April Sours Bring… On the Pucker!

AprilSours2015Yes! We’re open! And coming up this weekend is our annual April Sours event, and tickets are selling fast! This Saturday, April 18th, from 1-4 p.m., we’ll be offering up 20+ of the world’s best sour and wild brews during our annual walk-around drinking and tasting event! The current keg and bottle list includes (subject to change):

Kegs:

  • Bayerischer Bahnhof Berliner Style Weisse (brewed with Oats) – B. United
  • Hitachino Nest Anbai (Plum Wheat Gose)  – B. United
  • Cantillon Kriek – Shelton Brothers

In Bottles:

  • Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien 2013  – B. United
  • Wild Beer Co Somerset Wild  – B. United
  • Alvinne Kerasus  – B. United
  • Ichtegem’s Grand Cru  – B. United
  • Leipziger Gose  – B. United
  • Del Ducato Chrysopolis  – B. United
  • Siren/Hill Farmstead Lemoncello – sour ale (lactic fermentation) with honey Imperial IPA with lemon (trying to recreate Limoncello in a beer) – Shelton Brothers
  • Ritterguts Gos – Shelton Brothers
  • Anchorage/Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza Boreal – Belgian-style ale brewed with grapefruit peel, grapefruit juice, and peppercorns and aged in oak – Shelton Brothers
  • Fantôme Hiver – Shelton Brothers
  • Kerkom Reuss – a blend of 80% blonde ale (similar to Bink Blond) and 20% young lambic – Shelton Brothers
  • Monarchy Munchhausen – a 4.8% ABV Munsterland-style sour altbier – Shelton Brothers
  • Haandbryggeriet Krekling – Shelton Brothers
  • Tilquin Gueuze (both the Traditional Belgian Lambic and the Lambic with plums – RARE!)
  • Crooked Stave, Evil Twin, The Bruery, Rodenbach, and additional brews from Union Beer Distributors TBA

We’ll be kicking off our April Sours Weekend with Anthony Accardi of Transmitter Brewing at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 17th, if you are hankering for a preview tasting (Transmitter will be bringing their F4 Brett Farmhouse Ale and S6 Rye Saison, available while supplies last)! And if you appreciate a walk down memory lane, here’s a great article from our first April Sours event way back in 2011.

And be sure to get your ticket for Saturday’s beer event here.