Durham World Beer Fest 2008

Doesn't seem that long ago that I was posting comments on the Raleigh World Beer Fest, but I guess 6 months goes quick. The Durham World Beer Fest we went to on Saturday was as good, if not better. You can see a program from the event here if you'd like to take a look.



I went with 4 friends and really had a great time. Same as last time, it was a great atmosphere, except this time we were in the outfield of a beautiful minor-league ballpark of the Durham Bulls. There were 4 tents per beer garden and three beer gardens. Overall there were about 130 breweries present; some serving only one of their beers on tap or bottle, others came with as many as seven of their brews. No way to count, but my guess is that there was somewhere between 300-400 varieties of beer to be sampled. I hit about 70.



Now don't think I drank 70 full beers... that's just silly. On average it was only about 1-4 oz per brew. I finished the afternoon feeling well and glad for the pretzel necklace Marc's kids had made for us.



While walking from tent to tent sampling different beers, I kept track and tried to rate all the beers I tasted. I kept it simple, by marking a 1-5 next to it's name on my program.


Anheuser-Busch
St. Louis, MO
Jack's Pumpkin Spice 4.5
Czechvar 4


Arcobräu Brauhaus
Moos, Germany
Urfass Lager 4


Aspall Cyders
Suffolk, United Kingdom
Gaffel Kölsch 4.5


Avery Brewing Co.
Boulder, CO
White Rascal 4.5
Reverend 5
Hog Heaven 5

Azalea Coast Brewing Co.
Wilmington, NC
Rackam's Black Lure Porter 3.5

Beck's Brewery
Lincolnshire, England
Combined Harvest 4

Big Boss Brewing Co.
Raleigh, NC
Harvest Time Pumpkin Ale 4
Black Diamond Express 4.5

Blue Moon Brewing
Golden, CO
Pale Moon 4.5
Pumpkin 4

Boddington's
Manchester, England
Pub Ale 3.5

Brewery Ommegang
Cooperstown, NY
Hennepin Farmhouse Saison

Carolina Beer Co
Mooresville, NC
Cottonwood 4.5

Carolina Brewery
Chapel Hill, NC
Flagship IPA 4

Clipper City Brewing Company
Baltimore, MD
Winter Storm 5
Heavy Seas Loose Cannon 4.5

Deschutes Brewery
Bend, OR
Black Butte Porter 4.5
Mirror pond Pale Ale 4

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Milton, DE
Theobrama 5

Duvel Moortgat Brouwerij
Puurs, Belgium
Maredsous 8 4.5
Belgian Golden Ale 4.5

Flying Dog Brewery
Denver, CO
Double Dog 5
onzo Imperial Porter 4.5

Founder's Brewery
Grand Rapids, MI
Breakfast Stout 4.5

French Broad Brewing
Asheville, NC
Wee Heavy-er 4
13 Rebels ESB 4

Great Divide Brewing
Denver, CO
Titan IPA 4

Green Mountain Beverage
Middlebury, VT
Strongbow Cider 2.5

Kaiser Brewery
Diviaopolis, Brazil
Palma Louca 3.5

Kuhnhenn Brewing
Warren, MI
Fourth Dimentia Olde Ale 5

Left Hand Brewing Co
Longmont, CO
Milk Stout 4.5
Imperial Stout 4.5

Magic Hat Brewing Co
South Burlington, VT
Circus Boy 5
Jinx 4.5

Matt Brewing Co
Utica, NY
Pomegranate Wheat 4.5

McAusian Brewery
Montreal, Canada
St Ambrose Oatmeal Stout 5

Miller Brewing Co
Milwaukee, WI
Sparks 4.5
Sparks Plus 5

New Belgium Brewing Co
Fort Collins, CO
Fat Tire Amber Ale 4

Pabst Brewing Co
San Antonio, TX
Pabst Blue Ribbon 4

Pennsylvania Brewing Co
Pittsburgh, PA
Pilsner 3.5
Gold 5
Oktoberfest 4

Pyramid Breweries
Seattle, WA
Hefeweizen 5
Thunderhead IPA 4
Broken Rake Amber 4

Reunion
Chico, CA
Organic Red Rye Ale 5

Rogue Ales
Newport, OR
Double Dead Guy Ale 4
I2PA 4

Shmaltz Brewing Co
San Francisco, CA
Coney Island Lager 4.5
Origin Pomegranate Ale 4.5
Genesis 4.5

Smuttynose Brewing Co
Portsmouth, NH
Old Brown Dog 4.5

Southampton Ales and Lagers
Southampton, NY
Double White 4
Altbier 4.5

St Feuillien Brasserie
Le Roeuix, Belgium
Abbey Tripel Ale 5
Urthel Bock 5

St Peters Brewery
Suffolk, England
Organic English Ale 3.5

Stella Artois Brewery
Leuven, Belgium
Lager 3.5

Terrapin Beer Co
Athens, GA
India Style Brown Ale 4

Uinta Brewing Co
Salt Lake City, UT
Anniversary Barley Wine 4.5

Wedge Brewing Co
Asheville, NC
Porter 4
Wit Beer 4

Wolf Beer Co
Wilmington, NC
White Wolf 3.5

Wychwood Brewry
Witney, England
Scarecrow Organic Ale 2.5


whew