I hope you aren’t hung over, because when I looked at this monster list of beers for the upcoming Hard Liver Barleywine Fest at Brouwer’s Cafe on Saturday, March 20, it made my stomach churn just a little. You might get a hangover just thinking about what you’d like to sample from this list. These high ABV brews will be available in 3oz, 6oz, and 12oz pours. Doors open at 11am and you should expect the place to fill up quickly. If you are cool with missing out on some of the more popular and rare beers, then I’d highly suggesting coming by later in the evening when things have calmed down a bit, or even on Sunday when many barleywines will still be available.
There may be some special additions to this list, but this should be enough to help you plan your attack for the day.
Alaskan Big Nugget 2008
Alaskan Big Nugget 2009
Anacortes Old Sebastes 2009
Anchor Old Foghorn 2009
Anderson Valley Horn of the Beer 2009
Avery Hog Heaven 2006
Avery Hog Heaven 2009
Beer Valley Highway to Ale 2009
Big Sky Old Blue Hair 2009
Big Sky Bourbon Barrel Old Blue Hair 2009
Black Raven Old Birdbrain 2009
Boulder Beer Killer Penguin 2009
Boundary Old Boundary 2009
Bridgeport Old Knucklehead 2008
Deschutes Mirror Mirror 2009
Dicks Barleywine 2005
Dogfish Head Olde School 2008
Elliot Bay Old Portside 2009
Elysian Cyclops 2008
Elysian Cyclops 2009
Elysian Cyclops 2010
Firestone Walker Abacus 2009
Flying Dog Horn Dog 2008
Full Sail Old Boardhead 2008
Glacier Big Woody 2009
Great Divide Old Ruffian 2008
Green Flash 2009
Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws 2009
Hales Rudyards Rare 2007
Hood Canal Breidablik 2009
HUB Noggin Floggin 2009
Lagunitas Gnarleywine 2008
Left Hand Widdershins 2008
Lost Abbey Angels Share 2008
Lost Coast Fog Cutter 2009
Mad River John Barleycorn 2008
Marin Old Dipsey 2009
Moylans Old Blarney 2009
North Coast Old Stock Ale 2007
Pike Old Bawdy 2006
Pike Old Bawdy 2007
Pike Old Bawdy 2010
Port Townsend 2007
Port Townsend Wood Firkin 2009
Ram Mallwalker 2009
Redhook Treblehoolk 2009
Rogue Old Crustacean XS 2008
Scuttlebutt Old #1 2009
Sierra Nevada Big foot 1996
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 2009
Speakeasy Old Godfather 2008
Stone Old Guardian2008
Stone Old Guardian 2009
Stone Old Guardian 2010
Three Skulls Barleywine 2009
Victory Old Horizontal 2009
Past festival winners
Hard Liver Barleywine Fest #7 2009
1. Alaskan Big Nugget ’07
2. Speakeasy Old Godfather ’06
3. Elysian Cyclops ’06
Hard Liver Barleywine Fest #6 2008
1. Deschuttes Mirror Mirror ’07
2. Alaskan Big Nugget ’06
3. Sierra Nevada Bigfoot ’07
Hard Liver Barleywine Fest #5 2007
1. Lagunitas Gnarlywine ’04
2. Great Divide Old Ruffian ’05
3. Hood Canal Breidablik ’06
Hard Liver Barleywine Fest #4 2006
1. Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws
2. Pacific Rim Castaway
3. Scuttlebut No.1
Hard Liver Barleywine Fest #3 2005
1. Midnight-Sun Arctic Devil
2. Alaskan Big Nugget
3. Fullsail Old Boilermaker 98
Hard Liver Barleywine Fests #1 (2003) and #2 (2004) had no judging take place.
taint // Mar 15, 2010 at 9:02 am
i’ll go ahead and call the winner…sierra nevada ’96 bigfoot ftw.