Thu, 02 Feb 2012 Happy Groundhog Day

Happy Groundhog Day! We are getting ready to celebrate the sh^* out of it! Just 35 minutes from now at 7am!

Stop by for breakfast.

We have loads of beer and festivities for this morning. The events go from 7am to 1pm, but the awesome beer should last all day or at least most of it. So if you haven't called sick, you can stop by after work and still get some flat out incredible beers. Probably not Founders CBS, but everything else should still be here by this evening.

Kicked: 21st Amendment Allies Win the War, Half Acre Daisy Cutter Pale Ale, Dogfish Head Chicory Stout, Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter, Sly Fox Pikeland Pils.

Returning: Boulder Sweaty Betty, Dock Street Abbey Single, Sly Fox Dunkel Lager, Troegenator Double Bock, 2010 Stoudts Old Abominable.

and most importantly Tapped:

Ommegang Aphrodite (sixtel) - an absolutely amazing sour fruit beer. I had a taster of this last year at GABF. Out of the literally 100s of beers I tasted, this one was a stand-out. And that is why we saved it for today. Today at 7am.

Russian River Supplication (sixtel) - another rare one we’ve been saving just for today. Brown ale aged in Pinot Noir wine barrels for one year with sour cherries, Brettanomyces yeast, and Lactobacillus & Pedicoccus bacteria. I remember the Russian Rivers we tapped last Groundhog Day had me stay for a few more last Groundhog Day. Can't wait to try this one.

Yards Old Bartholomew (sixtel) - a dangerously drinkable barley wine. Very limited availability, so we saved it for Groundhog Day.

Sierra Nevada Exportation - a portion of the bar camp beer Scoats & friends brewed at Sierra Nevada, a Baltic porter, was sent to Russian River to be dowsed with brett and aged in pinot noir barrels for a year. That was two years ago. This is the 2nd of the 3 we got. The third and final will be tapped on Groundhog Day 2013.

Sierra Nevada Life and Limb (sixtel) - a second batch of the Sierra Nevada Dogfish Head collaberation beer to celebrate Sierra's 30th anniversary, is a huge black ale brewed with maple syrup (great for breakfast!).

Troegs Scratch 55 Double IPA - we haven't forgot our hopheads on Groundhog Day. This one-off Double IPA has no subtly when it comes to hops.

Victory Dark Lager - Victory doesn't make this one too often, but it excites several of us beer geeks every time they do.

Founders Breakfast Stout - no longer so rare around these parts, but still a great way to start your day.

Sly Fox Hobo Ed Coffee Porter - a sessionable coffee porter. Yet another perfect breakfast beer.

Philadelphia Joe Porter - a tasty coffee porter, perfect for breakfast.