We've just released the list of unique cask ales that will be poured at April 13's Classic City Brew Fest in Athens, GA. These 24 casks are in addition to the 350 other world-class craft beers at the event, and the casks alone are worth the price of ticket! Grab some friends, score some tickets at
www.BrewFest.net and join us!
2014 CLASSIC CITY BREW FEST CASK ALES:
• Bell’s Double Cream Stout blends ten specialty malts to yield a remarkable depth of flavor.
• Burnt Hickory Freak Flag Apricot Brett Saison - dry hopped with Citra and Amarillo. Notes of tart apricot combine with peach, citrus and barnyard funk.
• Cherry Street Brewing Cooperative Blood Orange, Sweat & Tears - 4% ABV blood orange Berliner weisse with extra blood oranges added to this distinctive cask.
• Creature Comforts Athena Paradiso Berliner-style Weisse with a blend of tropical fruits. Creature Comforts' world premier cask ale!
• Eventide Pale Ale - dry-hopped with Citra, Centennial and Chinook.
• Hawkshead Brodie's Prime Export (UK - 8.5% ABV). This classic "old ale" is rich and malty with a roasted edge balanced by English and American hops.
• Heavy Seas Black Cannon - 7.25% ABV black IPA dry-hopped with extra Amarillo.
• Ilkley Mary Jane IPA (UK - 6.0% ABV) relies on English hops for bittering and North American hops for a floral aroma.
• JailHouse Reese's Peanut Butter Breakout Stout - Robust chocolate and coffee flavors combined with dried peanut butter and chocolate.
• Jekyll Hoot'n & Holler'n Double IPA - double dry-hopped on cedar for this individual cask. 8.8% ABV & 94 IBUs.
• Max Lager’s Session 4 English-Style Summer Ale - Pale golden session ale finished with Germany's answer to citrusy American hops - Mandarina and Huell-Melon.
• MAZURT Pillow Fighter Pale Ale - Concocted with a variety of rich malts and tons of tasty hops. 13.5% ABV & 125 IBUs. Guest brewed by MAZURT at Burnt Hickory. (See detailed story posted on the cask.)
• Monday Night Fu Mint Julep - Fu Manbrew with mint and simple syrup.
• Moon River SNAFU IPA with Mosaic and Pacific Gem hops.
• O'Dempsey's Cold One Pale Ale - 5.65% ABV American pale ale dry-hopped with Cascade in the cask.
• Red Brick Belgian Tripel with plums and tarragon. 9.9% ABV.
• Red Hare Bourbon Barrel-Aged Sticky Stout with Madagascar vanilla beans. 6.8% ABV.
• Starr Hill Northern Lights IPA. This unique firkin is dry-hopped with Mosaic - adding mango, lemon, citrus, earthy pine, tropical fruit, herbal and stone fruit complexity.
• Terrapin Golden Apple Pie - Golden Ale with Ambrosia apples, cinnamon, vanilla and a kiss of maple syrup.
• Thomas Creek Up The Creek Extreme IPA aged on Woodford Reserve soaked oak. ABV: 12.5%.
• Three Taverns A Night in Brussels - Belgian-style IPA extra dry-hopped in the cask with Citra.
• Twain's Nelson's Resolution IPA - dry-hopped with ten ounces of Nelson Sauvin in the cask.
• Wrecking Bar Mexican Siberius Maximus - A barrel-aged, 12.5% ABV Russian Imperial Stout with toasted cocoa nibs, vanilla beans, cinnamon bark and chipotle & smoked Serrano peppers.
• Yes Face Toasted O Face - Delicious stout with toasted almonds and toasted coconut.
Owen Ogletree
Editor:
www.Brewtopia.infoColumnist: Southern Brew News
Associate Editor: Beer Connoisseur Magazine
Founder: Classic City Brew Fest & Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting
BJCP National Beer Judge
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