Ain’t No Stopping Us Now – #BrewYork 7!

Bob from Bolero Snort Brewing Comapy and myself obviously enjoying ourselves (Photo courtesy of New Jersey Craft Beer)

Neither snow, nor snow, nor the ridiculous amounts of snow could stop us from getting the gang back together to enjoy the finest fruits the craft beer world has to offer.  We hadn’t gathered since just before Halloween, and with cabin fever setting in, a whole bunch of new faces, and several engagements to celebrate, it was long overdue that we get together – snow be damned.

Despite the layoff and the cold, this group hasn’t lost a step, and #BrewYork 7 was a beer geek’s Valhalla.  The bottle list could bring a tear to your eye.  Talks of brewing rigs, brettanomyces, bottling methods, and beer-vacations echoed around the hallowed grounds of New Jersey Beer Company.  A MacGyver-esque method for removing a corked bottle without a corkscrew was devised.  We spontaneously booed a Budweiser Commercial in unison.  It was everything a #BrewYork event should be.

Check out pics of the shenanigans here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=365623&id=394283293265 (courtesy of Mike from New Jersey Craft Beer).

The humbled Beertographer kneels before the awesomeness assembled at #BrewYork 7

Here’s our bottle list, which has to be one of the best assembled on the East Coast.  This list is lovingly stole from the Reverend David Flaherty over at Grapes and Grains.  Like his list, my favorites are in bold.  Careful now – you may get a visual drunk:

1. Boulevard Brewing, Bourbon Barrel Quad (missed this one)
2. Dogfish Head/Sierra Nevada, Life & Limb
3. Surly, Smoke
4. Flat Earth, Element 115
5. Bell’s, 25th Anniversary Ale
6. Summit, Imperial Pumpkin Porter
7. New England Brewing Co., Imperial Stout Trooper 2010
8. Cisco, Lady of the Woods
9. Hopworks Urban Brewery, Rise Up Red
10. Just Beer, Case of the IPA
11. Homebrew: Pumpkin Ale
12. Homebrew: Black Pepper Brown Ale
13. Homebrew: IPA
14. Berkshire Brewing Co., Lost Sailor IPA
15. Rock Art Brewery, The Vermonster 100 IBU Ale
16. Innis & Gunn, Lightly Oaked Blonde Ale
17. Homebrew: Chocolate Milk Stout
18. North Coast, Old Stock Cellar Reserve
19. Weyerbacher, Riserva 2010
20. New England Brewing Co., Ghandi Bot
21. Cantillon, Lou Pepe Framboise 2007
22. Boulder Brewing, Killer Penguin 2009
23. Bell’s, Hopslam
24. The Bruery, Old Richland
25. Telegraph Brewing Co., White Ale
26. Dogfish Head, Pangaea
27. Fantome, Pissenlit
28. Cigar City, Warmer Winter Winter Warmer 2009
29. Cigar City, Improvisacion
30. Brewdog/Mikkeller, I Hardcore You
31. The Bruery, Saison Rue
32. Dogfish Head/Stone/Victory, Saison du BUFF
33. Flying Dog, Oak Aged Brett Gonzo (pissed I missed this one)
34. Sam Adams, Triple Bock 1997
35. Unibroue, Quelque Chose
36. Sierra Nevada, Celebration 2001
37. Brewdog/Stone, Bashah
38. Bolero Snort, Wee Heifer’s Fruitcake
39. Widmer Brothers, Barrel Aged Brrrbon
40. Dogfish Head, Wrath of Pecant
41. Founders, Nemesis
42. Founders, Curmudgeon Ale
43. Founders, KBS
44. Sam Adams, Longshot Winners
45. Terrapin, Wake & Bake
46. Palmetto, Bocat
47. Palmetto, Espresso Porter
48. Moor, Peat Porter
49. Moor, JJJ IPA
50. Muskoka, Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout
51. Lost Abbey, Judgment Day
52. Avery, The Czar Russian Imperial Stout
53. Odell Brewing Co, Woodcut No.4 Oak Aged Lager
54. Cantillon, Kriek 100% Lambic
55. Capt. Lawrence, Golden Delicious
56. Goose Island, Vanilla Bourbon County Stout
57. Surly, Coffee Bender
58. Bellwether, King Baldwin Hard Cider
59. Ithaca, Excelsior! Series Alphalpha
60. Jolly Pumpkin, Noel De Calabaza
61. Southern Tier, Series 3 Cuvée
62. Dieu du Ciel!, Péché Mortel Imperial Coffee Stout
63. Capt. Lawrence, Flaming Fury
64. Brasserie à Vapeur, Vapeur de Bises
65. Blue Point, Toxic Sludge
66. Ommegang, Zuur
67. Ten Dudes, Smoked Barleywine
68. Ten Dudes, Cupcake Porter
69. Ten Dudes White Peach Sour Ale