Max's 2016 EBF Sleepers

Well, it's rapidly approaching that time of year again, and with the beer list starting to get populated by the day, I figured I'd do a quick list of my top 5 sleepers (in no particular order) based on the current list for this year's EBF.

1) Grimm Artisan Ales - Lambo Door, Double IPA, 8% ABV

2) Carton - Cafe y Churro, Cream Ale, 12% ABV

3) Jack's Abby - BA Framminghammer - Italiano, Baltic Porter, 10% ABV

4) Kane, Mexican Brunch, American Porter, 9.2% ABV

5) Finback, Barrel Aged BQE, Imperial Stout, 10% ABV

EBF 2016

So now that it will be only three drinking at this years festival. What should we do about an eve of the festival bottle share? 

Max's EBF 2015 Winners and Losers

Figured I'd post my winners and losers of the day. Winners will be broken out by style as well as Best Brewery. Losers will be more simplified and will mostly be observations.

Winners

Best IPA - All Green Everything, Other Half

Best BA Russian Imperial Stout - Bo & Luke, Against the Grain

Best Sour - Experimentalis (with Peaches), OEC Brewing

Best Spice Beer - Gingerbread Stout, Hardywood

Best "Other" Beer - Gilded Lily, Carton Brewing

Best "Geek" Beer - CBS, Founders. Had to find a way to get this one in there,


Losers

Tree House - One beer that didn't even last until 3:15pm, yet they brought enough merch for people to buy once their beer ran out. LAME.

Dogfish Head Line - The damn thing didn't move because people were more interested in taking pictures with Sam. No scrapple beer for me. Waaaaaaa!

Sam Adams - No Utopias? Only Rebel Rouser and a host of their other offerings you can easily find in your local Stop & Shop. I wasn't expecting anything at all from them, but this was utter garbage.

OEC - How can they be a winner and a loser? Beer is the winner (which is really all that ultimately matters), but both of the guys had personalities that could probably be upstaged by mannequins.

Max's Updated Bottle Share List

So, got a nice package in the mail today from a very generous trader in Wisconsin and I'm updating my bottle list for Friday night.

I believe we might be a little short on hoppy stuff, so please see revised list below:

Trillium, Pot & Kettle, Oatmeal Porter, 7.5% ABV

New Glarus, Raspberry Tart, Fruit Beer, 4.0% ABV

Three Floyd's, Dreadnaught DIPA, 9.5% ABV

New Glarus, Scream DIPA (Thumbprint), 9.0% ABV

Prairie, Funky Gold Amarillo, Wild Ale, 7.5% ABV

Friday Bottle Share Question # 2 - Start Time?

Knowing the Buskers are a bit up in the air regarding arrival time, shall the remainder of us choose a start time and location for the bottle share?

Maybe 7:30pm?

Location?

I'll let you guys decide.

Crazy Idea? - Bruery Tasting at Row 34 in between Session's 2 & 3 (Saturday)

So, The Bruery is holding a tasting between Saturday's sessions at Row 34. It's located right next door to Trillium and a hop, skip and a jump from the Seaport.

Should we attempt to hit this up or is this a big mistake pre dinner at The Salty Pig?

https://www.facebook.com/Row34

http://row34.com/

They will be pouring:

Melange #9

Oude Tart with Cherries

Or

Chocolate Rain

Friday Bottle Share Question # 1 - Tasters?

I'm pretty sure everyone will agree that we should be civilized given the quality of beers we'll be sharing on Friday night.

So, with that said, shall we all just bring a few tasters so we don't have to slum it by drinking out of whatever cheap vessel the Renaissance Boston Waterfront provides in their rooms?

Hell, I'd even suggest we all bring some real glassware, but I get that not everyone would be interested in lugging their stuff with them to Boston.

Any and all comments/thoughts are appreciated.