgian strong golden ale with Brett. Anomolous and Bruxellensis, and an herbed Belgian blonde gruit beer; 7.0%)

· Funky Bitch (Barrel-aged, spiced Belgian brown ale with Brett, blended with several other CBC barrel cellar specimens including our unreleased, spontaneously fermented sour Imperial Gueze; 9.0%)

D&V International
Importer / specialtybeer.com

· 4 Oud Beersel Framboise (Traditional Raspberry Lambic; 6.0%)

· 2/3 Oud Beersel Oude Kriek (Traditional Cherry Lambic; 6.5%)

· Oud Beersel Oude Gueuze (Traditional Blended Lambic; 6.0%)

· 4 Duchesse De Bourgogne by Brouwerij Verhaeghe (Traditional Flemish Red Ale, matured in oak barrels and blended; 6.0%)

· 5/4 Vichtenaar by Brouwerij Verhaeghe (Flanders Red Ale; 5.10%)

Deschutes Brewery
Bend, OR / deschutesbrewery.com

· The Dissident (Flanders Oud Bruin; rare; we only got our hands on one case; 11.0%)

Global Beer Network
Importer / globalbeer.com

· 2/3 Cherish Raspberry (Fruit Lambic; 5.0%)

· 5 Monk's Café Flemish Sour Red Ale (5.5%)

· 3/2 Petrus Aged Pale (Aged in oak for 3 years; 7.3%)

Global Brewers Guild
Importer

· 4 DeProef Reinaaert (Flemish Wild Ale; 9.0%)

· 3 DeProef Zoetzuur Flemish Ale (Flanders Red Ale; 7.0%)

Ithaca Beer Co.
Ithaca, NY / ithacabeer.com

· 2 Vitus (Neo-Flemish American Whiskey Sout Brown w/ hand-crushd Wild Grapes; 6.0%)

· 2 Champagne Grisette (Tart wheat ale, fermented w/ Saccharomyces Bayanus & Brettanomyces; 4.5%)

New Belgium Brewing Co.
Fort Collins, CO / newbelgium.com

· 2 NBB Love (Single bbl, unblended La Folie, sour, wood-aged beer; 7.0%)

Rohrbach Brewing Co.
Rochester, NY / rohrbachs.com

· Oak-Aged Belgian Pale Ale (Wild Belgian Pale Ale on cask; 5.9%)

Russian River Brewing Co.
Santa Rosa, CA / russianriverbrewing.com
Vinnie Cilurzo was kind enough to send us one case of each of the following:

· Beatification (Batch #2; 100% spontaneously fermented w/ Saccharomyces, Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus, Pediococcus & other wild yeast & bacteria in old bbls; 5.5%)

· Supplication (Batch #3; Brown Ale aged in French oak Pinot Noir barrels with three strains of Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus, Pediococcus and sour cherries; 7.0%)

· Temptation (Batch #1; 3 years old; Blonde Ale aged in French oak chardonnay bbls with Brettanomyces; 7.25%)

· 2 Dubbel Pale Ale

Shelton Brothers
Importer / sheltonbrothers.com
Note: selection might change day of.

· Haandbryggeriet Haandbakk

· 5 Nørrebro Bryghus Old Odense Ale

· 3 Mikkeller It's Alive!

· 3/2 Flemish Primitive # 6

· Cuvée De Ranke

· De Ranke Kriek

· Struise Earthmonk Sour Ale

· Cantillon Classic Gueuze

· Cantillon Kriek

· Cantillon Vigneronne

· Drie Fonteinen Oude Geuze

· 2/3 Drie Fonteinen Oude Kriek

· Panil Barriquee Sour Red Ale

· 2/3 Oro de Calabaza

· 3 La Roja

· 2 Calabaza Blanca

· 2 Bam Bière Farmhouse Ale

· 4/3 Echt Kriekenbier

· 1 Boon Greuze

· 4 Kriek Boon

· 3 Boon Framboise

Southampton Publick House
Southampton, NY / publick.com

· 4 Cuvee des Fleurs (A Saison flavored with a blend of edible flowers including L. augustifolia, A. nobilis, C. officinalis, R. canina and H. lupulus.; 8.0%)

The Bruery
Placentia, CA / thebruery.com

· Hottenroth Berliner Weisse (Traditional Berliner Weisse w/ Lactobacillus, Brettanomyces, and Saccaromyces fermentation. Special barrel aged version; 3.1%)

· 3/2 Melangé #1 (Blend of a young Flanders Red & Imperial Stout)

· 2 Saison Rue (Saison bottled w/ Brett; 8.5%)

The Lost Abbey
San Marcos, CA / thelostabbey.com

· Cable Car 08 (Sour Ale, blended once a year to celebrate the Toronado. Only 50 cases were produced this year; 7.0%)

· 2 Cuvee de Tomme (Dark Strong Ale aged in bourbon & French oak bbls w/ Brett & sour cherries for over one year; 11.0%)

· 2 Saint's Devotion 08 (Devotion Ale spiked w/ Brett; 7.0%)

· Sinners 08 (Secret blend of 3 bbls; 9.0%)

Wetten Importers
Importer / wettenimporters.com

· Geuze Fond Tradition (5.0%)

Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Easton, PA / weyerbacher.com

· 2/2.5 Riserva (American Wild Ale; 11.4%)

Willimantic Brewing Co.
Willimantic, CT / willibrew.com

· Willi Wonder! (Willi Whammer '05 blended w/ Certified Gold to Workingman's Wheat (and Willi beers), aged in a fresh Dickel bbl w/ Brett and Lambic yeast; 7.0%)