BelgianFest

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All of the bier I had at Washington Beer Commission's Belgianfest was at least good bier.  Well made, local, fresh beer, made in Belgian styles or Belgian inspired styles...  great! Totally happy, and none sucked.  The din of the crowd seemed to reflect the same notion.  Everyone seemed pleased and happy to talk about the beer in their glass.  (Nice little glass snifters!)  I had as great a time at this fest as any in our puget sound region and I hope the good people at Washington Beer Commission put it on again.

 

Must've had:

 

  1. Fremont Brewing's Solstice Saison:  Blond, hoppy, turbid, fresh, fruity.  Not unlike one I might make.  Nice and fresh.
  2. Ram - Northgate:  Flat Tire:  It was a 6.9% nutty, amber beer with Belgian Yeast character.  I liked it a lot and enjoyed the biscuity MFB Kiln Amber Malt.  I think it was on cask!?  (Already gettin' fuzzy?)
  3. Skagit River Brewery:  Watou's Ale:  Tard tricked me into going out of order on this one.  This woulda been my last bier.  I was good.  Rich, dark, 9.8% abv.  A Bernardus 12 type of bier.  I was tricked!
  4. Black Raven: Pour les Oiseaux wine barrel aged Saison:  Nice.  Really nice.  A blonde colored Saison that was put into Chardonnay and Voingior barrels from a Western Washington Winery.  I was gettin' plenty of wood, but not much tannin. (?) Everyone else I think was saying grape, but maybe that was another bier... oh well.  I liked it and it was well made bier.
  5. Dick poured my Elysian beer. It was the bier called Groaning Board Trappist-style Table Beer.  I liked it then, the carbonation was real creamy.  I had it a few days later on capitol hill.  I would call it a Belgian Pale Ale.  Tasty!
  6. I had Jesus' bier.  It was the Malaprop 8 from Big Time in Seattle.  Good, as the Lord's work usually is.
  7. Another bier I remember was the crazy blended sour bier from Ram... kinda...
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  10. I know the last bier I had was the Port Townsend Hop Diggity that was fermented with a Belgian Yeast strain.  It stood out.  I don't drink a lot of IPA, but one that I always like is this beer from Port Townsend.  I can honestly say that creating it with a Belgian strain didn't mess with what  a great beer it is.  It was GREAT!

 

I hope to see the BelgianFest rear it's head again next January.  I wasn't sure about heading way down to Georgetown for a bier festival, until I went way down to Georgetown for a bier festival.  GREAT!!

Festivi?

Are you sure about your plural for Festival?

Not Festival

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Spartacus.

Broken Glass

Why'd you delete the broken glass pic? That was awesome.

Because my wife was

Because my wife was complainin' about it.  I gotta say, I was never fond of it being at the top.  Maybe it needs it's own static page.  Like a shrine.

It was at the top because it

It was at the top because it was the last post started.  You coulda changed the date of your belgianfest post to the date you actually published it and it would moved to the top.

I know.  I'm just givin' it a

I know.  I'm just givin' it a little breaky.  A time out.

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