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Beer! Beer! Beer!
We are huge beer lovers. Though much attention is paid to wine, a good beer also pairs extraordinarily well with chocolate.
On Jan. 9 2010 we got to mingle with some of the biggest names in craft brewery at the Big Beers Belgians and Barleywines Festival in Vail, Colorado. The Festival featured over 200 beers weighing in at over 8% abv. We were certainly up for the challenge!
Here are a few of the highlights:
Sam Adams poured their Utopias, which was incredible! Rich, sweet, malty, and 27% abv. Drinks like a good cognac.
(Utopias on the right)
Bosteels popped their Deus. This is a Biere Brut— beer that undergoes final fermentation in the Champagne region of France, undergoes a specific process of removing yeast from the bottle, and oftentimes shares many characteristics with champagne (not sweetness though).
We found Deus particularly interesting… like a dry, light-bodied Tripel with champagne carbonation! Perfect for those who don’t take a liking to champagne. 11.5 abv.
Adam Avery himself offered samples of Meph Addict. Think Mephistopheles Stout + tons of coffee. Wow, rich, roasty, coffee, cocoa, and pretty viscous. Meph Addict’s malt and roasty coffee characteristics play nicely with the semi-sweet chocolate and cayenne heat of our Hot Thang. 16% abv.
We sampled almost all of the beers and were still standing when the festival ended!
