Brouwer’s Cafe Posts Preliminary List for Bigwood Fest

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December 2nd, 2010 will be a big day for Seattle beer nerds.  Fremont’s Brouwer’s Cafe will be hosting Bigwood Fest, which has to be one of the biggest 100% wood barrel aged beer festivals in America, if not the world.  Distilled spirits and wine are no longer the only boozes that can be aged in wood barrels. It’s beer’s turn to be marinated and steeped and even infected by the essence of oak.  We have been on the edge of our seats since Hopfest to gaze upon the options that Ian Roberts and company have gathered up over the years and will offer for this spectacular festival.

Here is the original list that was posted on Brouwer’s blog today:

Alaskan Oak Aged Smoked Porter ’08

Allagash Curieux

Allagash Oddeysey

Boulder BBN American Red

Boulder BBN Hazed and Confused

Boulder BBN Killer Penguin

Boulder BBN Mojo Risin

Boulder BBN Never Summer Ale

Boulder BBN Singletrack Copper Ale

Boulder BBN Spiced Never Summer Ale

Boundary Bay Imperial Oaked Oatmeal Stout

Cantillon Framboise ’06

CantillonSt. Lamvinus

CantillonVignerone

Cascade ???

Cascade ???

Deschutes Dissident

Elliot Bay BBN Imperial Pumpkin Porter

Elysian Oak Frost

Firestone Walker 14

Fremont Bourbo A-Bomb

Full Sail Wassail Blended w/ Bourbon Porter

Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti

Great Divide Rumble Oak Aged IPA
Hales Rye Whisky Aged Imperial Stout

Harviestoun Ola Dubh 18

Hitachino Classic

Hotd Matt

HUB Pile Driver in Wood Firkin Tapped at 6pm

JW Lees Harvest Ale Cask

Left Hand Oak Aged Imperial Stout

Lost Abbey Angels Share Bourbon Barrel

Midnight Sun Beserker
Naked City ???

New Belgium Bourbon Barrel Sahti

New Belgium Eric’s Ale

New Belgium La Folie

New Belgium Sour Blackberry Whiskey

Ninkasi BBN Sleigher

Old Lompoc ???

Peoples Barrel Reserve

Port Brewing Older Viscosity

Port Townsend Maple’s Best BBN Imperial Stout

Russian River Consecration

Russian River Deviation

Russian River Supplication

Russian River Temptation

Schooner Exact Hoppy the Woodsman

Sierra Nevada Brew Masters Reserve

Sierra Nevada Oak Aged Porter

Sierra/DFH Life and Limb

Siver City Fat Woody

Skagit Oak Aged Gospel

Snipes ???

Southern Tier Cuvee 2

Southern Tier Oak Aged Unearthly
Stone Lucky 13

The Bruery Cotton

The Bruery Three Freench Hens

Widmer BBN Brrrrr

Some initial shockers that really pop out include Firestone Walker 14, New Belgian everything, Port Townsend Maple’s Best BBN Imperial Stout, Russian River Deviation, Stone Lucky 13, and the 2 offering from The Bruery.  Stay tuned for a more in-depth look at this mind-blowing list.  The fact that this is “initial” is kind of obnoxious.  Update on previous post…I’m thankful for Brouwer’s Cafe.